Into the desert
2024年3月29日, チリ ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Take a short ride up and into the desert. Check out short path amongst the rock and a pet cemetery. Afternoon spent sitting in the beach!
UP and into the desert
2024年3月30日, チリ ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Left out nice oceanfront apartment and headed into the dunes. Long up with quite a few trucks racing by. Cruised down to Ruta 5 and ride alongside alot of industrial sites. Wind became favorable as weもっと詳しく
Big sky. Straight road
2024年3月31日, チリ ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Hit the road after filling up with water at the rest area. The Columbia’s woman who worked there was quite taken with us. Fairly boring scenery. Eventually distant mountains emerged. Stopped by oldもっと詳しく
Re-emergence of the Andes
2024年4月1日, チリ ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Lovely sunrise over the desert. Scenery remains boring until we crest a hill and see snow capped peaks in the distance. Manage to find a tiny spot of shade to rest. A kind truck driver pulled over andもっと詳しく
San Pedro de Atacama
2024年4月2日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Plans for an early start disolver with a flat tire. With the daunting task of 60 miles, 4400 ft climbing to an elevation of 11,200 - I opted to get started. The gradual climb did keep any impact ofもっと詳しく
Ruins and crevasses
2024年4月3日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Spend some time exploring the cute, but touristy, town. Sky is amazingly clear and mountains seem to be in every which way. Walk along tiny Rio Grande to pukara de Quitor. Climb amongst ruins andもっと詳しく
A very salty swim
2024年4月4日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Biked across the desert to get to Laguna Cejar. Lucked out and got to lake between tour groups. Quite fun bobbing in the water. So salty. Fortunately could rinse off before riding back. Made dinnerもっと詳しく
Rio SPA canyon
2024年4月5日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Slept in as hadn’t returned from stargazing until after 2:00. Switched rooms and then ventured out along tiny little river. Stopped and hiked up devil’s throat. Beautiful sandstone canyons. As dayもっと詳しく
More canyons
2024年4月6日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Though the day didn’t quite go as planned managed to set ourselves up for our climb and enjoy a walkabout. Doug took a taxi to leave 2 water and food drops for our 7500 ft ascent. We then wanderedもっと詳しく
The climb begins
2024年4月7日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Pack up and leave the lovely town of San Pedro behind as we head into a wall - the Andes. Our route looms ahead as we have an easy flat start. Climb and climb and climb - reaching 12,800 feet. Findもっと詳しく
BOLIVIA
2024年4月8日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Beautiful but cold morning. Steep start means we warm up by walking. Altitude is a real thing. Slowly make it to 15.1k, our 2nd drop and the border. Very chilly eventhough very sunny. Breeze throughもっと詳しく
To the thermal springs
2024年4月9日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Wake to find out water bottles frozen solid. Manage to thaw in the sun. Spy two cyclists- first in quite awhile. Meet Sam and Kate - a Brit couple heading our way. Pack up and find our way back toもっと詳しく
Onto the “geezers”
2024年4月10日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
Morning sunrise over the laguna as the tour jeeps pour in. Decide to go the harder route so that we can sleep in the geysers (or geezers as our Brit friends call them). Relatively easy start and thenもっと詳しく
The roads deteriorates
2024年4月12日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Wake up nice and cozy but head out to watch sunrise over the geysers. Beautiful sight - even with the early morning tourists. Slowly pack up and head out of the geyser basin. Mechanical issues slow usもっと詳しく
Rest and flamingos
2024年4月12日, ボリビア ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
After the last few brutal days, opt to stay put. Do ride a rough road down to the laguna to see the flamingoes. And of course the herds of alpacas. Beautiful place, damn hard to get to.
A wild jeep ride
2024年4月13日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Knowing our limits, we opted to catch a ride to jump passed the sandy, rocky ripio. Our gear went inside the jeep and our bikes on top and off we went. And unexpectedly, we went along the lagunas - aもっと詳しく
Uyani
2024年4月14日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Wander through marketplace and dusty roads on the way to train cemetery.
Rest
2024年4月15日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
Stomach issues caught up with me after plaguing Doug yesterday. Slept for a good part of the day. Ventured out for a bit in the blustery sunshine. Nice vegetarian dinner at Llama Cafe.
Salar de Uyuni
2024年4月16日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Finally take our leave of Uyuni and head north into the wind. Short ride to the entrance of the Salar. Check into our salt hostel and then set out on bikes onto the Salar. Edge is pretty swamped soもっと詳しく
Quinoa and greenery
2024年4月17日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
After a dose of kitten cuddles, set off in search of a car wash to rid our bikes of the salt. Unfortunately there was no one at the only one in town. Head north and truly begin our trek to Peru.もっと詳しく
Challapata along Lago Poopó
2024年4月18日, ボリビア ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Another long day planned but flat terrain suggests a quick ride. Sadly, another flat tire slows us down. Nice jardines de piernas (rock gardens) and lots of llamas make for cool scenery. Make it toもっと詳しく
Poopó
2024年4月19日, ボリビア ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Though a short day planned, more tire issues cause a very late start. Road becomes busier with less consistent shoulders. Llamas and vicuñas give way to tall cows and sheep. A rather fertile valley.もっと詳しく
Expect the unexpected
2024年4月20日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Manage a decent start even with a tire change. Though originally intended to stay on main road, decide to venture on the Antigua Camino Machacamarca. On the map it appears to be a land bridge thatもっと詳しく
Oruro
2024年4月21日, ボリビア ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Layover day to take care of a few things. Very successful in getting the things we need. Wander the city and see surprised by the greenery and nice parks. Walk by a tribute to Carnaval- a big eventもっと詳しく
Bus to La Paz
2024年4月22日, ボリビア ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Navigate the busy streets to get to the bus terminal. Easy roll on of bikes and off we went. Hit the outskirts of La Paz and slow to a crawl. Huge city shaped like a bowl with a 1500 ft differenceもっと詳しく