A blog about one man, one bike and thousands of kilometres...
Join me on the journey through amazing landscapes, dirt roads and tough climbs. This blog currently covers two of my big adventures on my two-wheeler friend.
Firstly, there is a trans-South-America journey which took 16 months, measured more than 20.000km and in general contained more climbing than is healthy.
And then there is USA's classic - Great Divide Mountain Bike Route cannot be underestimated in the toughness and beauty department and this time I am trying to do a semi-live coverage of the journey.
My plan from Juliaca is to follow Pike's route which goes to Chivay and avoids busy roads. In theory, this seems a very nice route. In practice it turns out to be a challenge above challenge as I still fight the worst enemy as of yet -- a big stomach ...
The ride along the pretty damn big lake Titicaca continues on the Peruvian side. And to make it even better I now have a company to enjoy the views.
June 20In the hostal I am meeting a cycling couple -- Victor from France and Monica from Guatemala. As we are ...
In the world there are lakes and lakes. But Lake Titicaca belongs to a special category called "damn big lakes" --- with the surface area of 8372 square kilometers it is the largest lake in Southern America (as a comparison it basically represents about sixth of Slovakia). So it is no ...
What comes down must come back up. At least, this is the case of my route. It is now time to slowly leave Yungas and come back to the altiplano where La Paz awaits me.
June 10There are days when you wake up and discover an outrageously nice morning ...
There is nothing more contrasting after months on Chilean, Argentinian and Bolivian deserts/altiplano than exchanging the views with fresh and green Yungas. I knew beforehand that this should be a nice route but the reality just took my breath away (sometimes literally as this is a route of constant ...
Second part of my altiplano route towards Yungas. Unlike the first part the roads aren't in a sandy condition which makes me quite happy. And while the views do not have any huge mountains (something that I almost take as a definition of a good view) they are nice ...
I am standing before a question of what road to take next. One option is to go back to Chile and ride nice national parks Volcán Isluga and Lauca with a highlight of Salar de Surire. The other option is sandy Bolivian altiplano. What would you choose?
May 29In ...
Because riding one salar isn't enough, I am continuing with another salty adventure. This time it is Salar Coipasa. And apparently it is a different beast from the smooth Salar de Uyuni.
May 27The plan for today is about 40 kilometers until Tres Cruces. If I wanted to ...
It wouldn't be a complete ride in Bolvia if I did not check out the Salar de Uyuni. This big salt flat is a famous tourist destination because it isn't everywhere that you can ride a jeep on a big salt lake with seeing only salt all around ...
After superb Lagunas route I cannot wait for more of Bolivia. Namely, the famous endless salt flats. But first I need to get there. And I have a few options.
May 20Today I am deciding whether to go to San Agustin and then join another Pikes' route to the ...