tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66319367427724227102024-03-12T16:12:25.308-07:00South America TourJohn and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-80225438471967229472009-08-18T02:13:00.000-07:002009-08-19T02:51:27.134-07:00Arequipa to Iguazu. 08/7 - 10/7 : Go go go!!!<div><div><div><div>Finally the end of the cycling, just a couple of buses and a flight, and we would be fully fledged tourists on the opposite side of the continent. At least that’s what we thought… There was only one little problem. We were in Arequipa, Peru and we were flying from La Paz, Bolivia, 600km away in 72 hours, and there was a 3 day bus strike. </div><div><br />So how is it done? </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqv-Ok097NuO9tdoBjll73JYm8fjfo-lHtc0E0M3w0HQ3dnxJJTtVzw8TJfKEXAuQeFEOafttbsXKa-KemPobC8tRSzhyh8WtpZuk4xrmt_L1TDFcEMZ3m8z57NSr0bUlnNVJ06KzHoVpp/s1600-h/IMG_2310.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371265880475931154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqv-Ok097NuO9tdoBjll73JYm8fjfo-lHtc0E0M3w0HQ3dnxJJTtVzw8TJfKEXAuQeFEOafttbsXKa-KemPobC8tRSzhyh8WtpZuk4xrmt_L1TDFcEMZ3m8z57NSr0bUlnNVJ06KzHoVpp/s320/IMG_2310.JPG" border="0" /></a>72 hours to flight – Spend 24 hours watching demonstrations and visit every bus company in town to see if any bus will go in our direction</div><br /><div><br /> </div><div>48 hours to flight – Repeat the process until you find a bus going to La Paz at 8pm that evening. 6pm find out that the bus is not going to La Paz, but there is one going 200km to Puno at 10 pm. 10pm board bus with yesterdays demonstrators! </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xkeItjH0AtLUu7sOl3Hp8xAKTM78Uo0SPUVkKOX1NPzbhG2EI0JLBAazMO5aIQw-5PaxOLJkUJt7_7gt1ji7quveX5S2KrGjLO4Rb7hWpgiBw92Qp2y2n878vjQEyibbtB4191lGruYu/s1600-h/IMG_2316.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371266730535690370" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2xkeItjH0AtLUu7sOl3Hp8xAKTM78Uo0SPUVkKOX1NPzbhG2EI0JLBAazMO5aIQw-5PaxOLJkUJt7_7gt1ji7quveX5S2KrGjLO4Rb7hWpgiBw92Qp2y2n878vjQEyibbtB4191lGruYu/s320/IMG_2316.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>33 hours to flight – 5.30am get kicked off the bus 50km short of Puno, at Juliaca, with the assurance that there will be a bus from Puno to La Paz. Start cycling.<br /><br /></div><br /><div><br />30 hours to flight – Arrive in Puno, find the bus station and discover there are no buses to La Paz, or for that matter anywhere. Continue cycling.<br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL0w93ZKYMC0kC1HHyANfgPObu14avOIgJ1HXAaUDRTY-x16wokCTqLjpIZUrDZdm5pvu9n-n5zWFUNytvJQRn4xLHHH1Qh0Qa8Ifmb4ygf6mKYnWLWOzy1ECLxxKm3uFFrGw7UXoCPsZ/s1600-h/DSCN1485.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371268891554085394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL0w93ZKYMC0kC1HHyANfgPObu14avOIgJ1HXAaUDRTY-x16wokCTqLjpIZUrDZdm5pvu9n-n5zWFUNytvJQRn4xLHHH1Qh0Qa8Ifmb4ygf6mKYnWLWOzy1ECLxxKm3uFFrGw7UXoCPsZ/s320/DSCN1485.JPG" border="0" /></a>28 hours to flight – Get puncture.27.50 hours to flight – Get another puncture27.48 hours to flight – Flag down a random mototaxi load bikes and head for Bolivia</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br />25 hours to flight – Road blocked by barbed wire, rocks and glass. Unload bikes. Cross the barricade to cheers from the protesters! </div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div>24.5 hours to flight – 100km to the border and 6 hours until it closes. Cycle, like mad. </div><div><br />19.45 hours to flight – Reach the border with 15 minutes to spare having cycled 150km in total, and passing countless blockades. </div><div></div><br /><div>18.45 hours to flight – Cross the border and lose an hour! </div><div><br />18 hours to flight – 8.00pm Copacabana, Bolivia, look for a bus to La Paz. Discover the last bus went at 7.30pm. Find a taxi willing to drive us the 200km to La Paz, but there is a ferry crossing half an hour’s drive away, the last ferry goes at 8.30pm and the time is 8.10pm… </div><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371271142216629010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03h13rEM8PAz-qJT9wbv8I2ARLCW1A7XrS4X6rQkGmpwA7h5-d_2JKiqaO7AANinvYsucT3CFbfUfUygy20GIoiwFNlzMFCbUYm5S208InK9y4fbOpwiesyX8h8VA2Gb5PnGSjN_033M2/s200/IMG_2326.JPG" border="0" /></p><div>17.5 hours to flight – 8:29.59 Catch the last ferry, just about alive. </div><div><br />15.5 hours to flight – Reach La Paz, find hostel and relax after 24 hours on the go. 600km, a bus, mototaxi, ferry, taxi, and 99 miles cycled. We’d made it… </div><div><br />3.5 hours to flight – 10.30am, wake up late. Book taxi to airport for 12.00, and go and look for bike wrapping for the plane.2.15 hours to flight – 11.45am find shop that has bike wrapping; at the work shop, 30 minute walk away, get taxi to work shop, buy 2 bike boxes and try and find a taxi that can fit 2 bike boxes </div><div><br />1.45 hours to flight – 12.15pm arrive back at hostel </div><div><br />1.15 hours to flight – Arrive at airport, and pack bikes. </div><div><br />1 hour to flight – Check in. Get told that we cannot take the bikes on the flight. They have to go ‘cargo’ possibly taking 2 days. Take bikes to cargo. </div><div><br />½ hour to flight – Return from cargo with bikes, and permission from the manager of the airline that we can take our bikes on the flight. Check in. </div><div></div><br /><div>¼ hour to flight – Customs, John gets stopped for (accidentally) trying to take a knife onto the flight. </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371269903881175058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPq0bR_vuDyiFGpCAJR_qmDkUONuAZ2zfXMA2I5AXNjJ9dPQbPVAy1pec8mOBLArOWNQy9w2e4uSvXqXgQgMUdjaxmeqASidKTyR-VfjsCa1atfImQTfRl-pIDoBQrL4sq_jhmVAQ2jCm0/s320/IMG_2327.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><div>5 mins to flight – Board plane and sit down, and wonder what all the stress was about, we had 4 minutes to spare…</div></div></div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-90383758332206714222009-07-08T13:24:00.000-07:002009-07-08T14:16:45.858-07:00Colca Canyon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMVh3b8A3B1buCq6ASUw1xLhQQYCMOgJggxwiWlKmAxAT_FBVdsYC_dH0e-pMFU9PJmhNHGt4Jb7SvB_P69h5tVV0dMN66hbHaMbjLqSxTIMnTqKmkcJ8AtO9tFVesfSofhVBGxcY6W7f/s1600-h/IMG_2293.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356193367428493234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaMVh3b8A3B1buCq6ASUw1xLhQQYCMOgJggxwiWlKmAxAT_FBVdsYC_dH0e-pMFU9PJmhNHGt4Jb7SvB_P69h5tVV0dMN66hbHaMbjLqSxTIMnTqKmkcJ8AtO9tFVesfSofhVBGxcY6W7f/s320/IMG_2293.JPG" /></a> What do you do if you have a few spare days near the end of your trip? Cycle down the deepest canyon in the world of course.