Santiago to Cusco

The biking was finished and it was time to become tourists – one can’t (or shouldn’t) visit Peru without visiting Machu Picchu – the famous

We had one final pass between the Lago Titicaca watershed and the Cusco region. We spent a couple of days from where we left the

On our own again and heading into the last leg of our trip across the Bolivian border to Peru. From El Alto we had a

Now is the dry season in Bolivia but tell the weather gods that! Our rain in the Yungas forced a bus ride up to the

Anyone who has cycled will know how important food is and the nice thing about cycle touring (as opposed to tramping) is that you can

We have been in Bolivia for over 3 weeks now and for the first 2 weeks we were at a constant 3700m and our major

After finishing the last post in the wee town of Llica we hit the streets in search of food. Alan is rather partial to street

The greatest salar of them all is the Salar de Uyuni. East to west it is 150km and approx the same north to south. It

Pays not to lose hope as you never know what it around the next corner and with cycle touring each day can be so different

We left the tourist oasis of San Pedro de Atacama rested from 2 days off. It was a 1000m, 40km climb in good conditions before a

The alternative route to Chile was over Paso Jama. The border control boss showed us the shortcut to this paved route which would open before

The hostel owner at San Antonio (de los slow internet – note have uploaded rest of photos to last post now) mentioned a polar blast

We were pretty pleased with ourselves to make it over the Abra el Acay with no problems and although tough we had no symptoms of

Well the daily averages had to drop sometime and it is not due to altitude (yet) but sandy and undulating roads. We have worked out

We have arrived in Cafayate – a place which for 3 weeks has seemed a looong way away. It is where we head to high

We enjoyed our respite in Chilecito in a nice hostel. Our stay coincided with International Animal Day so struck some large groups of kids and

From Jachal we had a short day thru the Cienaga hills to a sweet, very Aussie like campsite – gums and dry ground. Next morning

Before we left San Juan we invested in a couple of small units of pepper spray – for the dogs – not that we have

Sunday morning at the hostel we were woken before 6 with an  out of control drunk football team singing and banging pots. There are some

After a late night and camped at 2700m we both woke a bit seedy and waited for the sun to warm things up. This is

Our flight to Santiago was pretty painless and it was the middle of the day when we arrived so we reconstructed our bicis and following