Twice already I have had people come up and ask to have their photos taken with me. And when I was stopped for petrol someone came up and said if I was passing through their town I was welcome to stay the night. At first I thought I wouldn’t as that it might [...]

It was time to leave my sheltered nest and head out on my own. Many thanks to my host Fernando, his son Phillipe and his girlfriend Isabella for letting me store my bike, making me feel at home, providing me with a route and contacts throughout Colombia and giving me a great welcome to [...]

The second day of my bike recovery program I rode without luggage to a mud volcano, Volcán de Lodo El Totumo, where you can climb into mud that is so thick that the furthest I could sink into it was my chest. I only got stopped by the police once and this time I [...]

I must admit that I am quite nervous about riding the bike again (even though after spending 60 hours straight on public transport getting back from Trinidad I am also glad I am riding). I am always a little bit apprehensive riding in a new country before you know what the other drivers are [...]

On the ferry I befriended a young American girl who is going to Venezuela to do her thesis on oil and it’s effects on Venezuelan politics. As it was her first time in Venezuela I showed her the ropes. Where to buy her bus ticket (someone’s house), where to change money (bookshop), where [...]

On the way to catch the ferry we were pulled up by the police for turning left between 6:30-8:30am. Pretty much everyone missed the road sign. Everyone got away with a warning after one of the women started crying about how unfair it was. I would be pretty happy if this was the [...]

Mostly the turtles with a lizard and a bit of goat racing at the end.

The word lime is used to describe partying in TnT which we did at the Sunday School in Tobago. Though it is a bit like being back in time as all the songs seem to be islandised remakes. As well as getting in some beach time we went diving, bird watching, watched goat [...]

We spent one week in Trinidad and one week in Tobago. In Trinidad we visited Pitch Lake, one of three bitumen lakes in the world and where they mine 250 tonnes of bitumen a day which is exported and used in making roads all over the world. A mangrove swamp tour to see [...]

I just arrived in Trinidad where Steve is meeting me for a two week holiday, within a break, within a trip. I know it is a hard life. But necessary for my bike trip as he is bringing over some custom earplugs as my ones are broken and I can’t do the rest [...]

Sharon and I spent out last few days in Venezuela together eating at the Chinese and Arabic restaurants that abound in the coastal city of Puerto La Cruz, finishing off the rum we had and drinking strawberry juice drinks at kebab shop next door. We were suppose to go diving or snorkeling but Sharon [...]

We finally have internet in the foyer of our hotel so I am also putting up the videos that I did in Honduras and Costa Rica and my favourite picture from Guatemala and a couple more from Angel Falls.

After having to get up at 5am we got taken to the airport at midday and then watched everyone else leave on flights. Finally at 3pm a plane showed up to take us back. We missed the last bus and had to take a four hour shared taxi listening to super loud music, [...]

Our group was very UN and consisted of a Russian, Greek, Romanian, Irish, British, Venezuelan, Japanese, American and a Kiwi but we were still in South America so it was the guys that had to get out and push the boat up the rapids.
After the trek through the jungle to the view point we had [...]

When we walked behind the falls in Canaima I spotted a frog and when it jumped away and I tried to find another one all I found was a leaf. Also check out the ant that needed a light.