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As usual the trip had unexpected hazards, like herds of cows,<img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356194445815390850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2uX-oMFraCuEtKodfsGv89z4y4vq_bRvNb_WXSLboSQya5EFyE_0s6vxJKyoQpxnAVnavJ0kEzD6qqsj4H5c9nyZ2J07R0rEyml4JEAkG3WtdA4YTpS2KauiagmV5hhQjqVZXCHqDHKNp/s320/IMG_2257.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />pitch black tunnels,<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLWLABf9weTgGenwQyFNr2J9-KgwaGrMrUB9CBrNB2WrcsTnWnvYK2uo1VDl73u6O8Trl0cFMobAicP0dxbat0l1GWOYW-PWOycB2xRuweo5GSGe5OeoHNi5p9Fz9Vuqz9imWyg3wD6yK/s1600-h/IMG_2263.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356195471872275074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeLWLABf9weTgGenwQyFNr2J9-KgwaGrMrUB9CBrNB2WrcsTnWnvYK2uo1VDl73u6O8Trl0cFMobAicP0dxbat0l1GWOYW-PWOycB2xRuweo5GSGe5OeoHNi5p9Fz9Vuqz9imWyg3wD6yK/s320/IMG_2263.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1jvI26Nz1zVBZD6RM-liNLwaEw3J7DSrqox-AHiwLPM57efwVWBradN7zvBf-W9ZGMdBxFaDI9POQsWab2dGuc54cMU-U2YFS-RFL4ARVoMJe8g5RVdweAQb5Dayf3KBPy8SCsm-LosE/s1600-h/IMG_2289.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356197050324141026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1jvI26Nz1zVBZD6RM-liNLwaEw3J7DSrqox-AHiwLPM57efwVWBradN7zvBf-W9ZGMdBxFaDI9POQsWab2dGuc54cMU-U2YFS-RFL4ARVoMJe8g5RVdweAQb5Dayf3KBPy8SCsm-LosE/s320/IMG_2289.JPG" /></a><br />as well as beautiful campsites<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjPN0ovOcKT2aFXaOny349l8W2Z-PqeQtNB9gUdc3Uc6CI7O-tvjlYVEWmFmF3Va4MEhSdsNgFugNOS5imkdBAfUaSV__YkQNtMx62JUXYoE7HlktASmtoq7k0bZTsk8wK_6m844yhxTw/s1600-h/IMG_2269.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356198444743893810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjPN0ovOcKT2aFXaOny349l8W2Z-PqeQtNB9gUdc3Uc6CI7O-tvjlYVEWmFmF3Va4MEhSdsNgFugNOS5imkdBAfUaSV__YkQNtMx62JUXYoE7HlktASmtoq7k0bZTsk8wK_6m844yhxTw/s320/IMG_2269.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and random idiots.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />What could be a better way to end the cycling?<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356199370896113762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUyUK3ztqI7HqNbqNOxsOQg0eYXCGphVoeSfvaSUCdOrEpEpMTM8rK33b8ZJUl6CjRVjJT6wzbA88SYGyLfw6rCIK4aCwvRgfvizN0iR-MpvmGQeVak7Ga_QTpuYlWu2awhoXKfKlkpY_/s320/IMG_2291.JPG" />John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-44240137733465610242009-07-08T13:18:00.000-07:002009-07-08T14:54:45.763-07:00Salkantay to Machu PichuFor once cycling was not really an option, so we took a five day trek, via the 2nd highest mountain in Peru: Salkantay.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5Zq9F4HnLDaS66cIp7-iSXEeHKM9W8hT5oUcT6ne6ZLF3fj7Lu9OTouSxdDVIxwMooOO-E309NGr0qtXvx3SXGJzEmZ-60RhpAgXgf4SzqrcTW5r59YHAWJvUaYI3_bICUuakMiuHdOJ/s1600-h/IMG_2024.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356202081173553154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5Zq9F4HnLDaS66cIp7-iSXEeHKM9W8hT5oUcT6ne6ZLF3fj7Lu9OTouSxdDVIxwMooOO-E309NGr0qtXvx3SXGJzEmZ-60RhpAgXgf4SzqrcTW5r59YHAWJvUaYI3_bICUuakMiuHdOJ/s320/IMG_2024.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpDpXQlIY0Z6xim3gLQOP7yXdnqB5LbU-hJttE5inHUe2YypIeoaHGwy2Z796lW-hmM-1VXTDGyJCzJxCqI9g2B-QziHI-EjOVDkvenP8seEOX_eD1tkQatvLDuVus0RvKLXGvfjURAHK/s1600-h/IMG_2033.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356203264385967394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpDpXQlIY0Z6xim3gLQOP7yXdnqB5LbU-hJttE5inHUe2YypIeoaHGwy2Z796lW-hmM-1VXTDGyJCzJxCqI9g2B-QziHI-EjOVDkvenP8seEOX_eD1tkQatvLDuVus0RvKLXGvfjURAHK/s320/IMG_2033.JPG" /></a>The first 2 days were uphill to the pass at 4650m.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Followed by 2 days downhill through rapidly changing scenary. <img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356207676614656210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aYC1s6nCfPIxMSsQItIJ4OHHJbYRVRDPZrAlYZu6Jy4oYdr1CcP40b4bQINCdgKgirRZQybhVHXYOtWi-WPnCxG4RViEY4qo9UtqG00TPWUd5voHtFep729mnLFqRlMAr6iFNhha8LQN/s320/IMG_2056.JPG" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxoWZ61_HO2MtAC_WQvbNWXsrOxw0KxGL0m7H8Z4Xgt_05ojNpo0RHfJ4qxQN3T8WF0EbbddyUm0kYLECULLlQ5FPLKraTgx_O9Wg7Ya13Rlz1Bl89Knxd0zK1an9qLWDDxvPJg875wVp/s1600-h/IMG_2088.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356209500887321298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxoWZ61_HO2MtAC_WQvbNWXsrOxw0KxGL0m7H8Z4Xgt_05ojNpo0RHfJ4qxQN3T8WF0EbbddyUm0kYLECULLlQ5FPLKraTgx_O9Wg7Ya13Rlz1Bl89Knxd0zK1an9qLWDDxvPJg875wVp/s320/IMG_2088.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally after a 4.00am start and another 2050 steps up to the entrance. Machu Pichu!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnL60NwxB7yV_aLrHWaloC8xuOtFeGXPgpiKcAkSgSGLmzTDjCDZVmav7Hsod3Xxnh8R0LAW3Mbd7YxydCzS1pRAQAtGwBeSfpsrX6LincDrQjUaqzClPlRfE4TTWpoLxBgPb4bt9GVh5/s1600-h/IMG_2180.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356206724282257778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnL60NwxB7yV_aLrHWaloC8xuOtFeGXPgpiKcAkSgSGLmzTDjCDZVmav7Hsod3Xxnh8R0LAW3Mbd7YxydCzS1pRAQAtGwBeSfpsrX6LincDrQjUaqzClPlRfE4TTWpoLxBgPb4bt9GVh5/s320/IMG_2180.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It has to be seen to be believed.John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-70485269590529137032009-06-22T19:51:00.000-07:002009-06-23T06:22:53.299-07:00La Paz - Cuzco. 10/06 - 20/06 : Welcome to Peru...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGCttr4gRbiPH9Jogn5PThA4tsKRPQSl9wE7GyJAfjqAB9MbWjzFAd8B601OZOxAWHy8HXiuvyz0URRfVcOo_Q4KeQOHXgFZUd8rnbwsAoag5PgtsmbfiA9ePiTi7q6Argt0JeDMmrU3M/s1600-h/IMG_1921.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350352426329501154" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGCttr4gRbiPH9Jogn5PThA4tsKRPQSl9wE7GyJAfjqAB9MbWjzFAd8B601OZOxAWHy8HXiuvyz0URRfVcOo_Q4KeQOHXgFZUd8rnbwsAoag5PgtsmbfiA9ePiTi7q6Argt0JeDMmrU3M/s320/IMG_1921.JPG" border="0" /></a>First day out of La Paz, and its an evening by lake Titicaca.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhrqmVX6ABTo0OzEiqekCaph0NgJ9vwxMAiMCLHiGYCX-0JTHrTOtXOpbJTRGc5sEYUiEADGFbJDfAKF53GMG-5Mx60_VIOko-48f4ZMTvIp3aj-BZ9fYws8xejTngzTs7ItfnHWkG972/s1600-h/IMG_1967.