Album Quiz Fridays

Image ~ 10. December 20168. April 2017 ~ boundlessbiking ~ Leave a comment

This is a collection of all quizes we made.

What happened? Tell your version of the story! — in Gobernador Mayer, Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Day 109, 3153km, Villa Union. We have crossed couple of deserts and couple of hills and we have a quiz for you! Please tell us how is this plant called. It has green tiny leaves, thorns and yellow wooden-like blossom with seeds inside. Beside that, please vote where should we go tomorrow: Talampaya National Park or Laguna Brava?

One more ‘guess what it is’ quiz! Found in San Salvador de Jujuy.

Time for the next quiz! As we were in Bolivia, all fruit that we could find were potatoes, and if we were lucky – some onions. So as we finally reached Puno -Peru – we agreed that we should eat more fruit. So, Kira was sent to supermarket (another thing we haven’t seen since Argentina) to buy some. There were two huge shelves full with fruit. Kira could identify two sorts of them – banana and pineapple. But what is the rest?! If you need a closer look, you’ll find them in the album ‘fruits’. The prize for the winner is a video message from Peru!

So we have a quiz for you: guess the height of the hill behind Sven! The winner will get the first postcard we send from Peru!

Quiz Friday! We have 5 wheels on our bikes and we’ve cycled almost 10,000km so far. How many flat tires did we have until today? Write your guess in the comments! The winner will get a personal kilometer and a place in our Funders Hall of Fame! (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC) The winner will be announced on Tuesday.

As we were biking through banana plantations, there were some other trees as well. One sort of these trees was growing these fruit. What do you think it is?

It’s time for a new quiz! We went shopping for next 5 days (3 of them we will spend in the desert with no towns or villages). This is what we have bought. The question is – how much did we pay for this mountain of food? Tell your bets in euros! The prize – postcard from oversees 🙂

Time for the first quiz of the year! First, the prize this time is bigger and better than usual – it’s a full calender of 2015 made by Michi! Second, the quiz is a bit harder than usual: it has two parts. We present you the very typical installation that you can find in every town in South America (in the picture). This one is called ¨Tradicion and Culture¨. So the first part of the quiz is: what is the unusual thing seen in this picture? And the second part of the quiz is: please create a story which involves all the things seen in the picture. Get creative! Please submit your story in comments and share it with your friends! You can submit the story in english, german, lithuanian or basic spanish (so we can understand it).

It’s rainy season here in Colombia and this is the way we walk the dog during the tropical rain. Quiz question: how many plastic bags do we need to build one space costume for Tulku?

Quiz at the end of the text! This is how our bike bag looks like after 1,5 years on the road. ORTLIEB Outdoor Equipment sent us complimentary patches, but EU law does not allow sending the glue oversees and we couldn’t find any glue for this in Cali, so we’re back to using tire tube’s patches. And it’s not only this bag, all our stuff is showing lots of wear and tear by now. Our tent floor has 34 patches by now, and Sven is working on fixing the new holes, so by the end of the day there will be around 50 patches. Sooo, here’s the question for the quiz: how many patches (and fixed holes) there will be after we’re done fixing it?

Quiz Friday! Here is Kira grooming Tulku. We trim Tulku’s hair every two months and make felted toys from her fur. During one haircut Tulku produces enough hair for 2 small toys. How many hours does it take to cut Tulku’s hair? Write your guess in comments! The winner will get his personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday.

Quiz Friday! This is Kira sitting in a colombian public transportation. It is made of a pick-up truck and has 4 different seating cabins with different prices. Question: how many passengers usually sit in this cabin? Write your guess in the comments! Some hints for you: 1st class (in the car) carries 6 passengers and one driver; 2nd class (in the pick-up) carries ? passengers; 3rd class (standing at the end of the truck) carries up to 8 passengers; 4th class (on the roof) carries an infinite number of passengers. The winner will get his personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! This is Sven in his new football uniform. Sven is a big football fan (and a football coach for kids!). He got the new uniform from a local team as a gift. Question: what number is on the back of the shirt? Write your guesses in the comments! The team is called Deportes Quindio and plays in 2nd division. Our host told us that the team is very good and forbade to google it. So we obeyed. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven and Tulku on our very first pass in the Andes. As you all know, we are climbing the last pass in the Andes this week. It seems we’ve been in the Andes forever. Question: when did we cycle the very first pass? A: On the very first cycling day of the journey in Tierra del Fuego B: Chile and Argentina are divided by mountain range, so it must be on the day you crossed to Osorno (Chile) from Bariloche (Argentina) C: No way the Andes can be 10.000 km long! They might begin somewhere around Bolivia, so that’s where your first pass was. Write your guess in the comments! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Kira and a broken bike. Few Fridays ago you have learned that we already had 17 flat tires. But who fixes them? Question: Can Kira fix a flat tire? A: Yes, of course B: No, she has no clue C: Still not yet, but she’s learning Write your guess in the comments! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Kira and Tulku enjoying their last moments of sleep. It is very hot here in Caribbean Region of Colombia. The average temperature is 30C, day or night. Mix it with high humidity and it becomes hard to bear. Cycling in these conditions is a challenge, so we needed to adapt. We learned to use early morning hours to cycle. That comes with another challenge – waking Kira up very early. Question: When do we wake up for a cycling day? Write your guess in the comments. Hint: it’s still dark outside! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced when we will reach land and find a computer with internet. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven, Tulku and our bikes packed for the sailing trip. 6 days on the deck, surrounded by salt water, is not very good for our metal bikes. We did our best and waterproofed them with 35 trash bags and 100 meters of duct tape. Question: How long did it take to pack them? Write your guess in the comments! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! You can win a postcard from Panama! This Friday we turned the Quiz upside down: there is no question! Instead, we want you to ask us questions. You can ask about us our our trip. What is the thing you always wanted to know about us? Now is your chance to find it out and you can get a prize for it. We will answer all questions! Write your questions in the comments. The winner will get a postcard from Panama, a personal kilometer and a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Sunday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Monday. Each question is a new entry. The winner will be drawn at random from all the entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven holding a Leafcutter Ant. These ants are very strong and use their mouths to cut leaves and carry them to their nest. In the photo the ant is holding itself with its mouth. One night we made a mistake and pitched our tent above their ‘highway’. In the morning we woke up and found 3 holes in the tent floor. Question: What was the total size of the holes (in millimeters) cut by leafcutter ants? Write your guess in the comments! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Kira putting stamps on a parcel. Sending packages from Panama is a big deal and panameños take stamps very seriously. Question: How many stamps did we have to put on the box? It weights 3,45 kg and goes to Europe. Write your guess in the comments! It took us 6 hours to send this one box and the process included searching for the particular brown paper and the particular duct tape; opening and closing the box 4 times; standing in a queue 8 times and licking lots of stamps. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! It’s been a while since our last ‘what is this’ quiz, so – Question: What is this? We found it at the zoo, it’s not a cub and it’s just a bit bigger than a house cat. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven meeting locals. People in Latin America are very curious and want to know everything about us. It is hard for them to pronounce our names, that’s how Kira became Quira, Tulku became Turcó and Sven… Question: How do most people call Sven in Latin America? A: Esben B: Ben C: Zfen Write your guess in the comments! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven cooking dinner. Traveling on budget means a lot of cooking instead of eating at the restaurants. Before the journey Sven’s knowledge of cooking consisted of knowing how to warm things up. After 2 years he became quite a cook! Question: How many different dishes can Sven make by himself from scratch? Write your guess in the comments! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Obstacles, struggling and things that don’t go as planned – these are the things that happen to our team more often than we wish they would. So far we cycled 11500 kilometers. We divided them into 23 streches, with roughly 500 km each. Some of those segments were very smooth and successful – the things ran just the way we planned. And then things went awry (wrong), as usual. Question: How many successful segments did we have in total? Hint 1: These streches were not in a row. Hint 2: There were more unsuccessful segments than successful. Write your guess in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday (we hope). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Sven bought a new helmet! He wanted it to match our team colours, but there was one tiny problem. Kira’s white helmet is no longer white due to long exposure to the sunlight. Kira’s helmet was purchased in Bolivia and at some point it turned yellow. Question: Please place your BETS on how long do you think it will take for Sven’s helmet to turn yellow and match Kira’s helmet! Write your bets in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced when Sven’s helmet turns yellow. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here are some screws from Sven’s bike. They are responsible for holding the stand of Sven’s bike. It’s not a vital part of the bike, but it could be very usefull. It could, but Sven’s bike is heavy, so it doesn’t take long to bend the screws… Question: How long did it take to bend these screws? Hint 1: We didn’t bend them on purpose. Hint 2: This happened more than once. Write your guess in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here are Sven and Tulku. Not many of you know this, but before our trip, Sven was terrified of dogs. All of them, big or small, including Tulku. It took some time for Sven to conquer his fear of dogs, but now he and Tulku are best buds. They even share one pillow at night. Question: What is Sven’s favourite part of having a dog (Tulku)? A Sharing a pillow B Tulku licking his feet C Cuddling with Tulku D Tulku making him laugh when things fail E Playing with Tulku Write your guess in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Tulku sleeping in her favourite spot – Sven’s pillow. There was a 6-month-lenght war between these two for the pillow and after many lost battles Sven had to surrender. But now we are in hot climate and Tulku decided to sleep in cooler places. Question: What is Tulku’s second favourite sleeping spot? A Under the bed B Next to the toilet bowl C On the pile of our dirty clothes Write your guess in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven putting our clothes on the line to dry. El Niño is still in full swing, so even though rain season is over for a while now, it still rains heavily and unpredictably and sometimes we get very wet very quickly. In order to speed up the drying process we sometimes use laundry service. Question: How much does it cost to wash and dry your clothes (5 kg) in laundry place in Nicaragua? A 1,7 usd B 7 usd C 17 usd Hint: It costs 2 usd to do that in Panama. Write your guess in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Kira doing daily chores. During long term journey we attach to some things: Tulku can’t live without her toy-rat, Sven can’t live without his phone. Some of us attach to weird things… Question: What is Kira’s most important possession (beside her passport): A her diary B her handkerchief C her plastic cup Write your guess in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Last quiz of the year! Here is Kira sitting on the bed in a hotel room. During time we got used to crappy (and thus affordable) hotel rooms: no toilet door, no toilet, no space, sometimes no electricity. Heck, even no shower – just the bucket of rain water. So we stopped paying attention to the tiny details, like unpainted walls. Question: How many hours did it take for Kira to notice that one wall is not painted? Hint 1: Sven noticed it at the first glance. Hint 2: We stayed there for two days. Write your guess in the comments. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. P.S. We miss sleeping in our tent and wish to be back there as soon as security situation will allow it!

Quiz Friday! Here we are, waving goodbye to Kira’s parents on New Years Eve. As most of you know, Kira’s parents visited us for Christmas. We spent 2 great weeks exploring Yucatan peninsula. Sadly (or not), the trip came to an end and we had to say goodbye. Question: How many minutes did the goodbye waving continue? The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries. Kira’s parents are excluded for taking part in this quiz.

Quiz Friday! Here is Tulku enjoying a cold coconut. Tulku loves all kinds of fruits and vegetables and she’s eager to try new ones. We have problems keeping her form trying jelapeño peppers as they are everywhere here in Mexico. Despite all this, Tulku favours some fruits more than others. Question: What is Tulkus favourite fruit ever? A Coconut B Tuna fruit (Cactus fruit) C Apple The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday – caption this! Here is a sign that we found on the road. It is probably pretty clear what the sign means, but let’s add a creative twist. Question: Suggest a better name for the sign! Sven starts: “Wind loading station”. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be selected by the members of our creativity board(ish).

Quiz Friday! Here is our brand new self-made subsitute cooker (and Sven in the background). We are waiting for the spare part for our main cooker to arrive from overseas. Even though we love Mexican food, there are some long stretches with no food services on our route, so we had to come up with other solutions. We present our alcohol cooker made from soda cans. You need 2 cans to make one cooker. Question: How many cans did Sven use until he finally made one decent and working cooker? Hint: It took 10 hours of work to achieve the result. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Kira’s hand with a million thorns in it. To celebrate our arrival to the cacti land we dug out this picture from Guatemala, where Kira oh-so-slightly touched a bamboo. It was the place where we noticed that we are approaching the cacti land. Question: how long did it take to take out the thorns out of Kira’s hand? Hint: at least one hundred of them stayed in the hand for forever. The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven with a rescued cactus. When a new motorway was being built, this cactus was found in it’s way. Workers wanted to explode it with dynamite, but Etno-botanical garden in Oaxaca decided to rescue it. It wasn’t easy, because it weights many tons and has sharp thorns, but they made it! Question: How old is this cactus? A 100 years old B 250 years old C 500 years old The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here are Kira and Tulku on a rainy day. That sounds like a normal thing, but not here in Mixteca Alta! Turns out it rains here only twice a year and never in Spring. What is even more surprising – it’s not the first time we visit the driest place on Earth and hear the locals tell us that it ‘never rains here this time of year’. This happened already three times: in Mixteca Alta (Mexico), in Tatacoa desert (Colombia) and in… Question: Where was the first time we encountered rain as phenomenon? A – Salvador Dali desert (Bolivia) B – Nazca lines (Peru) C – Sechura desert (Peru) The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven cooking. Cooking is a big part of our daily life and we spend a lot of time doing it. Question: Where do we cook most often in Latin America? A On the street B On the roof C In the inner yard D On the balcony The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven and Nopal cactus aka Mickey Mouse cactus. This plant is important in paint production as well as food source in the region. One day when we were feeling hungry and brave, we tried it too. Question: How does this cactus taste like? A Green (string) beans B Pumpkin C Paper The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Tulku wishing to try human food. She eats high-quality dry dog food and we don’t give her human food. Nevertheless she still keeps her hopes up. Back to her own food, Tulku loves hiding it ‘for later’. Question: What is Tulku’s favorite place to hide her food? A On the floor B Under the bed C Dig it under the ground D In our clean clothes The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven patching our pannier. Our bags accumulated a lot of wear and tear over time. Every month we check them for holes or soon-to-be holes and patch them. In total we have 9 cycling bags. Question: how many bags did we need to fix this month? The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven running away from bees on the Tropic of Cancer. To commemorate this big milestone – crossing of Tropic of Cancer – we decided to stop for a nice picture. Well, it didn’t go as planned and our celebration was cut short by the attack of the bees. Question: Who of us poke the bee nest? A Tulku B Sven C Kira Hint: It was an accident… The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is a funny creature that we met in the Mexican desert. It looks like a mixture of 3 different animals: it’s body looks like a frog, it moves like a lizard and it’s head looks like a dragon. Question: What is this animal? The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Tulku in Texas. We crossed a border this week and it was a stressful two-hour ordeal. There are two border-crossing points in Eagle Pass: bridge I and bridge II. We entered bridge I, walked until it’s middle, remembered that we needed stamps for leaving Mexico, went back. Mexican officials told us that immigration is closed on bridge I, so we need to go to bridge II. We cycled 4 kilometers to bridge II, found Mexican immigration, got the stamps. Went on the bridge II, got to USA side, went to immigration only to find out that their printer is broken and they can’t print the needed permit for us and we should go to bridge I. So we cycled all the way back to bridge I, crossed it (again) and all went well. Despite the happy ending it was quite nerve-wrecking experience. Question: before border-crossing, what did we think will the hardest part be? A – paperwork B – not being able to use sarcasm C – culture shock The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is our selfie from Seminole Canyons State Park in Texas. We’re not the only ones who had the urge to leave some traces for memory in this park. Question: besides the nature, what is this park famous for? A petroglyphs made on the rocks 7000 years ago B petroglyphs made on the rocks 700 years ago C graffiti made on the rocks 70 years ago The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven showing off our new business cards. They are a helpful tool in communication: turns out our names are still very exotic. In Latin America we were known as Quira, Esben and Turco. Here in Texas Kira became Cara, Sven became Sam and Tulku… Question: How people call Tulku in Texas? A: Turco B: Twinkle C: Twocup The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Sven leaving town with 39 liters of water and drinks. This week we had a 160 kilometer long stretch through the desert without possibility to get new supplies for 3 days and 2 nights. It’s not unusual for us to carry food for more than 6 days, but carrying water for more than 2 days and 1 night is a challenge. We need water not only for drinking, but also for cooking and basic hygiene; but water is heavy and bulky supply, so it’s not easy to transport it. Question: Were these 39 liters (10,4 gallons) of water and drinks enough for us to reach the next town? A – Yes, and we had extra water and drinks left B – Yes, but we reached the town without any drop left C – No, we had enough drinks, but not enough water D – No, we had to stop cars and ask for more water and drinks Hint: Keep in mind that it’s >+35°C during daytime in the desert! The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here are Sven and Tulku overlooking the desert. We’ve cycled through deserts and semi-deserts for the most part of this year, basically since entering Mexico and leaving the jungle region. Deserts are dry, deserts are hot and deserts have spectacular views. Also, no desert is alike! Question: What do we miss the most when cycling through deserts? A – Rain and rivers B – Trees and forests C – Cold weather and warm clothes D – Nothing, we love deserts more than anything else The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here we are, entering Colorado! Our route through mainland USA is heading towards Utah. In order to get there, we had to go either via Arizona or via Colorado. As the photo hints, we have chosen Colorado. Question: Why did we choose to cycle through Colorado instead of Arizona? A: It’s shorter B: It has less elevation C: It has cooler sights D: We don’t like the drink called ‘Arizona’, so we don’t want to visit the state either The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Quiz Friday! Here is Kira doing research at 1am. Long term traveling goes hand in hand with constant research. We’re heading towards Moab which is a famous hub for outdoor activities. It offers endless possibilities, but all of them come with conditions: you can take pets on this trail, but not that one, your should hike this trail during sunrise, and watch this stone during sunset, see that rock anytime, but only if you drink milk, and ride this trail, but only on Thursdays at 3, and only if the elephant weights less than one tonne… At the end, we managed to figure everything out and make the best possible plan, but it came with a price. Question: How much hair did we lose during our research for Moab? A: Kira lost twice as much as Sven B: Sven lost twice as much as Kira C: 3,14 and they were curly D: None, our hair is immune for this by now The winner will get a personal kilometer as well as a place in our Hall of Fame (http://on.fb.me/1JAdFTC). The quiz ends on Monday (00:00 GMT). The winner will be announced on Tuesday(ish). The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries.

