PERU | Sunday, 22 Jun 2008 | Views [1743]
When something gets as big as Machu Picchu you get a little concerned that after great expense, time and distance to get there it can´t help but fail to live up the giant reputation that rests on its shoulders. It´s a wonder of the world visited by ... Read more >
Tags: agua calientes, cuzco, cycle, inca, latin america, machu picchu, peru, south america, tour, trek
BOLIVIA | Saturday, 7 Jun 2008 | Views [5897]
As the ultimate mountain bike widow there was no chance of sneaking out of La Paz without at least some experience of the death road, one of the most famous downhill mountain bike rides in the world. My options were to catch a bus down and wait for ... Read more >
Tags: bolivia, cliff, coroica, cycle, death road, la paz, latin america., mountain, mountain bike, south america
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 30 Jan 2008 | Views [1165]
The rain clouds are gathering outside and we are in a dimly lit barn looking at four glasses of red wine. They have been laid up in order for the perfect testing. Instinct tells us that there is probably some sort of etiquette to this and the two knowledgeable ... Read more >
Tags: andes, argentina, bike tour, bodegas, cabernet sauvignon, cycle, malbec, mendoza, tempranillo, vineyards
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 24 Jan 2008 | Views [1702]
La Cumbracita is a beautiful, but really weird, little Alpine style town in the Cordoban hills. It was founded by a German family in the 1930s, who pretty much made an exact replica of their own home town back in the Alps, right down to the wooden ... Read more >
Tags: alpine, argentina, camp, cordoba, cycle, la cumbaracita, mountains, sausages, wagner, wurst
