Check this out – inspired!
http://niksbikingblog.blogspot.com/
An old mate nick has done a great wee adventure on a bike with a raft, sounds mad but is oddly appealing, I should have been on this trip but had a prior engagement with a friend from Brasil, a big downhill trail and lots of beer – I wouldnt mind teaming up on his next trip, the last time I met nick he was a trail centre junkie, now quite the adventurer!