Peru
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Sunday, 13 Oct 2013 | Views [756]
Our visa was granted for 90 days and that seems like a long, long time ago.....( it will be 110 days ago tomorrow)....guess we overstayed our welcome in this country.
Our last village in Peru is called Yunguyo and it is quite the nice border town.... Read more >
Saturday, 5 Oct 2013 | Views [1218] | Comments [1]
Two weeks in Puno - not a bad place to spend more time than you think you need to. Due to James's stolen passport we "sat up camp" in Puno to wait until the new document has arrived in Cusco. James is bussing it back to Cusco to pick it up and then we ... Read more >
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2013 | Views [3039] | Comments [1]
The "rough" part of the purr from my new chain and cassette soon turned into a problem called "chain suck" created by the steel middle chain ring, because it had been worn and didn't agree with the new chain we had installed in Cusco. James had ... Read more >
Tuesday, 24 Sep 2013 | Views [3352]
It wasn't easy to leave our little Cusco Nest, but we tore ourselves away
and I was happy to be on the road....back on my Surly, listening to the strong purr of my new chain and cassette. Being off the bike for one and a half weeks ... Read more >
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2013 | Views [2511]
If I had to pinch myself to realize the fact that I pedaled my ass to Cusco, what do I need to do standing in the midst of Machu Picchu?
I don't have much to say to that - but here it is M.P. (my initials as well, in case you haven't noticed): ... Read more >
Tuesday, 17 Sep 2013 | Views [814]
We took the local bus, van, what- ever you want to call it....leaving the bicycles in our little Hostal Estrellita. Good choice as I realized we are climbing a long, high 4300m pass to the little village of Santa Maria. (A five hour drive) We hopped ... Read more >
Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Views [2360]
The excitement of getting here and the excitement of being here is the same. I am falling in love with the city and myself in it! The fact that I cycled here from my house in Forest Knolls feels next to impossible. I wouldn't do it again - no f....ing ... Read more >
Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Views [1257]
What a roller coaster! This country has the highs and lows of extremes. Lamas greeted us on top of this pass...seemed like they were smiling at us before they ran away, but that is solely our interpretation...
Kishuara wasn't anything much ... Read more >
Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Views [1450]
We rode all day in the rain but fortunately in lower elevations - couldn't see much of the surroundings though...
The night was spend in Chincheros. Which was a quarter of way up the next pass. Coming down from Ocros we encountered numerous road construction ... Read more >
Monday, 9 Sep 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 31 Aug 2013 | Views [1711]
Raindrops all night - at times real heavy and threatening on the thin tin roof of our dumpy little hosbitaje in Ocros - made me feel like staying in spite of the dumpiness..
James got up and argued we need to go...can't be that bad...look, the rain ... Read more >
Saturday, 31 Aug 2013 | Views [1544]
Sweet town - good to spend some time though I learned after a days rest I get even more tired -maybe I mentioned it before, but the endorphins are keeping me energized and then I crash...like a sugar crash.
Anyhow Indre and Waldemar and James ... Read more >
Monday, 26 Aug 2013 | Views [2569]
Wednesday August 21st
Another dreamy day on a bike - actually this one is even more dreamy than the one from Junin to Huancayo, because there is hardly any traffic and the road -following the Rio Mantaro again or still (I don't even know...)- ... Read more >
Monday, 26 Aug 2013 | Views [757]
Now, I am sad to leave this place. We keep extending, but it is really time to go!
From the moment we arrived, this buzzing city feels right in so many aspects. First of all it has a range of restaurant. One can eat a bit "fancy" with higher prices ... Read more >
Sunday, 18 Aug 2013 | Views [1560]
We left Junin an hour later than our usual departing time needing the sun to be a little higher for more warms. Loaded with goodies from the market we hit the road at 9am. Hot in the sun - cold in the shade in thin air...like being on the moon I imagine.... Read more >
Sunday, 18 Aug 2013 | Views [2474]
Resting and eating chocolate hearts in Huanuco until the bugs start biting and the itch is back to keep going......(Huanuco - Junin, Sunday 11th - Tuesday 13th of August 2013)
I had a bit of a hang over from the chocolate hearts...one too ... Read more >
Saturday, 10 Aug 2013 | Views [1127]
Gorgeous canyon down from Llata along the river, gentle and sweet and then passing a tunnel on semi steep switchbacks on dirt but - none - the -less - down and again along ....maybe the same river, I don't know the names of all these rivers, canyons ... Read more >
Friday, 9 Aug 2013 | Views [681]
....and more of the same. Up until now we were able to get enough information about the road ahead and prepare mentally for the roads and conditions. All in all it is really hard to know what is waiting for us out there or - in some cases- the information ... Read more >
Friday, 9 Aug 2013 | Views [986]
So glad the road over the mountains was paved, but now the dirt has us back and we find ourselves pushing the bikes again when the going gets tough - especially us girls!
Pretty worn out and tired of climbing all day (yes, we are attempting another ... Read more >
Friday, 9 Aug 2013 | Views [755]
As we started climbing and the sun beat down on us we gained elevation quickly, but the road into the mountains of the highest pass (Punta Olimpica) in the Huascarán National Park was paved and gentle. Surrounded by snow capped mountains the views ... Read more >
Thursday, 8 Aug 2013 | Views [2077]
It was COLD - the morning had arrived with clear blue skies and clear heads - all of us had adjusted to the altitude (we camped at the meadow at 3800m) and we felt strong and ready to go. The mountains were calling.
Thin, crisp air - climbing ... Read more >
Thursday, 8 Aug 2013 | Views [751]
The first day we discovered a bakery with the most delicious chocolate cake.
The second day we bought a whole cake for the four of us
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The third day we gobbled it all up.
Wednesday, 24 Jul 2013 | Views [1035]
.....and the next morning the dirt road again down, down, down to the same river we spend the night at the hot springs (baños) a few days earlier. It got hot and dry - desert like and the canyon we rode through for hours on dirt roads was something ... Read more >
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Monday, 22 Jul 2013 | Views [891]
Back after lunch and dinner and a big huge piece of chocolate cake I keep writing ....(Caraz 20th of July)
After riding through the security of the last big mine the road seemed to improve, it got wider, more groomed, even and for the first time in ... Read more >
Sunday, 21 Jul 2013 | Views [1181]
Peru -a hard road to travel.
these are the toughest roads and the most beautiful views of our earth I have ever seen or encountered and we haven't even gotten to the Cordillera Blanca which are supposed to be the most beautiful mountains ... Read more >
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