Crocodiles and Ray Mears
…And so we survived our first day and night on the river. But who knows what the new day will bring… It brought crocodiles. The day started calmly. The early…
Last Honduran Days
It was a good feeling to be reunited with the bike. No more at the mercy of rickety buses and well worn backpacker routes. Even cycling across Tegucigalpa was ok.…
Afloat and Quiet Content on the Rio Bocay
So there we are, a-floating down the river. Calm water through a tunnel of trees. Walls of silence through which nothing passes. Just a white-noise buzzing in the background of…
Packrafting Nicaragua – Getting to Ayupal
The packrafting trip began long before we reached the put-in point on the Rio Bocay. Crowded chicken buses from Somoto to Esteli and on to Jinotega. The inevitable sit-and-wait at…
To Packraft the Rio Coco – A Crazy Idea?
Or, A Poco Loco on the Coco? The idea: To packraft down a river somewhere in central America. We had the packrafts, so that just left a river to find.…
Photos from Packrafting the Rio Bocay and Rio Coco in Nicaragua
We bought 10 days of food in Jinotega, up in the highlands of northern Nicaragua. We figured this would be enough food to keep us going (although we only had…
Off with the Bikes – Chicken Buses and Packrafting Somoto Canyon
El Salvador is a small country, and we were not there long. Of course, I have stories to tell… of drunk teenager thieves and trying to wake a deaf and…
Across Guatemala – Monkeys, Dentists and Beer
The road from Palenque to Frontera Corozal, the border town on the Rio Usimacinta, was lovely. Few hills, just gentle rises and falls. With hills to our right and savannah-like…
Fear of Falling Rocks
After a somewhat mundane cycle through most of the Mexico mainland, life on the road has livened up a little. The Chiapas region has it’s own identity, no doubt influenced…
Photos of A Taste of the Caribbean (in rainy season)
Rio Dulce, the town, lies unsurprisingly on the Rio Dulce. Sweet River. The town used to be called Fronteras in the days before the bridge across the river was built.…
Maya Ruins – Palenque and Tikal
As promised, some photos from the ruins of Palenque and Tikal… In the heart of the Chiapas lowlands of Mexico lies Palenque. Dating back as far as 100BC, it flourished…
Winds of Change into Chiapas
Oaxaca is adorned with colourful colonial buildings and exquisite ornate churches. And it’s streets are full of life and atmosphere. Shoe shiners and paper stalls, burger bars and taco stands.…
The Long Road to Oaxaca
There will be times on any long journey, where the pace slows and nothing of note happens. This is exactly the case with the latest part of the ride through…
Photos of The Long Road to Oaxaca
From Puerta Vallarta, where we left the boat, along the coast and then up through the hills to Oaxaca, passing through Melaque, Zihuatanejo and Acapulco. A long ride is all…
Baja Ho-Ho-Ho
Revived after a couple of days of rest. Ready to reap the rewards of Baja’s best. From Guerrero Negro on the Pacific Coast, we traversed the Baja peninsula again. The…
Baja Hey-Ho Go Slow
It took 3 weeks to cycle down the length of Baja California. The 1500km long peninsula that is attached to the US state of California but belongs to Mexico. The…
Southern California – Misnomers Galore
She didn’t call us crazy! I could barely remember another time in the US when, having seen our bikes or telling people what we’re doing (which is riding bikes…just quite…
Photos of Baja California South
Three weeks after crossing the border from the US and we have finally cycled the length of the Baja California peninsula. Resting up in La Paz, waiting for a boat.…
Photos of Baja California North, Mexico
We crossed the border from California to Mexico at Mexicali. Without lingering, we pedalled south to San Felipe and on through Puertecitos to the horrendous dirt roads. Eventually we rejoined…
Red Rocking Utah and Crazy Las Vegas
Southwest Utah is stunning. Wonders of nature abound. Wind and water have worked together over millennia to carve a country of deep canyons, creeks and citadel-style rock formations that compel…