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Wish I were there: Michael Palin on his greatest adventure
The veteran traveller recalls a thrilling ride through Peru’s Pongo de Mainique, ‘one of the most beautiful canyons on earth’
World Economy News
22 Jun 2021 • 7 min read
People assume that lockdown and the spread of coronavirus must have made life intolerable for those who love to travel, but in my case, though the road less travelled may have become the road not travelled, there have been positives.
Travelling is driven by curiosity. When I was growing up in Sheffield I read avidly of the wider world, but thinking I would never see the real Wild West or the Great Lakes I recreated them with the help of curiosity, imagination and a bicycle. And the Peak District. As the long shadow of Covid-19 has shrunk my globe-trotting options over the past 16 months, and likely well beyond, I have realised ho