The hill was so steep that even with both brakes on the bike was sliding back down. It had been like this for 3 days now, … Continue reading Cycle Touring in Ecuador -Cloud Forests and pushing one bike at a time up 35% steep hills for 4 days – Pichincha region
After having a lovely time cycling off tarmac and away from busy roads and in very small rural communities for a week it was a bit … Continue reading Cycling through Boyaca and Cundinamarca to Bogota, Colombia and the Frailejones of the Paramo
I thought it might be useful to give a review of our equipment the good and bad points and the all important solutions. To link to … Continue reading How good are Fat Bikes for touring? Equipment Review
It was absolute bliss to leave the busy main roads we had been cycling on up to now in Colombia and head to the peace and … Continue reading Cycling on Rough Tracks up to 3616m in Santander and Boyaca, Colombia – Charala to Duitama
Yesterday we cycled the biggest ascent that I have ever done in one day, although we have been much higher. It was like cycling down into … Continue reading Cycling up in the World in Colombia – Giron to Zapatoca
We had a lovely Christmas in Santa Marta with our AirBnB hosts Mark and Ana, and with Ana’s extended family. Thank you all for making us … Continue reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Aracataca & 100 years of … Cycling the steaming plains of Northern Colombia – Happy New Year 2017
We walked for four days in the Tayrona National Park on the Caribbean coast in Colombia. It was teaming with flowers and as usual I took … Continue reading Flowers in the Colombian Tayrona National Park
While we were in Santa Marta, Colombia, we went on a 4 day hike through the jungle to the Lost City, Cuidad Perdida. The start of … Continue reading The Lost City – Cuidad Perdida -Parque Arquelogico – Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta – Colombia
We thought we were leaving Cartegena nice and early at 08:30, but it was already 32°C. Having left the UK 4 days ago at -2°C this … Continue reading Cartagena to Santa Marta – Colombia at 40°C by Fat Bike
Flying with our Fat Bikes was much easier than we had expected. Avianca, the Colombian national airline, were great and allowed us to bring two large … Continue reading Cartagena – arriving in Colombia for start of Andes cycle tour – South America
