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Adventure Experience of a lifetime! Mototaxi Junket 2011: Asuncion Paraguay to Cuzco Peru in a Tuk-Tuk.

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It all began back in 2007 when our worlds collided through www.couchsurfing.org and Mr Red came to stay in London with Mr Pink and I. We all wanted to go on an adventure as soon as we had no commitments, the world was our oyster and we wanted to do something extreme and out there and we found the site www.theadventurists.com. We then made a pact there and then that we would do an adventure for charity in a Tuk-Tuk somewhere in the World within five years. (For those of you who do not know what a Tuk-Tuk is….please see the picture below that it is basically a shitty motorbike with a sofa on the back not made for adventuring!)

 

 

Four years later I get a phone call from Mr Red while on a mini retirement from life in Brazil and he tells me ‘It is time’, he has awesomely signed us up to an adventure from Asuncion, Paraguay to Cuzco, Peru (Over 3000km more or less) in a Tuk-Tuk or Mototaxi!! We all agree to meet with Mr Pink who was currently in Colombia a month before so we could check it all out, raise the money for Practical action the charity and get our ‘outfits together and have a catchup before the challenge ahead.

 

The Unroute!…3000km more or less ;)

 

A few days before the big day we found some amazing all in one suits from the Bogota black market and instantly bought them as we were looking for outfits that would keep us warm and also allow us to strip down when necessary. On the morning of the big day as we were putting shorts on with our ‘Tellytubby’ outfits we thought why don’t we challenge ourselves and only wear boxer shorts underneath, take our outfit, passports and cards plus Mr Blues outfit who we were meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay and nothing more or less!!

 

 

So it was done, we set sail from Colombia known as ‘The Colours’ (no real names allowed) or the ‘Tellytubbies’ with our few items (see picture above- no maps, no nothing) for Asuncion, Paraguay via Buenos Aires for 8 or so hours for Christmas day and then spent 4 days in Montevideo. On Christmas day eve where one of the colours was robbed with our passports and wallets however he managed to negotiate our passports back and we still had one wallet left so were able to continue! It was meant to be! This was only the beginning of what was to come! haha.

 

The Colours on the front page of the Paraguayan news ;)

I could write a mini book on everything that followed, from tackling security at the airport, hiding each others passports in sick bags and breaching international flight regulations and not getting arrested it as it was Christmas day. Jumping in an immigration booth and stamping each others passports, stopping the streets of Paraguay with Police escort so all the teams can have a curtain raiser to the bigday, jumping across borders illegally with only one of us having an international driving license (wallets stolen). From leaving Paraguay just asking which way North was to Peru as we had no maps, not having any accomodation booked for any nights and choosing to sleep on stone cold floors in the middle off nowhere with pet monkeys in the kitchen. Being on multiple news stations and on the front pages across Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru would just be touching the surface of it all!

 

 

So here it is! I think this video produced and edited by Mr Red sums up the adventure fantastically well and gives you a good insight into what it was like. This is the Tuk Tuk adventure we did from Asuncion, Paraguay to Cusco, Peru! One of the most amazing experiences I have done ever with just fancy dress, cards and passports and any items we were given or picked up along the way! :)  I hope your enjoy it and please just click the link below which takes you through to see the video and feel free to leave any comments! :)

 

Auckland Bridge Bungy Jump, New Zealand…Bucketlist tick No. 23. :)

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Bungy jumping is one of those activities that has always been high on my list of things that I wanted to do in life. So many people have experienced and enjoyed it and I was given the pleasure of a present from a special someone (thank-you) to do a bungy jump off the worlds first harbour bridge Bungy Jump in Auckland, New Zealand. It was awesome!! :)

A group of about 10 other ‘jumpers’, a handful of spectators and I walked the 10minute bridge climb from the entrance of the bridge and then up to the top which stands at about 43metres high. I was embracing the views which overlook the city and then the fear started to dawn on me a bit more as I got closer and then climbed up into the ‘jump pod’ as they call it that I was actually in the here and now and would shortly be jumping! I looked around and started to see the similar fear on everyones faces and the jump order was read out which goes by the heaviest person first so I was to be jumping about the 4th in line.

