Hello all........... i am hoping that some of you that are riding through latin america, or those who have and you residents , might be able to help me out by knowing the names of and have any info about mainly, Local newspapers and even local TV stations down there ? I have some names of Bolivian papers who i am contacting, but elsewhere is proving difficult to get. The reason is because i am (from this august) riding the popular AK to TDF route, trying to keep off the panamerican as much as possible. I have a niece with Fragile X Syndrome to a full degree and thought that while im loving my own adventure i hope to spread some awareness about the syndrome. I have some contacts along the route, people involved with the syndrome, but there isnt alot of knowledge down there regarding this. So in my naivity im hoping i can help them out by gaining some very important awareness. Also this has given me extra direction for the trip on a personal level. I have found that here in the UK, its almost impossible to get mentioned in the larger well know media types, but the lower grade mags and tv stations, are interested. So in reality i hope to get the attention of the smaller publications in central and south america. Maybe they might be interested in an englishman riding down through their provinces, it might be a story for them. I know this is a very popular route and seeing english blokes on bikes isnt a new thing , but i have to try. Maybe some of you have connections ?

cheers for reading this far ! Simon