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350354209555584386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhrqmVX6ABTo0OzEiqekCaph0NgJ9vwxMAiMCLHiGYCX-0JTHrTOtXOpbJTRGc5sEYUiEADGFbJDfAKF53GMG-5Mx60_VIOko-48f4ZMTvIp3aj-BZ9fYws8xejTngzTs7ItfnHWkG972/s320/IMG_1967.JPG" border="0" /></a>We had heard that the road to Cuzco was busy, but it was a surprise to be playing chicken with buses!</p><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><br /><p>Dinner also had surprise chicken...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaMCMyWIiTBC2bC9JVaqiei8LpTxs9quXnZPmSOlF6bFsYFFbjcBPgBOrWF6kyfKnGD_Vf3PAgWWckk0DWOWTwcsElF0yDkoZcJOphQluV0x36SzfmrWf3szO2dJMf_yvHNO074H3vWGS/s1600-h/IMG_1965.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350355577052453106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaMCMyWIiTBC2bC9JVaqiei8LpTxs9quXnZPmSOlF6bFsYFFbjcBPgBOrWF6kyfKnGD_Vf3PAgWWckk0DWOWTwcsElF0yDkoZcJOphQluV0x36SzfmrWf3szO2dJMf_yvHNO074H3vWGS/s320/IMG_1965.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyH5ZW_rn-bsdAok1IU8-J54LPirNFNF2_5HXFCNyVh8Qrj77kbfW7DZmineiuqBR0eqEHiqvY0Q0qpZ_5KIC6amtx4HfN-dI3qDVwMe1D56Rw0041qfxALUCStWachnLErwa7vfXwhAgE/s1600-h/DSCN1371.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350363105422075682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyH5ZW_rn-bsdAok1IU8-J54LPirNFNF2_5HXFCNyVh8Qrj77kbfW7DZmineiuqBR0eqEHiqvY0Q0qpZ_5KIC6amtx4HfN-dI3qDVwMe1D56Rw0041qfxALUCStWachnLErwa7vfXwhAgE/s320/DSCN1371.JPG" border="0" /></a>5000km</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p>And it´s not just our legs that are worn out.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnImQqlj1oQIbJuSTSJ1ARIfwJcoGB6sJFFd-xUrzWDYMm_j8V0Q6hifrGeLTJRryjvPxKXRDlOUcHsG2dQ8JV97VVFu5_t3CVdc0OlLne8d-Z2422Y00ipqKMrgZT0Yx6IU-V4tfVu30/s1600-h/IMG_1974.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350357140025648626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPnImQqlj1oQIbJuSTSJ1ARIfwJcoGB6sJFFd-xUrzWDYMm_j8V0Q6hifrGeLTJRryjvPxKXRDlOUcHsG2dQ8JV97VVFu5_t3CVdc0OlLne8d-Z2422Y00ipqKMrgZT0Yx6IU-V4tfVu30/s320/IMG_1974.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx44ebzgZlRpHUMLpqHan6DZzlUivQ-ZU78rjMP1BnU8Ks8YKi-wBGmcalCOGJDRf3IUBb5eK3mNHik9KZAhG_TmwvnY4zYvyDKTzrWYPDwwpWqtfwvd6WNZY8kJ8jwQWvwhD-CMbwDaa/s1600-h/IMG_1984.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350359397895893170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx44ebzgZlRpHUMLpqHan6DZzlUivQ-ZU78rjMP1BnU8Ks8YKi-wBGmcalCOGJDRf3IUBb5eK3mNHik9KZAhG_TmwvnY4zYvyDKTzrWYPDwwpWqtfwvd6WNZY8kJ8jwQWvwhD-CMbwDaa/s320/IMG_1984.JPG" border="0" /></a>The scenary was getting nicer and the roads quieter... We had heard rumours of road blocks, but a scattering of rocks and glass was not going to stop us!</div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p>An angry mob however is a different matter.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInD0kqRs6jLDUyeXnfEzGSCiY94Koin7ikcRvreSzBKEhNTsxxpDSajqXs_2QTXB2eJD0aTnMIo2TE280pMqbm4HsU7hV9-83wrNh-whSlHt_ZrZdCI8eduxkI7PHXvCwuVbJvYQTxtrH/s1600-h/DSCN1369.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350361971392214626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInD0kqRs6jLDUyeXnfEzGSCiY94Koin7ikcRvreSzBKEhNTsxxpDSajqXs_2QTXB2eJD0aTnMIo2TE280pMqbm4HsU7hV9-83wrNh-whSlHt_ZrZdCI8eduxkI7PHXvCwuVbJvYQTxtrH/s320/DSCN1369.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92W4k8KvzvAAS9GrL0mrq3-dBnbqJTQ3o30fqeQclDcrM5-yNsGSRx0lwMLi07nQDSgPTQtvu3rVg6rIcyAeXQD6hnMF84FmsHlPThZGjlw-JZ4uHEmAikWHMs3IGhhZq3D4Q9YvzPZLR/s1600-h/DSCN1374.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350364335601750194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92W4k8KvzvAAS9GrL0mrq3-dBnbqJTQ3o30fqeQclDcrM5-yNsGSRx0lwMLi07nQDSgPTQtvu3rVg6rIcyAeXQD6hnMF84FmsHlPThZGjlw-JZ4uHEmAikWHMs3IGhhZq3D4Q9YvzPZLR/s320/DSCN1374.JPG" border="0" /></a>After 80km of road blocks we eventually reached Urcos, and a surprise party. The next day to Cuzco was hard work!</p>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-38296627759565182132009-06-07T07:33:00.000-07:002009-06-07T13:03:06.182-07:00San Pedro De Atacama to Uyuni. 8/05 - 17/05 : Mission<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9aR5Qs2vo7ibBfuJz84ffqPkqVxRJ4erIIi4P6oBh4es3y_BbgPtp5Eu-MCG5_r3nFELzoBophPEXfTHIuD5XlK1VX-o_3dRFnATIiy-Xjz07N8zox29zm8qijFGPXxiBceTDhq9guNm/s1600-h/IMG_1577.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344596713862986498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9aR5Qs2vo7ibBfuJz84ffqPkqVxRJ4erIIi4P6oBh4es3y_BbgPtp5Eu-MCG5_r3nFELzoBophPEXfTHIuD5XlK1VX-o_3dRFnATIiy-Xjz07N8zox29zm8qijFGPXxiBceTDhq9guNm/s320/IMG_1577.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A change of plan... We were given a map and some GPS readings for a good route into Bolivia. Shame we don´t have GPS.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1XP_antxnNIehcY-lCpPdqBp_ODK9wkMuZNNHAMvGqsyw8Cl7JvigXkOefnAt_RsH1FIlN8iRAfzp7vBqYJsFoevyLthEab_Yz2NSh7l9z7COWy01yC0_8GS4do975Lv50NMAAboJMsE/s1600-h/IMG_1565.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344600616888922866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1XP_antxnNIehcY-lCpPdqBp_ODK9wkMuZNNHAMvGqsyw8Cl7JvigXkOefnAt_RsH1FIlN8iRAfzp7vBqYJsFoevyLthEab_Yz2NSh7l9z7COWy01yC0_8GS4do975Lv50NMAAboJMsE/s320/IMG_1565.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So back up the Paso de Jama... the easy way!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjvnM703Q4y9msxIOJN3o5y4W8FqD7ZvXQ9Gc0MHkEeOumYf4-GZIks6IyapNOnQavUt-eQdAWJhM95YWdyfXubA3eeS5ZzAFq7Ih0CtCcmoXr-X0Sld_WPhDcX7arLIHVQ0C070FzQkV/s1600-h/IMG_1572.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344602261946442770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjvnM703Q4y9msxIOJN3o5y4W8FqD7ZvXQ9Gc0MHkEeOumYf4-GZIks6IyapNOnQavUt-eQdAWJhM95YWdyfXubA3eeS5ZzAFq7Ih0CtCcmoXr-X0Sld_WPhDcX7arLIHVQ0C070FzQkV/s320/IMG_1572.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We had no idea what would be in store for us but we didn´t expect wind like this!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9AbZFgt2gNRfSZtb8aM_sOw8PxR_EPeOOvlTJSf1HkjSFktrt_Fe3kjSC9ecenBjdw2kjr9RILadutl8DjO4xyDvYp4H05zcXNdiPVqU1MygxYlOQc0phOMArYmAj3gPL9zVG7ACCDBf/s1600-h/IMG_1652.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344606111156548754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9AbZFgt2gNRfSZtb8aM_sOw8PxR_EPeOOvlTJSf1HkjSFktrt_Fe3kjSC9ecenBjdw2kjr9RILadutl8DjO4xyDvYp4H05zcXNdiPVqU1MygxYlOQc0phOMArYmAj3gPL9zVG7ACCDBf/s320/IMG_1652.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Nights were cold (-20C) and the roads seriously bad<br /><br /></div><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzD0YS7ChuBPxMIIKgTu7gKv1V6sVel15W1943eDZ3whLuxwaSZ3dQXrX-gkqEVK-hbkzHcU-YhmgcQmJAiQKfToPj3v68LauW2T1VZo-HYv4OwWK3bHWlZqRkDu0LMeDjViK7K8uB7C5N/s1600-h/IMG_1602.