 

Having a bit of banter with the instructor...;)

 

My name was called up and I sat in the chair (see picture) to have the harnesses put around my ankles and measured so that my head would dip into the water! I had a bit of banter with the instructor as he told me that this harness looked particularly rusty and he was not sure! ;) With the music blaring I then stepped out towards the edge and stood on the platform, did the mandatory look at all the cameras and smile and pretend you are not scared at all and then I bit the bullet and dive jumped off! :)

 

 ’The Plank’

 

The free fall feeling is amazing as you see the water rapidly coming towards you in a few seconds and then before you know it…SPLASH! your head dips under and out and after 3 bounces you pull the cord on your ankle to allow you to go into a sitting position and then I was hauled back up to the ‘jump pod’.  I was then back 43 metres high still pumped from the experience and back with all the other jumpers and spectators!

 

Pumped for life! :)

Overall it was a massive adrenalin rush that I would recommend anyone to do! :) Get out there and embrace this experience! You will not regret it! (http://www.bungy.co.nz/auckland-bridge)

 

Awesome view back onto the city!

The Epic Bucketlist you have to see…Things to do before I die :)

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I have always talked about creating a bucketlist of the things I want to do in life and places I want to visit. I have watched the film with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson and heard other people talking about boxes to tick on their life list.

I then decided on the 6th of June 2011 that I was going to write one there and then, I stayed in one night and it took me 6 hours or so to think up and scroll though things that I want to do in my life. I chose to only put down things I have not done so far and this year I am going to tick at least 15 of them and report on each experience! :)

I came up with the following list which I have laminated on my wall so I get to look at it every morning and help me to work towards each one. I hope you enjoy it and that it inspires you to write one for yourself! (No.48) :)

 

Adventure 2011- Asuncion, Paraguay to Cusco, Peru in a Mototaxi.

 

