Tierra del Fuego, The End.
Tierra del Fuego means land of fire and is so called as when the first explorers sailed around the island they noticed the giant fires built by the native Selk…
Read moreRiding The Slipstream Of Friendship
The Andes separate the countries of Chile and Argentina; the rain from the Chilean Pacific coast is not able to pass over the mountains and therefore the land to the…
Read moreThe House Of An Angel
The way to experience true human kindness is as simple as this. Extend the love and warmth that you would give your nearest and dearest to any person that crosses…
Read moreThat Border Crossing
The border crossing between Lago O’Higgins and Lago del Desierto has become a South American cycle tourists rite of passage over the years. It was something I had been aware…
Read moreCarretera Austral, part 2
The Carretera Austral is a fairly digestible ride to those many international cycle tourists of all ages and varying ability who come out exclusively to ride it, however, at this…
Read moreAbracadabra – the toughest, highest, coldest route
* An abra is the name for a high mountain pass in Spanish. The word abracadabra is an incantation used as a magic word in magic tricks, and historically was…
Read moreMemories of riding the Dunwich Dynamo
Blinded by the lights, dizzy new heights The Dunwich Dynamo, a rite of passage, a night of my life I guess this current trip is a more conventional view of…
Read moreRiding in the slip stream of kindness
Why Colombia is my favourite country I once got my heart broken by a boy who left the country, he’d had enough of England, and wanted to go to Colombia…
Read moretwo bike sisters part company
Leah and I will no longer be cycling together. Leah wanted a solo perspective and initiated the decision, and I wanted to spend a couple of weeks here in Nicaragua…
Read moreMexico, the feelings
We spent so much time in Mexico that we often wondered if we were on an international bike tour, or just a bike ride around Mexico. I am sure a…
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