Marko Round The World!

Day 53  39,715 – 39,782   67 Miles today (17,082 Miles Overall Uyuni, Bolivia Got up around 7:30 today and had a few things to do before I went to the salt flats. Early in the morning one of the guys from WhatsApp messaged me and asked if I wanted to ride the salt flats […]

Day 52  39,310 – 39,715  405 Miles today (17,015 Miles Overall Coroico, Bolivia – Uyuni, Bolivia I had a lovely Saturday in Coroico. I woke up quite early and went for a hike to the top of the mountain and hung out there alone for about an hour taking it all in, spent the rest […]

Day 50 39,251 – 39,310  59 Miles today (16,610 Miles Overall) La Paz, Bolivia – Coroico, Bolivia Well after spending 4 nights in La Paz and hating every minute of it I was ready to get the hell out of here. After talking to the mechanics all week they told me to come by at […]

Day 46 38,833 – 39,251  418 Miles today (16,551 Miles Overall) Cusco, Peru – La Paz, Bolivia For what was supposed to be a resting night for me along with a rest day today it went to shit. I had so much anxiety all night that I barely slept at all. Being sick isn’t helping. […]

Day 45 38,671 – 38,833 162 Miles today (16,133 Miles Overall) Cusco, Peru and somehow back at Cusco, Peru My plan for the today was to ride to Rainbow Mountain and then a rope bridge and slowly make my way top Lake Titicaca near Bolivia. I got up pretty early and was excited to leave. […]

Day 44 38,622 – 38,671 49 Miles today (15,971 Miles Overall) Cusco, Peru – Pisac, Peru I’ve been so tired from the lack of sleep the last week and even here in Cusco. I’m pretty sick. I either got covid on the hike or a really bad cold. I woke up at 6 naturally unfortunately […]

Day 42 I had the worst dreams ever last night. I barely slept and my body was destroyed. We woke up at 3:30am and packed up all our shit to leave it downstairs since we wouldn’t be back for checkout time. We had another shitty breakfast which was absolutely horrible. We were outside as a […]

Day 41 Today we have to hike 18 miles and it’s going to be the longest day. And some of the crew is in their worst shape they could be in. I was mind blown when I saw Markus and Luca along with the other people that were throwing up last night. Everyone in camp […]

Day 40 My calves have never hurt this much in my entire life after running that downhill toe striking the whole way down. For fucks sake I was in some pain! We had the same typical night of cracking up before going to bed. This morning I was woken up with coca tea and it […]

Day 39 We were all woken up at 5am by one of the cooks with a cup of tea full of coca leaves. For those of you who don’t know they chew on them here a lot for help with the altitude. It’s what they make cocaine from. Sucking on the leaves for 20 minutes […]

Day 38 No riding here! 🙂 Today was the day of the Salkantay Trek. I can’t believe I got on this thing so fast after I arrived at Cusco two days ago. We met up last night to have a briefing on what to expect and we’re told to meet at the office at 4:45AM […]

Day 36 38,470 – 38,622  152 Miles today (15,922 Miles Overall) Abancay, Peru – Cusco, Peru I got up at about 6 and loaded up the bike as fast as I could. I skipped that freezing cold shower since it was about 45F in the morning when I woke up. The owner asked me where […]