FOMO in the Cordillera Blanca
I left Liam alone in the hotel reception in Caraz for five minutes… and when I returned our plans had changed! With his phone in …
Bikepacking
Buenas Piernas!
So shouted the moto driver to us as we were climbing out of Pallasca. It felt apt as we would be facing a 1000m climb …
Grass roots
After the beach, our next stop was Trujillo a little bit further down the coast. I (El) had come down with a stomach bug at …
Vamos a la playa
As the title suggests, this edition of the blog comes to you from the Peruvian coast, Puerto Chicama to be more specific, where we’ll be …
Twice over the Marañón
We pick up where we left off in our last blog: in the heat of Jaen where, most importantly, we had managed to restock with …
Bye Ecuador, hello Peru!
It feels like a lot of ground has been covered since our last update from Cuenca – we now find ourselves in Jaen, our first …
The highs and lows of Chimborazo
This edition of the blog is brought to you from Cuenca, a beautifully kept colonial town in the south of Ecuador, where the architecture makes …
Volcano Alley
We ended up spending an extra day at the Casa Ciclista in Tumbaco, as El’s back was playing up and we figured we probably shouldn’t …
Goldilocks goes to Ecuador
On the 28th of May we freewheeled over the border between Colombia and Ecuador. The border crossing was a breeze once we realised that we …
Colombia Wrap Up
Colombia has been a great place to start our trip because touring is easy, for so many reasons. Food and accommodation are abundant and affordable. …