Life is an Adventure
So get out there and live it.
You never know you may love it, and just remember, at the end of the day it’s better to regret something you’ve done than something you haven’t.
Welcome to AvVida.
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We are Suzie and Kelvin from the U.K.
We're passionate about adventure motorcycle travel, and our goal is to travel in slow time to as many places as possible by motorcycle, whether that's on our doorstep or more further afield, on-road or off-road.
Back in April 2017 we took a leap of faith and pursued our dream of a longer term travel adventure. Fortunately we returned from our travels in 2019, prior to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Talk about good timing! We had meandered around South America on two 1996 Suzuki DR650’s, which definitely had its challenges but was such a wonderful experience that we'll never forget. The memories are priceless! We love the road less travelled, and therefore we always seek out the back roads, dirt roads and small towns and villages, which always adds to the adventure. We have a huge thirst for life, culture, nature and beautiful scenery, and South America had all of this in abundance.
We often travel with our companion ‘Cyril the Sloth’ who is an important part of our travels, with many people greeting him first - a real 'ice breaker'. Fortunately, being a stuffed toy, he doesn’t require any paperwork, but we bring him alive through our travels.
So, why have we called ourselves 'AvVida'?
It basically stands for Aventura Vida (Adventure life) which is taken from our tag line ‘Life is an adventure : La vida es uni Aventura’. We liked the Spanish and it was also the primary language of the countries we’d be visiting on our first long-term adventure in South America, so it seemed to fit…plus so many of the other good names were taken!
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Contact us by using the Contact Us form or via cyril@avvida.co.uk.
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We hope this website will be interesting and informative for our friends and family, that it will provide a source of fond memories for ourselves and hopefully provide newbees, seasoned travellers and dreamers with some useful information and inspiration for their own adventures.
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Happy travels!
