Our route to the coast still has 326 kilometres to go. Over the last 200 km we can descend 4500 metres! It was Paul’s idea to include this bonus descent in the route. What a reward that will be for all our climbing. The first day of cycling takes us […]
Farewell to a journey Lees verder..
When we ride away from the camping spot I feel that my tire is soft. This immediately explains why I found cycling so incredibly hard yesterday. I was probably already riding with a ‘sloper’. So we start with patching. A little later we leave for the Pastoruri glacier. It doesn’t
The white mountains and the green Lees verder..
Well-rested, we exchange our ‘suite’ in the Gran Pumpush for the fresh air again. Fortunately, we can leave the ‘highway from hell’ connecting the various mining towns behind us and continue our route on a quiet gravel road along a large lake. We ride out of the town onto the
WARNING: The images below may evoke feelings of wanderlust and jealousy as well as existential questions.Tip: get on your bike and go for a ride 😉. There we were, in Huancavelica, as Paul described in his blog here; tired, muddy, cold, hungry. Fortunately, the shower finally gave us really hot
When the sun disappears behind the mountains, the temperature can easily drop by 15 degrees instantly. If we are lucky, we are then ready to dive into the tent. With a bit of bad luck, we still have to set up everything and wash ourselves. We usually do this with
Peruvian promises Lees verder..
We have arrived in the Inca Empire. To be exact, in the ‘Valle Sagrado de los Incas’; the sacred valley of the Incas. This valley north of Cusco is about 100 km wide. The Incas, who populated the region of Cusco until the year 1000, managed to make themselves masters
A visit to the valley of the Incas Lees verder..