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344611043115445282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzD0YS7ChuBPxMIIKgTu7gKv1V6sVel15W1943eDZ3whLuxwaSZ3dQXrX-gkqEVK-hbkzHcU-YhmgcQmJAiQKfToPj3v68LauW2T1VZo-HYv4OwWK3bHWlZqRkDu0LMeDjViK7K8uB7C5N/s320/IMG_1602.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes so bad, even the bikes went on strike!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws16C9ULOZSXsFAakLnnkbRxnq3bqpgNg30KuOThIXvy1wqgir1GeY4WRDBju2fu8HaoElkr7mSse-OwlhQzYT3c64ch1X5d5SD-2RWU59mce32pY0jm_6zq6e71qJ0aHPX7bYuda9AET/s1600-h/IMG_1604.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344614085290464610" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiws16C9ULOZSXsFAakLnnkbRxnq3bqpgNg30KuOThIXvy1wqgir1GeY4WRDBju2fu8HaoElkr7mSse-OwlhQzYT3c64ch1X5d5SD-2RWU59mce32pY0jm_6zq6e71qJ0aHPX7bYuda9AET/s320/IMG_1604.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There were some impressive sights<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3xWFOiZMRENyhNo6qyoNvj_Ce1tRHXdDCxdnCyMs4Cf1ZX1GtQDWIJ0QoiPdsv56FtVWk-k5MP6iLPnLCoDjz6rAhgnXZstwgxjxT8wX8bRqNXTRfOqTJCzP5czE___9fGp5MoA1FGUL/s1600-h/IMG_1613.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344618027311893906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3xWFOiZMRENyhNo6qyoNvj_Ce1tRHXdDCxdnCyMs4Cf1ZX1GtQDWIJ0QoiPdsv56FtVWk-k5MP6iLPnLCoDjz6rAhgnXZstwgxjxT8wX8bRqNXTRfOqTJCzP5czE___9fGp5MoA1FGUL/s320/IMG_1613.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />But pushing your bike 10km uphill can really piss you off!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6R30zXT90WCTUXhwe3gkP269cLzpWNKnUbj9IwdcZmDdJoYIrclPoa9uzV-yBVP8AXAlCT3Qq5XjA-WoQrMQovv6WNQsHPXdY1bgE2c-Ke_L7cgISWmys-s3QCmQlYrrHpR574tpmLdi/s1600-h/IMG_1582.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344620598472280354" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6R30zXT90WCTUXhwe3gkP269cLzpWNKnUbj9IwdcZmDdJoYIrclPoa9uzV-yBVP8AXAlCT3Qq5XjA-WoQrMQovv6WNQsHPXdY1bgE2c-Ke_L7cgISWmys-s3QCmQlYrrHpR574tpmLdi/s320/IMG_1582.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes you wish you were travelling like everyone else<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344624151154452482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTRPCDrfwZKON1fkLJc8BC7WM6O4aExjZkFp7lI7H-3LcNDTExukKNx3sd8wU_sZKKbwPRgSEj8dTAhbBh3F4c3fqoajctmpBxzJZMaYEWd8hNBhxVHziZwqzkuQa6mLUUr46-VZSigeSB/s400/IMG_1633.JPG" border="0" />Until you get to places like this</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk-T1360wVhEWtrcJsbttOrUjbUJ4wIiUnED2zOCfn_rrLCrJZw2AThyaBasBxw8VZaH5KWXSwpKK61Kr8LGIKyn9uopeXK6x4XTAC7wtrxKnFlphFChJResl2HoUE51x3jytDpZZAYHv/s1600-h/IMG_1656.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344627178388545170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipk-T1360wVhEWtrcJsbttOrUjbUJ4wIiUnED2zOCfn_rrLCrJZw2AThyaBasBxw8VZaH5KWXSwpKK61Kr8LGIKyn9uopeXK6x4XTAC7wtrxKnFlphFChJResl2HoUE51x3jytDpZZAYHv/s400/IMG_1656.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>Our map was not the best, so we were lucky there were signs to help</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4ef7_JWtUkPJNVuUGgu3rO2X-VEthF-TZ3jMlDXAqYQuhWaa_3Id7L9o7SYQcKQvr_MCBDpklQtadszFdwv8ubWDCcWN3NWXWc_6vRzTtpbfFms7tj3iuJBt96l2uBx5pU9tUQDhy_kt/s1600-h/IMG_1720.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344628261618656466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4ef7_JWtUkPJNVuUGgu3rO2X-VEthF-TZ3jMlDXAqYQuhWaa_3Id7L9o7SYQcKQvr_MCBDpklQtadszFdwv8ubWDCcWN3NWXWc_6vRzTtpbfFms7tj3iuJBt96l2uBx5pU9tUQDhy_kt/s320/IMG_1720.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>After 8 days of cycling on sand we eventually made the Salar de Uyuni. Time to work on the tans.<br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOAvyhGvzI88NEO28_u-5PDps5qN9WXjT7MJbXdPWzysCzB814lVtK5rAiJpaZ6e3hiDqpoFCla3G3qMo3ICsAQEqUsfeDVFsXCEDGWLtpGe1cFQnLov-gns9MP-ZZ0I3_KpNJsYqtpCD/s1600-h/IMG_1713.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344631115929480178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOAvyhGvzI88NEO28_u-5PDps5qN9WXjT7MJbXdPWzysCzB814lVtK5rAiJpaZ6e3hiDqpoFCla3G3qMo3ICsAQEqUsfeDVFsXCEDGWLtpGe1cFQnLov-gns9MP-ZZ0I3_KpNJsYqtpCD/s320/IMG_1713.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>And a good opportunity to meet typical Bolivian women</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div>550km later; Uyuni. Who needs GPS?!</div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-15633224755776728672009-05-05T08:34:00.000-07:002009-05-08T06:15:27.285-07:00Salta to San Pedro de Atacama. 24/04 - 3/05 : Cycling higher than Mont Blanc<div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72Tphf5v19iFlPqPjLJu-_tRw5s47qhrlMjhXAlgPMpO6xVBBpySPESTok7toOEtHP49kfvqzUw9fdRzUzrkYUlEjK11tRpMr8lZIQ8hJB3CMWN16sHXlBnWpEeCWVg6yyCzWq9lLBGSC/s1600-h/IMG_1373.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332377715391728146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72Tphf5v19iFlPqPjLJu-_tRw5s47qhrlMjhXAlgPMpO6xVBBpySPESTok7toOEtHP49kfvqzUw9fdRzUzrkYUlEjK11tRpMr8lZIQ8hJB3CMWN16sHXlBnWpEeCWVg6yyCzWq9lLBGSC/s320/IMG_1373.JPG" border="0" /></a>The riding from Salta to Jujuy was amazing but unfortunately cloudy. Jujuy is not the nicest city, but at least the poor weather reminded us of home.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0ceqgwOmDOzo5KZ1mc9hn-lN71SfANnaars3T66UxLOEzpEDYvgHbf-5Hk7TBuEC0mBn8hkQiMryghUFL5xGvKAlfqf5TJpHJDcdGSrkKXWRjQf1IoTbvNV306pH-nOu3QJ_g6bVL_Fr/s1600-h/IMG_1379.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332382036588458578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0ceqgwOmDOzo5KZ1mc9hn-lN71SfANnaars3T66UxLOEzpEDYvgHbf-5Hk7TBuEC0mBn8hkQiMryghUFL5xGvKAlfqf5TJpHJDcdGSrkKXWRjQf1IoTbvNV306pH-nOu3QJ_g6bVL_Fr/s320/IMG_1379.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jujuy to Pumamacra was surprisingly tough until we realised we´d climbed 1200m (the Andes are big!). John had even taken to map reading as an excuse to rest.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUWeOZQGbLtYY_7FbRtDW7nzDLR-XAUZ6MG14W3rm4W13hv7_Gc6n88TvwI-s8AdeqGjLEhJOxpL7fikWoWv0sNFChzw_QxsYYSvbJD747YPrKAAnMFaeZj-3j5pUrhWPYU9qxKG7_kR1/s1600-h/IMG_1397.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332384506363608402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUWeOZQGbLtYY_7FbRtDW7nzDLR-XAUZ6MG14W3rm4W13hv7_Gc6n88TvwI-s8AdeqGjLEhJOxpL7fikWoWv0sNFChzw_QxsYYSvbJD747YPrKAAnMFaeZj-3j5pUrhWPYU9qxKG7_kR1/s320/IMG_1397.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This was the big one! 1800m of ascent in 37km. 34km and over 4000m high, Will was feeling it!