Album Canada

Image ~ 26. November 20169. April 2017 ~ boundlessbiking ~ Leave a comment

A selection of our Pictures taken in Canada

Visiting Banff National park, winter hiking

Visiting Banff National Park, hiking next to a 40 mile creek

Visiting Banff National Park, next to a frozen lake Louise!

Welcome to Canada!

Big horn sheep blocking our road

Album Weekly Updates

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This is a post to gather all Weekly Updates.

Week 91! Tulku in rehabilitation. Her last surgery was 2 months ago. Now she is in recovery period. That means her daily walking workload is increased weekly. After every 5 kilometers we push (or cycle) Tulku walks for next 500 meters before coming back to her basket. This week she can walk 1,5km in total! It is a good week for that, as we push and walk a lot – the road has many steep parts.

Week 92. Exploring Medellin! We have reached the 2nd biggest town in Colombia. We will spend full week here. Medellin has a lot of things to offer: museums, metro, cable car, parks… We also need to fix Sven’s bike and find medicine for Tulku.

Week 93. Climbing the last pass in the Andes! There is only one peak left for us to climb in the Andes! Well, in fact there are 5 peaks left and we’re quite confused which one is the last. You see, the 3rd peak is the highest point and the 5th peak would be the last, but the climb to it’s top is only 100m of altitude, so it doesn’t really count. And the 4th peak is neither the highest, nor the last, but we’ll consider it the ultimate one. What do you think?. Anyway, afterwards we will roll downhill towards the Caribbean coast. Can’t wait!

Week 94! The Andes are over! We expected that the day when we reach the last summit will be emotional. And it was. Just the emotions weren’t the ones that we expected. We didn’t feel happy that we’ve just reached the mayor milestone. We didn’t feel sad that a very nice chapter was over. Instead, we were frustrated and realised that some things haven’t changed since the first day and we still have a very long way to go. During 10.000 kilometers through the Andes we learned one thing: it doesn’t matter how many huge mountains you’ve already crossed – the hardest and the scariest will always be the next one, that you haven’t climbed yet. Even if it’s a 30 meters bump.

Week 95. Finished cycling South America! It took us 649 days, 11.061 kilometers, 6 countries and a bucket of sweat to do that. We got older and wiser, our stuff got dirtier and Tulku made ‘pipi’ all over the continent and declared it hers. Jokes aside, it is a big deal to us. The second continent – North America – is even bigger deal. It is longer, has more countries and we hear there are bears roaming freely. New challenges and experiences await us! Up next: finding our way to North America.

Week 96. We are sailing from Cartagena, Colombia to Portobelo, Panama on Micamale. Meet Captain Andrea. In his hands we trust our lives, our precious cargo and invaluable livestock. We packed inflatable toys and googles for snorkeling, wet wipes for showering and a bucket for throwing up. Hopefully, the sea is calm, the currents are in our favour and we reach the land today. Up next: exploring Panama canal!

Week 97. Crossing a continent from East to West (North to South according to the map). We have reached a new continent by sailing boat. We have arrived at the same port as Colombus, when he has reached the land at his 4th voyage. This week we cycle from the Atlantic coast back to the Pacific coast. It feels different here than in South America, but we can’t really grasp what exactly. Are the people different? Is the road different? Are the trees in different shade of green? One thing for sure – here are much more rubbish lying around… Up next: running errands in Panama City

Week 98. Stuck in Panama City. We have reached Panama City, got lost and got stuck. Our plan was to quickly run errands and leave on Sunday, but now we’re staying in Panama City for next one or two weeks. Why? Some of our deepest nightmares about the dentists came to life and well… let’s just say you will be happy not to know the details. In addition to this we need to vaccinate Tulku, fix bikes, visit post office, etc.

Week 99. Still stuck in Panama City. Still fixing teeth. Still hoping that Bill Gates would sponsor us. Nevertheless, 99 weeks is a very long time. In fact, we’ve been on the road for so long that we get nostalgic about the places we visited. But the journey is not even over yet! We had a very rough start in Patagonia, but all the hard and sad moments already faded away. Now we’re having a rough patch again. This time we know that soon we will forget all the pain and will remember only those rare good moments we had in Panama City.

Week 100. Still stuck in Panama City. Good news – the Teeth Odyssey is over! We’re still on mashed potato diet, but we hope to get moving soon

Week 101. On the road again! Though not in China, but still in Panama. We managed to escape the black hole (aka Panama City): we didn’t get lost this time and the Bridge of Americas wasn’t that hard or scary as people told us. Up next: cycling Panama.

Week 105. Only 100 days left until Christmas! We made 100-day-plan for all our team members to reach their goals. Tulku’s main goal is to be able to walk 4 hours non stop once per week and reach her pre-operation condition! How much can you achieve in 100 days?

Week 106. There are some certain things that you don’t want to find next to you in the morning, after sleeping outside without a tent. Here is one of those things that we didn’t want to, but yet found. We won’t repeat the experiment ‘let’s ditch the tent’ anytime soon.

Week 107. The drought. Panama is suffering from drought (thanks to el niño) and we are suffering together with it. While Panama is preparing to partially shut down the Panama Canal, our siestas are becoming longer and longer everyday. Can you imagine cycling in a country where you have to start your siesta at 8 in the morning?

Week 108. Birthdays on the road. You know that you’re getting old when there are that many candles on your cake… P.S. Still stuck in Panama.

Week 109. So close, yet so far. We are in the last major town of Panama – David. Only 50 Kilometers and one mountain separates us from the most complicated border of all Latin America. Paso Canoas will be our first Central American bordercrossing. We will be in Costa Rica afterwards.

Week 110. Cycling in Costa Rica (finally!!!). We already cycled 1/4 of the whole county! It’s very green and also very clean. Tulku got a new haircut this week. Not our finest work, but all the humidity makes even dog’s hair go fizzy 🙂

Week 111. Two steps forward, three steps back. We had a minor setback this week. Kira couldn’t walk for 3 days. Reason: bad muscle cramps. We became experts in muscle aches and cramps over the years, but this type of cramp was a new experience. So yeah, minor setback, but all is good now and we’re back on the road with our muscles of steel 😉

Week 112. Pura Vida. Costa Rica has ‘Pura Vida’ written all over it: hotels are called pura vida, shops are called pura vida, soaps are called pura vida, wifi passwords are pura vida, boats are called pura vida, souvenirs have pura vida written on them and people greet each other with pura vida. What about us? Same old: two steps of pura vida, three steps back.

Week 113. Exploring Nicaragua – the land of lakes and volcanoes! We have finished cycling Costa Rica this week and enterend a new country. After crossing the border we did the mad dash to catch a ferry to Ometepe island in Nicaragua lake. The lake is 19th biggest in the world and the island consists of two volcanoes – you can see them both in the picture!

Week 114. Cycling in Nicaragua is perfect! The roads are flat, it’s finally not that hot anymore, we have tailwinds and the scenery is awesome! Also, Nicaragua has a lot to offer – museums, architecture and nature to explore. We even got to try volcano boarding! It’s going downhill on a board, just instead of snow you use volcano ashes.

Week 115. Finished cycling Nicaragua and entered Honduras. Honduras is our country number 10 and we use it just for transit. Nicaragua said good bye to us with the eruption of nearby volcano that left us covered in ashes (Sven’s eyes still hurt!) and Honduras said hello with incredibly bumpy road (Kira’s back still hurst!).

Week 117. Cycling in Guatemala. We left sleepy and calm El Salvador on Friday and entered Guatemala straight into the action movie: errupting volcanoes, eathquakes (5.7!!!), crashing and flaming trucks. Also, very very nice and kind people everywhere!

Week 116. Finished cycling Honduras, started cycling El Salvador. Countries are rolling pretty fast lately, aren’t they? Honduras was hilly and loud, El Salvador is less hilly and queit. We see endless rural landscapes with a volcano here and there, or maybe get sneak-a-peak to the ocean. It is very hot here, with no clouds at all. We drink 4 gallons (12 liters) of beverages every day!

Week 119. We went to Belize and then this happened.

Week 120. Learning about Maya culture. Also, learning to take selfies! When we started our trip ‘selfie’ was not even a word (or was it?) and we spent last 2 years in countries where selfies aren’t that popular. Naturally, when we saw a sticker on the floor marking ‘selfie zone’ in this Maya museum, we understood that we need to step up our game in order to fit in the modern world. So here you go!

Week 121. This week was eventful: 2 different time zones, 3 different climate zones, lot’s of steps and lot’s of sights. We waved goodbye to Kira’s parents, visited set of newest James Bond movie (also known as Mexico City) and came back to our bikes. We dusted them and now we’re getting ready to continue our big trip with our slow speed. Well, we might climb some more steps on some ruins before…

Week 122. We started cycling again, yay! We made it to the next town, 50 km away, yay! And then the life got in our way again, and we’re stuck in this town now… To be more precise: our trusty Primus cooker broke down and well… No cooker = no food = no cycling, I guess. So while we were figuring out how to solve the cooker situation (Primus Equipment is sending us new parts for free, yay to them!), we are exploring local Mexican cuisine. And there is a lot to explore! So far our experience waries from ‘Oh! SPICY! Give me water!’ to ‘Why on earth did you eat a whole jelapeño?!’ to ‘What is that? Oh, tastes gooooood!’ to ‘Are you sure there are no bugs in this meal?’. Yup, in this corner, Mexicans eat bugs. Also, so far we haven’t seen any buritos or chili con carne for sale anywhere… P.S. In those rare spare moments when we’re not eating or breaking stuff (and calling it fixing), we went to Izapa maya ruins and found out that this stone in the picture is a 2000 years old compass.

Week 123. Cycling Soconusco Coast. This 20 km wide coastal strip is known for it’s fertile soil and banana and coffee produce. We know it as ‘frustrating coast’. At first we named it ‘3rd most boring road on Earth’, later the scenery changed, so we changed it’s name to ‘3rd most windy road on Earth’. To make the situation worse, Mexican road engineers decided that the new road will go straight through every hill there is, while the old road conveniently goes around each bump. The tricky part is that the old road is used for the opposite direction traffic. And yet what frustrates us the most is that just a month ago we were cycling 70-80 km per day on even harder and hotter conditions, and now we’re struggling to cycle 40 km…

Week 124. Cycling through wind-farms. We are at the narrowest part of Mexico right now: only 200 Km between Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Even though there is a mountain range in the middle, the wind is coming from Atlantic coast and blowing here on the Pacific coast like crazy. Smart people built many wind-farms in this region. Luckily to us, we get mainly tail winds, but the wind direction changes multiple times per day and cycling through the howling wind is not as easy as we wished it to be. Our week looked like this: Day 1 to 4 – waiting for strong winds (up to 120 km h) to die out; Day 5 to 7 – actually cycling. Up next: climbing back to the mountains and none of us is ready for that!

Week 125. Off to the mountains! We’re still not ready (not at slightest), but oh well… On the bright side, the landscape here is very different. Jungles are truly over for a while now, and we are surrounded by blue mountains, yellow grass fields and brown leave-less trees. The air is dry, it’s not that hot anymore and all plants have thorns. Also – cacti! Plenty of them all over the place. We haven’t seen them since Argentina and we are very happy to see them again.

Week 126. Climbing to the mountains. In order to reach Mexican Altiplano we have to cross 11 mountains. We have already climbed over 10 mountains, so there is only one left. It is the highest, the steepest and with the longest climb. Sven is excited, Kira not so much and Tulku is just happy, because she had her 8th birthday yesterday!

Week 128. Leaving Oaxaca Valley. The first part of the week felt like running a marathon, even though we haven’t cycled. We were busy in Oaxaca with running errands, from 7am to 10pm. All of us – Sven, Kira, Tulku and our bikes – had check ups. We fixed our teeth, Tulku got medicine for her infected ear and our bikes got a lot of new parts. Luckily, we sneaked in some sightseeing and visited couple of UNESCO sites. Now we are in Mexican Highlands, on our way to Puebla.

Week 130. Not as planned. In last two weeks there wasn’t a single thing that went as planned. It was overwhelming and brought both good and bad things. The bad thing – we’re still haven’t reached Puebla. Seriously, how hard can it be to cycle 300 km? Too hard, apparently. The good thing is that all the unexpectedness lead us to discover incredible things, like eating cactus, playing with tumbleweed, exploring rooftops of old monasteries and meeting a girl who travels with a cat!

