I’m very pleased to have been inteviewed by Anna Brones of Planet Green for my cycling trip. Check out the article: What’s It Like to Bicycle Almost 4,000 Miles Across the Amazon? Ask Doug Gunzelmann (Interview) The adventurer advocates for sustainability on two wheels at Planet Green.

After the Boston Phoenix interviewed me about the trip and printed a write up of the adventure I was asked to attend a photo shoot for STUFF magazine out of boston. It’s hard to say no to a night of free cocktails. Here is the photo they chose as well as my answers to interview questions about what makes me sexy.

I’m very proud to have one of my articles published by the Huffington Post. The title, “A land without men for men without land: Travels through the Amazon” describes some of the environmental issues the people of Amazonia face and how closely knit our world community is in terms of man’s impact on the planet.

The Boston Phoenix ran a column on page 6 this week briefly highlighting my trip. So far this is my first print article after many attempts at contacting various publications. There are a few statements that are off (for instance I biked east to west) but all in all its cool to see the story as a tangible entity in my hands. If you’re in the Boston area find a red Phoenix box and check it out.

This is a rough elevation profile from Puerto Maldonado, in South East Peru in the Amazon basin, to Nasca which is located on the coastal desert. The profile shows the rise into the Andes, the numerous ups and downs as I crossed hundreds of miles through the range, and the descent back to sea level around the city of Nasca.

Speilberg and the Coen Brothers haven’t come knocking quite yet but while on the trip I shot quite a bit of video and still photography that I wasn’t able to upload onto the website due to the impossibly slow connections. Now that I am back I’d like to use that choppy on-the-bike-video and remaining still photos to hopefully make a short film… with some help.

Now its fine dining, gambling in the casinos, and classic martinis for me. I pedaled into Lima, the ending point of my South America adventure, and wheeled the bike into my hotel. It all felt rather abrupt and unceremonious. With my final few days in Lima I am indulging in urban luxuries, reflecting on the ride, and even giving a few interviews!

I stood at the edge of the continent and took in my first views of the Pacific Ocean. The desert abuts the sea at Paracas National Reserve with dramatic cliffs, sea life, and powerful winds. I felt a true sense of accomplishment.

There have been a small handful of cycling days on this trip that I [...]

Just when you cross the Andes, almost cross the continent, you start feeling pretty tough. Then you get put in your place… twice in a few hours. I started north out of Nasca into a brutal headwind through the desert and met some fellow adventurers along the way.

I´m writing this post after spending 19 hours in bed with a raging fever, maybe too much street meat? I made it over the Andes and have descended down into the Atacama desert, the driest in the world. “It feels good to be out of the rain.”