Heat is a thing
21 Ocak 2024, Şili ⋅ ☀️ 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. SoOkumaya devam et
River valley
20 Ocak 2024, Şili ⋅ ☀️ 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 toOkumaya devam et
Fertile valley
19 Ocak 2024, Şili ⋅ ☀️ 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 countrysideOkumaya devam et
It gets smoother
18 Ocak 2024, Şili ⋅ ☀️ 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
17 Ocak 2024, Şili ⋅ ☁️ 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 hottestOkumaya devam et
Santiago
16 Ocak 2024, Şili ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Day spent in Santiago. Check out the many markets, main square, Cathedral and Museum of History. Quite toasty.
Hola Chile
15 Ocak 2024, Şili ⋅ ☀️ 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 craftOkumaya devam et
Adios España
14 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 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 everythingOkumaya devam et
Packing
13 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 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 comesOkumaya devam et
Another step closer
12 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 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 bikeOkumaya devam et
Loonnng train ride
11 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 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
10 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ⛅ 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
9 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 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
8 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 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 eveningOkumaya devam et
España
7 Ocak 2024, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
One last harrowing ride through Moroccan streets got us to our ferry. Just a quick one - and we are back on the European continent. Lovely ride along coast on newly created bike paths. With daylightOkumaya devam et
Morocco: Cats and Chaos
6 Ocak 2024, Fas ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After an 8 hour bus ride, we find ourselves back where we started -Tangier. Our time in Morocco has been great - with some real highs and definite lows. It is a country that should be on bucket listsOkumaya devam et
El Jadida
5 Ocak 2024, Fas ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
A rather chill day for us. Late start and wandered into
Portuguese Cite for a late breakfast. Walked within 600 year old fortress and along the walls. Returned via the coastal route which would haveOkumaya devam et
Onto El Jadida
4 Ocak 2024, Fas ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Our coastal road was neither coastal nor much of a road. Very chewed up and narrow. Opted to go off onto a smaller road. Though a bit under construction it wound us through farmland and amongst tinyOkumaya devam et
A day of contrasts
3 Ocak 2024, Fas ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
As we were going to ride through Casablanca we knew it would be busy - which it certainly was. However, occasional bike paths helped. Lots of trucks heading into and out of the giant port. A beautifulOkumaya devam et
South along the coast
2 Ocak 2024, Fas ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Marvelous bike path along the water leads us out of Rabat. Pass by a vet different side of Morocco - a wealthier side. Seem the king also has a lovely palace/compound on the coast as well. A camelOkumaya devam et
Happy New Year
1 Ocak 2024, Fas ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Enjoyed quieter parts of Rabat. Though we couldn’t go inside Chellah, the walls and the birds were quite impressive. Also couldn’t get in to see the palace or the museums (because of holiday).Okumaya devam et
Rabat
31 Aralık 2023, Fas ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
In order to avoid what seemed to be bad roads and traffic, took the bus to Rabat. Quite easy - just rolled the bikes into luggage compartment. Toured around - visiting the Atlantic Ocean, the KasbahOkumaya devam et
Fes
30 Aralık 2023, Fas ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Took the train to Fes. Bigger and more polished city than Meknes. Many beautiful gates and doors, though guards would not let us take photos. Other sights included the tanneries and ancient tombs.
Meknes
29 Aralık 2023, Fas ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Day spent touring the city. Lots of reconstruction going on. Two small museums where the buildings were as interesting as the exhibits.
On to Meknes
28 Aralık 2023, Fas ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Short day of riding though on busy, hilly roads. Managed to find our Riad without too much trouble. Wander around, find a drink or two and have nice dinner.