Puebla!!! We reached Puebla! When we left Oaxaca we thought we will reach Puebla in less than a week. But then the valley turned into mountains, sunshine turned into rain and hail and we started to doubt that we will ever make it to Puebla. But we did! And Puebla is great! And we love it! Also, new video about sightseeing in Puebla: https://youtu.be/kXFLNFi_JEU

Week 132. MWeek 132. Mexico City is behind us! There were 3 main ways to deal with Mexico City: 1. Go around on the west side via Toluca, which includes crossing the most dangerous state in Mexico; 2. Go straight through Mexico City, which is a megalopolis with 9 million inhabitants and chaotic city traffic; 3. Go around on the east side via Arco Norte, which is a brand new motorway that is very strict about ‘No cyclists allowed’ rule. None of the options were favorable for us, so we started digging deeper and at the end we had plans A, B, C, D up to X, Y, Z as well as couple of numbers too. Take these oh-so-many options mix them with things that don’t go as planned every single step and you get… Well, Mexico City is behind us, but please don’t ask us how we got here.

Week 133. Headwinds. Our already slow tempo was slowed even more by strong headwinds. Once again we talked with local people, once again they told us ‘it’s never windy here’. Either that global climate change thing is very real, or we’re just very unlucky and always appear to be in places where ‘it never rains’ and ‘it’s never windy’… Up next: change of course.

Week 135. Crossed the Tropic of Cancer (and got attacked by bees)! It is a huge milestone for us (the tropic, not the bees): it is one of five mayor circles of latitude. During this trip we have already crossed three of them, the fourth – the Arctic Circle – is waiting for us in Alaska. This week we’ve been cycling through an exceptionally beautiful landscape and we’re loving every minute of cycling more than we ever did. Up next: Saltillo. P.S. To put things into perspective: we are now at the same level as Sahara desert.

Week 136. Sick in the desert. People say that when traveling, the highs are very high and the lows are very low. This week was a perfect example of that. On Saturday we have crossed the 15.000 kilometer mark. At the same evening Kira got a cold, which turned very nasty overnight. We were stuck in the middle of the desert (technically still semi-desert) in our tent next to a lone petrol station. Being grounded in the middle of nowhere with a high fever is one of those experiences that we wish to forget as soon as possible. During the day it was +30C with no shade, during the night it was merely +10C. With no chance for a quick recovery we had to find transportation to bring us back to the next town where we could visit the doctor and find some better living arrangements than our tent for next couple of days. Good news: Kira is feeling better. Bad news: now Sven is feeling worse. The best news: Tulku is feeling great.

Week 137. Sick, part II. Last week Kira caught a nasty cold, this week was Sven’s turn to be sick. It got us worse than we first anticipated and it took much more time to get well than we thought it will. Multiple doctor visits and 5 boxes of tissues later we are both feeling much better and preparing to hit the road on Thursday. Tulku on the other hand used her off cycling time wisely and made us play with her ALL THE TIME.

Week 138. Cycling through Sierra Madre. This week we have crossed Nuevo Leon state and entered Coahuila state. It will be the last state in Mexico for us. We made a pit stop in Saltillo where we researched which route to take through mainland USA. The decision has been made and it was one of the biggest decisions we made during this trip. We also ran some errands in the city and made a vlog about it. Please take a look at what do we do when we’re not cycling here: https://youtu.be/-JK5DKMWD_Y

Week 139. Tulku is sick. Tulku was diagnosed with anaplasmosis and it is a serious condition. The treatment is very long and slow and takes 3 to 4 weeks. So we are facing a dilemma: to continue traveling and possibly kill Tulku in the process, or to wait it out and possibly don’t reach Alaska before snowfall, and thus forever. While the choice is obvious, it still hurts. The thing is, we caught Tulku’s disease at super early stage, so she never felt bad or weak and prognosis is good. And yet her blood results are dangerously low with a chance of internal bleeding anytime. She’s getting treatment and we all are grounded until her blood results are back to normal. It is expected that her blood will be back to normal in 2 – 3 weeks and we are waiting for a miracle that it would be sooner. Which is much better situation than waiting for a miracle that your dog would survive, we admit that.

Week 140. On the road again. After a month-long marathon of sickness we are back on the road since Monday! A lot has changed during last month: we got out of shape and the outside temperatures became much higher, which is not a good thing when you’re standing in the beginning of a huge desert. Our start was rough: we got caught in a huge storm with no shelter, with heavy rain, thunder and lighting strikes oh-so-close to us. We’re still struggling to adapt to the new cycling conditions and try to re-establish our daily routine with a siesta under a lone tree in the middle of nowhere, that we used to practice in Argentinian deserts. Up next: #arewethereyet

Week 134. Change of course. This week we have finished cycling Queretero state, crossed Guanajuato state and entered San Luis Potosi state and now we are heading straight north! Our original plan was to continue west via Gualadajara and cycle on the west coast. After lots of careful consideration followed by a quick second glance to the map, the wise words ‘What about that road?’ have been said. We never considered this route and we’re not sure why – it fits us perfectly! So we’ve turned the steering wheel and now we’re heading towards Texas. The scenery is changing and we will be entering the desert very soon. We cycle through once rich mining region. We got a chance to smell the gold rush this week too: we visited a ghost town and climbed 40 meters under ground in an old mine!

Week 141. Extreme weather. This was supposed to be a weekly update about how much we loved Mexico and how happy we are to enter USA, but destiny had other plans for us. We were cycling a lot this week and it was a hot week, with daytime temperatures averaging at +36C and nighttime temperatures at +30C. We were coping okay, until yesterday. Yesterday we were sleeping in the middle of the desert, when the Mother of all Thunderstorms had struck. The thunderstorm was fierce, but far away. It was moving from West to East right in front of us. There were four houses next to the crossroad in the desert. We pitched our tent behind one of them and joined the locals in storm watching. It was amazing: multiple lightnings striking non-stop so hard, that the sky was constantly bright. You could read a book, if you wished. Instead, we were mesmerized by the power of nature. It was quite far, and we couldn’t hear any thunder. At one point, the storm got a bit closer to us, and the wind started howling. We had to evacuate our tent in the middle of the night. Luckily, the home-owner offered his kitchen for us to stay. It was dark, the electricity was out and we were running back and forth in the wind, carrying our stuff to the house with the lightnings in the background. Our tent has survived a lot of strong winds, Patagonian included, but this was too much. The storm has passed without hitting us directly and after 6 hours the desert was calm again. And yet only next morning we realized the true severity of the storm. We woke up, sat on our bikes and started cycling. At first, we noticed that road signs were ripped out. Later, we saw that the desert was flooded. Cacti standing half in the water, grass completely submerged. And then we reached the town. At first it looked okay, but then we noticed huge road signs lying on the street, street lamps bended left and right, church towers broken off, roofs with huge holes, businesses without signs… It was surreal. We checked the weather forecast and there are active warnings for the next two days. Another major storm is expected as well as tornadoes, which are unusual in Mexico, but not impossible. We decided to wait out this extreme weather here in town. If you know a reliable online weather service, please let us know!

Week 142. Tornadoes, surgeries and the end of Latin America! This week we finished cycling Mexico and entered USA. Mexico was huge, colorful and very diverse. Food was awesome, people were kind and nature was spectacular – we loved this country. Our last days in Mexico were intense: thunderstorms, tornado warnings and headwinds. We crossed the bridge into USA on Sunday. It was a big milestone and we felt on top of the world. The next day reality brought us back on the ground: our bank froze our cards due to ‘suspicious activity’ (using ATM in Honduras is perfectly normal, but doing the same in USA is suspicious? Seriously?!) and Kira got a terrible toothache. Timing could not be worse! We sorted out the bank pretty easily, but fixing the painful tooth was more complicated. Everything was closed due to Memorial Day and Eagle Pass doesn’t even have needed root canal specialist, not mentioning the price of the procedure. We listed our options and did what any other person living in Eagle Pass would do: Kira went back to Mexico and had her tooth fixed there. Turns out, the grass is not always greener on the other side…

Week 143. Cycling Texas. This week started slowly: we were waiting for the rain and floods to stop. In the meantime, we were getting stuff done. More precisely we were trying to get stuff done and failing miserably, as usual. Once the thunderstorms were finally over, we dusted our bikes and hit the road. This week’s agenda: one National Park and one State Park. Oh, and Mexico too, to finish fixing Kira’s tooth.

Week 144. Don’t mess with Texas! Texan people are the friendliest and most helpful people that we ever met anywhere. At the same time, they’re the craziest (and dangerous!) people that we have ever met. This week was yet another roller-coaster week. The road was rolling up and down and adventures led us from feeling on top of the world at one moment to falling down the cliff at another. From guns to rainbows, this week had it all! The desert is not for the lighthearted, they say. Distances between town are long and the summer heat is strong. And while the wild west is now a distant past, it’s legends here are still alive. We also may have left our imprint on history by accidentally starting some legends of our own.

Week 145. >+40°C. “It will be much colder day tomorrow! Only +34°C!”. I challenge ya’ll to tell me the last time you used this sentence, because it was a first for us. Back in Argentina, we used to call +30°C “okay weather” and +35°C “too hot to cycle weather”. Due to our marathon of illnesses in Northern Mexico we missed our chance to cross the desert before summer begins. And now we’re here and summer is here and it’s hot. Believe me, +45°C measured in the shade is hot, especially once you realize that there is no shade in the desert! We adjusted our daily schedule in order to survive these temperatures, but it’s still not easy. Good news: we’re almost done with the hot region! Bad news: the region we’re cycling into currently has record breaking high temperatures and wild fires and stuff…

Week 146. Hunt for aliens. This week started with a visit to Carlsbad Caverns NP that was out of this world beautiful. Next, we reached Roswell and visited UFO research museum where we learned about the crash that happened in 1947 that sparked a lot of controversy. That was a loud crash, because people are still talking about it today! Later, we had a chance to hunt for aliens ourselves by crossing an uninhabited and160 km long desert where the UFO crashed, camping in the open desert included. We might report on our findings next week, but most likely, we’ll just keep silent about them for forever.

Week 147. 1000 days on the road and counting! Oh, what a week! We crossed many of our personal boundaries, both mental and physical, in order to arrive to Albuquerque on Independence day in USA. 4th of July coincided with our 1000th day on the road. It was a picture perfect day and welcome reward (fireworks included!) after our hard work. We made a video about this day, go check it out: https://youtu.be/3kCO6saryo4 The festivities were followed by tons of errands that need to be run and tons of research that need to be conducted.

Week 148. Cycling in New Mexico. Our week started in Albuquerque where we went through two-day ordeal of fixing our bikes (thanks, Dave!). Our bikes have lots of wear and tear after 3 years on the road, but still are holding great (thanks, MAXX!). After we left Albuquerque and Chihuahuan desert behind us, we started cycling Colorado Plateau. We found ourselves surrounded by such beautiful landscapes, that words fail to describe them. It’s still pretty deserterous, but yellow and orange rock formations are gorgeous! Best part: people say that even more beauty is in front of us!

Week 149. End of New Mexico! This week started with a climb over the continental divide. We went back to the Pacific side and we’ll stay here until the finish. We were cycling through deserterous areas with spectacular canyons and rock formations all week long. Everyday we found something that left us in awe. Additionally, we did some exploring and visited ancient ruins and Shiprock. Shiprock is holy to Navajo Indians and it’s huge – you can see it from 50 kilometers away and sometimes from even further!

Week 150. Hiding in Colorado. Good news: we have cycled half of the mainland USA! To celebrate this achievement we visited Mesa Verde National Park. We never heard about it before, but it left us speechless. We spent the rest of the week hiding behind blackout curtains and doing nothing at all. Touring full time is a hard job, we work form 5:00 to 23:00 in order to keep everything running smoothly. Cycling is the easiest part, the supporting tasks are the ones that eat up most of our time and energy. There are no weekends, no holidays and often we work overtimes additionally to our 18-hour-workday. The hard work sure pays back in unique, unexpected and quirky ways and couple of days off is a rare, but sometimes needed indulgence. Also, we brought Tulku for her annual vaccination and check up. She got her knees inspected for the first time since her operation in Colombia and turns out that her knees are healthy and patellas are not luxating anymore. Yay!

Week 151. Breathtaking Nature. Yup, this is all we did this week – looked at breathtaking vistas in Utah.

Week 152. Heat again. Our week started with rain and thunderstorms in the morning – very unusual. They were quite short but would have caused a huge effort in time to dry all our gear. It was very tempting to just stay in the tent. The rain left and was replaced by brutal heat in the last days which made it very tempting to stay in the shade in the tent. So we paused Boundless Biking for a week and were just Kira, Sven and Tulku for some time.

Week 158. Last day of summer. Oh, hi there! Yes, we’re still alive and yes, we’re still crippling towards Alaska and Sven’s facial expression sums up the mood of our team perfectly. Yesterday was the last day of summer here in Utah. It was blazing hot, as usual. Today the weather changed. Now it’s cold and raining and the snow is expected tomorrow…

Album USA

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This is a small selection of our pictures taken in the USA

Welcome to USA!

Don’t mess with Texas! We’ve seen this motto very often.

Cycling in Amistad National Recreational Area – joint project of USA and Mexico

Dinner time!

Learning about Pecos river

Overlooking the bridge over Pecos river

Cacti garden in Langtry will an old wind mill – water pump

Judge Roy Bean was quite a character!

Rainbow after a storm early in the morning

Short break in the shade. There isn’t much (if any) shade in the desert, so you take what you can find. In this case, Sven and Tulku are using the shade provided by bicycle.

Giant roadrunner statue! We’ve seen many roadrunners along the road. Funny thing: before coming to USA we both though that roadrunner was a fictional cartoon character, not a real bird. You live and learn…

Visiting historic Fort Stockton. It might not look very impressive, but it was very hard to build it back then. The lumber had to be transported with ship to nAtlantic coast and later with oxes over the endless desert…

Old maps in historic Fort Stockton

Family photo in the first National Park in USA that we visited! We were very reluctant about visiting these caves: it was a logistic nightmare to get there and it’s a cave! We’ve already seen many caves! But after Mr. Obama went there, we decided to go there too and we were blown away by the experience! Words fail to describe how huge these caverns are.

Carlsbad caverns lay 240 meters under the surface. You can either take an elevator down in just few seconds or walk the natural entrance trail for 1 hour. We did both!

Carlsbad caverns are huge! You can’t fit them in one picture. We walked more than 5 kilometers inside of them and there are much more other trails to explore!

A pond inside of the Carlsbad Caverns. Once the water gets in, it can’t get out! Down in the cave the temperature is +13C and 90% humidity all year long.

Huge formation in Carlsbad Caverns. Some of the stalagmites are as high as 18 meters!

Visiting Roswell UFO Research Museum

Tulku thinking about swapping her bike basket to a flying saucer

Beautiful sunset over the desert

Rattlesnakes have rights too!

Visiting Bernalillo historical heritage site

Sandia (watermelon) mountains and Rio Grande

We are looking for a new and and checking out different models

Rock art in Salmon ruins

That is not finished

Kira thinking about different business ideas

Visiting Salmon ruins

Cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde NP

Beautiful Colorado. You can see up to 270 km from this overlook!

