Photos from Alpha 3 and All Group Roundups

Alpha 1,


Have walked from Colonia Hermanos Garcia all the way to Santa Barbara. They had a very early start to ensure they didn’t get caught by the incredible midday heat! They did their initial 8km to Tonala in just under 2 hours - impressive!



Alpha 2,


Are smelling good, hanging laundry off rucksacks and wearing ‘deet’ as the perfume of choice. They are still going strong even through the rain and thunder. An hour conversation on food kept morale high with Joe’s expert egg cooking tips and Matt’s massive sandwiches! They are now at the highest point of the coast to coast trek (a whopping 2485 metres) however it is not the most dramatic of scenery...the peak is almost permanently shrouded in mist. Tonight they will be camped under an electrical pylon! Tomorrow they re-enter the dreaded jungle before sleeping in the relative luxury of La Esperanza ranger station.


Alpha 3,

Have been knuckling down and making great headway, the path will be complete in a couple of days. Everyone is in good spirits and jungle camp seems like a cross between Blue Peter and Art Attack for the Verturers, with Artist Becca getting busy on her side project. The park rangers and head ranger Don Bolivar or Donny B for short have welcomed all into the park brotherhood.

The beautiful jungle!

The Alpha 3 group low down…


ED is proclaiming to be gritty and street but his ghetto lingo is fooling no one, his face lights up like a child when he sees a steamy bowl of porridge ‘spoon me up’


BECCA has captured the hearts of many locals. The group artist has now branched out into interior design creating an enviable basha bed.


PUCK is keeping everyone working hard. She is also proving to be a good poker player.

CHAZ bursts into song frequently. It’s like Jungle Book the musical. A stage career seems set to follow.

BENITA the group psychologist is keeping us all in good spirits.

ALVIN managed to lose his glasses in the river, but luckily Benita found them. His misinterpretations of English are making for many a funny moment.

MARGARITA, Jiselle and Urania have become affectionately known as ‘las chicas’ . Magarita has been keeping a secret. She can actually speak really good English.

JISELLE’S hard work and kindness isn’t going unnoticed. She and the girls beautiful singing makes for lovely background music.

URANIA is improving her English all the time. Her and Andy’s love/hate relationship is worthy of any television sitcom.

DUDLEY Pants! (Nicely named, after a pair of pants washed and left to dry on rock were later lost to the wilderness and swept downstream!)


KEIR has become known as ‘John Travolta’ among the chicas, for his movie star good looks and blonde jungle quiff.


JAKE is made up after getting his hands on some sweet corn to boost his Raleigh Rations. The group are adjusting to his Scouse accent, but still require an interpreter occasionally.


ANDY has made group massage a popular past time. His soothing hands smooth away aches and pains from a hard day’s work.


CHRISTINE has become group interpreter, facilitating comms and mediating banter.


Alpha 4,

ARE SAVING TURTLES MAN!

Alpha 5,

Had a trip into Achuapa for cold sodas and refreshments, tonight they are having their farewell party with the community of La Calera. The locals are thanking the group by doing a hog roast for them.

Alpha 6,

Are enjoying a day off in Esteli. They just called from the baseball game and being strangers to the sport it took them the whole game to figure out exactly which team they were meant to be cheering for.

Bravo 1,

After week of non-stop driving and bringing laughter, hilarity and Mars Bars to the groups they are having a well deserved evening in the beautiful beach resort of San Juan del Sur.


Fieldbase,


After another cracking ‘RADIO RALEIGH’ full of the latest gossip, football scores, world news and ‘HOT or NOT’. Ross, Raquelita and Clarita, Venturers, PMs and other staff alike are in full support of huge smiles!