A blog about one man, one bike and thousands of kilometres...
In the second installment of my alti-route of 200km all above 4500m the things are getting real high. In fact, I am getting to the highest point of this whole South-American journey, a 5114m high pass (and yes, this is even higher that all my subsequent hikes!).
July 11I ...
Two hundred kilometers of riding above 4500 meters? Count me in! (Actually, above 4490m but hey, don't fret about it.) This is a first part of my really-high adventure (although technically I already started the kilometre count after Caylloma).
July 8After a breakfast in the village my plan ...
My zig-zag approach of going north continues by getting back to the west. The main reason I went from Chivay to Yauri as opposed going directly to the north is the fact that there is some supposedly nice scenery from Yauri back to the east. And sure enough, ride through ...
Going out of touristy Colca canyon I now head to Yauri (sometimes called Espinar) over two high passes. As usual this is story about a tough but rewarding ride.
July 1My day doesn't start very well. It seems that my stomach trouble weren't completely solved in the ...
With the stomach finally getting better I continue my above-altiplano biking towards touristy Colca canyon and it's main town Chivay. The final descent is something which I will remember for a while.
June 28If there is one advice I can give you it will be this -- when finding ...
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 ...