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.







Thursday, May 6, 2010

Preparation (all 3 weeks of it ;)


So we finally decide on the big adventure and start making lists of all the things we need...which is basically everything... much to Wills' equipment-buying delight.





Off we go to hit the shops in Singapore only to find, well nothing really, as not much call here for gear to cope with freezing altitude and mountainous conditions. Disappointing but surely we can just buy online and import, hmm and so the ash cloud finds new victims of circumstance! Anyway, the good news is that we are finally receiving parcels daily and woo hoo the bikes just arrived on D day -9. What were we were worried about?? Just a shame that the right handlebars didn't come with them...or the pedals... Ax
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