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 second part of Lagunas route is different from the standard tourist + tour.tk cycling guide. In fact, I follow Pikes' advice and get down to altiplano. This has several reasons. The primary is that the Pikes route is (supposedly) less sandy than the original. This is quite some major ...
Bolivia is known for some extraordinary landscapes. Many of them could be found in the Sud Lipez part which is why there are many jeep tours between San Pedro de Atacama and Uyuni. And if jeeps can go there, so could cyclists, right? Right! That is, if you fancy steep ...
This should have been story about me crossing to Argentina via solitary Paso Socompa. However, as the title of the post says I went directly to San Pedro.
May 6During the night I can't really sleep as I have a bad feeling about my upcoming Socompa ride. Yesterday ...
My journey from Antofagasta leads directly to the desert. My plan is to cross to Argentina via Paso Socompa -- a very lonely crossing point with nothing around for more than hundred of kilometers. But before that, I need to get to Peine, a small village where I can restock for ...
After Copiapó my bad luck with holidays in big cities continues with Antofagasta. And because by now I really need to buy a new chain, I am taking two day rest in this desert city. But this isn't bad at all -- I have a chance to witness a big ...
I am starting the day by returning to Paposo to get water for two days. Then I need to decide on the road. I have two options. The first one is paved Ruta 1 which climbs to 2000 meters and then continues through the desert. Option two is ...
In the morning I am too lazy to get up. Part of this is due to late night working on the internet -- I was trying to figure out what happened to my GPS because it started to forget current time. And as if to make the morning even ...
After my failure to cross Paso San Francisco I am forced to go back to the Chilean coast. Of course, I am reluctant to go the same way back so I scout an alternative to Diego de Almargo. This promises a nice Salar de Pedernales views.
What I did not ...
Paso San Francisco is my next target. This is my second really high Andean pass, the first one being Paso Agua Negra. Unfortunately, I could not really finish the pass. Read on if you are interested why.
April 15In the morning I am finishing last preparations for the next ...
While this coastal route in a desert isn't the most spectacular one, it is much better than taking on Ruta 5. And quite solitary. Except for a few trucks and two or three villages, there is virtually nothing and nobody here.
April 11I am enjoying my standard when-in-camping ...