Blog 2 1st and 2nd March Total Distance – 199km Day 2 1st March Machu Picchu Seeing Machu Picchu had been on my bucket list for many years. Recognised as is one of the seven New Wonders of the World, it attracts hoards of tourists all year round. These days, tourists are strictly controlled and […]
Cusco to Ollantaytambo
Day 1 February 29th Distance – 88km After spending two days in Cusco preparing for the journey ahead, I thought Javier, my camera operator and support driver for the Peruvian section of the expedition, were well-organised. However, by the time we’d filmed a few scenes around the city centre, packed, picked up the hire car […]
Welcome – The Andes, the Altiplano & the Atacama expedition (first blog)
Blog 1 Welcome to the first blog for this next expedition in my Breaking the Cycle series, The Andes, the Altiplano & the Atacama. Over the last couple of years I have undertaken to do a preparatory expedition for Breaking the Cycle South Pole on each continent (except Antarctica). Each journey has been designed to […]
A final note
Blog 19 Breaking the Cycle Skeleton Coast Total distance cycled – 1621km, 32 days (26 cycling days) Progress post-expedition Since returning to Melbourne about six weeks ago, I have been trying to put into perspective what has been achieved in Namibia and quietly working away to create the best pathways to share the story. Kas […]
Oranjemund
Blog 18 I may have finished my 1600km bicycle journey down the Namibian coastline at the mouth of the Orange River, but the adventure wasn’t quite done. Having arrived six days early, there was no need to rush off and we could afford to spend two very interesting days in Oranjemund as guests of Namdeb. […]
The Sperrgebiet and the Finish
Blog 17 17/18/19 June Days 30/31/32 Location: Luderitz to Oranjemund (finish) Total Distance: 1621km The final section of the expedition, from Luderitz, through the Sperrgebiet to Oranjemund and finally to the mouth of the Orange River, was quite different from the rest of the journey. The Sperrgebiet (Forbidden Diamond Area), originally annexed by the German […]
Luderitz
Blog 16 15/16 June Days 28/29 Location: Luderitz (rest) Total Distance: 1315km I was exhausted after the challenging eleven-day stint from Swakopmund, so spending two days in Luderitz was very much a needed and deserved break. It was also a chance to learn a little of the colourful history of Namibia’s first port town. We […]
All the way to Luderitz
Blog 15 13 June Day 26 Location: Hottentots Bay +5km Distance: 37km Total Distance: 1250km Our progress today was always going to be dependent on the tides. There were three sections where we could only get through during low tide because the waves would surge right up to the sand dunes, sometimes causing sand to […]
Across the high coastal dunes of the Namib
Blog 14 11 June Day 24 Location: 25.73561 S, 15.04815 E Distance: 52km Total Distance: 1169km Simon gave me two choices of route from where we were to Luderitz. The first option was to continue working my way through these low dunes, following the valleys, then up and over a string of dunes and into […]
Into the sand dunes
Blog 13 9 June Day 22 Namab Camp to +12km sand dunes Distance: 36km Total Distance – 1065km There was no hurry to set off from Namab Camp because we had to time the first part of the day with the tide. The plan was to cycle along the first 24km of the Lange Wand […]
