After spending a few days in Bariloche waiting for bike parts and writing resumes, it was time to hit the road again. We weren’t too disappointed to be leaving Bariloche behind. It was nice enough and does have a European…
From Salta, we decided to cheat a bit and skip ahead to Bariloche. We hadn’t heard great things about the next stretch, which was apparently mostly ‘pampa’ (prairie) landscape and looking out the bus window every now and again, we…
We recently cycled from the border of Argentina to Salta via the Jama Pass (Paso Jama). We had originally been planning to cycle to Salta via the Sico Pass, as it is meant to be the more interesting and beautiful…
We recently cycled from San Juan, Bolivia to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, along what is generally referred to by cyclists as the “Laguna Route”. We have certainly had some tough days on our tour, but for us, this was…
While staying in San Pedro de Atacama, we also went on a day trip to the Geysers del Tatio. The geyser field is located approximately 100km from San Pedro in the Andes Mountains at an elevation of 4320m. There are…
After cycling the Laguna Route in Bolivia, we were in need of some recovery time off the bike in San Pedro de Atacama. We went on a day trip to the famous Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley), which also…
We didn’t fancy trying to cycle out of La Paz, so we took a bus to Oruro and started cycling towards Bolivia’s salt flats from there. We decided to cross both Salar de Coipasa and Salar de Uyuni. The cycling…
Before starting our crossing of Bolivia’s incredible salt flats, we visited Potosi and took a tour of the Cerro Rico Mines. Potosi, which is world heritage listed, is a beautiful city, with some lovely colonial architecture, but the city’s main…
In addition to cycling the Laguna Route and the Salar de Uyuni, the one thing that David really wanted to do in Bolivia was cycle the famous “Death Road”! We considered taking a tour with one of the many tour…
In addition to visiting Machu Picchu with Aleecia, we went on a 2 day, 3 Island Tour on Lake Titicaca, where we visited one of the Uros Floating Islands, Amantani Island and Taquile Island. We don’t normally like organized tours,…
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