Hello and welcome. My name is Matthew Blake and on the 29th April 2008 I left my home in Banbury, England with the aim of cycling around the world. To read all about my ride please click on any of the links across the top of the page.

Thanks for visiting and happy reading!

 

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Latest news

02/03/10 - A thoroughly enjoyable week at the School/10 days in Guadalajara and it's off to Mexico City - should arrive Sunday but not sure if I'm hanging around or not as Pueblas is just a short trip further and sounds a more appealing place to ride - hmmm, will wait and see.

20/02/10 - Safely to Guadalajara and enjoying the mountains again - currently at 1,600 metres and only going to climb from here. I'm here for the week as I'm giving talks to the children at the American School (Money raised from this going straight to SOS Childrens Villages so good news all round) and all I can say is a big thank you to them for having me.

11/02/10 - Greetings from Mazatlan! In The Company Of Kings.... - the blog about the ride from Baja - is up and I'm off to enjoy the first day of Carnival!

07/02/10 - It's been a great few weeks and our group, which is now 5 having picked up two guys from Seattle along the way, is safely to La Paz. Unfortunately time constraints have meant that whilst a blog is on the production line it's not finished yet, but soon.........

28/01/10 - Hola, como estas? Safely into Mexico - we arrived in the worst storms in 20 years which have washed away 3 bridges on the only road to La Paz so life is never  boring but the road is good, the food is good and the people are on another level. Have to say I prefer it here to the aging stoned hippies of Southern California. Other news, I arrived in Guerrero Negro yesterday and who did I bump into? Koko - who I was riding with in Yukon all the way back in September, it's a small world sometimes!

Entering Mexico a few weeks ago....