Life elevated

Church Rock and Tulku

Kira claiming the Willsons Arch

Morning walk on top of the world

Views from Dead Horse Point State Park

Evening in Canyonlands NP

Sunrise at Mesa Arch, Canyonlands NP

Chipmunk!

Kira and Green River in the background

Kira the explorer

Delicate Arch and it’s neighbors, Arches NP

Sven wanted to take Delicate Arch home as a souvenir, but the rangers said no…

Fiery Furnance glowing at the evening sunlight. We went on a ranger guided tour through it and had a blast! We were scrambling with our hands and legs through this maze.

Happy

Landscape Arch – Sven’s favourite

Sunrise over Arches NP

Cottontail rabbit

Skyline Arch, Arches NP

Double Arch – Kira’s favourite

Bisons in Grand Teton National Park

Grand Teton National Park

Family photo in Grand Teton NP

Find one mistake in this picture!

The bear from the ‘find the mistake’ picture

Deers in Yellowstone NP

Mammoth hot springs in Yellowstone NP

Winter in Yellowstone NP

Sunset over the mountains in Yellowstone NP

Album Mexico-City

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This is a selection of pictures from our time in Mexico City

Teotihuacan: Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon and hot air baloons!

Living houses, cacti and the Pyramid of the Moon

Avenue of the Dead: 3 km long and 40 meters wide!

Family photo from the midway of Pyramid of the Moon, overlooking Pyramid of the Sun, Avenue of the Dead and the rest of the enormous site

Chapultepec park

Mexico City on Sunday evening

Mexican love flags, especially huge flags!

Checking out Templo Mayor ruins in the heart of the city

Sniffing around Zocalo – main square

Small dog, big church – the Cathedral

Teotihuacan: Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon and hot air baloons!

Album Mexico

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This is a collection of pictures taken in Mexico.

Welcome to Mexico!

Tulku chilling

Buying some snacks

Evening by the tent

Modern farming

Thirsty

Mexican village

Exploring new places

Cactus will grow anywhere!

Magdalena village

Goats

Mountains and cacti

Climbing up

We made it to the top!

Hierve el Agua – petrified waterfall with natural pools on top

Kira in Hierve el Agua

Sven in Hierve el Agua

Hierve el Agua – petrified waterfall with natural pools on top

Family photo

Exploring Hierve el Agua

Hierve el Agua – petrified waterfall with natural pools on top

Swimming on top of the world

Kira climbing to the Palace in Mitla

Mitla – UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zapoteca people built it as a gateway between the world of the living and the world of the dead

Sven exploring Mitla ruins

Mitla – UNESCO World Heritage Site, Zapoteca people built it as a gateway between the world of the living and the world of the dead

Mosaic ornaments: stone tiles are held by the weight of the surrounding stones, no cement is used

A fence made of cacti. It seems poplular here.

Yagul ruins – UNESCO World Heritage Site

Tulku enjoying Dainzu ruins

The biggest tree in the world (by grith). Doesn’t look very big, but it is!

Ornament trees in El Tule. They seem to be popular in Mexico, as we find them in many places.

Visiting stamp museum

Santo Domingo Church in Oaxaca and traditionally dressed dancers waiting to greet the newly-wed couple

Kira in Monte Alban ruins – UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sven in Monte Alban ruins – UNESCO World Heritage Site

Nice view, huh?

Family photo in far away land Mexico

Playing with tumbleweed

Ex-Convento San Juan Bautista de Coixtlahuaca

We and Puebla’s highlights: 2 volcanoes, San Francisco church, Cathedral, purple tree and hidden life on the rooftops

Sven trying a new carrier path in Train Museum, Puebla

Mexican graffiti in Puebla

Lamp-dragon in Puebla

Zocalo in Puebla

Cacaxtla ruins with colourful murals

Nice place for our bikes

Visiting Tula ruins

Tulku exploring Mexican Altiplano

Visiting old mining town Pozos de Mineral

Tulku exploring ex-mining-hacienda Brigada Santa

Checking out the wind tunnel in ex-mining-hacienda Brigada Santa

Visiting ex-mining-hacienda 5 Senores

Exit of an old mine that we climbed down to

The coolest swing ever

Sunrise in Mexican Altiplano

Ogarrio tunnel is over 2 km long and over 100 years old and conects Real de Catorce village with the rest of the world.

Street vendors in Real de Catorce

Transportation system of Real de Catorce

Kira horseback riding in Real de Catorce

Mountains in the altiplano

Sven horseback riding in Real de Catorce

Album Live from the Road

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This is a try to capture precious moments that happened to happen right now.

Live from the road: Tulku got a treat! We were passing through Perry city when a nice lady offered Tulku a doggy treat. Tulku accepted it without a second thought, but soon she faced the reality: she can’t eat it in the bike basket! So for the next 3 kilometers she sat in her seat with her snack in her mouth. Cuteness overload!

Live from the road: Texas floods are over and we’re good to go!

Live from the road: morning theater of shadows.

Live from the road: look at that!

Live from the road: rough day today… Too many things broke down today in too little time.

Boundless Biking Gepostet von Sven Schickedanz Seite gefällt dir · 12. März 2016 · Live from the road! Playing peak-a-boo with Volcano La Malinche today. Can you see it?

Live from the road: first kilometer in Guatemala turned out to be a double milestone!

Live from the road: getting ready to hit the road when volcanic ashes start falling from the sky. Locals say it’s Telica volcano that erupted today. It had been active in last months. Good that we’re not next to the crater doing a tour right now!

Live from the road! We just found this frog in our room… — – hier: Libera Centro.

Live from the road: first ice cream in Central America!

Live from the road! It’s 5:45, the sun is finally up and we already cycled 30% of today’s planned kilometers. Have a good Sunday everyone!

Live from the road: short break in the middle of road construction site. One side of the highway is closed for cars, so we can use it as our private road!

Week 93

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Week 93. Climbing the last pass in the Andes! There is only one peak left for us to climb in the Andes! Well, in fact there are 5 peaks left and we’re quite confused which one is the last. You see, the 3rd peak is the highest point and the 5th peak would be the last, but the climb to it’s top is only 100m of altitude, so it doesn’t really count. And the 4th peak is neither the highest, nor the last, but we’ll consider it the ultimate one. What do you think?. Anyway, afterwards we will roll downhill towards the Caribbean coast. Can’t wait!

Album People we Meet

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This gallery is a selection of people we have met along the way.

Meet Luisa, Camilo and Abril the dog – our hosts in Armenia. We met them the first time on Sven’s birthday in the middle of Peru. They were traveling with their motocycle through South America for 3 months. 6 days later they were back home in Colombia and started waiting for us. 10 months later we are finally here! Some things have changed during that time: they fell in love with Tulku and bought themselves a dog. The tiny pup grew up to a huge dog and already had his first birthday!

Meet Cesar Vazquez Mazariegos! He greeted us, when we were looking for a place to pitch our tent in a village so small, that it even didn’t have a name (the map named the village after the nearby brigde). “Come, you sleep at my house tonight,” said Cesar and invited us in for the night. Cesar had some cool stories to share, from working in gold mines in Guatemala to making a career in Mexican govermental agency. Also, we now know that cows in Mexico cost 10 times more than in Ecuador.

Double crazyness! We met this lady from Turkey, cycling solo with her cat! She has been on the road for 4 years, and she adopted a cat in August 2015.

Album Fundraising Hall of Fame

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Our very first supporters who stand beside us from the Day 1 are our Moms and Dads. This is the kilometer dedicated to them. Thank you for being there, when we most needed you and holding our hands by every step we take! – mit Kira Purlyte und Sven Schickedanz.

Jole Stimbiryte, here is your personal kilometer from Cali, Colombia. It was taken during Ciclovia event and was very adventurous. Ciclovia event happens every Sunday in different cities in South America. During the day, many roads are closed for cars and turned into bike lanes. We were crossing Cali in Ciclovia when suddenly we reached a road that was closed with plastic line. We stopped to ask the worker why the road is closed. She explained that her coworker, who had to open the next segments for cyclists, did not show up today, so we need to stay there and wait untill he comes. We asked her about the possibility to cycle on the road, next to the cars. She said that it is possible but very dangerous. Before she finished last sentence, a motorcyclist came full speed from pedestrian side, riped the plastic line with his motorcycle and nerly ran over Kira! All is well, no injuries, not even a scratch, just a scare. We continiued our way on the main street. We assumed that it cannot be much more dangerous than that….. Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Jolė Stimbirytė und Jolė Stimbirytė.

Happy Birthday Remixas Lietuva! Ausra Ausrine has sent you a gift: a personal kilometer from Cauca Valley, Colombia! The kilometer number 9868 was pretty special. It was between Cali and Palmira towns. The towns are connected with a seperate bike lane that goes along the mororway. This was the first bike lane outside a town that we found so far in South America. We wish you happy birthday and that your next year will be like that bike lane: your personal freeway that leaves the dangers on the side and brings you to your personal goals safe and sound! Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Remixas Lietuva und Remixas Lietuva.

This is joint kilometer for our quiz winners! Your kilometer was the last one for the day – after long hour of pushing the bikes up the hill and crossing creaky hanging bridge we arived to the farm for the night. Sven even changed to the fresh t-shirt for your picture! Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Felix Braasch und Birute Purliene.

Here is your personal kilometer, Zita! It was taken in Cauca Valley, Colombia. It was one of those rare flat and windless kilometers. The Cauca Valley is quite wide. On the both sides there are mountain chains, so there are nice views both to left and right sides. There were sugar cane field on the right side and forest of palm trees on the left. At the end of the kilometer there was a open field garden store. They were selling tree seedlings and flowers. The owner watched our photoshooting and gave us a flower seedling for our experimental garden. Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Lina! It was taken in Cauca Valley, Colombia, close to the village Sonso. It was the last dry kilometer of the day – it started raining (and didn’t stop anymore) just after it. We liked your kilometer a lot – it was very flat and quiet, even though it was on the motorway. On the both sides of the road there were sugar cane fields. We passed ‘Tren cañero’ – it’s a truck that has 4 wagons and is used to move sugar canes from the fields to the factories. It’s a huge and bulky vehicle that has hard time to make a turn. Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Neringa Kuznecovaite, here is your personal kilometer! Kilometer number 9977 was taken in Cauca Valley, Colombia. It was on the main motorway next to the San Pedro village. All kilometer long we were slowly climbing up, but the wind was in our favor – pushing us up from behind. On right side of the road there was a huge papaya plantation. We’ve seen many papaya trees before, but never a plantation! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Neringa Kuznecovaitė.

Jurga Serniene, here is your personal kilometer! Kilometer number 9999 was taken in Cauca Valley, Colombia. It was the last 4 digit kilometer in this journey! It also felt like the longest – we were waiting for the kilometer 10000. Funny thing though, we probably paid more attention to your kilometer than we actually paid to the next one. We can’t tell you much about the surroundings – our eyes were glued to the bike computer. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Jurga Šernienė.

10000km!!! We just cycled 10000km!!! Did you hear it? We just cycled 10000km!!! It’s a big milestone for us, we were waiting for it for very very long time. And today – we did it! We dedicate this kilometer for Sven’s (little) brother Martin. He misses Sven deeply, even though he never says it out loud. This one is for you, Martin! After we started the trip Martin decided to stop trimming his beard until we come back. That’s for nearly 3 years! As Martin doesn’t use facebook, somebody who sees him at home – please show him this. Oh by the way, did I mention that we cycled 10000km already? – mit Kira Purlyte und Sven Schickedanz – hier: Andalucía, Valle del Cauca.

Here is your personal kilometer, Michi Ricks! Kilometer number 10001 was taken in Cauca Valley, Colombia. It happened in little charming village Andalucia. We had to walk around many small road work areas. The village was very nice and clean – not very usual in Colombia. The picture was taken next to the school stadion and the kids were playing games there. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Michi & Friedrich und Michi Moinsen.

Here is your personal kilometer, Laurynas! Kilometer number 10035 was taken in Unesco World Heritage site called Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1121). It was just the beginning of the region, so the coffee was nowhere to see yet, but the surroundings were very beautiful: green hills with higher mountains in the background. As it was the mountain street, it wasn’t easy. During your kilometer we had 4 climbs! At the end of the kilometer we made a break to make the picture. At the same moment a group of cyclists approached us. This group is from Armenia (next town) and they we on their Day 1 on the way to Ushuaia. That’s where we came from! We wished them good luck for their next 10000km and they wished you good day on the other side of the Earth! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz winner Ingrida. The kilometer number 10074 is also known as ‘the one that defeated Kira’. It was taken in Unesco World Heritage site called Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1121), just in the beginning of the town Armenia. Armenia is on the hill, so we were climbing up for hours. The last hour we spent slowly pushing the bikes through the industrial parts of the region. The sun was shining and we were getting very tired. At the end of your kilometer Kira was so fatigued that she had to lay down to recover. After a while she was fit enough to move her head, that’s where she took the camera (still laying down) and told Sven to look happy. He’s doing the best he can. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Lina! Kilometer number 10084 was taken in Unesco World Heritage site called Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1121). Your kilometer was in the middle of very long climb. It was 24 kilometers long and quite steep. During you kilometer Kira was pushing her bike and stoping every 20 meters to get some air. Walk for 20 meters – stop – breath – walk for 20 meters more, repeat 50 times. Sven was slowly cycling behind Kira at walking speed. The scenery was very beautiful though! Big green mountains with clouds on top. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Aušra! Kilometer number 10110 was taken in Unesco World Heritage site called Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1121). It was during very cool and long descent. We had to stop after your kilometer for a while and cool down our breaks. The total length of the descent was around 20 kilometers. They went very fast. Your kilometer also had a crossing. We checked the route on the map while cooling down the breaks. The surroundings were beautiful, we could glimpse into the Cauca Valley for the last time. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Aušra Aušrinė.

