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Sponsor us per km of the journey and all funds will be donated to a nature conservation project. Click here for more details.

 

 

 
Current location…

Guamote, Ecuador.

Heading to…

Cuenca, Ecuador

Listening to…

Anna - Mazzo DJ Cellie (to get her up the Ecuadorian hills!) 

Ali - Carus (to make him miss home a little!)

Reading…

Ali - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) and the 'Peru' Lonely Planet (always one step ahead of things!)

Anna - 'The Hungry Cyclist - Pedalling the Americas in search of the Perfect Meal' (Tom Kevill-Davies) y the history of 'Atahualpa' in the Lonely Planet 'Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands'

Stats

Km's ridden - 20526
Punctures:
Anna - 13
Ali - 16

Worst (but most adventurous) road to date - Mocoa to Pasto, Colombia 

Highest Pass to date - 4370 metres above sea level at the foot of Volcan Chimborazo, Ecuador


 


Community

Our sponsors for the trip can be found under the 'Sponsors' link.

These are individuals and groups in business and otherwise that have inspired us, encouraged us and simply helped us out when needed. They have pushed us towards where we are today and will continue to do so as we progress.


Bicycle SA - www.bikesa.asn.au

Footsteps Backpackers (Santiago de Chile) - www.footsteps.cl

Adelaide Mountain Bike Club – www.amtbc.com

De Vakantiefietser - www.vakantiefietser.nl
According to our belief the best cycle touring shop around, found in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Thorn Cycles - www.sjscycles.co.uk

Gomez – www.gomeztheband.com
Favourite band of all, have seen them countless times here in Oz as well as in Scotland

The Dave Matthews Band  - www.davematthewsband.com
A group that we have only got into in the past three years, but who blow our minds at every listen with every live cd bringing something different to the audience….saw them live for the first time last year in Adelaide…awesome musos!

The Weather Makers - www.theweathermakers.org Tim Flannery’s book about climate change

World Wildlife Fund – www.wwf.org
Sponsor us
donate per kilometre of our ride for WWF projects along our travel route

Australian Geographic - www.australiangeographic.com.au

Greening Australia – www.greeningaustralia.org.au

REI (Recreation Equipment Inc.) - www.rei.com 
REI is an American consumers cooperative that sells a large range of outdoor gear. The REI in Anchorage Alaska is the largest outdoor store in the city. Special thanks go to Dan for building our Thorn's up from the ground and giving them a good once over, and also to Adam for his advice on wet weather gear, campsites, hospitality for fellow bike tourers and his Aussie accent (he was born in Whyalla after all).