Adventures on two wheels
We cross the tiny border at Kasani and head five miles along the shores of Lake Titicaca to Copacabana. It’s a small town with a seaside feel. Restaurants line the front with multiple small piers for the tourist boats to moor. There’s a beautiful huge white church in the Plaza de Armas that stands out …
I’m sitting in one of the many beautiful courtyards in Cusco, Peru, enjoying the morning sun with a coffee. After almost three weeks in the stunning high altitude mountains it’s feels really good to stop and relax. Although easier said than done, when you’ve been going for so long it’s not that easy to unwind! …
In the end we spend 9 nights in Huaraz, the popular mountain town surrounded by the Cordillera. I was here six years ago and it’s good to be back, it feels like nothing much has changed, even the nice cafe bar that I spent time in is still here. It’s a bustling town, the centre …
Cycling the stunning Huascaran circuit in Peru
Where Colombia was like an easy beach holiday, and Ecuador a series of life long lessons, Peru is so beautiful it completely feeds my soul. It feels incredibly remote and wild, and it’s difficult to capture an image of the seemingly never ending mountains and valleys. It’s even more difficult to describe it, but it …
Probably not the best combination really! So far we’ve cycled through three South American countries, Colombia, Ecuador and now Peru, and they’re all non-vegetarian friendly and pro-sugar friendly! It was quite a novelty in the beginning being laughed at when I said ‘soy vegetariano’ in a restaurant or asked for ‘sin azucar’ in our coffee. …
After three days of relaxation, coffee and cake in Banos we once again packed our bags onto our bicycles and headed east, dropping down into the Amazon. It’s mainly downhill to start with as we cycle down the ‘Ruta de Cascadas’ with apparently seven huge waterfalls. In the heavy rain there are far more than …
After 10 days rest and recovery, we finally pack our bags and bicycles and once again head off south. Our route will take us up and into Cotopaxi National Park, where we’ll hopefully catch a glimpse of the majestic Cotopaxi volcano. At 5,897m high it’s glaciated cone shaped peak is highly active and looks beautiful …
The last two days before crossing the border into Ecuador turn out to be fairly tough, both mentally and physically. There’s been a huge landslide on the smaller road we wanted to take to the border and so we have to stay on the main road. It’s uphill for almost 25 miles! But we eventually …
We left our peaceful log cabin in San Augustin and headed back down the valley, reversing our route for 13 miles before heading south. It was a beautiful morning and it was hard to leave, I could have easily stayed another day, but it was time to go. We cycled through a stunning valley which …