</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEQnXnGpWmh0K3QSOY_YKZWlLPp-CUKD2BksomtvWGJOV0_mlUcGR2AYXAPX8yIaN_I_IvtM6l_AJdWAWJu___XDpV39CHiCTcjA2tfpztFW4vDEYOo2g9gDZE8eVggm1E2W5NSBzAd9f/s1600-h/IMG_1418.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332388526372419250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEQnXnGpWmh0K3QSOY_YKZWlLPp-CUKD2BksomtvWGJOV0_mlUcGR2AYXAPX8yIaN_I_IvtM6l_AJdWAWJu___XDpV39CHiCTcjA2tfpztFW4vDEYOo2g9gDZE8eVggm1E2W5NSBzAd9f/s320/IMG_1418.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Back down to 3600m and our first salt flat. Pretty impressive!</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div>Halfway and guess what. Yes. This should not be Berry and Bradwell cycling around South America, but Berry and Bradwell sh*tting around South America.</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqfb-FKP5AEfSaKEym9IH6BO3a8WyUwGYz6iImTEjWGdg5ZozvD0n4aSr7_K4gDZr44bFgaTYFuUPXsudjweYo_Cm-oWS7kK0mXA6bqutu3eGGfcX-vKR4Qu2CswrejdOJ1UIB0oNoDG3/s1600-h/IMG_1471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333424454074024146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqfb-FKP5AEfSaKEym9IH6BO3a8WyUwGYz6iImTEjWGdg5ZozvD0n4aSr7_K4gDZr44bFgaTYFuUPXsudjweYo_Cm-oWS7kK0mXA6bqutu3eGGfcX-vKR4Qu2CswrejdOJ1UIB0oNoDG3/s320/IMG_1471.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>A couple of days later and 4000m passes are lunch breaks.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWbiwR34esq4GQlEY7lfAwwWS4CIhyphenhyphenHLYaXwt9-gLUnBZ5JC48rKugD5VZxY_gz23AEbqF0e_3GxE2utyEhCdd6sCqUm8stfv19l1fO0FmWQbxsznxjqlBip77zKdv9yNz9dBxfnxuWUl/s1600-h/IMG_1475.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333427084284926562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWbiwR34esq4GQlEY7lfAwwWS4CIhyphenhyphenHLYaXwt9-gLUnBZ5JC48rKugD5VZxY_gz23AEbqF0e_3GxE2utyEhCdd6sCqUm8stfv19l1fO0FmWQbxsznxjqlBip77zKdv9yNz9dBxfnxuWUl/s320/IMG_1475.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>The riding was not that inspiring so John found some ass to chat up. He was doing well until he took his hat off.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZOCWzFcoURkv_rdhc0UYphNLj24jhnAk_-LTgwjvCm6QICBIeyOVeRn2mn4Ewlh6gCvE6Af_FqkiaRchVVkmYlY8TC5gV9ca0HMBIx87oaZSnaCNg-JhGT9fm7D__lKXIX0MkuCLGoZn/s1600-h/IMG_1515.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333430203284877362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZOCWzFcoURkv_rdhc0UYphNLj24jhnAk_-LTgwjvCm6QICBIeyOVeRn2mn4Ewlh6gCvE6Af_FqkiaRchVVkmYlY8TC5gV9ca0HMBIx87oaZSnaCNg-JhGT9fm7D__lKXIX0MkuCLGoZn/s320/IMG_1515.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Goodbye Argentina. Hello Chile. The scenary can be unbelieveable. One minute barren mountains, next vivid salt lagoons.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguibUyiqrLqPfM_llEpEMDFFRTcaVQFnSfjYlycaQiR_g1NuK7SX01-fFJwBWBpV_lKnrWMPbSak5VDdEZ0vGK1nJR-tWPPGhaDl_ffHTQ5kdXjQ9_YdtZTuzmFZC5fBdSildaywoPduA5/s1600-h/IMG_1486.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333432920680035794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguibUyiqrLqPfM_llEpEMDFFRTcaVQFnSfjYlycaQiR_g1NuK7SX01-fFJwBWBpV_lKnrWMPbSak5VDdEZ0vGK1nJR-tWPPGhaDl_ffHTQ5kdXjQ9_YdtZTuzmFZC5fBdSildaywoPduA5/s320/IMG_1486.JPG" border="0" /></a>We are now camping at over 4500m and nights are cold (-15C).</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpKHNwO03RyxzUE12MQHowRAmhDTFjGH0Y9e9v6EnyuJct_wff7E0huOa-gHThFNy6NPDw5MLKmjecFgwTju0n99ZUqUVZytlOkvu3iKSh8ec66XntGdfTyX5UL3y7I5vz9aMAAPYiMFG/s1600-h/IMG_1534.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333437121205892850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpKHNwO03RyxzUE12MQHowRAmhDTFjGH0Y9e9v6EnyuJct_wff7E0huOa-gHThFNy6NPDw5MLKmjecFgwTju0n99ZUqUVZytlOkvu3iKSh8ec66XntGdfTyX5UL3y7I5vz9aMAAPYiMFG/s320/IMG_1534.JPG" border="0" /></a>This was it. Over 550km cycling, five 4000m passes (two at over 4800), salt flats, sickness, freezing nights, finally we are here. 35km and 2200m below: San Pedro de Atacama.</div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Half an hour later we are there. Yes over 70kmh for half an hour! Strangely there are no photos. Was it worth it? Of course! We are going back up it in a couple of days.</div><div></div><div>Paso de Jama. Done.</div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-46082664125016976522009-05-04T06:43:00.000-07:002009-05-04T11:45:41.246-07:00Tucuman to Salta. 11/04 - 21/04 : A 4 day trip that turned into 10<div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331973078984639122" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3fVK7M-a9CLqTaVZ0zHTdV8NPhKC4j6KpzfDFRxvbnMMEV6jTyj5hXtHbpNnUUZ7dmTis3Ic3JPyGXIUiJOo2cY3eKr2NBKeUCDCjKsVbDwZ9YDKPVSA8ernzZ_ZnDAKRmh3m_WuoQQW/s320/DSCN1101.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div>A pretty crazy tour, but it was good to be back on the road!</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgod_5cVIZ9Lnb87R430BlXs1cjq0RpBSAwQ2uq5w8SwqDnpId_4NeFl8AA-SicDIQyxa9bzb4gQKQ42QAswRXepHBL3po-X2Ioy9t2R3g2Na_797MQPWWH7KH66Gr4P-afJo5K6rTic59r/s1600-h/IMG_1144.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331983883110217202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgod_5cVIZ9Lnb87R430BlXs1cjq0RpBSAwQ2uq5w8SwqDnpId_4NeFl8AA-SicDIQyxa9bzb4gQKQ42QAswRXepHBL3po-X2Ioy9t2R3g2Na_797MQPWWH7KH66Gr4P-afJo5K6rTic59r/s320/IMG_1144.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p align="left">It started with cycling 1500m up through rain forest, in swealtering heat. Lukily there were some waterfalls to cool off in. Some even came with thier own buff man...<br /><br /></p><br /><div> </div><p align="right"></p><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PtWwKQv0XLZF4VSG5RPy9LlGneo8HWfslWCq6wWO5iukyyJ7unchUZsvXcEps2fObNfLMAOHd_OZ48IB69cjb8wiI2LEwupuPeYKdLiLP7NizpuhTKR7Z__iMROwUixeoNuuuLSJB9PB/s1600-h/IMG_1168.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331993884053151618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PtWwKQv0XLZF4VSG5RPy9LlGneo8HWfslWCq6wWO5iukyyJ7unchUZsvXcEps2fObNfLMAOHd_OZ48IB69cjb8wiI2LEwupuPeYKdLiLP7NizpuhTKR7Z__iMROwUixeoNuuuLSJB9PB/s320/IMG_1168.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p align="right"></p><br /><br /><p align="left">The following day was another 1000m climb, but this time it looked more like Scotland.</p><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI728MwWPJNPKtQ__6qKP1PrXoj25jb61TsbkvCj15RPjhA7gb_-QJcQ7mIVjMLQZVKXKpEjjA6kvZ7h_jzc8YePSxyMGnTNobQ9EMldCAODQocs2tOXA2wIta47Gw7mkrrBSX4BN0WelE/s1600-h/IMG_1185.