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 1! Kilometer number 10132 was taken in Unesco World Heritage site called Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1121). There was some seriuosly awesome road engineering in your kilometer. It started with a tunnel. It was 124m long. Afterwards there was a bridge that made a 360 degree curve! All of it was going steeply uphill. The purpose of the spiral curve was to gain altitude fast. That is very unusual in South America. The streets here usually follow the land and there aren’t enough bridges for the rivers. So we were really amazed. As a bonus, there was a really nice view of Pereira town at the top of the circular bridge. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz winner Luisa. The kilometer number 10147 was very wet. It was taken in Unesco World Heritage site called Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1121), not far from a town Chinchina. All day long we were playing ‘hide and seek’ with rain. The weather has changed at least 7 times during 4 hours. We were hiding from the rain under any roof we could find. We were doing great and managed to stay dry for 3 hours. And then the rain found us before we could find a roof. 30 seconds later we were soaking wet. We found a roof later only to change clothes… Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Glebelands! Kilometer number 10175 was taken between Chinchina and Irra towns, Colombia. It was cycled in the valley between mountain ranges. The road was going mildly up and down. On the both sides of the road there were cows grazing. The breed of the cattle is called cebú. The cows have a hump on the back and look like a camel. There were also many lizards running on the road. There was a police control point behind Sven. Policemen were checking some cars very thoroughly, even laying down under the car. It was very green kilometer and the weather was just perfect – warm enough, but the sun was behind clouds, so it wasn’t too hot. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Nicola! Kilometer number 10233 was cycled next to Cauca River, Colombia. It is the second largest waterway of Colombia. It is a long river, around 1000 kilometers long. We have crossed it before on various occasions, but never cycled along it. The road was surprisingly flat, so your kilometer flew by pretty quickly. On the other side of the road there were a steep cliff. It has rained a day before, so many rocks were still falling down and there were some small landslides. We also passed a rock as huge as a house in the beginning of your kilometer. As we passed it, Sven asked Kira “How big is the biggest rock in Lithuania?”. Kira pointed to the next rock lying around (still very big) and said ‘Just like this!’. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Catie! Kilometer number 10278 was cycled on the ascent before Medellin, Colombia. It was a part of the ascent to the next to last summit of the Andes for us. The length of the ascent was 44 kilometers and we needed two days to climb it. Your kilometer was in the first part of it. It still was quite easy, comparing to the ones that followed. Nevertheless, we pushed the bikes for the most part of your kilometer. It was a steep kilometer, gradient more than 10%. The views were extraordinary, we could see a wide valley that we came from as well as many surrounding mountains. That was one of the nicest views during the whole journey. The road was on the side of a hill, slowly making it’s way to the highest point through various mountains. The road was cut into a cliff, so we were standing next to a natural wall. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anna! Kilometer number 10305 was cycled in Alto de Minas, Colombia. During your kilometer we have reached the next to last summit in the Andes for us. Your kilometer was very steep, much steeper than kilometers before. There were pine trees growing on the side of the hill and that is very rare for the region. We were very happy to finish the climb. We couldn’t see much of the surroundings, even though we were on top. Even higher mountains around us were blocking the view. There were two restaurants on the top of the mountains. We haven’t visited any of them. We had our packed lunch. We ate hard boiled eggs, tuna fish from the can, dried bread and tomatoes. Yum! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz winner Pilar Lindo. The kilometer number 10338 was cycled in Medellin, Colombia. It is the second biggest city in Colombia. Surprisingly, it was the easiest arrival to a big city (with more than 1 million residents) ever! During your kilometer we left the Panamerican Highway, took a turn to the city, got lost, found our way again and climbed up on the bridge. The bridge goes over a highway, metro tracks and a river. We had a nice view to the town, with high buildings and surrounding mountains. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Pilar Lindo.

Here is a personal kilometer to our Quiz winner Gregor Lorenz. The kilometer number 10361 was cycled in Medellin, Colombia. On the background you can see a Panamerican Highway occupied by cyclists. That is a weekly event called Ciclovia. Medellin closes two lanes of the main road through the city for cars and cyclists and joggers are welcomed to it. Many people use it – colombians love cycling! Your kilometer is the northern end of the ciclovia. We passed many small workshops on the side of the road where people offer to fix your bike. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Gregor Lorenz.

Here is your personal kilometer, Funny Girl! Your kilometer number 10388 was taken on the cloud number nine! Bryan Adams even wrote a song about it: http://youtu.be/QhO-4cCQSUU Well, sort of. Jokes aside, your kilometer was literally taken in the cloud. We were in the middle of the first big climb of the day when suddenly it all went white – the cloud has formed itself on the road. We could barely see each other, but we continued climbing and soon we were higher than the cloud. So, a part of your kilometer was cycled above the clouds! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Claire! Your kilometer number 10482 was cycled on the very last summit of the Andes for us. We waited for this kilometer pretty much from the first cycling day of the journey when we crossed the Andes for the first time. The Andes in Colombia are tricky: the road goes up and down many times and it’s hard to tell which bump is the last mountain top or which one is the highest. In your kilometer we have cycled 3 hills with more or less the same height and we decided that the last one is probably the highest and we dedicate it to you. After your kilometer the descent has started, so if think we got the last ‘summit’ right. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Rūta! Your kilometer number 10533 was above the river Cauca, Colombia. It was the last kilometer of the mayor descent. It was our last descent from the Andes mountains. We went down from 2400m to 100m in just 50 kilometers. At the end of the descent we have reached the river Cauca and crossed it. The photo was taken on the bridge. It is the second largest river in Colombia. The last kilometer of the descent was very steep. We left the fresh mountain air and came to the muggy tropical heat. At the moment we stopped we felt the heat. We were very tired, but happy that the mountains were finally over. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 Boundless Biking

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Sabrina. The kilometer number 10590 was cycled along the river Cauca, Colombia. It is the second largest river in Colombia. We cycled along this river before. The last time was when we started the climb to Medellin. The river stayed in the valley and went around the mountains. Once we went down from the Andes, we have met the river for the last time. Before leaving it again, we cycled along it for two days. That’s where your kilometer was taken. The surrounding area is flat(ish), there are no more mountains, just few low hills. The land is used to grow rice and to graze cows. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Sabrina Burtscher.

Here is your personal kilometer, Algirdas! Your kilometer number 10721 was cycled just after the town Planeta Rica, Colombia. It was still quite early and we we enjoying a wonderful sunrise on the right hand side. The sun painted the field yellow and there were horses grazing in it. It looked like a scene from a fairytale! Your kilometer had two easy hills. There were trees growing on the both sides of the road and they were forming an alley. Behind the trees there were fields with green grass and farm animals. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 Boundless Biking

Happy Birthday Nike! Sandra Bogdanova has sent you a gift: a personal kilometer from the Carribean Coast, Colombia! During the kilometer number 10862 we have reached the Atlantic Coast for the first time. It was very blue and calm – no waves at all. There was a port for the ships of the oil company. The company decided to invest a lot of money to the region and turned the nearby town Coveñas to a holiday destination. There are around 100 hotels lined next to another for 15km. Some of them were in your kilometer too. We wish you happy birthday and that your next year will be like the calm see we saw, filled with happy emotions of the people surrounding you! Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz winner Loreta. The kilometer number 11000 was cycled on the Carribean Region, Colombia. It was a hilly kilometer, we were going up and down all the time. Due to momentum (thanks, physics!) the cycling was easy and we were having fun. It was very hot at that moment and we were rushing to the next town for the siesta in the shade or a chilly room. In the beginning of your kilometer there were palm-tree plantations on the both sides of the road. We haven’t seen much of that before and it felt truly carribean. The road was pretty crappy though: hole in a hole with another hole inside or patch on the patch with another patch on top. And then a hole in the patch. Your kilometer is marked in our map:https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Loreta Jo.

Here is your personal kilometer, Jackie and Simon! Your kilometer was the very last kilometer in South America for us. We have reached the harbor and the gateway to the Atlantic Ocean. We felt very happy to reach it! We felt happy to finish cycling the whole continent and we felf even happier to get out of crazy traffic in Cartagena. It was still an early morning, so the pedestrian pier was empty and we could relax a bit. On the right hand side there was a part of Cartagena’s colonian walled city – UNESCO cultural heritage. Behind it there was more of the ocean. On the left hand side there was a port and some old boats turend into restaurants. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 Boundless Biking

Here is a tribute kilometer to Kira’s grandmother Jadvyga. Your kilometer number 11064 was taken on the sailing boat on our way from Colombia to Panama, next to Guna Yala (San Blas) islands in Carribean Sea. It was the last kilometer (or should we say nautical mile) of the open sea. We have reached the land (or should we say the island) and anchored for the first time. It was raining and there was a thunderstorm on the left side. The water was very warm so we went swimming. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Laimis Racenajs! Your kilometer number 11065 was cycled in Portobelo, Panama. It was the very first kilometer on the new continent – North America. We just unloaded our bikes from the sailing boat and packed our stuff on them. We had 6 extra bags from the boat with us (we repacked for the sailing trip) and the bikes felt very weird. What is more, our legs were very wobbly – after a week on the boat we got the land sickness! Our heads were spinning and we felt that the ground is constantly moving. So we made our way very slowly. On your kilometer we went from the port to the hostel – the meeting point to retrieve our passports. Portobelo used to be one of the most important cities in Central America, it had one of the biggest Spanish Fortress. Nowadays, it is just a small village, with the ruins of the fortress, one bakery, 2 shops and few people. We crossed all village on your kilometer. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Wilfried Schickedanz. The kilometer number 11086 was cycled along the Caribbean coast in Panama. It was the last kilometer along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. After your kilometer we turned left and started crossing the continent from East to West (or in fact from North to South). On the right hand side of your kilometer there were private houses along the coastline. Most of the houses weren’t fancy, they were pretty basic, but all were painted with nice colours and decorated with ornaments. On the left hand side there were a lot of land for farming, most of it had signs ‘for sale’. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Wilfried Schickedanz.

Here is your personal kilometer, Benj Reist. Your kilometer number 11101 was a ‘Hard Earned’ and was cycled in Sabanitas, Panama. ‘Hard Earned’ means that after your kilometer, one of us (Kira) could not stand up anymore. Your kilometer was the last of the series of kilometers that had not high, but very steep hills. There were no flat parts between the hills, it was either up or down. But that was OK as long as it was cloudy. During our first 5 days in Panama we haven’t seen sunshine, not even once. So the sun decided to fix that and was shining very hard to make up for the lost time. At the end of your kilometer there was McDonalds (yes, yes, the one with junk food) and it’s sign on the high pole was easy to see above the trees for all length of your kilometer. So we gathered our last strengh and pushed towards burgers and cold cola (yes, yes, terrible). Once we’ve reached the junk food temple, there was no more cycling afterwards. Not because we ate all the burgers (we didn’t), but because we were (Kira was) so exhausted, that even a cheesburger didn’t help. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Rodrigo Torma. Your kilometer number 11111 was cycled on Ruta 3, Panama between Colon and Panama City. It was in the middle of a steep hill. The side of the road had many holes and the traffic was heavy, so we pushed our bikes. In the middle of your kilometer Kira discovered a big bug sitting on her leg. According to Kira, the bug was the size of the half of her leg. According to Sven, the bug was 10 – 12 cm long. So Kira started screaming, and Sven rushed to the rescue. While trying to chase the bug away, Sven’s bike fell on Sven and he hurt his knee. So once Kira stoped screaming, Sven started, because it hurt. The people standing in the bus stop nearby were entertained. We – not so much. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Zita. The kilometer number 11144 was cycled in National Park Soberania, Panama. When planning our route to Panama City, we wanted to escape some traffic and found a little gravel road through the National Park. The road is called ‘Rainforest Road’. The Park is famous for monkeys, sloths, tucans and other animals that live there (including jaguar). We hoped to see some of them on our way too. Once we’ve reached the beginning of the road, we found out that our little road is not so little. Instead, it was fully paved and very busy transit street. Instead of searching for monkeys we had to concentrate in order not to be hit by passing cars. When we stopped to make a picture of your kilometer, it started to rain. When we finished taking photos, it was pouring down! There was no shelter to see, so we made our own: we put the tarp on the bikes and sat under it between the bikes. Now we know why the road is called ‘Rainforest Road’! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Zita Baranova.

Here is your personal kilometer, Birutė and Česlovas. Your kilometer number 11161 was cycled next to Panama Canal, Panama. To be precise, your kilometer was next to Miraflores Locks. They are the first locks on the side of the Pacific Ocean. The locks are behind Sven and there is a huge white cruise ship going though them. The street goes between the Panama Canal and the railroad tracks. The tracks are still used by cargo trains as well as luxury passenger train for tourist. The tracks go through the jungle as well as on the bridge above the Gatun lake. The Miraflores Locks also have a visitors center and a parking lot nearby. We made a short break next to and old locomotive before entering Panama City. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Bärbel. The kilometer number 11174 was cycled Panama City, Panama. Your kilometer was cycled while running errands. We were on the way back from the bicycle shop to hostel. We wanted to change our old and nearly broken rims to the new ones that. Sadly, the bike mechanic wasn’t at his workplace. Your kilometer was cycled on the bike path in the city as well as the bike bridge over a busy road. Panama has good bike paths, but you can’t find how to get on them – no entrance or exit. At the end of your kilometer, when we’ve reached the hostel, the rain has started. Within minutes it became a tropical downpour. Luckily, we were already under the roof! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Birute. The kilometer number 11184 was cycled Panama City, Panama. We participated in a weekly event “Ciclovia”. During this event some of the main city roads are closed for traffic and opened for cyclists and joggers. The photo was taken on the road called Cinta Costera 3. It is a highway above the Pacific Ocean. It is a bridge-like structure that goes around the old town above the water. Behind Sven there is a new town with impressive skyline, on his right is the old town Casco Viejo and on his left side is the ocean. In front of Sven there is the bridge of Americas. This road is quite contraversial; UNESCO put Panama’s old town to the endangered list because of it. We think that the road was amazing and we enjoyed very nice views from it. It was very hot day though! P.S. Your postcard will be sent soon! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Birute Purliene.

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Birute. The kilometer number 11206 was cycled Panama City, Panama. We participated in a weekly event “Ciclovia” (again). This time we cycled to th East part of the city. The photo was taken in Panama Viejo. It is the oldest European settelment in Panama City and on the Pacific Coast. The ruins are UNESCO Cultural Heritage site and they were abandoned after a pirate attack in 17th Century. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Birute Purliene.

Here is your kilometer, Lizzy, Martin and Roman. Your kilometer number 11225 was cycled on the Bridge of Americas, Panama. It was an eventful kilometer. People warned us about the terrible traffic and we could see how steep and long the bridge was. But as we reached the bridge we found out that it wasn’t that steep as it looked. Also we found a pedestrian way next to the road. We decided to use it. It was separated from the busy road with a high ‘wall’. So we started our climb. Not far from the top our path was blocked: there were workers with machines doing stuff there, so we had to strip our bikes, carry them over the machines, carry the stuff over the machines, repeat the carrying 7 times and then finally assemble the bikes. We made the picture on the top of the bridge (where the ‘wall’ does not exist anymore, hrrr). While making the photo, there was a crash behind Sven. We didn’t see what exactly happened, but it made a traffic jam that was 6 km long. In the picture you can see the beginning of the traffic jam. We promise, we weren’t the reason of the crash. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Loreta. The kilometer number 11269 was cycled somewhere in Panama. It was on the Panamerican Highway (which here is called Interamerican Highway) next to one of the hundred of little towns. They are called Resendenciales and consist of copy-paste little houses. There are no shops, churches or any other services in those towns, just housing area in the middle of nowhere and with a connection to the main road. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Loreta Jo.

