Tune up day
2024年2月1日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
As we had scheduled time at a local bike shop for tune ups, opt to just stay another night. Visit local market and get nice fresh fish and veg for dinner.
Temuco
2024年1月31日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Though the day starts with a steep uphill, riding is enjoyable as we cruise through the farmland. Arrive in temuco and find Argentinian style ice cream. Quite tasty. Warm showers host Lea welcomes usもっと詳しく
Rio Quillen
2024年1月30日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Leave our little troll hovel under the bridge and amazingly head almost due south. See first glimpses of Villarica volcano. Big down into a gorge but sadly can’t get to the water. Climb back out andもっと詳しく
Transition day
2024年1月29日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A windy start with still more construction. After town of Anglol, we enter rolling hills amongst the forest. Much nicer riding and scenery. Set up by tiny river under a bridge. Still swimmable.
Rio Renaico
2024年1月28日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A nice 30 mile decline has us zigging across the country again. Leave the Andes behind and head towards to coast range. Pass through Los Angeles, managing not to lose much time. Lots of constructionもっと詳しく
Rio Laja
2024年1月27日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Continued along road with limited shoulder though traffic slightly less. Terrain is more rolling and grain fields give way to pine trees. Nice Mountain views though the haze continues. Lunch stop on aもっと詳しく
Rio Diguilan
2024年1月26日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Slower start but make good time to Chillan. But like usual lose lots of time in cities. Eventually get ourselves out and head out on very busy road with no shoulders. Make to Pueblo Seco, get food andもっと詳しく
River crossings and camping
2024年1月25日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
With an aspirational goal of 60 miles set off early. Great pace until hit unpaved section. And I paved means tough going. First water crossing was kind of fun. Then hit the dry stream bed and two moreもっと詳しく
Straightening the route
2024年1月24日, チリ ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Get an early start as it’s predicted to be hot. Bumpy start but cruise along a dedicated bike path to Linares. Manage to get replacement rack relatively quickly. Stock up on emergency food andもっと詳しく
Rest day
2024年1月23日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Stay in place to relax and do some organizing. Go on a little walkabout and get stopped by a gang of cows. Meager dinner of emergency food though Doug miraculously rustles up a zucchini.
Into the Precordillera
2024年1月22日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Nice bike path out of Talca. I continue to be surprised by the cycling infrastructure here. Make good time until get caught up in a town. Continue on to Panamavida and enjoy ice cream in the square.もっと詳しく
Heat is a thing
2024年1月21日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
No straight line to get where we are going. Leave lush green valley and head into arid desert. Make it over hill and back to valley by Ruta 5. No other direct route so follow winding road to Talca. Soもっと詳しく
River valley
2024年1月20日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Bit of an up coming out of our campground. Make our way through a few towns and then ride along Rio Mataquito. Few north/south roads so have to go west to go south. Turn away from the Andes. Plan toもっと詳しく
Fertile valley
2024年1月19日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Quick ride through grapes to get to museum in San Fernando. Turns out that Uruguayan plane crashed due east of this town. Nice museum which includes exhibit on their rescue. Meander along countrysideもっと詳しく
It gets smoother
2024年1月18日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
A lovely ride into wine country. Grapes, peaches, corn and many other produce surrounds us. Turn towards the mountain and camp by river.
A rocky start
2024年1月17日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Get a nice early start and find ourselves on dedicated bike paths out of Santiago. Mountains on both sides of us and grapes alongside. Two flat tires slow us down resulting in big climb during hottestもっと詳しく
Santiago
2024年1月16日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Day spent in Santiago. Check out the many markets, main square, Cathedral and Museum of History. Quite toasty.
Hola Chile
2024年1月15日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A mere 15 hours and we are in Chile. Fly over the Andes. Gather our boxes and assemble ourselves in the airport. Not a terrible ride to our apartment. Get clean and go for a meander. Dinner of craftもっと詳しく
Adios España
2024年1月14日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Successfully managed to pack everything into our 4 boxes. Fortunately our host had access to to a car big enough take us and our stuff to the airport. Long wait in line but easily checked everythingもっと詳しく
Packing
2024年1月13日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Day spent packing. Added adventure of needing new wheels for Doug’s bike as hub axles are broken. And of course it’s a Saturday, late in the day - this bike stores are closed. Decathlon comesもっと詳しく
Another step closer
2024年1月12日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Very cold morning 32F. Chilly ride through chaotic streets of Madrid to our warm showers hosts - Jesus and Dace. Settle in and plan our next steps. Doug disappears for a 4 hour haircut. Get bikeもっと詳しく
Loonnng train ride
2024年1月11日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Quick ride to the train station and board our train to Madrid. Zoom past green countryside. Almost 8 hours later we arrive in Madrid. Head for the Cats Hostel (again).
Sevilla
2024年1月10日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A nice return to Sevilla - visiting parts of the city we had not seen last time. A walk along the canal, Flamenco museum and of course - food.
A rainy day
2024年1月9日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Dragged ourselves away from the 15 cats and nice stove and rode to Jerez. Though heavy rain at times, it was dry most of the time. Sandy ride through park. Opted to hop on the train and go to Sevilla.
Pine forests and more coast
2024年1月8日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
It’s amazing what 3.4 million € will buy - an incredible bike path up a mountain and through a pine forest. More surfing towns and made our way to our warm showers host- Claudia. Nice eveningもっと詳しく






















































































































































































