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331999232233235058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI728MwWPJNPKtQ__6qKP1PrXoj25jb61TsbkvCj15RPjhA7gb_-QJcQ7mIVjMLQZVKXKpEjjA6kvZ7h_jzc8YePSxyMGnTNobQ9EMldCAODQocs2tOXA2wIta47Gw7mkrrBSX4BN0WelE/s320/IMG_1185.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p align="left">The next day and downhill through a candelabra cactus forest. Some over 8m tall.</p><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovbKjOwSrp6Q9DFgfs1hJf0XMI0W1M7KOXalGRXnu7fLGkohzjsIqf968yAdinipZ_kkwPYag76GKjvRQsJsmzkOMzj3ON2av4ijiiugYKsS0wSCqetYAxNGPFTeapWBetvdKm8W34xYm/s1600-h/DSCN1132.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332001321480486562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgovbKjOwSrp6Q9DFgfs1hJf0XMI0W1M7KOXalGRXnu7fLGkohzjsIqf968yAdinipZ_kkwPYag76GKjvRQsJsmzkOMzj3ON2av4ijiiugYKsS0wSCqetYAxNGPFTeapWBetvdKm8W34xYm/s320/DSCN1132.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><div>Day 4 and we were in wine country. Free tasting and 2 quid a bottle. You just have to be served by ex cons...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9vdpsVy2pS0gIYZWaZaD614HI-sORrtRdLUDejq-2sGp1mhU_lYlmxGyMkwzdRxS5DT5wGxUchd1ohSa-TX9MMlp6TcUvrt-KnK5x4pUhqUpBmBhkfI-8XAhTbPBQqfZYBRIM22GM_Da/s1600-h/IMG_1209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332012872414563154" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9vdpsVy2pS0gIYZWaZaD614HI-sORrtRdLUDejq-2sGp1mhU_lYlmxGyMkwzdRxS5DT5wGxUchd1ohSa-TX9MMlp6TcUvrt-KnK5x4pUhqUpBmBhkfI-8XAhTbPBQqfZYBRIM22GM_Da/s200/IMG_1209.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Day 5 and we still had some wine left,</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5FP3CamGZ4KISsf5lEP16rlxIw7RSiVdbqloMq8PLspDndElppM69pBZz1z5twhshyY4rIr0K3Kh8DOfN0V3xaw68pykyCsRzfgWK7fm_PSOL7AgzKBl1y6reX8c2epDlT1AblZVl8WS/s1600-h/DSCN1148.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332014079126157586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq5FP3CamGZ4KISsf5lEP16rlxIw7RSiVdbqloMq8PLspDndElppM69pBZz1z5twhshyY4rIr0K3Kh8DOfN0V3xaw68pykyCsRzfgWK7fm_PSOL7AgzKBl1y6reX8c2epDlT1AblZVl8WS/s200/DSCN1148.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />to fuel us on our ride through some amazing valleys.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /> </div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXv-MEomEIHCuEiDC3Nc8I9YTEq64ZlWtPp88rkJzHaakh9ju9oTg_czXp29FldAYa6lGNSs84EX4yUxUPF5BBmwsQqzUsDKJeoIX2DItIp8qM3AUaEjDP8lFKldzFWnFc1g23EgAg7V2/s1600-h/IMG_1252.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332019479302038674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXv-MEomEIHCuEiDC3Nc8I9YTEq64ZlWtPp88rkJzHaakh9ju9oTg_czXp29FldAYa6lGNSs84EX4yUxUPF5BBmwsQqzUsDKJeoIX2DItIp8qM3AUaEjDP8lFKldzFWnFc1g23EgAg7V2/s320/IMG_1252.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br />Day 6 and sand. F**K sand.</div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo4aZHeJvoBJDe5ofEzejM0BDi7AhMFtEVhJjXWrjIe0eXqLzSCqGeWnNsG7_86D-ysuWYr9PX7XqMX1JOA-gY_yo46FNj_lgK_Q8SjBi6IwplMcG6xnebNRWZFdIIPLUbl8xM2AE7q2A/s1600-h/IMG_1260.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332022967398881042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGo4aZHeJvoBJDe5ofEzejM0BDi7AhMFtEVhJjXWrjIe0eXqLzSCqGeWnNsG7_86D-ysuWYr9PX7XqMX1JOA-gY_yo46FNj_lgK_Q8SjBi6IwplMcG6xnebNRWZFdIIPLUbl8xM2AE7q2A/s320/IMG_1260.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>There is only one way, well two ways to get through cycling like that. Coca and cake.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4Zikk1Jar5YKzQp_4xHbqHcprFC4yhwdQiafrjxpXnyd4ITM8Hlu_Q-lpUnC3ygv2_Gv3_tNqVY_7pzlFbMtQ4KBjL16rNKZS_-9FkGiU_tOPvVHrQCNJ2XnzU3kN2MNOF1BJPUWChJR/s1600-h/IMG_1299.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332028083842479138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv4Zikk1Jar5YKzQp_4xHbqHcprFC4yhwdQiafrjxpXnyd4ITM8Hlu_Q-lpUnC3ygv2_Gv3_tNqVY_7pzlFbMtQ4KBjL16rNKZS_-9FkGiU_tOPvVHrQCNJ2XnzU3kN2MNOF1BJPUWChJR/s200/IMG_1299.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Day 8 and the 2000 mile mark.</div><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7CPLIISql4bDLxl3PJs0ZpgzQzy0FHsoaCD1F9gVd27-KjS9DH8wepqvNsA1L9p8YQ7ksIpcloXMGQUGE44dOvOEGO9ZKWkhYM63m9jJnA31h6KE-OSWV5XKf6yfhLNCEbeUx9oa6gFj/s1600-h/IMG_1297.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332031675896205010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_7CPLIISql4bDLxl3PJs0ZpgzQzy0FHsoaCD1F9gVd27-KjS9DH8wepqvNsA1L9p8YQ7ksIpcloXMGQUGE44dOvOEGO9ZKWkhYM63m9jJnA31h6KE-OSWV5XKf6yfhLNCEbeUx9oa6gFj/s200/IMG_1297.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Even the locals dress up for the occasion<br /><br /></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUq-aGq0ZO06UC0TfRV8ms_ZpZbh4Ai4v1IRXYQ5xSIsHGPYHn_-zeNRTN88LTW1lfkvAXBAiP4ihc5MKw2ii-j3Hk8-NPj8046rLQwY8Wvk0BK6GNMKX3eyvu3zj9ZvE5Zj2JjOp3Mb8/s1600-h/IMG_1335.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332035203617456498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUq-aGq0ZO06UC0TfRV8ms_ZpZbh4Ai4v1IRXYQ5xSIsHGPYHn_-zeNRTN88LTW1lfkvAXBAiP4ihc5MKw2ii-j3Hk8-NPj8046rLQwY8Wvk0BK6GNMKX3eyvu3zj9ZvE5Zj2JjOp3Mb8/s320/IMG_1335.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p></p>Day 9 Salta, only 157km, including a 50km climb to 3348 easy! Well maybe not. We managed the 50km of climbing, but not the 157km.<br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKsN7JxkTU0jRWrHige_ohec-fZn94R4_25dqNskS5zNWhSvga9y8z4cgMBOEy_M9tuy8OXgaIFD4Z4bIGMhcdEGBKeGlAMK0yfDgJWSRzLXsJMeawt9CgDtA5n6TH1hk-3Bq8VuvgCH3/s1600-h/IMG_1342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332039611096460530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKsN7JxkTU0jRWrHige_ohec-fZn94R4_25dqNskS5zNWhSvga9y8z4cgMBOEy_M9tuy8OXgaIFD4Z4bIGMhcdEGBKeGlAMK0yfDgJWSRzLXsJMeawt9CgDtA5n6TH1hk-3Bq8VuvgCH3/s320/IMG_1342.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br />So, day 10. 6 days late, 200km and 4000m of ascent more than expected and we reached Salta. We are happy about it honest!<br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><div> </div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-43087155104513966372009-04-23T04:21:00.000-07:002009-04-23T09:43:09.664-07:00Valpo to Mendoza. 28/03 - 05/04 : 29 Hairpins<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327848195886066034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorqKGzzCMHudSMe7WQosCvfTW1rdyWghl0TjvG0bUriMffMVEvTJ6LIjB85JEUfi1Na5uiBEUxeQ7dZ4RNk6iBDU8SiSFxbq1dv-zlc7AP9-4yAiEXQw-ew6ga78fLZ1YMkWBxqfNDRAR/s200/IMG_0972.