Here is your personal kilometer, Daniel Zwick. Your kilometer number 11333 was cycled in Cocle Region, Panama. The picture was taken a day before your birthday, so happy birthday! Sadly for us, it was one of those annoying kilometers: it was hot as hell and the road was rolling either up and down and not giving us a break. On the left side of the road there were many upscale seaside hotel resorts like Hilton, Marriott etc. We cycled past them, secretly wishing to ditch the cycling altogether and jump into the Pacific Ocean. Also, we have this fantasy to arrive to a fancy hotel, give our bikes to valet parking, have the bellboys to unload our bags and deliver them to our room, walk into the hotel through the shiny main entrance while being dirty, sweaty and stinky, check in and arrive to a room where the hotel butler has already ran a bath for us and is unpacking our panniers and looking confused while trying to figure out where should he put our chain oil, spices for cooking and clothes pegs. Yeah, there was a lot of daydreaming going on during your kilometer. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Ruta Z. Your kilometer number 11341 was cycled next Rio Hato, Panama. Your kilometer was very interesting: the bridge behind Sven is in fact a runway of an airport! That is a very unusual solution in airport building. The area was fenced with razorwire, except the bridge-runway. We didn’t see any airplanes landing or taking off. It was an early morning, somewhat around 6:15 local time and the sun wasn’t fully out yet. Because of that the temperature was still bearable, so your kilometer passed quickly. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Julius Zwick. Your kilometer number 11403 was cycled in Cocle Region, Panama. It was a kilometer in the middle of nowhere: there were no cities, no towns, no villages, nothing. Nevertheless, it was a perfect kilometer! The temperature was just right, no blazing sun, no rain, no wind. The road was also just right: pancake flat, wide shoulder, good pavement. There were green fields and some trees on the sides of the road and we were passing by without making any effort! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Jurga S. The kilometer number 11470 was cycled near Santiago, Panama. It was one of the last kilometers of our über-productive day. We cycled so fast like we were on fire! The average speed of your kilometer was 22 km/h, while our usual average speed is around 14 km/h! And the road was quite hilly! The scenery also flew by: all we saw was color green. Field? Plantation of sugar canes? Palm tree forest? One of them, for sure! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Dave. The kilometer number 11485 was cycled near Las Lajas, Panama. During your kilometer we enjoyed a dramatical sunrise. First, the sky and the clouds were blood red. Later, the sun appeared from behind the hill and coloured the world in vivid colours. Just in seconds, green grass became greener and the storm clouds in front of us became darker blue and much scarier. Also, you can see in this photo that Panama goes from East to West, even though it’s in the middle of North-South American axis. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Tesco the dog! Your kilometer number 11535 was cycled in Chiriqui Region, Panama. Your kilometer started at a construction site: they were building a new brigde over a river. We entered the construction site, because after the bridge-in-the-making, there was a brand new road. It was still closed for traffic, so we used it as our private road. After the bridge, the road started to climb uphill. The uphill part lasted for 900 meters, without a single flat or downhill part. It wasn’t easy, but we had a wide road, so we cycled in zig zag style to ease the climb. During the climb we cycled past 3 huts for construction workers and 2 waterfalls. One small waterfall was directly next to the road and the other one was further away, but very big. On the top of the hill we were greeted by construction workers. They were very curious who is Tesco and why are we taking pictures for her! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Vytautas! Your kilometer number 11593 was cycled near La Conception, Panama. It was on top of the last hill of Panama. It was a good kilometer: the sun was behind the clouds and the hill wasn’t steep. At the end of your kilometer there was a bus stop. Here it is called parada. They always have roof and a bench and it’s our favourite spot to rest when cycling in Panama. The roof guarantees either shade to hide from the sun or dry spot to hide from tropical rain. We relaxed there for a while and made a decision to cycle until bordercrossing to Costa Rica on the same day! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Forrest! Your kilometer number 11675 was cycled in Piedras Blancas, Costa Rica. Your kilometer goes to the history as the one that we postponed the most. We wanted to give you the first kilometer of Costa Rica, but it was too dark for pictures, so we postponed it. By the next pause we had an urgent ‘mother nature’ call, so we decided to find a better kilometer for you. Our next stop was on top of the largest climb for that day, so we were gasping for air instead of smiling for camera. So we went on. Finally, we crossed a bridge over a wide river. The riverbanks were covered in white rocks, so I guess that’s why they call it Rio Piedras Blancas. Shortly after, we reached a small town (guess what – it’s also called Piedras Blancas!), consisting of a butcher, baker, mini shop, church, police station, kindergarden and 7 more houses for the people to live in. That’s where we finally cycled a kilometer for you! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Thomas! Your kilometer number 11699 was cycled in near Villa Colon, Costa Rica. In the beginning of your kilometer we cycled through the first valley in Costa Rica. It felt strange to see a flat space between all the hills that we got used to seeing. It wasn’t a field though. It was covered in bushes with few higher palm trees. Their stems were covered with lianas and other plants. The valley wasn’t long. At the end of your kilometer we cycled yet another short and kind of steep hill. On top of it there was a small factory of some sorts. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Thomas Krüger.

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Greta! The kilometer number 11741 was cycled near Ventanas de Osa, Costa Rica. It was a green and fast kilometer. The hills were nicely rolling and we felt like flying through the country. On the left hand side, behind the bushes and trees, there was the Pacific Ocean. We couln’t see it yet, but we could aldready hear the waves! At the beginning of your kilometer there as a restaurant. In the middle of your kilometer there was a river. The water was very clean and it ran very fast! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Greta Pikutienė-Lukošiūnaitė.

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Anne! The kilometer number 11785 was cycled near Matapalo, Costa Rica. We found you the only kilometer in Costa Rica that doesn’t look like Costa Rica. Usually, there are lush green forests with monkeys and colorful birds and tucans and racoons and crocodiles and turtles and other awesome animals on both sides of the road. Your kilometer on the other hand looked like Chile: a green field with a fence and cows gazing. Minus the volcano with the snowy peak, that are usual in Chile. So your kilometer was unique and it stood out for sure! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Alina! Alina is a 5-year-old girl who at the moment is fighting cancer. Alina, we wish you the strenght to win your battle against cancer and travel to see the world and it’s wonders: snowy mountains, volcanoes, red lakes, flamingos, llamas and monkeys in the plam trees! Your kilometer number 11827 was cycled near Parrita, Costa Rica. It was a kilometer in the middle of the palm tree forest. People go into the forest to cut the fruits (not coconuts!) of the palm trees. Once they have enough, they load them to the tractor and bring them to the factory. They make oil from those fruits in the factory. These factories are funny! They smell differently depending on which side you are standing. One side smells rotten, while the other one smells like perfume! The place we stopped to take the picture was quiet and fresh, the trees gave pleasant shade. Can you imagine, there was a bus stop in the middle of the palm tree forest! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Support Alina: http://www.rugute.lt/en/news/let-s-build-a-bridge-of-kindness-for-alina.html Update: The surgery was not performed because the cancer is advanced too far. Chemotherapy was started again in order to stop the spreading and allow the surgery. Childhood cancer fund Rugute: http://www.rugute.lt/en/about-the-fund.html

Here is your personal kilometer, Janet! Your kilometer number 11910 was cycled above the crocodiles, literally. Let us explain: Costa Rica is full of exotic animals, crocodiles are one of them. You can find them in many rivers in Costa Rica, but there is this one spot where the crocs like to hang out the most: the bridge above the Tarcoles river. That is where we cycled your kilometer – the bridge was a part of it! We counted 22 crocodiles swimming in the river or laying on the riverbank. While we were taking picture for you, it started raining. Well, more like pouring down. We had to take a time out under the fruit shop’s roof before we could go back and see some more crocodiles. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Wilfried! Your kilometer number 11940 was cycled in Mata de Limon, Costa Rica. It was a tiny piece of paradise, in between hills of nothingness. We just cycled down the second hill of the day and were greeted by the ocean as well as the harbour and the beach. One big ship was docked and being loaded with shipping containers. Two other ships were standing in line further away. That also meant that all the trucks we’ve met on the road before were heading to this harbour from/to San Jose and there will finally be less truck traffic on the road! On the left side of the road there was a sandy beach and on the right side of the road there were restaurants and ice cream cafes. We got our first ice cream in Central America at one of them. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Sven Schickedanz und Wilfried Schickedanz.

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Thomas! The kilometer number 11980 was cycled near Potrero river, Costa Rica. Your kilometer was evil! The hills seemed steeper than usual and the sun, oh the evil sun, was shining too bright. To make the matters worse, the sky was full with clouds, but the sun found one hole to shine through and was beating us with its rays. To make the matters even worse, the street wasn’t the made of usual black asphalt, but of white concrete instead, so the heat was reflecting from the ground. The sun was hitting us from above as well as from below. Evil! On the bright side, due to road construction works we had our own two-lane private road, and that was nice. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Thomas Krüger.

Here is your personal kilometer, Marlis! Your kilometer number 12000 was cycled in Liberia, Costa Rica. Your kilometer was fun and full of action! The first 500 meters of your kilometer include the following: arrival to main crossroad in Liberia; navigating through chaos of named crossroad created by the construction works; Sven chasing and catching another cyclist that we saw, but he didn’t see us (he was from Germany too!); Kira cycling forwards and trying to find Sven; us meeting up despite the lack of agreed meeting point. The last 500 meters of your kilometer include the following: us pushing our bikes peacefully on the pedestrian sidewalk; crossing the main motorway twice; checking our map 6 times to find out where we are and which way should we go next; Sven asking Kira ‘is it 12.000th kilometer yet?’ for 27 times; Kira answering ‘Not yet’ for 27 times; Kira shouting ‘Now! We cycled 12.000 kilometers! Get the camera!’ in the middle of a crossroad; bus and truck drivers passing by and waving to us happily while we take the picture in the middle of the crossroad. Why do all our milestones happen in the middle of the crossroads? Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Ron! Your kilometer number 12029 was cycled between Guanacaste and Santa Rosa National Parks, Costa Rica. Your kilometer was flat, with the beginning of one big hill at the end. The flat part was very nice and the road was empty. On the both sides of the road there was huge flat fields. There were trees with thorns and some bushes in the fields. On the right side there was Guanacaste National Park and on the left side there was Santa Rosa National Park. Behind the field on the right side there were few high volcanoes with pointy tops. Also, during your kilometer we saw a lot of butterflies and lizards. The butterflies were mainly yellow and white, with some orange ones and the lizards were mainly brown, but few were neon green colored. We haven’t seen that many butterflies in one place anywhere before! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Artūras! Your kilometer number 12087 was cycled near Nicaragua lake, Nicaragua. Your kilometer was the one where we’ve seen the Nicaragua lake for the first time. Nicaragua lake is very big, it is 19th biggest lake in the world and 9th biggest lake in Americas. In the middle of the lake there is an island with two volcanoes, we could see both of them too. The water was grey blue and it smelled like fish. Also, it started to rain. For the first time since very long time, it was a regular rain instead of tropical downpour. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anne! Your kilometer number 12134 was cycled in Ometepe island, Nicaragua. Your kilometer was very smooth and relaxed. We were exploring Ometepe island in Nicaragua lake. The lake is very big (19th biggest in the world) and the island is also very big. It is made of two cone shaped volcanoes: Concepcion and Maderas, and Ometepe translates as two (ome) volcanoes (tepe). Concepcion volcano is still active, it’s last eruption was in 2010. Maderas is not active anymore and has a lake in it’s crater and waterfall on it’s side. From your kilometer we could see both of volcanoes, but Concepcion was much closer. The view was really nice and cycling in the lake, on the island made of volcanoes is awesome! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Jūratė! Your kilometer number 12179 was cycled in Granada region, Nicaragua. Your kilometer was cycled in rural part of Nicaragua, so the scenery was rural too. There were wide fields on the both sides of the road. We haven’t seen so much plain and flat land in one place since Bolivian altiplano. The fields here are much greener though. Some of them are used to grow sugar cane, but most of them are used for animals to graze. While the scenery was quite bland, all the action was on the road itself. The street had a very narrow shoulder and very heavy traffic. These vehicles have passed by during your kilometer: 5 big trucks transporting conteiners from ships, 4 smaller trucks transporting plantains and people who harvest them (sitting on top of the plantains), 2 fancy cars, 1 crappy pick up car, 2 motorcycles, 1 bicycle and 1 tuktuk and 1 two-wheeled horse cart. Also, it seemed that they were on the race, as they were overcoming each other multiple times. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Ms Stankiene! Your kilometer number 12213 was cycled in Catarina, Nicaragua. Catarina is a small village next to Apoyo lagoon. It was marked in our map as a ‘white village’ together with two other nearby villages. We are not sure why is it called white – the only white thing we saw there was white clothes drying in the wind. During your kilometer we started the descent from the viewing point towards the main road. From the viewpoint we saw not only Apoyo lagoon, but also Nicaragua lake (19th biggest in the world), Granada city and it’s biggest church and Mombacho volcano. Your kilometer led us through the whole village. It was full of souvenir shops and tuktuks. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Sylvia! The kilometer number 12275 was cycled in Mateare, Nicaragua. During your kilometer we were playing peek-a-boo with Managua Lake and Volcano Momotombo. To be more specific, it was the volcano and the lake who played peek-a-boo with us. They both were on our right side and there were a lot of trees and bushes between the road and the lake. In some rare occasions there were openings in the bushes and we could see either the lake or the volcano. Managua lake is the second big lake of Nicaragua. There is a small island-volcano in it, called Momotombito. The big cone shaped volcano Momotombo is on shore of the lake. The volcano is still active and it also is the symbol of Nicaragua! P.S. Peek-a-boo ist Kuckuckspiel Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 2! Your kilometer number 12302 was cycled in Leon Region, Nicaragua. Your kilometer was easy – strong tailwind, slight downhill slope, light traffic. In addition to this, we had our own private side street. It wasn’t that good as the main road, but it gave us peace from the big trucks. There were fields on the both sides of the road, and they all were fenced. At the end of your kilometer we did the first break of the day. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Tesco the dog! Your kilometer number 12345 was cycled in Leon, Nicaragua. During your kilometer we have reached and crossed the historic city center of Leon. It is a very nice colonial style old town. We have passed two curches: the Cathedral and the Recollection church. The Cathedral was huge and white, while the Recollection was smaller and yellow. Both impressive and caught our sight for a while. We also passed many colonial houses and crazy city traffic. Most of the roads were one way roads, with a lot of parked cars on the side. As the roads weren’t very wide, many cars had problems to pass through the parked cars. We were in the middle of that with our bikes, trying to navigate from our memory only. We do learn and memorize many maps in this trip… Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 3! Your kilometer number 12377 was cycled in Chinandega Region, Nicaragua. It was quite tense kilometer. The road was going slighty uphill, the traffic was heavy and the sky was threatening to rain. Traffic was also heavy on the shoulder. In addition to us and our loaded bikes there were other cyclists – local people going back home from the fields. There were at least two people on each bike plus their tools. Also, we overtook 3 two wheeled horse carts. On the both sides of the road there we houses. It wasn’t a town or village, just many houses standing in a row next to the main road. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Doris Seghrouchni! The kilometer number 12402 was cycled in Chinandega region, Nicaragua. Your kilometer was covered in volcanic ashes: they fell out of the sky on us and our bikes. These ashes were tiny, light and very sharp. Our eyes hurt, poor Tulku started sneezing and we coughed a lot and tried to spit the ashes out. On the end of your kilometer we have reached the nearest point to the San Cristobal volcano, but it wasn’t the one that erupted. It was Telica volcano that erupted 40 kilometers away from us. It produced a 2000 vertical meters high column of the ashes and spread them around in the area. The nearby villages were evacuated. Lucky for us, we were heading the opposite way! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 4! Your kilometer number 12493 was cycled in Choluteca region, Honduras. Your kilometer was steep and bumpy. It was our second climb of the day and it lasted all kilometer long. The road was terrible, it had more holes than non-holes on it. We have met a lot of people during your kilometer. They were either living in their houses directly next to the road or walking on the road itself. Most of them were small children, who ran around in groups and shouted ‘griiiiiiingoooooo’ from the top of their lungs. Other people smiled and waved to us. Some of them asked for a dollar aftrwards, but not all of them. Women that walked on the street had big bags. They carried them on top of their heads. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Žilvinas & Rūta! Your kilometer number 12526 was cycled in Choluteca region, Honduras. Your kilometer included the final countdown to the road-patch number one! We waited for this kilometer and for this patch #1 for a while. In fact, we waited for it so much, that during your kilometer we counted out loud ‘#17! #16! #15!’. Well, you get the picture. Why did we count the road patches, you ask? Good question! When we arrived to Honduras the road was terribly bumpy. There were more holes than non-holes on the road. But luckily Honduras decided to fix this problem. We crossed through the road work site and immediatly afterwards we noticed the nicely patched road holes. All of them were numbered, starting with #991. That intrigued us – how long will it take to reach the patch #1? To satisfy your curiosity – it took 17 kilometers, with first 10 kilometers housing first 914 patches and last 7 kilometers housing last 77 patches. Besides the funny ‘count the patches’ game your kilometer had beautiful view to the surrounding mountains! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Zilvinas Krulikauskas und Rūta Krulikauskienė.

