Glenorchy, Queenstown, Te Anau, Invercargill, Alexandra, Mount Cook.
Highlight: Yellow-eyed penguins, scorchio on Christmas Day, New Year in a puddle, mountain walks.
Day 349 - Dec 19 : Lake Sylvan
We got up early since the sun was hitting the tent with force and the hungry sandflies were wait...
Hot Water Beach, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupo, National Park, Pipiriki, Wanganui - 414km (Total 6895km cycled)
Highlights: Active volcanoes, ice cream, wonderful hospitality, hot mineral pools, rainforests.
Day 309 - November 9 : Bus ride from hell
We had booked a bus to Tauranga to gain a...
Portland - Astoria - Brookings - 778Km (Total 3026km cycled)
Highlights: Rain, cheese, orca whales and, most importantly, being on the road again!
Day 141 – May 28 : Leaving Portland
True to form, we left late from Portland because we were chatting to our hosts Paul, Lena and Elo and couldn't...
Buenos Aries -135Km (Total 2119km cycled)
Highlights: Warmshowers, America Embassy, Masa Criteria.
Day 111-127 – April 28 - May 14 : Changing plans
The last few weeks in southern Chile and Argentina have shown us that winter is fast approaching: lots of rain and often very frosty, humid n...
Coyhaique, Villa Manihuales, Puerto Puyuhuapi, La Junta, Villa Saint Lucia, Chaiten, Puerto Montt – 263km (Total 1734km cycled)
Highlights: Very cold rain, well-deserved tarmac, long rides, Casa de Ciclistas, message in the sand from the French tandem, free camping and a warm bed.
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Cochrane, Puerto Tranquilo, Villa Cerro Castillo, Coyhaique - 220km (Total 1343Km cycled)
Highlights: Very rough 'corrugated' ripio, great weather, tailwinds, beautiful long climb and descent, no broken spokes, hitting tarmac again, and mislaying - then finding - another pannier!
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Villa o'Higgins, Puerto Yungay, Cochrane - 220km (Total 1016Km cycled
Highlights: Stunning views, tough hills, our first 1000km, hot water and hospitality from Manuel from the ferry.
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Puerto Natales, El Calafate, El Chalten, Villa o'Higgins - 85km (Total 790Km cycled)
Highlights : The fork finally arrived, we met some great people who kept us sane while waiting, rough off-road, hilly and tough single-track, rainstorms, beautiful and stunning wilderness, hanging glaciers,...
Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine, Puerto Natales 8km (Total 705Km cycled)
Highlights: Rain, snow, hail, wind, stunning views of Los Cuernos in Torres del Paine, Peli's pannier plays hide and seek and a flying overtake by my red pannier.
Porvenir, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales 30th Jan - 4th Feb 2012. 60Km (Total 690Km cycled)
Highlights: Steak, wind, broken spokes, veggie curry, cake and meeting other cycle tourers.
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Day 22,23,24 and 25: 31th Jan. to the 2nd ...
Rio Grande, Bellavista, Cameron, Porvenir 21/01/2012 - 30/01/2012. 322Km (Total 619Km cycled)
Highlights: leaving Rio Grande, the flight of the condors, wind, guanacos, Chilean border crossing, wind, illegal garlic, epic night-riding, wind, never-ending ripio, wild camping, and did we mentio...
Not the easiest thing to find when you search on a search engine.
Though there is plenty places near by and even one on the outskirts of Ushuaia.
There is a few free/wild campsites (camping municipal) in the Tierra del Fuego National Park and near Rio Pipo. Problally the best looking one, from w...
We are getting closer to the day of departure so it is time to get the right jabs. What vaccinations to get, well that depends on where you are going. Our trip is rather open, with no fixed day-to-day itinerary which means that we're not 100% sure where we will be in, say, 8 months' time. You also n...
We have just spent four days in the Peak District in the north of England, pootling about and enjoying the views. And, of course, sampling some excellent cake.
Last year we "raced" through the Peaks up and over the hills and down into and up out of the valleys. This part of the world is rather lum...
More wind, single track offroading, history, visit to Germany, two utterly brilliant campsites and even a song from Peli.
03/06/2011:
As normal my folks' B&B trumped any other. We left with full stomachs following a lovely breakfast on the terrace. With a light lunch packed we headed toward the...
Sandwich, sun, rolling hills, good company but missing two, the wind that became mountains and mum's yummy home made ice cream
31/05/2011:
Gus arrived on the dot of nine thirty and we had a good old natter before we had to part company with the Wowbaggers, with a tear in our eye. Fem cyklister b...
Basic toilet, HC Anderson birthplace and the train over the bridge to Sjælland and a trip to the hospital.
28/05/2011:
We woke up and found that the owners had left early and we still had the pressing problem of where and how to do our "bio break" as the Americans call it. With a bucket and some...
Lurgy, seasickness, the hunt for a hotdog and our first stay "i det fri" in Denmark and our first taste of the wind
25/06/2011:
The last two weeks I've been playing with a fluey-buggy thing that wouldn't really kick in properly. Which, of course, meant that two nights before our departure to Den...
We spent nearly five weeks cycle touring in New Zealand on the south island and most nights we camped in our Blacks Octane 3 tent.
As we found in Australia, they have camping sorted here down under: utterly spotless facilities, and brilliant service. If you should visit New Zealand do not shy...
We 'camped wild' when we've failed to find a campsite for the night, to save money and when we have found a lovely spot to just relax for the night.
We haven’t wild camped much yet and are naturally still a bit nervous when we pitch up, Peli more than me. Of course, we do not want to tread on some...
Tired legs, flat country with very hilly views and great weather. Splashing out on a helicopter ride up and over and around Mt. Cook, absolutely fantastic.
Day one : 09/11/10
It was a very early start for us to get to the bus, again to save some time and get to see more of this wonderful island....
We didn't do much camping in Australia as we were lucky to have wonderful friends who let us stay at theirs. However, we managed five nights on campsites, caravan parks and in wilder campgrounds run by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
What we found was brilliant service and very clean 'a...
New wheel, meeting new friends for a guided tour on less-travelled tracks. Being gob-smacked by the service from bus companies down here. Warming up from frozen in a B&B next to a log fire. Friendly people in the local hotel/bar.
Day One : 02/11/10
With the help of Paul and Penny, aka The Two Ps...
Avoided the rain in the rain forest and got sunny views and rolling hills. Met some great Kiwis who took us on a guided tour along a river. Steep hill and wild camping in a church yard. Now a rest day with a massage.
Day one : 25/10/10 (cont.)
As we pulled out the parking lot into the pretty mu...
Late arrival into Christchurch and "Jail" time, earthquake aftershock, very strong head winds and absolutely stunning views. Made these five first days a fantastic start to our stay in New Zealand.
Day one : 19/10/10
Because of our delayed flight we arrived in New Zealand just before 3am. At the...
