Shaun Donovan
Having traversed over 50,000 miles overland, throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, NorthAmerica, and Australia, Shaun Donovan sets out on his pen-ultimate challenge -to conquerthe continent of Latin America, and thus complete his circumnavigation of our planet.Like all his previous adventures, this latest Voyage of Discovery will be no easy task, as hetraverses Chile, the longest country in the world, from top to bottom, encountering countlessriots, and endless destruction and devastation along the way, as he crosses the Atacama Desert-one of the driest places on Earth.Reaching ’The End of the World’, in Ushuaia, along with discovering his Welsh heritagein Patagonia -and going Whale-watching in Puerto Madryn, Shaun is able to cross-offthree more must-do’s from his Bucket List, before dicing with death in Argentina -and beingabandoned in Uruguay!After meeting-up with his daughter, Hayley, in Rio de Janeiro, read how our intrepid pairbrave the deadly waters of the Iguacu Falls, and survive food poisoning and altitude sickness,in Bolivia, before crossing Lake Titicaca into Peru, where they visit the ’Lost City of theIncas’, namely Machu Picchu.After a pit-stop in Bogota, Columbia, they head for the famous Panama Canal, before relaxingon a desert island -and then getting stranded in the jungle in Bocas del Toro! Costa Rica isnext on the list, where they visit the incredible Manuel Antonio National Park, before flyingover to Belize, to do a spot of Scuba Diving on the Belize Barrier Reef, followed by a GolfBuggy race into the abyss, as they head off in search of the ’Secret Beach.’From here, our Daddy-Daughter Duo head up the east coast of Mexico, to Cancun, to soakupthe sunshine -and to swim with a handful of delightful dolphins, before flying over toCuba, to enjoy the delights of this amazing island, as they celebrate their conquering ofLatin America, by toasting Ernest Hemmingway in his ’Favourite Bar,’ before smoking freshlyrolled ’Cuban Cigars’ in Valle de Vinales -and then rounding-off their fabulous adventure, bysupping glasses of glorious champagne, as they proudly declare their incredible achievement-from the rooftops of Havana.
