We once heard adventure described as, “a romantic name for suffering” and while we really enjoyed our two week bikepacking trip through northern Spain it often felt like the odds were stacked against us and it might have been easier … Read More
Spending a couple of days resting in Roanoke turned out to be a good decision, it poured it down with rain nearly the entire time. Our days off went fast though as we had a couple of great hosts to … Read More
After our time spent riding the coastal plains from Florida through Georgia and South Carolina, arriving in North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Parkway, in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains felt really good, like we had arrived back in … Read More
First things first, if you haven’t already seen our completed map of South America can you need to go to the Americas Trip page and see just how far we’ve come since the last blog. If you’ve seen our South … Read More
Twenty years ago Medellin, the capital of Antioquia province, was known as the murder capital of the world. From cartels and narcotrafficing in the late 80s and 90s to guerrila and paramilitary groups (as recently as the mid-2000s) it hasn’t … Read More
‘El Chaquiñan’ is a bike path which follows the old train line from Quito to 20km outside of the city. We joined this route two blocks from Santi’s Casa de Ciclista in Tumbaco and had an easy route out of … Read More
For most travellers, a trip to South America wouldn’t be complete without visiting Machu Picchu. If you’ve been to Peru it’s almost a given that you’ve been to Machu Picchu too. For us it was a bit more of a … Read More
Our arrival in Brazil (Brasil, as it is spelled in Portuguese) was in the middle of a storm, it was long past sunset and it was pouring with rain. Thankfully we had already arranged to stay with a Couchsurfing host, … Read More
It was time to say goodbye to the mountains and with the Andes at our backs we started heading east towards Rosario and the Atlantic coast. As we were heading east across the country it was time to say final … Read More
There were two things that needed to happen before we could start our cycle across the continent, from Argentina to Uruguay.1. Cycle our first (almost) 4000m Andean pass over the famous Paso de los Libertadores from Chile to Argentina.2. Collect … Read More