Quito, Ecuador via Peru to Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia, a little cycle, simple. Except, we have no support vehicle, we have to carry all our equipment on the bikes, there is the small issue of the Andes in the way, the majority of the route is at an altitude of 3000m + with passes over 4500m, temperatures below -15, wild rabid dogs, living off only guinea pigs, 3 day stints without water or food, off-road, waist deep rivers, no nail polish for Amanda and only 3 weeks to plan due to Will's inability to decide on which adventure would be 'challenging enough'. If you would like to support us, please visit the fundraising page on this blog. We are supporting a fantastic charity called SOS childrens villages which helps children all over the world to be brought up in a family environment which we have been lucky enough to take for granted.







Friday, May 28, 2010

Day 1 - Quito - Altitude test


Amanda had pre-booked us into a lovely (but expensive) guesthouse on the edge of town. Apparently we need to break ourselves in gently to the backpacker lifestyle! After lots of tea de coco (apparently helps with altitude) we had a look around town, first stop - cable car to 4100m to get our bearings. We passed the altitude test but I have no idea how we are going to cycle at this altitude, there's no air! A local soup of potato and avocado and a quick wander around the streets in old town is enough to tire us so we head back to hostel to crash.
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