Here is your personal kilometer, Artūras! Your kilometer number 12580 was cycled in Valle region, Honduras. Your kilometer was hot and hilly. The sky was blue without a cloud and the sun was shining without mercy. The hilly landscape was hard on our legs, but very rewarding to our eyes – the sights were marvelous! The road was not only hilly, but also curvy. We could see a new beautiful sight at each turn! On the both sides of the road there were trees and fences. There were only 2 houses by your kilometer, which was rare in Honduras. One of the houses was ‘Pulperia’ – a small shop selling cold drinks and snacks. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Artūras Bambalas.

Here is your personal kilometer, Greta! Your kilometer number 12654 was cycled in La Union region, El Salvador. Your kilometer was hot! At the beginning of your kilometer we have just finished the biggest climb of the day, so we spent your kilometer sweating and pushing forwards. Even though there were trees on the both sides of the road, there was no shade on the street itself. We finnaly found a small shady spot at the end of your kilometer. During your kilometer we haven’t seen any houses or people, but heard many birds in the trees. They were not only singing, but also throwing things down the branches and thus making weird noises. There also were butterflies that made some funny sparkling noise. We didn’t know that buterrflies can talk! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Greta Pikutienė-Lukošiūnaitė.

Here is your personal kilometer, Sabrina! Your kilometer number 12708 was cycled in San Miguel region, El Salvador. During your kilometer we have reversed our roles. We didn’t intend to do so, it just happened. Your kilometer was the last one of the 15-kilometer-long continuous climb. Usually when cycling uphill, Sven is the one who cycles with ease and Kira is the one sweating and fainting. Not this time! Kira went on as it was easy peasy flatland and Sven was lagging behind. Kira thinks that your kilometer was so easy because we had shade, which is unusual here in El Salvador. Sven thinks that it was so hard just because he had two gallons of water as extra to his usual trailer drinks load. It is hot here and we drink a lot! Alone during your kilometer together we drank 1,5 liter of water and 1 liter of soda! Tulku on the other hand couldn’t understand why we are so slow and went for a nap in her box. She pretty much never does that! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Sabrina Burtscher.

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Vytautas! The kilometer number 12772 was cycled in Usulutan region, El Salvador. Your kilometer was easy and quiet. We were crossing corn and sugar cane fields, the road was flat and the traffic was light. Also, there was a volcano on the right hand side, behind the corn field. All in all, your kilometer was one of those forgetable kilometers that don’t stand out by themselves. Instead, they are a part of one big ‘Ahhh, today was a good and easy day!’. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Renaldas! Chirstmas start early for you this year, because Santa Clause gave you a Chirstmas gift – kilometer from Panamericana! Your kilometer number 12856 was cycled in La Libertad region, El Salvador. Your kilometer was quite easy, but it also required extra work at the end. Kira got a flat tire during your kilometer, so at the end of it we made a break to fix the tire and have some lunch. We ate burritos with rice, corn and bean paste. There were few houses on both sides of the road, they were made out of straw and hand made bricks. It was hot and people were hiding from the heat in the shade. Some of the people were coming back home from the fields for lunch with their bikes. They have pimped their bikes with colourful reflectors: blue, green and red. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 5! Your kilometer number 12914 was cycled in La Libertad, El Salvador. During your kilometer we have encountered bats! The last part of your kilometer was in the tunnel #5. It was the last tunnel of the day and it was an old tunnel. It was very dark and damp and there were puddles on the road. In the middle of the tunnel we noticed something moving around us. That was bats and there were a lot of them! It was an interesting experience to cycle in complete darkness with bats flying around us. Before entering the tunnel we had one of the typical coastal road climbs – short and steep. We could glimpse through the trees to catch some nice views of the ocean too. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anne and Andreas! Your kilometer number 13000 was cycled in Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado, Guatemala. Your kilometer marked two milestones at the same time. First, we just entered country #12 – Guatemala. Second, we we cycled yet another 1000 kilometers! It was a kilometer next to the border crossing, so it had the usual hustle and bustle that accompanies border crossings in Central America: a lot of people walking in all possible directions, many trucks, people selling things, people changing money, police, army, people trying to help you (for money), tuktuks, cycle taxis, lots of bags and well, even more people and chaos all around. At the end of your kilometer we have reached the beginning of the huge line of trucks waiting to cross the border. The line lasted for next 4 kilometers! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Simone! Your kilometer number 13076 was cycled in Escuintla region, Guatemala. Your kilometer included downhill, road construction site, entrance to safari park and it’s advertisement and a wonderful view to many volcanoes! We cycled your kilometer very quickly, because it was the end of a massive downhill. We flew with little effort. We had to slow down a bit next to the road construction site. They are building a second two lane street nearby and they made a fence from stones (and painted them white) on the old street, so it had even less space than usually. It was good that we needed to slow down, because we could enjoy very nice view towards volcanoes on the right hand side. We could see these volcanoes: Tecuamburro (1944m), Pacaya (2551m), Volcan de Agua (3759m), Volcan de Fuego (3763m) and Acatenango (3975m). They were in one row and we could see them all in one glance! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Zita! The kilometer number 13139 was cycled in Escuintla region, Guatemala. Your kilometer turned out to be the least stressful kilometer of the day. We had a nice and wide shoulder (compared to no shoulder otherwise) and the traffic was light (compared to extremely heavy otherwise). On both sides of the road there were endless fields of cugar cane. They might look boring, but these particular fields have a mystery inside. Long time ago Maya people used to live here. The region is full of sculptures, made by them. People didn’t know about it until farmers started growing sugar cane here and their plows started excavating ancient Maya sculptures. Sadly, most of them were destroyed by plows, others were stolen and sold in the black market. And yet some survived and were brought to the museums. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535 – mit Zita Baranova.

