by Ishbel Holmes | Oct 27, 2016 | All Blog Posts
I am a British Iranian woman and I’ve been cycling the world for 2 years. I’m currently pedalling across Brazil my 16th country by bicycle. On the 10th September 2016 the Supreme Leader of Iran issued a Fatwa against women cycling in public. Before... 
by Ishbel Holmes | Sep 27, 2016 | All Blog Posts, South America
Bolivia has been an extraordinary adventure both on and off the bike. Cycling and wild camping my way over 5000 metre mountain passes is the highest I’ve ever travelled in my life and I did it on two wheels! The high altitude altiplano of the Andes is the... 
by Ishbel Holmes | Jul 3, 2016 | All Blog Posts, South America
I awake one Autumn Patagonian morning. I am cold. My sleeping bag is soaked through. I try to open my tent. I can’t. The zipper is frozen shut. Why is my sleeping bag wet? I panic and force the tent’s zipper open. Everything outside is white. I am cold. Why... 
by Ishbel Holmes | May 29, 2016 | All Blog Posts, South America
Cycling Patagonia. The foxes stole my food. The birds of prey stole my food. The man stole my jacket. I ran out of water and I cried. I achieved my ultimate dream of hiking the Torres del Paine Circuit in Patagonia. Albeit the first attempt I got rescued on Xmas...