Andrew is in Rotterdam after riding through 5 countries in ONE day! 

Take a look at the real time map on Follow My Challenge to see exactly where Andrew is now, and where he's been on his epic journey so far

Apologies for the lack of updates on here - technical issues!  Andrew has been updating facebook regularly but I have been unable to pass the news on here.

A simmered down update:
Andrew landed in Lisbon on September 10th, raced in front of the Vuelta (rules ban drafting), flown through Spain, smashed the Pyrenees, and has now passed Bordeaux and is now in La Rochelle.   
You can track him live via FollowMyChallenge

So far, Andrew's body is coping well, his mind is doing OK - all messages of support help him on his way so shout out via the comment section below!

His tyres, however, have had a very tough 8000km

***This update is copied from Facebook.  Andrew has managed to post some photos too ***

Andrew has flown from Auckland to Vancouver and has set off on his ride.  

You can see the photos of him setting off from Auckland via facebook.

Right now, Andrew has ridden for 2 days and 14 hours and has covered a huge distance of 426km already.  You can track him on FollowMyChallenge and keep right up to date

Great news people!!  
Avanti Plus have come to the party with the most essential piece of equipment for success of this mission... the bike  http://www.avantiplus.co.nz/products/av500a321/title/avanti-corsa-dr-2  

So pleased to have such an awesome sponsor on board. I tried this bike today and it rides like a dream, I almost feel like I'm cheating.  I would never take on such a challenge ill prepared but  Avantiplus have now given me the confidence to know I have the right tool for the job at hand. 

You are supporting an awesome cause and providing me with the tool to get this job done! Thanks Avantiplus

Greetings all, this will be my first attempt at blogging.... I thought I'd start by hopefully adding a clip from my ride yesterday.  27 days to go and all on track, still lots to organise and still chasing sponsors for bits and pieces but the body is feeling ready and itching to get on new roads and away from the NZ winter. Has been quite tough to maintain the riding on the same old roads dealing with the wind, rain, ice, short days and even snow. Ill try to keep my clip postings brief and more scenery based (as opposed to clips of me ranting) but do check out 'the man who cycled the world' on you tube. Bear with me as I get my head around the tools needed to run this blog, attaching pics , clips and maps. I'm also getting my head around the all important spot tracker kindly discounted by http://www.mapworld.co.nz/  . Starting to get invites from the warmshowers cycle tourist hosting site which will hopefully make life more comfortable on the road. Very excited about this journey and happy to answer questions. Thanks Corran for being the first to comment.

Andrew

Guinness have said YES so lets get started