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />Back on the bikes and guess what... back to breakages<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudLE1tFE42AVvmUi-jnpOV0luzSu6tAx8p6Hbl7MYeCZGsJ2oL82YmxRuAHUO_FcqcrATVnQ062BJBhOU8Kg201QNwOCHArapa6v5GX8BPJ9nH4wn3x1ISdkOefiA60-ROROSyvXsCAXC/s1600-h/IMG_0975.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327850068312405442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudLE1tFE42AVvmUi-jnpOV0luzSu6tAx8p6Hbl7MYeCZGsJ2oL82YmxRuAHUO_FcqcrATVnQ062BJBhOU8Kg201QNwOCHArapa6v5GX8BPJ9nH4wn3x1ISdkOefiA60-ROROSyvXsCAXC/s200/IMG_0975.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and bugs, no not funky ones from MIB, but D&V again!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_TXDOFIIgql2EgFyu7sq1NrGamkBJl28j8142sUF4KZBD9Gqiuqiu066u3Z1Icz0sgEwgzNISssP8gWWU5zk516Ydvy36C8SNBIPVqCS_vRHi7fGSWySYLmHjaX6oGgG3cXYFcgLyqaA/s1600-h/DSCN1059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327889735585821554" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_TXDOFIIgql2EgFyu7sq1NrGamkBJl28j8142sUF4KZBD9Gqiuqiu066u3Z1Icz0sgEwgzNISssP8gWWU5zk516Ydvy36C8SNBIPVqCS_vRHi7fGSWySYLmHjaX6oGgG3cXYFcgLyqaA/s320/DSCN1059.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We cycled to Hurcon, which was meant to be a hippy haven (we should have been more wary of hippies after El Bolson!).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327852300515537090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7jV2i2EAUB707ydVtP97RrTaug9woFDQShVmTmeZz6ODnKIUh4bgaRPw0y9npZvbPTMBIrlLI6S7YRXacfu4yRQ-aBmqJVoRjkMy8tOv5wdxmJpiO6sjx4IJcjt4t3QnjTUVEZYdFVEya/s320/IMG_0987.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Luckily we bumped into a very kind chap who let us camp in his garden with views of the Pacific Ocean<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">The next day we made it a massive 1.5 miles to a junction where we collapsed in a wood for 24 hours of sh*tting and puking!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327855417751661650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbInq6YyKTDr6_i9dX8wZvsJKT0tQk_X_8ODe-2nfk1BA4Fo0BuuhB_rO9kfGLi-il6u_uWB5cy80eM7RiZdagXqyMV9isvjiZCzGLxzqW9qLXZLWK68UIgoqbGn33swXINjiXISH9Zj1-/s320/IMG_0989.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvTcLgzo4wa6AzK1dPfJALKHH063Zuc346OyoBCTf7aX2NZi2qUWguEPNHsuNQODDeYcRRXwgOfzso0F26tyCK_D2IKamdCmY50i7VA1D5eoef9MYCHbN9uHc0J8fUg-XuHfo4rlPkRAe/s1600-h/IMG_0991.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327892787576420914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvTcLgzo4wa6AzK1dPfJALKHH063Zuc346OyoBCTf7aX2NZi2qUWguEPNHsuNQODDeYcRRXwgOfzso0F26tyCK_D2IKamdCmY50i7VA1D5eoef9MYCHbN9uHc0J8fUg-XuHfo4rlPkRAe/s320/IMG_0991.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />As a result the next 110km to Los Andes took longer than anticipated but we enjoyed the luxury breaks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">From Los Andes it is 70km to the Argentinian border, climbing to over 3180m via a series of 29 hairpins. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327859401485418338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkHltVBYZQ7hpj4-CgXBT-qeu2zOiB8ESuTdLuVgiwWHIk7xZntav3Ty49L4-SQWM1dYLnat6jp4CokLNi2LQzUBJ46Ih7StmOXMrz_T9IyuID7ATOh5fKWfzpi-vfEYypf8JUajabzo-/s400/IMG_1035.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVL0n067BAHNz3ofyEdbc1zOwq0pkP8VNJ9Dz0ay2iewKOn1FjP1mEcY8e_fC8rXeISBTqWxDK5N5tIyGEtzBNf6dXrcoAN2T8KFGxUW8m6Q0hXTcUNzVCfuloBMkEQf4MlEszWoH0stt/s1600-h/IMG_1036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327882276676129106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVL0n067BAHNz3ofyEdbc1zOwq0pkP8VNJ9Dz0ay2iewKOn1FjP1mEcY8e_fC8rXeISBTqWxDK5N5tIyGEtzBNf6dXrcoAN2T8KFGxUW8m6Q0hXTcUNzVCfuloBMkEQf4MlEszWoH0stt/s320/IMG_1036.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hard going, unless you are super fit cyclists like us...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZiQZMS2yssAkyu5FyCDrdVCX3fF7pmgMFAN1NLGMWD6RRRB_r0DpOur21sv1WoS_6G11tFgUOm7NOFEKeE9mkbt1Ici8FP8xrgsG9czbsT5Fvw5AaiQ-gswoxvepXHxtzxVSsVdC-nTa/s1600-h/IMG_1046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327884023092822114" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZiQZMS2yssAkyu5FyCDrdVCX3fF7pmgMFAN1NLGMWD6RRRB_r0DpOur21sv1WoS_6G11tFgUOm7NOFEKeE9mkbt1Ici8FP8xrgsG9czbsT5Fvw5AaiQ-gswoxvepXHxtzxVSsVdC-nTa/s320/IMG_1046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It is then downhill for 70km to Uspallata, almost no pedalling. Awesome! On the way down we were caught by Amy, another cyclist (we had stopped to take photos!!).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvcJJ-zfMh-b3V-MYomDuOJ1Amm1hsBS1BoHa3mT6_LktmuJ10yDDQVkwkFxw0lBYQdlrPma63HimJp6eV0wWicQTZsv1DdbapJV_K4SYy1BiDcM5OEboE8cjobZYZhQUADeFGi6cfuye/s1600-h/IMG_1073.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327885364155551554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvcJJ-zfMh-b3V-MYomDuOJ1Amm1hsBS1BoHa3mT6_LktmuJ10yDDQVkwkFxw0lBYQdlrPma63HimJp6eV0wWicQTZsv1DdbapJV_K4SYy1BiDcM5OEboE8cjobZYZhQUADeFGi6cfuye/s320/IMG_1073.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From Uspallata it was unbelievably another 50km downhill before a short uphill where Amy was hit, by a van! She seemed ok, but got a lift to hospital, so we continued to Mendoza. 130km in a day and a well earned beerJohn and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-14857498780174924772009-04-06T13:42:00.000-07:002009-04-10T10:45:26.217-07:00Villaricca to Valpariaso. 25/03 - 27/03 : 900km in 2 days<div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwNg9CAVLrhVL0M-G_SScER4bA2Vv50cnbI3wCKgi1jZ5un5L9B5dl53gx5ZMuQLayoa45wEXjKVokZ3rPF5crv1lcWeWqqyYaxJ29WSHVN65uMmPk7soKLIT5TlmRO8f8UIIi4_1yj-_/s1600-h/IMG_0940.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322344742034199330" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwNg9CAVLrhVL0M-G_SScER4bA2Vv50cnbI3wCKgi1jZ5un5L9B5dl53gx5ZMuQLayoa45wEXjKVokZ3rPF5crv1lcWeWqqyYaxJ29WSHVN65uMmPk7soKLIT5TlmRO8f8UIIi4_1yj-_/s320/IMG_0940.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>We left Villaricca in style, saying goodbye to Courtney who´d become an honourary cyclist. Still, somehow we could not persuade her bibshorts were a top fasion item.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>From Temuco we took the overnight bus to Valpariaso, 10,000 peso each. A night´s accomodation is 7,500 peso so effectively we paid 2,500 for an 800km journey. Cheaper than a day-rider in Leeds!<br /><div> </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tjGsMQXufgQxp2an_OcUFzA6u4Wn22LZhRFj-Q9fse7I6qYeCG8H2WV8yyS-ou2fD8FeFAEgC8_gkgXiUc28jhG1ZeojxyzBgAvM8ewC976W-T6t2gg8oe4EGrYd5LC03HmYiXDFMme_/s1600-h/IMG_0966.