The original post by nancy was posted here “It’s not supposed to be this cold at the equator,”Davy mumbled as huge fluffy clouds billowed out of his mouth.  “It’s supposed to be hot here!”  It was a cold morning in Cayambe, but we packed up and headed out – the Equator Monument was calling us! A while [...]

Mark joined Radio 1’s Greg James live in the studio for a catch up about the documentary and to set Greg a special Sport Relief training exercise.

Part 1

Mark challenges Greg to 15 mins on the bike.

Focus Taiwan News Channel

Taiwan promotes bicycle tour packages at Berlin travel fair Focus Taiwan News Channel … with around 10 hotels, travel agencies and [...]

Custom Bicycles Handmade in Newark The Daily Newarker Combined, they have accumulated over 6000 miles of bicycle touring, a certificate for completing the United Bicycle Institute's chromoly framebuilding …

I felt empty and void of any feelings or emotion in the last three days cycling towards the Panama Canal. I couldn’t work out why and it was frustrating. Alex beamed with smiles all the way but I was struggling with it and was subconsciously stalling at every opportunity to delay the end. Part of [...]

Inca Kola, a bright yellow soft drink that tastes like liquid bubble gum, is perhaps Peru’s most famous claim to fame. It’s an interesting story – or so I’ve been told. I can’t vouch for the accuracy of any of this, but here’s [...]

Thanks for dropping by Marcus! Your place is great, hope all is well in the best of Cayo

Russia-InfoCenter

Some tips for bicycle touring trips in Russia Russia-InfoCenter Bicycle touring in Russian has wide geography. You can ride along the tundra of Kola [...]

Back on the road. Freaking hot in Southern Venezuela. Now in San Fernando de Apure, after a week of Cayman roadkill in Los Llanos...

We are still in Venezuela and have used nothing yet, coming down from Alaska. Generally in Central America people use nothing. I have used all types in the 4 times i was in Tanzania, but the last time (which was 6 weeks long in 2008) I got so depressed from lariam, that I decided to [...]

hi everyone,
thanks for your comments about malaria pill popping! we have chloroquine for central america and doxycycline for south america. they were the cheapest options!
we are two days away from oaxaca city. yes, we are STILL in mexico. it's been over three months now. we have loved all [...]

Hey – i just bought a mosquito net for my hammock – it is called a pavellon (phonetic) and commonly available in markets. best protection is don't get bit at night . . . even malarial meds do not prevent malaria all the time (not just an issue of drug resistance). the mosquito net [...]

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Paul Gareau wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I just started taking Doxycycline when I got to Belize. I have 120 of
> them and I'm supposed to take them daily, so I'm covered for a while.
> It seemed like all the pills had some side effects – with [...]

Hi,

I bought Chloroquine back in france before the trip, it was less than 6 euros for 100 days. Chloroquine works until Panama City. Any further area has resistance to it and you have to switch to Malarone (there are other options but Malarone is the most recommended). Yeah Malarone can be either the regular thing [...]

2010/3/6 greg mccausland

Hello -i wondered the same and i talked with some friends (from
malaria areas) b/c obviously people don't spend their lives popping
larium. i was told to get Malarone
(https://www.gsksource.com/gskprm/en/US/adirect/gskprm?cmd=ProductDetailPage&product_id=1244172404936&featureKey=600601).
When you feel like you are getting malaria, taking malarone disrupts
the reproductive cycle of the bacteria – though it sure doesn't sound
like any fun. Anyhow, there [...]

Here are some comments from the Google Panam group about Malaria prophylaxis, which might be useful for other cycle travellers as well:

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Roland and Belinda Hinmueller
wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Just curious if anyone is taking anti-malaria tablets and if so when did you
> start taking them. We have [...]

John got another video finished – highlights of cycling Ecuador.  I think this is his best one yet! 

I was a little overwhelmed by our new camera when we picked it up from Greek customs two days ago. At first glance, it looked like the flight deck of a 767 to me. Even more ridiculous (in the confines of our small apartment) was our gigantic telephoto lens. I [...]

Mark and Greg catch up ahead of their first time meeting face to face since the challenge began back in May 2009.

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After many border crossings we had become quite relaxed about getting the camera out to film. Unfortuantely when the Panama Customs officials got sight of the $8000 camera they decided we needed a good searching. Asides an extra hour at the border and having to repack all my gear the inspection proved fairly uneventful and [...]

Signs of the economic crisis occurring Greece are easy to find in Athens. We frequently pass police in full riot gear, we’ve seen several protests during our short time here, and taxes have risen (on some goods, to astronomical levels!). I won’t attempt to explain the nature of the political situation; the [...]

Tamworth Blog (blog)

The Man Who Cycled the World to peddle his story at the Assems Tamworth Blog (blog) … two highest peaks, Mt McKinley [...]

The original post by Sergio F. Tolosa was posted here 17 de marzo en Tolosa (a las 20.00 h) organiza Amalur 2010 Se trata de un ciclo dedicado al desierto 20 de marzo en Manzanares el Real organiza Bicimundo 23 de marzo en Girona organiza Servei d’Esports de la Universitat de Girona. De 11 a 12.30 h [...]

For those of you not from the YL you might not know what the YL is. And who can blame you it’s a tiny area in North Orange County famous for being my home town but originally famousor is that infamous for being the hometown of Richard Nixon. You’ll now find here the Richard [...]

Hawke’s Bay Today

'Couch surfers' notch one year on the road Hawke’s Bay Today They celebrate a year of cycling around the world today. This [...]