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.







Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Day 12 - Cuenca - Rest Day

Our first proper rest day and that we did - not making it out the hostel until 5pm! It was also a day for laundry (I can't describe Wills socks), catching up on wifi and eating leftover pizza for lunch.

Out and about in the city we discovered beautiful squares, grand churches, funky bars along the river and a panama hat-making shop, as apparently this is their home, not Panama. I had one made for me with a pink band but they didn't do any large enough for the Southwell head :(


A very nice day all round and the Surly's more than earned a day off.


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  1. AnnaJune 6, 2010 at 7:53 PM

    hello. love the site. and the hat! can we have a bigger version of the 'progress to date' map - or is there a way of enlarging it that i don't know about?

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