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Walking the Americas by Levison Wood
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Walking the Americas

1,800 Miles, Eight Countries, and One Incredible Journey from Mexico to Colombia

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Narrator Barnaby Edwards
Length 8 hours 33 minutes
Language English
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Levison Wood's famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: a 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries, from Mexico to Colombia.

Beginning in the Yucatán, Wood's journey takes him from sleepy barrios to glamorous cities to ancient Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness. Wood encounters indigenous tribes in Mexico, revolutionaries in a Nicaraguan refugee camp, fellow explorers, and migrants heading toward the United States. The relationships he forges along the way are at the heart of his travels—and the personal histories, cultures, and popular legends he discovers paint a riveting history of Mexico and Central America. While contending with the region's natural obstacles like quicksand, flashfloods, and dangerous wildlife, he also witnesses the surreal beauty of local landscapes, from cascading waterfalls and sunny beaches to the spectacular ridgelines of the Honduran highlands. Finally, Wood attempts to cross one of the world's most impenetrable borders: the Darién Gap route from Panama into South America, a notorious smuggling passage and the wildest jungle he has ever navigated.

Levison Wood is a writer, photographer, and explorer. He is the author of Arabian Journey, Walking the Nile, and Walking the Americas, which won the 2016 Edward Stanford Adventure Travel Book of the Year Award. He served in the British Army Parachute Regiment and is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an international fellow of the Explorers Club. His work has been featured in publications around the world, including National Geographic and Discovery Channel Magazine, and on CNN, Channel 4, and the BBC. When not abroad, he lives in London.

Barnaby Edwards trained at the Guildford School of Acting and has been a professional actor and voice artist for over twenty years, working extensively in theater, television, film, and radio. He has appeared on stage in the West End, at Shakespeare's Globe, and at numerous regional theaters. His television credits include Hollyoaks, EastEnders, and Doctor Who (as the BBC's principal Dalek). On the silver screen, Barnaby has appeared in Children of Men, The Plotters, and Crazy For You. He has also provided voices for commercials, video games, animated series, and awards ceremonies, together with over eighty unabridged audiobooks and more than 120 radio plays and audio dramas. In addition to his acting and voice-over work, Barnaby has directed and written many productions for the stage, for BBC radio, and for various audio companies. He continues to work with Big Finish Productions on the audio series of Doctor Who and Torchwood, as both director and writer.

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"Barnaby Edwards narrates, bringing Wood's passion for travel to life and adding flashes of humor to the story with his portrayal of the good-natured Alberto." -Library Journal Expand reviews
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