Reflecting on my struggles cycling up Medellín's iconic 15.6 km Alto de Las Palmas climb. Shock, horror! Turns out fuelling and preparation for a climb of this nature are important!

Didn’t pack your sports kit for your time in Lima? No problem! Kit yourself out with this breakdown of sports shops in Miraflores, with a special mention of one location further afield.

Start communicating with your teammates on the football pitch the way a Peruvian would with this list of football-related Spanish vocabulary.

Yes, this site is fundamentally a resource for playing sport and exercising in Lima and Medellín. However, I’m sitting on too much travel knowledge about Peru, Colombia and elsewhere around the world - both sport- and non-sport-related - not to start creating some blogs!