Velosophics

Cotopaxi Volcano and Quilotoa Lagoon

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:49:00 +0200

Finally: bikes packed again, a bit heavier than before, but back on the road… The way out...

Quito – longer than planned but worth the time!

Sun, 12 May 2013 05:33:00 +0200

Two nights in Ibarra, one in Cayambe at the nicest firestation we ever stayed at (with own room,...

Frailejónes wonderland – the Páramo at El Ángel in Ecuador

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:12:00 +0200

First day in Ecuador we stayed at the Bomberos (firemen) in Tulcan and were surprised how well...

More climbing: Pasto, Las Lajas and finally Ecuador

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:40:00 +0200

Ok, it won’t stop now for the next months: we are in the Andes and we will have to climb every...

Trampolin de la Muerte

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:04:52 +0200

We knew it would be one the toughest routes we ever rode – and it truely was! Two and a half days...

Back into sun and heat – Desierto de Tatacoa

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:30:21 +0200

We were so fed up with the rain that we decided to leave the Central Cordillera via Ibagué and...

Valle del Cocora – Our first days in the Andes!

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:19:02 +0200

Taking off from Medellin was climbing on the Panam – nice landscapes but no fun in the traffic....

29 Buffalo Bikes for Africa - the current state of our...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:29:07 +0200

29 Buffalo Bikes for Africa - the current state of our fundraising project!

Check out the World Bicycle Relief story about Velosophics and help us to spread the word of the “Power of Bicycles”!

Bienvenidos a Colombia!

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:48:42 +0200

Colombia treats us well from the very beginning! So well, that we actually needed some time to...

Lancha hopping to Colombia

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:19:56 +0200

Day I Panama City to Isla Franklin There we were: standing in Carti harbor, just a small...

Panama City and the great question how to cross the Darién Gap

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:36:00 +0100

Days of camping along the beautiful and quiet road to Sona and Santiago and then damn hard...

Panama - A little bit of everything

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:57:00 +0100

The last one in the pile of all these little Central American countries was of course Panama....

Costa Rica – feel the difference

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:09:00 +0100

We saw, we smelled, we felt the difference as soon as we entered Costa Rica – like we never did...

Off the beaten track through Nicaragua

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:03:00 +0100

As we try to avoid the Panamerican Highway as much as we can we decided to take a route around...

Faces of Nicaragua

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:12:34 +0100

We are really impressed by the open-minded and solidly mentality of the Nicas. Thank you for all...

First days in Nicaragua – Leon

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:53:58 +0100

Shacks made of plastic sacks Children in frazzled hammocks Nothing to buy, no street stalls, no...

Quick and dirty through Honduras

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:31:47 +0100

Still in El Salvador, we met the Dutch cyclist Albert who immediately decided to ride with us...

El Salvador: four days in Nueva Esperanza

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:30:29 +0100

A special community with an interesting history. In the quiet village Nueva Esperanza in the...

One eyed dude on the road We met this dude on the way to Nueva...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:09:45 +0100

One eyed dude on the road

We met this dude on the way to Nueva Esperanza – him sitting at the side of the street, reading his book in front of a tree was such an impressive picture that we had to stop and talk to him. Only at the second glance we recognized in which poor condition he was – really deeply moving for us. We gave him some food (he didn’t even ask for money) and took these pictures…

Who knows if he was really reading a book or writing down the story of his life.

El Salvador: New Year in El Zonte and camping at the firemen

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:35:57 +0100

With Harco the Velosophics group had a new member for about two weeks. But Lisa was missing! We...