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Although we’re meant to be cycling through Ecuador at the moment …. we’re actually in Germany as of today! David’s sister is getting married this weekend, so we have found a friendly hostel in Quito (Casa Helbling) that is willing to look after our bikes and panniers for a couple of weeks and are taking a little break in Europe to attend the wedding and catch up with friends and family. We have been on the road for nearly a year now, so we are VERY excited about our “little holiday from our holiday”, although we are a bit anxious about losing our hard-earned, climbing fitness! We are looking forward to getting back on the road again soon – there will be much more camping, dirt roads and high mountain passes from Quito onwards! :)

Cycling around Laguna de Arenal to Nuevo Arenal, Costa Rica

San Carlos, Nicaragua to Panama City

We spent 11 wonderful days in stunningly beautiful Costa Rica! We really loved this country (although it’s a little hard on the budget). It is safe, the people are well educated and friendly, and the scenery is amazing – it…

Concepción Volcano, Ometepe Island, Nicaragua

La Union, El Salvador to Ometepe Island, Nicaragua

We spent 2 weeks in Nicaragua. Although it wasn’t our favourite country for cycling, we loved the colonial cities of Leon and Granada and had a great time on Little Corn Island and Ometepe Island with David’s cousin Simon and…

Chiquimulilla, Guatemala to La Union, El Salvador

I was a little anxious about cycling in El Salvador; it doesn’t have the safest reputation and we had heard from friends that it wasn’t the friendliest place to cycle through. Thankfully, our experience was quite the opposite! We absolutely…

Guatemala City to Chiquimulilla, Guatemala

13th – 27th April: Antigua After the eventful night in Guatemala City, I was determined to follow the advice of the travel guides and get a private shuttle to Antigua. We contacted one of the company’s recommended in the travel…

Trek Stop (Belize) to Guatemala City

We spent just over 4 weeks in beautiful Guatemala, primarily in the colonial city of Antigua, where we took Spanish classes. We didn’t cycle as much as we would have liked in Guatemala, due to safety concerns, traffic and…

Hiking Volcano Acatenango, Guatemala with Ox Expeditions

After one week of Spanish classes, we were in need of some physical activity! We decided to spend our weekend on an overnight hike to Volcano Acatenango (3976m), a dormant volcano near Antigua, from where you can view active Volcano…

We are in Medellin, Colombia now and our bikes are at the bike shop to have the spokes replaced. Unfortunately (for us), there is a long weekend in Colombia this weekend, so they won’t be finished until Tuesday. So, we have a few days to explore Colombia’s second largest city. Thankfully, its much cheaper here than in Central America! :)

Yesterday we went on an Exotic Fruit Tour with Real City Tours through the fruit section of the Minorista Market, where we learnt about and tried a range of exotic, tropical fruits. We are looking forward to eating a lot more of these fruits while touring through Colombia!