Peru 2014

We have been blown away by the vistas of the Cordillera Blanca, and our circuit of Huascaran has been an amazing way to finish. The

Leaving Oyon we had a big day with 1500m of climbing and 2000m of descent, followed by a ‘rest’ day of a 50km downhill. This

Peru was described to us recently as 3 countries within one, the coast, the mountains and the Amazon headwaters. We have only experienced the mountain

As we near the end of the third section of this Peru Great Divide it seems that the everything is ramping up a notch –

From Laraos we plummeted down a curvaceous smooth paved road to the Rio Canete and joined a single lane paved road from the coast heading

We couldn’t leave Huancavelica without one more visit to the cake shop for a second breakfast. Then up the road for a steep climb up

It took three days in Huancavelica before we felt we wanted to move on. There was a lot of eating to be done and in

Licapa – camp 4700 – camp at a different 4700 – Huancavelica. The day previous over the two passes had been hard and when we

Vilcashuman – Cangallo – Chuschi – camp 4200 – Totos – camp 4150 – Licapa Rested from our stay at the Inca town of Vilcashuman,

Abancay – Santa Rosa – Sanayca – Soras – Putongo – Antas – Vilcashuman Struggling a bit with righting this after our first beer of

We only had to go 7 km to get to the larger (and hopefully more hygienic) village of Huacullo, where we planned to rest out

Leaving Caylloma we were treated to a smooth road, gentle climbing and a calm bluebird day, who could ask for anything more. An older local

It is a pleasant suprise to find some old computers in Caylloma – even if the ´s´ key needs a hammer to make it work!

It was time to enjoy our last chance of being in a tourist town. Chivay is the same population as Wanaka but much more compact.

From our Hobbiton camp, you guessed it, the road kept climbing. Alan struggled this day and 400m above the village we rested at a high

From a flash hotel to camping in hobbiton, we have certainly enjoyed the variety of places to spend afternoons relaxing after a mornings biking. With

Today we were on our bikes for the first time and it was a great feeling. Through Google Earth I had sussed out a hill

We are starting to have our little routines in cities/towns in South America. For me I like to get my legs waxed at least once

Back in South America again and the continuation of our travels north. We flew into Arequipa last night and we are chilling after the long