A lovely new, arty and independent bike magazine, Boneshaker, has a feature on bike touring. I’m pleased to have contributed a piece on the highs and lows of long distance travelling. Get yourself a copy here!
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Having been at Maya Pedal for a few weeks, it was time I took a break and found my cycling legs again…
From San Andres de Izatapa, it’s a tough but beautiful day ride …
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This last week, I´ve been holed up in San Andres de Iztapa, cobbling together old bikes donated from the US for the bike NGO Maya Pedal. I´ll be here for a couple more weeks at least, sanding down old …
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While riding from Flores to Carmelita, I chanced apon a decent bike store in the neighbouring settlement of San Benito. Lurking in the grungy workshop of Chily Wily’s, amongst the cheap and cheerful Guatemala-made …
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While I’m taking things easy in the aftermath of my bronchitis, I figured I’d bike up to Carmelita and try continuing onto El Mirador for the full moon, with fellow traveller Katherine. Needless to say, it was a good lesson …
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While I’m getting over my bronchitis, I took the opportunity to hop on a ‘chicken bus’ (so named, as chances are someone is clutching a chicken or two under their arm) and …
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I’m now in Flores, Northern Guatemala. Somehow I’ve managed to pick up a muscle strain in my chest over the last week, which is making deep inhalations painful. And that persistent cough that …
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It’s taken a while, but I’m finally in Guatemala! The day’s ride from San Ignacio to El Remate, a chilled out little settlement on the banks of Peten Itza lake, was quiet and easy going. From there, I struck north …
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After five months in Mexico, it was finally time to move on.
So I bid farewell to my dark, dingy hotel in the border town of Chetumal and waved goodbye to my pimp/pusher neighbour, turning down one final, hopeful, hushed …
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