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
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
It has been a funny few weeks for us. Ever since Cusco we have spent as much, if not more, of the time off the bikes than riding them. It wasn’t through our own choice most of the time what … Read More
Peru’s Great Divide (The Peru Divide) cycling route was pioneered by two legends of the South American cycle touring scene, Neil and Harriet Pike. So first things first we have to give huge kudos to them for putting this route … Read More
Sucre may be the constitutional capital of Bolivia and a city we absolutely love but La Paz is the defacto capital of the Plurinational State of Bolivia where you will currently find the seat of government and financial district. La … Read More
Toro Toro (meaning “Mud Mud” in the indigenous Quechuan language) is a small town 200km north of Sucre in the Toro Toro National Park known for it’s interesting geological formations and dinosaur footprints. Everyone that we’ve met that has been … Read More
It was hard leaving Sucre. We changed our plans and procrastinated for a few days until we decided that the only way was to buy a bus ticket back to Uyuni and then we had to leave! It was the … Read More
Getting the bus to Salta meant that we had gained a couple of weeks of riding in the mountains that we wouldn’t have had if we had ridden back across Argentina. Previously we had ruled out returning to Chile and … Read More
After a wonderful stay in Foz do Iguaçu it was time to say goodbye to Brasil and cross the bridge to country number 5. But before we did, we visited a typical Brasilian restaurant, the churrascaria or buffet livre, basically … 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