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A trip through the Tunnel of Death and a bout of food poisoning awaited the three Llangollen area lads cycling to Thailand last week.
Dyfan Hughes, 18, from Llangollen, Louis Dennis, 19, from Garth, and James Thomas,19, from Wrexham - known as the Westheads - are heading deeper into Asia through Tajikistan, the third most mountainous country in the world.
Their experience of the Tunnel of Death - so called because it's 5 kms of pure darkness with no ventilation - came as they headed towards the summit of one of the mountains along the route to the country's capital of Dushenbe.
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In their daily video log they explained that the tunnel has soldiers posted at both ends to prevent cyclists going through alone for their own safety and arranging for them to be given lifts in vehicles. And that's exactly what happened with the lads.
Things seemed to be going well until next morning when Dyfan and James both awoke in their tent suffering from severe food poisoning, which they described as a "absolute nightmare" and lasted for days.
Dyfan says on camera: "We had one of the worst weeks of my life and I've never been so poorly."
Eventually they felt well enough to free-wheel down the other side of the mountain, through a lovely valley, and reached the capital where they spent a week recuperating in a hostel, aware all the time they had to make up for the lost illness time before their visas expired.
The trio are making their 1,000 journey in aid of the British Heart Foundation in memory of Tony Edge, the father of a friend who died following a heart attack in 2024.
So far they've raised more than £27,000 of their £50,000 charity target since leaving Llangollen last year.
* llanblogger is recording their adventures along the way. To follow the journey on their social media and make a donation if you wish, go to: https://linktr.ee/westheads
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