  1. Travel all around the world
    • All the countries in the world (192).
  2. Become fluent in a language-Spanish or Portuguese.
  3. Try out a new profession in a different field.
  4. Achieve your ideal shape- 82kg and ripped as hell. (TICK)
  5. Do a photo shoot when the above is achieved. (TICK)
  6. Run a marathon (London) under 4 hours.
  7. Run a half marathon.
  8. Run 5km under 18mins again.
  9. Run an adventure race each year (off road).
  10. Go Wake-boarding. 
  11. Sailing.
  12. Windsurfing. 
  13. Kite-surfing. 
  14. Ride a jet ski.
  15. Go skiing.
  16. Go water skiing.
  17. Pursue your passion.
  18. Start your own business doing something you love.
  19. Successful businesses doubling profits every year.
  20. Achieve financial abundance with your passion.
  21. Setup a charity.
  22. Be a mentor to someone. (TICK)
  23. Go Bungee jumping, (TICK)
  24. Skydiving.
  25. Parachuting. 
  26. Paragliding. 
  27. Hang-gliding.
  28. Ice climbing.
  29. Make a difference in someone’s life. (TICK)
  30. Perform a kind deed to at least 5 strangers without expecting anything in return.
  31. Fly in a hot-air balloon (across a country).
  32. Plant your own tree and watch it grow.
  33. Grow your own Vegtables.
  34. Do public speaking in front of 10,000 people.
  35. Get a complete makeover (change everything, from your hair style, hair color, image, clothes) and get a different look:  one which you would never have thought of trying.
  36. Learn wine appreciation.
  37. Learn to Salsa Dance.
  38. Learn to Tango.
  39. Learn Ballroom dancing.
  40. Learn a martial art.
  41. Win a lucky draw.
  42. Go swimming with dolphins.
  43. Act in a film (self production or otherwise).
  44. Get featured on another TV/radio/print/newspapers for an achievement you are proud of. (addition to loose women). (TICK- NZ Mens prostate calender 2013)
  45. Create your dream home- Snooker room/Man cave.
  46. Go deep into the heart of Mother Nature. Go trekking in a rainforest for a few weeks; Amazon).
  47. Read a book on a subject you’d never have thought of reading. (TICK)
  48. Tell at least 10 people about your bucket list and encourage them to do the same. (TICK)
  49. Fly first class.
  50. Join mile high club.
  51. Have dinner with someone you had only dreamed of meeting.
  52. Be invited to speak overseas.
  53. Ride a gondola in Venice.
  54. Witness an eclipse.
  55. Visit all 50 US states.
  56. Complete the Ironman Triathlon.
  57. Enter a bike race.
  58. Explore Antarctica.
  59. Sail off out in the sea for a week.
  60. Take a bike tour through wine country.
  61. Enter a bike race.
  62. Throw a big party for everyone I know.
  63. Participate in a regatta (boat race).
  64. Drive a speedboat.
  65. Go trekking in amazon.
  66. Go on a cruise.
  67. Go tubing.
  68. Go deep sea fishing.
  69. Go deer hunting.
  70. Go alligator hunting.
  71. Go bear hunting.
  72. Dive with sharks.
  73. Hunt grouse in Scotland.
  74. Ride a horse without a saddle.
  75. Try fencing.
  76. Fire AK47 and other major guns.
  77. Scuba dive in the top 5 scuba diving destinations in the world.
  78. Do a polar bear swim.
  79. Ride in a hot air balloon.
  80. Travel by seaplane.
  81. Go Fire Walking.
  82. Go On a Cross-country Motorcycle Trip.
  83. Go rally driving.
  84. Go rock climbing outdoors.
  85. Participate in The Rickshaw Run.
  86. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
  87. Climb Everest.
  88. Ride on the Orient Express.
  89. Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway.
  90. Ride a dune buggy in the desert.
  91. Ride largest roller coaster in the world.
  92. Experience weightlessness.
  93. Go Zorbing.
  94. Go dirt biking.
  95. Go into space. 
  96. Go whale-watching.
  97. See a platypus.
  98. See gorillas in the wild in Uganda.
  99. See a Wild Panther.
  100. See a Wild Jaguar.
  101. See a Pinta Island Tortoise.
  102. See a Jarvin rhino!!
  103. See a Wild Polar Bear.
  104. Hold a preying mantis. (TICKED)
  105. Ride an elephant.
  106. Mush a dog sled..
  107. 50 Non-fiction Adventure Books (http://artofmanliness.com/2009/06/29/50-non-fiction-adventure-books/).
  108. Read The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time (http://thegreatestbooks.org/lists/17).
  109. Visit: Victoria Falls (between Zambia and Zimbabwe).
  110. The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. (Pinta tortoise).
  111. The Northern Lights (the Aurora Borealis), polar regions.
  112. Uluru (also referred to as Ayers Rock), Australia.
  113. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
  114. The Sahara Desert (camp out there under the stars).
  115. The Serengeti, Tanzania (Safari- See the Big 5).
  116. The Patagonia grasslands, Argentina.
  117. Nazcar lines, Peru.
  118. The Statues of Easter Island, Chile.
  119. The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt. (Ride a camel there).
  120. Visit the 7 new wonders of the world! : 1) Machu Picchu, Peru.
  121. 2) The Colisseum in Rome. (TICK)
  122. 3) Petra, Jordan.
  123. 4) Christ Redeemer, Brazil. (TICK)
  124. 5) The Great Wall of China.
  125. 6) Chichen Itza, Mexico.
  126. 7) The Taj Mahal, India.
  127. Visit the The Leaning Tower of Pisa.
  128. Visit The Panama Canal.
  129. Visit all 7 continents.
  130. Visit Auschwitz.
