The Cloud Garden

by N/A

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  Paperback
  2003

  $6.46

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.73

  Tom Hart Dyke, a young botanist, set off to Central America with one thing on his mind: orchids. Paul Winder, was backpacking through the area at the same time. Ignoring the Lonely Planet guide - 'Don't even think about it!' - Tom and Paul set off into the Darien where FARC guerrillas who were to hold them hostage for the next nine months.

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  Hardcover
  2003

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  An almost impregnable strip of jungle between North and South America, the Darien Gap has been ravaged by civil wars, drug trafficking and guerrilla groups. Enthusiastic botanist Tom Hart Dyke, and merchant banker and explorer Paul Winder set off in search of orchids and adventure.