We’re back with part two in this tale. 

Holly and Gerry find themselves in a dead end swamp.  After finding a smaller raft; they decide to abandon The Pink Palace in favour of it, to paddle their way out. 

Only, storms and exhaustion forced them back to The Pink Palace. They fought off starvation and tried to survive. After further unsuccessful attempts to leave the swamp, Holly and Gerry focused on surviving until help arrived. 

They were forced to eat toothpaste, slugs, frogs, grasshoppers and baby birds in their fight for survival. When they were rescued, they were less than 24 hours from death. Listen to how Holly and Gerry survived once they hit the swamp and what they had to do to make it out alive. 

We also talk about what happened afterwards. Join us for an all new episode of Not Me, Not Today Podcast.

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Holly and Gerry Fitzgerald married in 1970 and wanted to have the honeymoon of a lifetime. 
They worked all the hours they could to save money for year of travelling. 
In late 1972, they started their honeymoon, travelling South America. In the start of January 1973, they set off in a plane from Pucallpa. (Yes, that is the exact same town that Juliane Koepcke's plane went down in, just a year prior). 
They now found themselves in the jungle having to find their own way out. 
After some friendly advice from a fellow traveller they built a raft and started their journey down the Madre de Dios River to freedom. Things got rough for Holly and Gerry. 
Listen in this week to hear what happened to Holly and Gerry in part 1 of this story.

This mentions Juliane and Yossi due to some mind blowing coincidences I found out whilst researching! If you liked those episodes you'll adore this one!

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Poon Lim holds the world record for longest survival at sea on a life-raft. Whilst working on a British freighter, it was hit by the Germans with torpedoes. In two minutes the ship sank. Poon leapt overboard and found himself floating 250 miles away from land. After two hours, he found a life-raft. Poon climbed aboard and started 133 days of survival.
Listen in to find out how Poon survived and what happened after he was rescued. 
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