Here is your personal kilometer, Tesco the dog! Your kilometer number 13196 was cycled in Suchitepequez region, Guatemala. Your kilometer was next to a sugar factory and the sweet smell was in the air! It smelled like panela – unrefined brown sugar. There were a lot of trucks coming into the factory, full with sugar cane and leaving it empty. Also, many fully loaded trucks were standing in the factory parking lot. The sugar cane fields are all over the Pacific coast, so the raw material is just behind the corner of the factory. It was lunch break time and the workers were going home for lunch. Next to the entrance to the factory there was a small shop, called tienda, selling cold drinks. During your kilometer we also looked for a shady place to stop for lunch, and finally found one spot under a palm tree. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Grit! Your kilometer number 13259 was cycled in Retalhuleu region, Guatemala. Your kilometer was long and slow. We were slowly climbing uphill and the climb was very steep. The road was empty and brand new. They just finished building this part of motorway and it was very nice. It also had a wide shoulder for us to cycle, a thing that we were missing since El Salvador. At the beginning of your kilometer there was a truck standing on the shoulder and it’s driver was talking on his phone standing behind his cabin. On both sides of the road there was a forest – quite unusual sight here. As the kilometer was very steep, we stopped few times to catch our breath. At one break we looked back and saw an amaizing view – we could see as far as the Pacific Ocean! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Dora! Your kilometer number 13333 was cycled in Chiapas region, Mexico. During your kilometer we had a race! The participants of the race were we on our bikes and the sun. What will happen first: we will reach Tapachula town or the sun will set? We took this race very seriously and cycled as fast as we could. Thus we don’t remember much from your kilometer. We recall seeing pineapple field and 3 goats, but that might be from previuos kilometers. The street was good though, wide shoulder, nice pavement, little traffic. Oh, and constant uphill. In case you were wondering who won the race: it was a draw. We reached Tapachula at the same time it became dark. Well, maybe the sun won by a little bit. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 6! Your kilometer number 13367 was cycled in Viva Mexico, Mexico. During your kilometer we have reached motorway MEX200 and entered village Viva Mexico. When we first saw this village on the map, we thought that it was a joke, but no – it really exists and has it’s sign and everything. We made a short break under the motorway bridge, it provided us a pleasant shade which was very welcome in the morning heat. We shared the shade with vendors selling oranges and people waiting for the mini bus – colectivo. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Sarah! The kilometer number 13416 was cycled in Soconusco coast, Mexico. Your kilometer was hot! And humid! And hot! And hilly! And hot! At the end of your kilometer we found a small patch of shade. That was only the third shady patch since the start of the day, so we grabed the opportunity to escape from the blazing sun for a while. Once we parked our bikes we noticed these huge thorns laying all over the place. It seems that we are slowly leaving tropical forest regions and entering deserts! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Justas! Your kilometer number 13450 was cycled in Soconusco Coast, Mexico. Your kilometer started as yet another hot, hilly and boring kilometer. There was nothing to see on the sides of the road, traffic wasn’t very interesting (well maybe the double length trucks are worth noting, but they are (sadly) becoming norm that a rarity), no village, no houses and even all iguanas (dead or alive) were not there. Just plain boring. Happily, at the end of your kilometer entertainment arrived! To be more precise, we met 4 other cyclists traveling the opposite direction: Tessa, Colin, Ryan and Lesley. We chatted for more than an hour in the blazing sun – none of us wanted to leave. So, your kilometer was cycled not by two cyclists, but by six! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Boile69! Your kilometer number 13509 was cycled in Pijijiapan, Mexico. Your kilometer included climb on a steep hill and then an even steeper desecent to Pijijiapan town. For that we had to cross a motorway, going to the opposite direction. Because we climbed on the hill before leaving the motorway, we had a really nice view to the flat and wide and green Soconusco coast. At the end of your kilometer we entered a town and it was hustling and bustling in Mexican manner. Streets were full with various vehicles, from vans to cycle taxis, people were walking everywhere. It was loud too: people talking, cars horning, music playing… Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Birute! Your kilometer number 13534 was cycled in Soconusco Coast, Mexico. Your kilometer was the last one with tailwind on that day. Generally, the wind was strong and unpredictable – you never knew which direction will it blow next. Due to the wind heat was not that bad, at least our sweat was drying fast. Also, your kilometer was the last of the hilly ones and we were glad to finally reach flatland. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for Tesco the Dog! Your kilometer number 13566 was cycled in Soconusco Coast, Mexico. Your kilometer was at the end of the last mayor climb that day. So it was quite exhausting to reach the top even though it was not that high. Heat and the sound of approaching trucks made it a bit nerve wrecking. Mexico does not have our beloved shoulder to cycle on. Kira reached the top of the mountain first looking for a good spot for your picture. We crossed a rather big bridge over a river but none of us could remember the name of the bridge or the river at the end of the day. It was rather curious to find a bridge on top of a mountain. Also the nature on both sides of the road covered the views so no great scenery. Nevertheless some violet flowers appeared on our side of the road. We haven’t seen such an amount of flowers since Costa Rica. You can clearly see them in the picture. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 7! Your kilometer number 13644 was cycled in Soconusco Coast, Mexico. Your kilometer included dry air, tail-wind, marvelous scenery, pancake-flat road, wide shoulder and low traffic and was all-in-all awesome! It included two ranches: Los dos hermanos (two brothers) and El Sacramento. The first ranch had cows and bulls, walking around in huge gazing fields. Many of them were laying in the shadow of big trees, hiding from the midday heat. The second ranch was growing mango trees. There were rows and rows and rows of mango trees, with yellow and purple mango fruits. On the background of both ranches there were brown-yellow mountains and it all made a marvelous view! We enjoyed your kilometer very much. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Marlis! Your kilometer number 13717 was cycled in Soconusco Coast, Mexico. Your kilometer started in the middle of the bridge. It was not really a bridge that goes over something (river or other street), but rather a bridge that goes along motorway. Traffic that bypasses a village go on the bridge while cars that want to exit the motorway stay on the lower level. We decided that we were fast enough for the bridge, so we took it. It was a long bridge, your kilometer started in the middle of it. We had an overview to the village: houses, repair shops, hotels, restaurants. At the end of the bridge we descended straight to a police control point. It was second control point of the day. We picked “comedor” – a small street food restaurant to eat lunch right next to the control point. While we ate we watched how police checked the cars and collected bribes. It seems that the most popular bribe was cigarettes followed by water bottles. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Pilar Lindo! Your kilometer number 13790 was cycled in Soconusco coast, Mexico. Your kilometer was very flat and we had awesome tail-wind! The surroundings were dry: trees with thorns and high yellow grass as far as we could see. On the right side of the road, behind the trees and grass there was a palm tree forest. That combination surprised us. Behind the palms there was a mountain that had long and flat top, like a table mountain. The road itself was pretty empty, the highlight was 15 road signs lined next to each other. The signs included the following: ‘Tractor’, ‘Crossroad’, ‘No bypassing’ and ‘Don’t destroy the signs’. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a shared kilometer for our Quiz Winners Birute and Michi! Your kilometer number 13832 was cycled in Jalapa, Mexico. Your kilometer was a fast one: we had nice tailwind and we just descended to the valley from a hill. On our right hand side, behind the trees there was a big lake called Presa Benito Juarez. The lake is man-made and it’s huge – we could not see it all at once. The lake is hidden between mountains and trees, but we had a chance to sneak a peak. Your kilometer went through a small village Jalapa. We passed few eateries (comedores), one hotel, car repair shop and many tuktuks! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Gregor! Your kilometer number 13869 was cycled on the climb to Mitla, Mexico. We spent your kilometer chasing goats! Dry mountainous forest landscape is loved by goats, so one can count on seeing them. And yet we saw them only once today. At first we noticed four goats: two grown-ups and two baby goats. As they are easily scared creatures, they started walking faster once they saw us. We decided to overtake them in order to have them in the background of your picture. We were in the middle of quite steep and long climb and the goats outran us! They were much faster than we. We stopped to catch our breath and saw more goats. This time they were coming towards us. So we tried to come closer and this time we succeeded! It was a group of 12 goats and we believe that their ‘be-eh’ meant ‘Good luck, Gregor!’ Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for Tesco the Dog! Your kilometer number 13906 was cycled on the climb to Mitla, Mexico. Your kilometer was the 6th kilometer of the 5th mountain on our way to Mexican Altiplano. It was a very steep kilometer and we were moving very slowly. We were stopping every hundred meters or so to catch our breath and take a sip of water. It was warm and windy. The wind was strong (you can see it in Tulku’s hair) and it was changing direction every 10 seconds. In addition to this, your kilometer was a part of serpentine and the curves were extra steep. So we were moving very slowly, but steady. The best part was the scenery: it was breathtaking and changing after each curve from good to better to the best! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Holly the Westie! Your kilometer number 13945 was cycled on the climb to Mitla, Mexico. Your kilometer was full of pleasant surprises. First of all, your kilometer took place in the middle of a gorge: dramatic cliffs going down to a narrow river. Next to the river there were palm trees. Our road made it’s way in the middle of the steep mountain. No palm trees here, but plenty of cacti. We were cycling in the gorge all day long, but only the climb during your kilometer made a turn with extraordinary scenery down to the gorge. Second surprise was our muscles. Your kilometer was a full climb and very steep one and yet we cycled it very easily – we didn’t know that our muscles were capable of that! Third, we found a ceiba tree with cotton puffs. First time we saw ceiba trees was in Yucatan and they were all green. Here they are still leave-less. We seen plenty of them with green cocoons, ready to blossom before, but never with fully opened cotton puffs. Ceiba tree is a sacred tree for Maya people. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Rasa! Your kilometer number 13965 was cycled on the climb to Mitla, Mexico. Your kilometer was on the top of the next-to-last mountain. It was a part of long serpentine and we saw your kilometer from far away. Well, at least 2 kilometers before 🙂 We slowly climbed to the top, where the road did a sharp curve and went around the hill. Suddenly, we could see a new valley. We could once again see the river from the day before. Additionally, we saw a very nice curvy road downhill. At the end of your kilometer – on the top of the mountain – we made a short break to enjoy the view and refill our water bottles. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Miles! Your kilometer number 14000 was cycled on the climb to Mitla, Mexico. Your kilometer came on the last mountain (number 11) between two summits. It was a bit unusual mountain: first we climbed for 20 kilometers and reached summit number 1. Then, instead of going down, we cycled on a plateau for a few kilometers before starting the climb to summit number 2. Your kilometer was on this plateau. It was a nice and easy kilometer: we just finished climbing the first summit of the big mountain and were still celebrating that achievement and then we started celebrating your kilometer – a milestone. The sun was shining, it was warm enough, the scenery was lovely and our mood was very good. A short flat strip made it even better – we could cycle with ease for at least one kilometer! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Thomas! Your kilometer number 14057 was cycled in Oaxaca Valley, Mexico. Your kilometer was busy: we were juggling video filming, taking pictures, planning next moves and also cycling. Additionally, we were nearing to Oaxaca city and the traffic was getting heavy. The was only one lane, but cars (and trucks!) used it as a two-lane road. We had to watch out for traffic. The surroundings of your kilometer were wast yellow grass fields with brown steep mountains on the both sides. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Nicole! Your kilometer number 14104 was cycled in Oaxaca Valley, Mexico. Your kilometer was warm and diverse. The street was rolling up and down and had many curves. On the sides of the road there were various things: few houses, a quarry, yellow grass fields, pine trees and beautiful trees without leaves, but with purple flowers. The sun was shining and the birds were chirping. As we were cycling in the Valley, there were mountains on the both sides of the road, behind the fields. At the end of your kilometer we have reached the end of the valley and a small mountain was blocking our way. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Karin! Your kilometer number 14132 was cycled in Mixteca Alta region, Mexico. Your kilometer was very colorful! The road engineers did a great job while building the road. In order to reduce the climbing they cut through many many hills. During your kilometer we have crossed 3 cut-through hills. From outside the hills look ordinary: brown ground with yellowish grass, but inside a surprise awaits. The hills are made of very colorful rocks! White, yellow, orange, brown, red, purple and green! It felt like we were cycling though the rainbow. The last cut-through hill of your kilometer was completely made of green rocks! In addition to the wonderful colors, we had some sunshine during your kilometer. It was the only sunshine we saw all day! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Adomas! Your kilometer number 14188 was cycled in Mixteca Alta region, Mexico. Your kilometer was one of a million not-so-short but very steep climbs of the day. We were slowly climbing up all your kilometer. We didn’t know yet that at the end of your kilometer there was a surprise waiting for us. When we reached the top of the hill, completely out of breath, a car stopped in front of us. The door opened and one man stepped out of the car. While we were still gasping for air and standing there confused, he gave us cold water. Turns out, he is a cyclist as well! He was going in the other direction when he saw us, so he turned around his car, bought us some cold drinks, and found us. After a nice chat we were getting ready to take a kilometer picture. At the same time road workers have reached us and closed half of the road. They were repainting the other half, so we suddendly appeared to be standing in the middle of the road. We had to rush to get out of there! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for Tesco the Dog! Your kilometer number 14224 was cycled in Mixteca Alta region, Mexico. Your kilometer has some cool features. First of all, most of it was on a bridge. It was a very high bridge, we estimate around 50 meters above the river. Also, it was narrow, long and curvy. The river itself was nearly dried out, it was roughly one meter wide and 50 cm deep. Second feature was that we have reached the lowest point after a long downhill ride. Third feature was that the bridge was the distinguishing point between two regions: Oaxaca and Puebla. During your kilometer we have entered our third state in Mexico! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Ciuciu Dog Clothes! Your kilometer number 14259 was cycled in Mixteca Alta region, Mexico. Your kilometer was cycled on our final stretch to Tehuacan, in a nice valley on a secondary road. The day was gloomy, dark clouds were threatening to start raining at any second. And yet we tried to keep positive attitude and enjoy the nice yellow and purple flowers growing on the side of the road. Your kilometer was a constant climb and it went through a little village Texalco. There were many food stalls on both side of the road. Also, your kilometer was the last dry kilometer of the day, because the rain started just after your kilometer has finished. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Colleenchen6 and Maxi the Westie! Your kilometer number 14292 was cycled in Tepanco, Mexico. Your kilometer was an optical illusion. It looked all flat as pancake, but in fact it was a climb. Our bodies were confused: the eyes were telling our heads ‘It’s flat! Go faster!’, while our legs were signaling ‘Oh no, it isn’t! It’s a climb! It’s hard!’. There were even more confusion during your kilometer – on the both sides of the road there were cultivated fields, but we couldn’t figure it out what produce it was. Was it potatoes? Oilseed rape? Onions? We’re still not sure, but we haven’t seen any cultivated fields for a while now. Confusion aside (let’s call it morning riddle), your kilometer was a pleasant one, not too hard, not too boring, the sun was shining, but it wasn’t too hot, wind was blowing, but not too much. Just a nice roll in the countryside. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Steffen! Your kilometer number 14326 was cycled in Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley, Mexico. Your kilometer had a wonderful view of not one, not two, but three snow-capped volcanoes! During your kilometer all three of them were lined on our left hand side. First was Popocatepetl, next to it Iztaccihuatl and the last one was La Malinche. Popocatepetl means ‘Smoking Mountain’ and it is very active: it made a small eruption of ashes later during the day. Iztaccihuatl means ‘White Woman’. People say it supposedly looks like woman laying on her back, but our limited imagination prohibited us seeing it. La Malinche has snow only few weeks a year, so we were lucky to see all three volcanoes with white tops. We spent your kilometer enjoying the view to volcanoes and trying to memorize their names. We nearly succeeded, the problem is that none of us could pronounce Iztaccihuatl. Can you do that? Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Diane and Griffin the Westie! Your kilometer number 14394 was cycled in Puebla, Mexico. In the beginning of your kilometer we were cycling on a main road. It was very busy and stressful road, with plenty of traffic as it was nearing the city center. For the second half of your kilometer we have turned into a small street where the house of our host was located. That street was the opposite of the main road: it was calm, quiet and made of cobblestones. It was weird how quickly stressful changed to relaxing – just in one kilometer. Puebla is a big city with 1,5 million inhabitants. The city is also responsible for 5 de Mayo celebrations as well as thousands of streets called ‘5 de Mayo’. Turns out that in 1862 French invaded Puebla and Mexicans have defeated them. It was such a big and rare victory for Mexicans that they celebrate it until this day. Never mind that in 1863 (one year later) French tried again, defeated Mexicans and occupied Puebla for next years. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Katerina! Your kilometer number 14407 was cycled in Puebla Tlaxcala Valley, Mexico. During your kilometer we have left Puebla state and entered Tlaxcala state. Tlaxcala is the smallest state in Mexico. Your kilometer was flat and fast. In the middle of it we crossed a bridge. On the other side of the bridge there was a police control point where the policemen waved hello to us. Your kilometer was in an area that was populated with very high density. There were houses and people everywhere, even though it wasn’t an official town or a village. There also were two different signs welcoming us to a new state. Behind Sven there is a white sign that says ‘Welcome to Puebla’ on one side and ‘Welcome to Tlaxcala’ on the other side. A little bit later there was an even bigger blue sign welcoming to Tlaxcala again. In addition to this, there were fireworks in the sky! We couldn’t see them, because it was in the middle of the day, but we could hear them clearly. Fireworks in the daylight is a Mexican thing, I guess. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Bärbel Liehr! Your kilometer number 14435 was cycled in Hidalgo state, Mexico. During your kilometer we cycled through a nameless settlement, which was one of many in the region. It had few houses and 5 (!!!) speed bumps. None of the speed bumps were marked or colored or pleasant to cycle through. At the end of your kilometer there was an opening in a bush and we had a nice view to a nearby lake. The lake Endho was huge. It is man-made and there was a dam nearby. Besides the lake we could see surrounding mountains, villages and endless fields. Additionally, your kilometer was very windy. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Christian! Your kilometer number 14444 was cycled in Hidalgo state, Mexico. During your kilometer we have reached Tepetitlan town and it was the last flat kilometer of the day. The town was small and quiet, had few shops and a church. The church was quite impressive for such a small town. It was a fortified church had it’s fence looked like a castle from middle ages. The highlight of the town was a taxi from Mexico City, that was colored pink and white. We spent some time wondering if the taxi is lost or the driver lives here or if he just dropped some people off. Sadly, we will never know the answer. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Anonymous 8! Your kilometer number 14493 was cycled in Hidalgo state, Mexico. During your kilometer we ate a lot of sand, literally. It was an extremely windy kilometer, with constant wind around 30 km h and even stronger gusts. Due to strong head wind we were not able to cycle on the main road. The road was narrow and traffic was heavy and it was very hard to keep our balance. Luckily, there was a road construction site right next to the main road, so we could use it for your half cycling half pushing kilometer. The downside of using the construction site was the sand that the wind brought straight to our eyes, ears and mouths. Tulku’s hair turned brown and we were constantly spitting sand out of our mouths. During your kilometer we performed an experiment ‘How strong is the wind?’. We caught a plastic bag that the wind was blowing towards us and put bigger and bigger stones in it in order to find the heaviest stone that the wind can still push up to a 90 degrees angle. The biggest stone weighted around 400 grams. In addition to this, we cycled the length of your kilometer twice: at the end of your kilometer we made a short break that turned into a long break because the wind was getting stronger and stronger. As we were cycling in heavy wind all day long, we decided to call it a day, turned around, went back to the beginning of your kilometer and pitched our tent there. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Wilfried! Your kilometer number 14513 was cycled in Queretero state, Mexico. At the beginning of your kilometer we made a sharp right turn. We passed a chapel colored totally in pink and changed to another valley. Once we reached that turn the terrible howling headwind that we fought for the last days stopped. It was not easier because we changed our direction – the wind just stopped suddenly and the sky changed from sunshine to totally cloudy. During your kilometer the road descended slightly so we were gliding and enjoying our effortlessly rolling bikes. We passed some houses, mainly car workshops and simple houses people live in. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for Tesco the Dog! Your kilometer number 14552 was cycled in Queretero state, Mexico. Your kilometer was cycled on a six-lane motorway. Three lanes one way, three lanes opposite way with a wide shoulder each. For Latin America it is a huge motorway. For a cyclist – it is enormous motorway. The traffic was heavy and speed was fast. Tucks, double trucks, buses, cars, motorcycles and pick-up trucks transporting all sort of things, like trees. It was very loud there, in order to communicate we needed to shout from the top of our lungs. Even when shouting we would barely hear ourselves or one another. That was a stressful kilometer: heavy traffic right next to us, head winds in front of us and oh-so-loud around us. And yet there was one guy standing on the shoulder, ignoring all this chaos and selling his watermelons. Yes, a lonely fruit stand on the six-lane motorway. Watermelons cost here 40 pesos for 2 of them. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Kamile! Your kilometer number 14595 was cycled in Queretero state, Mexico. Your kilometer was cycled on the wine and cheese route. Haciendas in the area specialize in wine and cheese making and the surrounding area is used to grow grapes and graze cows. Wine and cheese from a semi-desert? Who would have thought? The road itself was an old secondary road and the surface was bumpy. There also were a lot of trucks going to and from haciendas. During your kilometer we were slowly climbing uphill. On the right hand side, behind the bushes, there were railroad tracks that are still in use. On the left hand side we had a very nice view to the nearby hills and the new motorway going up and down and up and down through the mountains. It was a bit further away, so the passing cars looked like tiny dots, but we could see them moving. We were extremely happy to have chosen this bumpy old road that had only one hill instead of cycling on the new road with endless ups and downs. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Tomas! Your kilometer number 14638 was cycled in Guanajuato state, Mexico. Your kilometer was cycled on a four lane motorway MEX 57. Your kilometer was very fast. So fast, that we blinked only four times and whoop – it was over. We had a very nice and wide shoulder with nice pavement; traffic was heavy and incredibly loud; and the wind – finally – was on our side: tailwind! All these things combined made us go very fast: no bumps or sand to stop us, tailwind to push us and even heavy traffic to help us. This loud and dangerous section with heavy trucks racing each other served as a huge motivator to cycle faster and have it behind us sooner. Your kilometer went by so fast, that we didn’t have a chance to look around. We remember color green that looked more like yellow. We also remember industrial area being there. Whatever the surroundings were, the highlight of your kilometer was the speed. Yahoo! Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Norman! Your kilometer number 14685 was cycled in Guanajuato state, Mexico. Your kilometer was easy breezy: the hills were rolling nicely, the wind was absent, the air was still cool and the traffic was light. Well, the traffic was as light as it can get on a four lane motorway. There were fields on the both sides of the road, with agave plants growing. These plants love semi-desert conditions. People use these plants to make Mezcal – a sort of tequila. A bit further away from the street, there were houses hiding behind the hills. It was hard to spot them. We also saw a big church tucked away between the bigger hills. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is a personal kilometer for our Quiz Winner Ceslovas! Your kilometer number 14754 was cycled in San Luis Potosi state, Mexico. Your kilometer has marked the end of a long climb. At the beginning of your kilometer we could look back and nearly see our starting point of the day. Well, with some imagination we could. At the end of your kilometer we could see our finishing point of the day – city of San Luis Potosi. In the middle of your kilometer there was a federal verification station. It supposed to be used to measure the length of the trucks, but nobody was measuring anything at the moment when we passed it. Mexico allows double trucks, where truck lorry tows two semitrailers. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535

Here is your personal kilometer, Dave! Your kilometer number 14784 was cycled in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. During your kilometer we have cycled on the highway interchange called Benito Juarez. It is a massive three-store junction, a true road engineering marvel. You can admire it from the above here: bit.ly/1UH7Dtx It took us a full kilometer to navigate through this crossroad. We cycled on the lowest level, where it is just a big roundabout. In the middle of it there was a statue standing. It was hard to see who exactly was it, but we assume that it was Benito Juarez. Even though this interchange looks scary, it wasn’t that hard to cycle through it and we weren’t the only cyclists doing it at that moment. The cars and buses were helpful too and blocked traffic for us on one occasion. Your kilometer is marked in our map: https://goo.gl/maps/iHund Do you want your personal Kilometer as well? All information here: http://www.igg.me/at/boundlessbiking/x/9091535