Okay, so I am still up at 2:15 in the morning on the night before I leave for my trip. I also am getting up to do a magazine shoot in the morning, and filing it before I take off to the airport. Life is a tad bit hectic at the moment, to say the least. To give everyone an overview of what I will be up to, read below, which is taken from The Adventurists website: http://mototaxijunket.theadventurists.com

We have raised and will raise money for Operation Smile http://www.operationsmile.org/ as well, and also I will be checking out and hopefully photographing some of their missions/operations in our destination(s).

“Take the smallest and least practical vehicle available in an entire continent and throw it at some of the most ridiculous and least hospitable terrain on our good earth. From the driest desert in the world, to the most dangerous road in the world, to the biggest rainforest in the world the Mototaxi Junket is rarefied adventure in a handy 2 week-so-you-won’t-get-fired punch in the guts.

The machine of choice is the humble Mototaxi. Invented in Peru and not really perfected anywhere. Built from a motorbike and a few bits of pipe these hardy little ferrets are designed for pootling around the back streets of cities. Which makes them perfect for dirt tracks, waist high mud, the Andes and sand dunes.

Starting in Huancayo, Peru and finishing up in Asunción, the difficult side of the Chaco region around 4000km later. The adventure kicks off with a party on the 24th of October and finishes, with another night of fine revelry in Asunción the capital of Paraguay on the 7th of November. Is it possible to get so far in such small machines over such completely ridiculous terrain? Who knows, but that is exactly why you need to help us find out.

As with everything we do this adventure will help to save the world. So every team taking part has to raise a minimum of £1000 for our fine charities. ”