Ancash Region, Peru
Road work carnage! We have to get to chinceros tonight because they close the road to Cuzco tomorrow for a day for the Peru Rally. Another night of driving in the mountains at night! Last two days have been rather epic!
Ancash Region, Peru
Road work carnage! We have to get to chinceros tonight because they close the road to Cuzco tomorrow for a day for the Peru Rally. Another night of driving in the mountains at night! Last two days have been rather epic!
Tocache, Peru
we are not actually in tocache, that's 30km away which is a 2.5 hour drive!!! Time and distance don't go hand in this part if the world! The first 3 hours and 125 km's started very flat and uneventful and we stupidly thought we might knock out some seriously distance today, but seeing as its tOwn us 7 hours to do the same distanceI shall explain once I have wifi but never uunderestimate the amount of obstacles driving in Peru can thro ** some text is missing **
Tocache, Peru
we are not actually in tocache, that's 30km away which is a 2.5 hour drive!!! Time and distance don't go hand in this part if the world! The first 3 hours and 125 km's started very flat and uneventful and we stupidly thought we might knock out some seriously distance today, but seeing as its tOwn us 7 hours to do the same distanceI shall explain once I have wifi but never uunderestimate the amount of obstacles driving in Peru can thro ** some text is missing **
Jaén, Peru
first police stop, pretending to be a Chelsea supporter seemed to help, although good cop was eyeing up my sunglasses. On route to moyobamba somewhere in the Amazon basin.
Jaén, Peru
first police stop, pretending to be a Chelsea supporter seemed to help, although good cop was eyeing up my sunglasses. On route to moyobam ** some text is missing **
Jaén, Peru
servico mechanico brokeno taxio!
Pucará District, Peru
Day 2, and it was all going so well. Teachers are on strike and blocking the road!
Pucará District, Peru
Day 2, not much reception in the Andes so updates could be delayed.
Pucará District, Peru
Day 2, hot as hell! We got some new wheels. Lots of mountains and scenery...did I mention its hot! Progress...slow!
Olmos, Peru
Day 1 done. apart from the early breakdown and a bundle for hotel rooms it was a drama free day. 160k of beautiful tarmac and lovely scenery, a nice easy day to get to know the beasts limits.... and it is quite limited!!!! @
Rickshaw Run 2009 - check!
Mototaxi Junket 2012 - check!
Next one........
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal"><font face="courier new,courier" size="3"><strong>Welcome to Mark & Dave’s blog thing! </strong></font></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal"><font face="courier new,courier"><font size="2"><strong>It’s been nearly 3 years since our last adventure, so it is with much excitement we return in September 2012 for another 3 wheeled challenge; the '</strong></font><a href="http://www.theadventurists.com/the-adventures/mototaxi-junket" target="_blank"><font size="2"><strong>Mototaxi Junket</strong></font></a><font size="2"><strong>' in aid of '</strong></font><a href="http://practicalaction.org/" target="_blank"><font size="2"><strong>Practical Action</strong></font></a><font size="2"><strong>'.</strong><font style="font-size: small"> </font><font face="courier new,courier" size="2" style="font-size: small"><font size="2"><strong>Last time, we were 'What Would Ted Do' (WWTD), this time, after an extraordinary leap of the imagination, we are ‘What Would Ted Do II – Which Way Is North’ (er.….WWTDIIWWIN).</strong></font></font></font></font></p><p align="left"><font face="courier new,courier"><font size="2"><strong><u>The Challenge:</u> In a nutshell, the Junket is 14 days of un-routed, unsupported driving madness through deepest darkest Peru. From Piura in the North to Cuzco in the South (c3000km). We and a bunch of other teams will take on some of the most challenging terrain in the world on the most ridiculous piece of engineering known to man: <a href="index.php?mode=teamwebsites&name=wwtd2&page=vehicle">The Mototaxi</a>! </strong></font></font></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal"><font face="courier new,courier" size="2"><strong>Initial investigations indicate we are going to face a whole new set of challenges this time round: These Mototaxi things make our old auto-rickshaw sound like a limousine and Peru is just mountain, desert, more mountain and jungle with many of the roads (for roads read dirt tracks) not actually leading anywhere. Oh well, it is for charity after all, we wouldn’t want anyone thinking we were just on some sort of jolly! You can read more about the junket here: '<a href="http://www.theadventurists.com/the-adventures/mototaxi-junket" target="_blank"><font size="2"><strong>Mototaxi Junket</strong></font></a>'</strong></font></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal"><font face="courier new,courier"><font size="2"><strong><u>The Charity:</u> </strong></font></font><font face="courier new,courier"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier"><font face="courier new,courier"><strong>To read more about the work they are doing in Peru and how your donations will help please visit our </strong></font></span><font size="2"><strong>'</strong></font></font><a href="index.php?mode=teamwebsites&name=wwtd2&page=charities"><font face="courier new,courier" size="2"><strong>C</strong></font></a><font face="courier new,courier" size="2"><a href="index.php?mode=teamwebsites&name=wwtd2&page=charities"><strong>harities</strong></a></font><font face="courier new,courier" size="2"><strong>' page. You can donate here '</strong></font><font face="courier new, courier" size="2"><strong><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/WWTD2">Just Giving</a>'.</strong></font></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal"><strong style="font-family: 'courier new', courier; font-size: small">That’s enough for now – consider yourselves warned! </strong></p><p align="left" class="MsoNormal"><font face="courier new,courier" size="2"><strong>Hobbit & Ninja Dave</strong></font></p>