Day 203: Tunnels
2016年8月3日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After a lazy morning and a late start it was a lot of down hill. After caraz there were a endless amount of tunnels, some very short, only Ninos back light worked so he had the job of cycling in theもっと詳しく
Day 204: From the Andes to the desert
2016年8月4日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We still had some more spare altitude. So today more downhill. The first 38 asphalt, after that kinda okay gravel road. We madei t into the coastal desert. Here the only road north is the 4 lane panもっと詳しく
Day 205: Panamericano
2016年8月6日, ペルー ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After a fast 5 km decent we made it to the panamericano. Busy with crazy cars. But because of the roadworks we had some stretches of asphalt for ourselfs. So we made it to the town o Trujillo.
Day 207: Bus to warm places.
2016年8月7日, ペルー ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Today we found a bus that would bring us to almost our destination. We found a room for 12 dollars and tomorrow we will do the last 3 hours by bus.
Day 208: Let's go to the beach.
2016年8月8日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We arrived in the beach party town of mancora. We will spend the next day chilling on the beach.
Day 214: Racing across the Pan Americana
2016年8月14日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We tried to recover from 5 days of sun, beach and party. But getting on the bike was tough. We really needed to make it to the town 125 km away. But starting only at noon made it tough. We had to raceもっと詳しく
Day 215: Heat and bananas.
2016年8月15日, エクアドル ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Today we crossed the border to Ecuador! New country. The heat on the busy Pan Americana was almost unbearable. Sweat made the handlebar slippery and eyes stingy. But cycling among the bananaもっと詳しく
Day 217: Quito
2016年8月17日, エクアドル ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
This will definitely be our last bus. Soo done with nights of no sleep in cramped in a bus. So we took a 10 hour bus from Machala to Quito. Ariving in our shorts and shirt in cold Quito at 6 in theもっと詳しく
Day 232: Time to start the last stretch.
2016年9月1日, エクアドル ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The last weeks we spend recovering in quito and lying on the beach in tropical colombia. Now we are back in quito and ready to start the last part of our trip. We found an old train track that wasもっと詳しく
Day 233: Back in the northern hemisphere
2016年9月2日, エクアドル ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
We started the day easy and after a good breakfast we set out around 10. The road went up and down all the time. Our leggs are not used to climbing anymore so it was kinda hard. But at noon we reachedもっと詳しく
Day 234: Ecuadorian champion and 6 years
2016年9月3日, エクアドル ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We woke up early. Today would be a lot of climbing so we needes as much time as we could get. After a 30 km decent we started the climb that should take us to the Colombian border. On the climb we metもっと詳しく
Day 235: Last stretch in Ecuador.
2016年9月4日, エクアドル ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The last day in ecuador is one to remember. We spend the whole day on a small cobelstone/gravel road. Almost no trafic and great views. All though we didnt make the progress we had hoped for, we wereもっと詳しく
Day 235: Colombian photoshoot
2016年9月5日, コロンビア ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We set out early to hopefully get across the border early and make some progress into Colombia. The bordercrossing was the shadiest so far. Normally we just park the bikes near the douana and goもっと詳しく
Day 237 Steep rainy climbs.
2016年9月7日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After a well earned rest day we set out to cross the Cordillera Central. it has been gray and cloudy for 3 days now. And today we couldn't escape the rain. The whole day it was raining on and off.もっと詳しく
Day 238: El Trampolín de la muerta
2016年9月9日, コロンビア ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
El Trampolín de la muerta, oftew Colombias death road. We knew it was gonna be a log day. So we left at 8:30 for the first 8 asphalt kilometers. After that the asphalt was gone. The road started toもっと詳しく
Day 239: Welcome to the jungle
2016年9月9日, コロンビア ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Below 800 meters. It felt like had to chew the air. The high humidity made it a sweaty wet ride. But it was a different landscape than the rest of the trip. Everything was green and it felt like weもっと詳しく
Day 240: Warm showers.
2016年9月10日, コロンビア ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
The whole night it was raining. And while we had breakfast it started raining even more. But we set out for a short moutainstage to the next city. Wr didnt bother to put on our rain pants. It was toもっと詳しく
Day 241: sweating in the rain.
2016年9月11日, コロンビア ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
This morning it was raining again. But nevertheless we started cycling. It wasn't too cold so we made some good progress. The locals cheerd to us while we battled the rain. Most of the times theもっと詳しく
Day 242: Sprinting towards the rest day.
2016年9月12日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
We expected a long day on the bike today. So we woke up early and started riding at 8 in the morning. Today for the first time in four days no rain. But With 34 C it was another sweaty day. So far noもっと詳しく
Day 244: floating down the road.
2016年9月14日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We woke up to a giant thunderstorm. Water came down like crazy and the streets soon turned into rivers. But we are Dutch and used to a bit of rain. So we set out trying to avoid the worst floodedもっと詳しく
Day 245: Last day on the flats.
2016年9月15日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
The mountains on our left kept getting bigger and bigger. Tomorow we will have to start climbing again. But not today, today is flat.
It was dry in the morning so we decided to set out early to makeもっと詳しく
Day 246: Vamos Nairo!
2016年9月16日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
33 degrees. Thats what it said when we started in the morning. And during the day it ony became warmer. We started to climb bathing in sweat. But the road climbed slowely and steadily. So it wasn't toもっと詳しく
Day 247: Last time above 3000m.
2016年9月17日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
To get ahead of the heat we decided to leave town at 6am. Although quite early we were happy that we did it. It was still cool and traffic wasnt to bad. But two hours later it was sweating again andもっと詳しく
Day 250: Let's get some coffee
2016年9月20日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After 2 days of rest in Armenia it was time to set out again. One of the only highlights in the surroundings is the town of Salento with the Cocora valey. so a short 22 km ride brought us to thisもっと詳しく
Day 252: Sore
2016年9月22日, コロンビア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Our walk yesterday was a bit longer than expected. we ended up walking 19 km. And since we are not used to walking anymore. Our leggs were complaining. so with super sore legs we started the last partもっと詳しく