Mountainous trepidations, present thoughts and future ramblings
By Emma (WARNING, this is not your usual blog) The mind is a powerful place. If you can’t control it, your body is at the mercy of your fears with […]
By Emma (WARNING, this is not your usual blog) The mind is a powerful place. If you can’t control it, your body is at the mercy of your fears with […]
By Emma I am not a very good sailor. Seasickness and me, we unite swiftly and embrace antisocial behavior with an abruptness that cannot be captured with the naked eye. […]
It was around 10.30pm on our last night in Panama when we got an email that changed everything. We were staying in a very cheap hotel and had everything packed […]
By Emma I have a problem with numbers. Lots of zeros simply confuse me. And to make matters worse, the word for ‘thousand’ in Spanish is ‘mil’. So when you […]
By Emma The term ‘come down’ is associated with an intense feeling of elation and the sudden loss of it. That’s how it was for us cycling away from the […]
I wish I could take photos with my eyes. If I could capture even 5% of what we see from our bike simply by blinking, the feast of images we […]
By Emma We made it. But perhaps only just. Three weeks was too long in Cuba. We realised that we had some hidden expectations, which are always tricky to meet. […]
Wind farming, free camping and an uphill battle By Emma We rode for 9 straight days to get to San Cristobal. Leaving Puerto Escondido on Jan 16th, the journey of […]
By Emma: It’s been a very funny couple of weeks since leaving Guadalajara. We have barely had any internet access at all, and when we find it, it is very […]
By Emma: Americans proudly fly their flag. They love it! Flags hang from everywhere you look and even in the most unexpected places. Yesterday we saw one stuck up on […]