by admin | Apr 7, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Greetings from Ushuaia: ‘fin del mundo’ – the end of the world! The next land mass from here is Antarctica, and we don’t fancy going there (not yet at least). After 9,000 kilometres travelled, three countries, ten border crossings and over 103,000...
by admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
‘Ummm, Faye. I’m worried I might have gone mental.’ ‘Huh? Why?’ Says Faye absently mindedly from the bed adjacent to mine. ‘Well, my toes are itchy. They were itchy last night, and they’re itching now.’ ‘What kind...
by admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
‘It’s going to go out, it’s going to go out, it’s going to… Oh bugger It’s gone out.’ I slouch backwards and sigh. Faye and I are sat outside our tents around our MSR Whisperlite stove willing it not to die on us. Our green soup cups are half-filled with dried mashed...
by admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Today we went glacier hunting. I am slumped over the railings on the top floor of the ‘Robinson Crusoe’. The boat is rolling from side to side, causing me to brace my legs against the slippery white deck. My stomach feels like a washing machine set to spin mode. Bile...
by admin | Mar 17, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
It’s 8am on a Friday in northern Patagonia and I am deeply engrossed in this morning’s top secret mission: operation birthday surprise. I am doing my best to keep any noise to a minimum. Faye is still asleep in the tent next door as I delicately unwrap the sponge cake...
by admin | Mar 16, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Ah the Careterra Austral. These are two words both Faye and I had never heard until we began cycling in South America. But everywhere we went, and from every cycle tourist we met who learned of our route south, the question was the same: ‘So you’re going to DO the...
