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.







Monday, May 17, 2010

Training of sorts

After a few visits to the bike shop to check up on the whole customisation process, we finally took possession of 2 black & shiny Surly bikes late on Fri afternoon - the last day of work. We did a few practise laps of the hawker centre and then carried on into town very naughtily without helmets, proper footwear and one heart-stopping wheel to wheel encounter with a taxi. Even more naughty we christened the bikes at Uncabunca on Boat Quay with a few leaving drinks. Reluctant to leave the bikes outside (low crime doesn't mean no crime ;) they came inside with us for some pool table action. We have some videos of us cycling around the pool table which we'll upload at some point. Who says we didnt do any training!




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