Stats & Maps Curitiba rising The Expresso Curitiba Hostel has been a great home for two weeks while focusing on work and suffering a rotten cold, I could almost be back in the UK. One day the… Read More
Guide Personal Account with photos Guide I went north south but either directions are possible, this route was suggested by friend Chris Parkin and based on the informative guide: Biking Beaches in Brazil by Sonya… Read More
Stats & Maps Rio de Janeiro Sometimes setting off on a long journey feels a lot more like leaving then starting, the anxieties build far more than any other point in the experience. Leaving Rio… Read More
Written mid Atlantic on route to Rio to see minha namorada and give Brazil a pedal. I’ve always enjoyed riding bikes in many different forms, some of my earliest memories are of exploring and crashing on… Read More
Log & Chart We are such different people crammed into this small vessel, cabin fever sets in as tiny quarrels develop between some simply for the sake of it. I’m not sure if it’s a… Read More
Log & Chart We set our course to the wind, trimming the sails as it veers and backs round the compass, each change lifting us towards our intended waypoint or heading us away. There are… Read More
Log & Chart We sail from anchorage to anchorage, Panormitis on the island of Simi, Kamari on Kos and Astypalea. Slowly acclimatising to sea life, the first few days are a little nauseous but it… Read More
Stats & Maps Truck Stop After a morning start with two puncture it’s time to swap the front tyre, it’s put up a valiant effort but now the tougher spare must lead the way. Things… Read More
Stats & Maps After the madness of the two days before I sleep like the dead making the most of my extravagant indoors bed, eventually waking at lunchtime to explore Istanbul. It’s a big city… Read More
Stat & Map Its a peaceful start to the day on a golden Bulgarian prairie, staring up at darting swallows and treating myself to a birthday coffee. I rejoin the big road East, at one… Read More