  131. Visit Angkor Wat.
  132. Visit the Imperial Palace, Tokyo.
  133. Go to a Brazilian Carnival (Salvador or Rio).
  134. Go to Glastonberry.
  135. Go to Burning man.
  136. Go to an ice bar. (TICK)
  137. Go to the airport and get the first flight out of there. 
  138. Learn astronomy.
  139. Learn to brew beer.
  140. Read every book your favorite author has written. (Paulo Coelho- TICK)
  141. Read 100 books I want to read.
  142. Watch 100 greatest movies.
  143. Watch every movie that has won an Academy Award Winners for Best Picture.
  144. Watch a sumo wrestling match in Japan.
  145. Attend one of Anthony Robbins’ weekend events.
  146. Acquire persuasion skills.
  147. Go to one of Steve Pavlina’s Weekend Workshops in Las Vegas.
  148. Get Certified as a Financial Planner.
  149. Get certified in NLP.
  150. Meet and shake hands with Richard Branson.
  151. Meet your favorite author (Paulo Coelho).
  152. Meet Tim Ferriss.
  153. Meet the Dalai Lama.
  154. Find out about my family history.
  155. Become a Reiki Master.
  156. Have a past life regression. 
  157. Attend Halloween at the playboy mansion.
  158. Get out of debt.
  159. Create a financial strategy.
  160. Invest in real estate.
  161. Invest in commodities, such as gold and silver.
  162. Become a millionaire.
  163. Create multiple streams of passive income.
  164. Have all of the insurance that you need to protect yourself from risk.
  165. Hire an accountant and a tax attorney to make sure you’re taking advantage of all available tax breaks.
  166. Open a Swiss or Panamanian bank account.
  167. Spend a week at a 5-star spa.
  168. Stay at the Ice Hotel in Sweden.
  169. Gamble at Monte Carlo, Monaco.
  170. Drive a Lamborghini or a Ferrari.
  171. Spend a week on Necker Island (Richard Branson’s island).
  172. Create a tradition of getting together with your extended family for a barbecue once a year.
  173. Spend 1 month in a Buddhist monastery.
  174. Make a documentary film.
  175. Become a life coach.
  176. Own an internet business.
  177. Start my own blog and website. (TICK)
  178. Write and publish a best selling book.
  179. Write a travel book.
  180. Write a book on something that means a lot to you.
  181. Write your memoir and entire life for generations to read.
  182. Audition for a commercial. (TICK)
  183. Be on the cover of big magazine (one step up from uni cover).
  184. Be a spectator at some TED Talks.
  185. Go to the The Cannes Film Festival.
  186. Go to: A Rodeo.
  187. Rugby world cup game (All blacks Rugby world cup final)- TICKED
  188. Football WC game.
  189. NFL game (superbowl).
  190. NHL game .
  191. Kentucky derby.
  192. Basketball.
  193. Daytona 500.
  194. Formula 1.
  195. Baseball.
  196. Watch 100m and 800m Mens Olympic final.
  197. UFC in Vegas.
  198. World boxing heavyweight fight.
  199. Cook a roast from scratch. (TICK)
  200. Get your palms read.
  201. Get a tarot card reading.
  202. See a psychic.
  203. Get hypnotized.
  204. Get your Chakras aligned.
  205. Have a specialist read your aura.
  206. Sit on a jury.
  207. Attend a Murder Mystery Dinner.
  208. Crash a wedding.
  209. Have portrait painted.
  210. Live in Asia for a year.
  211. Visit Texas and stay on a cowboy ranch. 
  212. Get a second passport (Brazilian).
  213. Holiday/escape on a desert island.
  214. Spend the night in an underwater hotel.
  215. Float in the dead sea.
  216. Watch a meteor shower.
  217. Stand on the equator.
  218. Go on week long fishing trip.
  219. Go snowmobiling.
  220. Go to a Greek wedding.
  221. Go to a red carpet premiere.
  222. Go to a Broadway Play.
  223. Go on one adventure every year.
  224. Go Jet Boating. (TICK)
  225. Read a new book a week for the rest of my life.
  226. Own a bar.
  227. Help my family out financially.
  228. Own a large aquarium with exotic fish.
  229. Participate in a Flash-mob.
  230. Attend cooking classes.
  231. Be an amazing speaker and presenter.
  232. Own luxury car- Aston Martin DB9/Range rover.
  233. Own an awesome tree house for my quiet time.
  234. Be an epic role model to everyone I meet.
  235. Master Quantum Reading.
  236. Cruise on a super yacht. (TICK)
  237. Watch a NASA launch.
  238. Continue doing/studying Personal development for the rest of my life (seminars etc).
  239. Have a PA, chef, masseuse, personal trainer.
  240. Have an awesome bar at my house.
  241. Learn how to make cocktails- Master the Hickey cocktail. (TICK)
  242. Have a swimming pool.
  243. Have jacuzzi at my house. (TICK)
  244. Be coached by a world famous coach.
  245. Master yoga and do at least once a week.
  246. Do a spiritual retreat every two years.
  247. Live with a remote tribe somewhere in the world. 
  248. Live in the Canadian mountains with limited supplies and fend for yourself for a month.
  249. Pay for a strangers groceries.
  250. Celebrate NYE in a different country for the rest of my life.
  251. Travel around the world anytime I want.
  252. Take a mini retirement every year to achieve some of these goals.
  253. Drive a Tank.
  254. Share a dream with somebody. (TICK)
  255. Go to a Silent Disco.
  256. Do a Canyon Swing.
  257. Play Bowls. (TICK)
  258. Stay in an Igloo Hotel.
  259. Stay in a Treehouse. (TICK)
  260. Fly a MIG.
  261. Play Frisbee Golf (TICK)
  262. Complete Bucket list. :)