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April 17th, 2012 | Ecuador

Into Ecuador…!!

Tom and Fabio were up as early as I was, ready for what we expected to be a long ride up to the resort town of Montanita on the Ecuador coast…

Tom and I went for a quick swim in the flat and clam waters of the Pacific, which was barely 50 metres from our […]

April 16th, 2012 | Peru

To Mancora… And Then There Were Five…!!

I left Nuanchaco soon after breakfast… I had a 600 km ride ahead of me and wanted to make sure I got to Mancora with enough light to find the hotel where Nigel was staying…

Breakfast at the El Malecon Hostal… Two cups of black coffee had me wide awake and ready for […]

April 15th, 2012 | Peru

Huanchaco and Chan-Chan…

After a long and rough ride from Huaraz to Huanchaco, I decided to take the day off…!!

The Huanchaco traditional fisherman have made the town a popular tourist destination… Statues like this one can be seen all along the seashore…

These slim reed craft are used to fish up to a […]

April 14th, 2012 | Peru

Houston…?? It’s us again…!! The Birthday Ride…

As far as birthdays go, this one has to rate as the most eventful I can remember…!!

As I sit here in Cali, Colombia, trying to catch up on the last ten days, thoughts of that day are still swirling around in my head…!!

Breakfast on the upper floor of the Churup Guest […]

April 13th, 2012 | Peru

Pasto Ruri Glacier…

The tour bus took us back the way I had come the previous day, and then turned off the main road and began an 80 km crawl up into the mountains on a winding dirt road…

Winding our way up to the car park at the base of the glacier….

There […]

April 12th, 2012 | Peru

Leaving Lima and the ride to Huaraz…

I left Lima early the following morning, heading for Huaraz, the jumping off point for hikes and climbing in the Cordillera Blanco Mountain Range…

Lidia and Freddy of Casa San Martin, bid me farewell as I prepare to exit Lima… They had been extremely helpful during my stay…!!

The Casa San Martin staff […]