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322345069678688546" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tjGsMQXufgQxp2an_OcUFzA6u4Wn22LZhRFj-Q9fse7I6qYeCG8H2WV8yyS-ou2fD8FeFAEgC8_gkgXiUc28jhG1ZeojxyzBgAvM8ewC976W-T6t2gg8oe4EGrYd5LC03HmYiXDFMme_/s320/IMG_0966.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Valpo is a really cool town. Lots of great cafes and bars full of dodgy clientelle...</div></div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-45244559277350124162009-04-06T13:37:00.000-07:002009-04-10T10:43:41.684-07:00Volcan Villaricca<div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieu_rfE_hI35UqNITwk-TyLN9Un5AJkkxFaWMxluCkDcwq1R2IAA3VOx-1mVO_tiTvhoL4cQKEf-eDA0FTDGv5Z-2KZhWL42FWXeovSRxRFncTJNIY7Yi4fVhT-tP99sLsGMDkXc4VKUli/s1600-h/DSC_0399.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322340449504865410" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px; height: 213px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieu_rfE_hI35UqNITwk-TyLN9Un5AJkkxFaWMxluCkDcwq1R2IAA3VOx-1mVO_tiTvhoL4cQKEf-eDA0FTDGv5Z-2KZhWL42FWXeovSRxRFncTJNIY7Yi4fVhT-tP99sLsGMDkXc4VKUli/s320/DSC_0399.JPG" border="0" /></a>From Villaricca you can climb Volcan Villaricca, an active volcano which last errupted in 1984... Rumours abound of bubbling lava, sulphuric gas clouds and 2000m climb. What better way to spend a rest day?<br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisE7MDTUpRorVGhQqR8kHfHE-8ML721pE7YChJoJPPi6N-Dfs5b8fTYVzAzMgLJ3JhJOBC_YT6hVD-xbSIZiLGZiRQulGkXlByP9hz96YMNTsRerNTfkL2O03mO0e-Ht6Fk9v5Czku3Ul/s1600-h/IMG_0924.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322340750273097458" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisE7MDTUpRorVGhQqR8kHfHE-8ML721pE7YChJoJPPi6N-Dfs5b8fTYVzAzMgLJ3JhJOBC_YT6hVD-xbSIZiLGZiRQulGkXlByP9hz96YMNTsRerNTfkL2O03mO0e-Ht6Fk9v5Czku3Ul/s320/IMG_0924.JPG" border="0" /></a>There was no bubbling lava but it was impressive nonetheless. The noises coming from the crater made you think it would blow any second.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Over 4 hours to get up<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAXcEDgNT2joQxOzPpTWf9Ky98Tkj1N2xnYtBlAe8OqB0W4bmDL7vEx3QdKuFhmjSJjRR0BybFte99JdVqZxhKCeSC24A13da1pF3fzh7sUwZINcKHpjZj3gQ0v8_HxQn53bT7qG9v4Md/s1600-h/IMG_0915.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322341198027648002" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAXcEDgNT2joQxOzPpTWf9Ky98Tkj1N2xnYtBlAe8OqB0W4bmDL7vEx3QdKuFhmjSJjRR0BybFte99JdVqZxhKCeSC24A13da1pF3fzh7sUwZINcKHpjZj3gQ0v8_HxQn53bT7qG9v4Md/s320/IMG_0915.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLkt8fJqHW_NBqWXlPyZ7Mrpvlw9ysWWW4SGTVLnv0s6xOW_xylDvZ3BtdFEMamQuYa_uCd6KudBmPHYfAQpWkNfzyrbKomBnYq-Gq0opEVGijScNfbbciB7VipAjOoxNOZGKC7OoiODD/s1600-h/IMG_0929.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322342354630346930" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLkt8fJqHW_NBqWXlPyZ7Mrpvlw9ysWWW4SGTVLnv0s6xOW_xylDvZ3BtdFEMamQuYa_uCd6KudBmPHYfAQpWkNfzyrbKomBnYq-Gq0opEVGijScNfbbciB7VipAjOoxNOZGKC7OoiODD/s320/IMG_0929.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpvamnsHtyQAaM6WqFD6nGVQ8ANiW9dkXGTcBJtpXmNwt-p-RWgPdzFMHwW3LMHswXQw3ULybKcfAJmKbkvlUVKSv137jbbjLqNUX04lPGaB-PorHGMHcucVIlr44ezuePzwpCbifHyUh/s1600-h/IMG_0933.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322342830467214786" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvpvamnsHtyQAaM6WqFD6nGVQ8ANiW9dkXGTcBJtpXmNwt-p-RWgPdzFMHwW3LMHswXQw3ULybKcfAJmKbkvlUVKSv137jbbjLqNUX04lPGaB-PorHGMHcucVIlr44ezuePzwpCbifHyUh/s320/IMG_0933.JPG" border="0" /></a>Less than 2 hours to get down</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoosoXjjsvmSgW5QG0jkE0b_c-XtllWRzz-QiMY5VAoiQ_ef947OFq2sE6yw2v4TUHyBedWgtsJPmflvLW2ej27aYvoB_4XlTe9m4taIAwerfioDvf5Uz7enxknR6ZfnQkfM5hV6ZlcxuD/s1600-h/IMG_0934.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322343138848661234" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoosoXjjsvmSgW5QG0jkE0b_c-XtllWRzz-QiMY5VAoiQ_ef947OFq2sE6yw2v4TUHyBedWgtsJPmflvLW2ej27aYvoB_4XlTe9m4taIAwerfioDvf5Uz7enxknR6ZfnQkfM5hV6ZlcxuD/s320/IMG_0934.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-76568503289411218482009-03-29T10:15:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:16:14.057-07:00Bariloche to Villaricca. 16/03 - 22/03 : B-e-a-utiful!!After one night of refueling in Bariloche, we headed north to Los Arrayanes National Park, over 50km in 2 hours (down south 50km could take all day). We ended the day camping on the shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi just in time to catch the sunset...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHfevgaf3LNPnLooko31sxzg2Xa9eE2NmqfTRz6alJOL_vrPZFoOXgtiBV8UzKNLcxMo6ixrFe1kUfz2r1c3wO-nsraZJmWI-rS3Y_Z_SdUiiZfBZDMEsTXJHkfcM-XqDpmXHOGx_d8ty/s1600-h/IMG_0852.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317205829154635154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHfevgaf3LNPnLooko31sxzg2Xa9eE2NmqfTRz6alJOL_vrPZFoOXgtiBV8UzKNLcxMo6ixrFe1kUfz2r1c3wO-nsraZJmWI-rS3Y_Z_SdUiiZfBZDMEsTXJHkfcM-XqDpmXHOGx_d8ty/s320/IMG_0852.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />At the campsite we were caught by Timo and Johannes, whose path we´d been crossing for the previous few days. They happened to be doing a very similar trip to us, no more leisurely starts for us!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyggCcJ_KKp9GuC-dblb2t3OcFHP-H8TxodsgNT13DVVafHZByC8S91-EF76KXmIBpNblhvJFLdhwXq7OG-7Mz9ZMO4sv1fVbH1zB5sxhAcxIQeMX89WblIxS2KS5V-4llfTjZxuLLFmn2/s1600-h/IMG_0868.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322332909934121266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyggCcJ_KKp9GuC-dblb2t3OcFHP-H8TxodsgNT13DVVafHZByC8S91-EF76KXmIBpNblhvJFLdhwXq7OG-7Mz9ZMO4sv1fVbH1zB5sxhAcxIQeMX89WblIxS2KS5V-4llfTjZxuLLFmn2/s320/IMG_0868.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The next few days were some of the best cycling we´d done all trip.<br />Good roads<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrh0Ei_HIuoRPgsm58AoZNyvpZobOqWWUs_sRanucDlJrX5VvidO6RMJyRInxMHqzmPT3aOFp-HPRhcFqmF2kRXMqOa-0j-e5fxSWuDbmIQxE5G2IqtvsR9TGRt7woIwO1_sxqoSOXnCU/s1600-h/DSC_0299.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322334143441728402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrh0Ei_HIuoRPgsm58AoZNyvpZobOqWWUs_sRanucDlJrX5VvidO6RMJyRInxMHqzmPT3aOFp-HPRhcFqmF2kRXMqOa-0j-e5fxSWuDbmIQxE5G2IqtvsR9TGRt7woIwO1_sxqoSOXnCU/s320/DSC_0299.JPG" border="0" /></a>,<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />good campsites<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcF7Kt2OkyqsqJtqXa3eoBL-UsBZ8Vy-xVTB7Ud37gX8TJV0KCMidGIdb6cStgOr2Z0x0Ydd-9cWD2ov-lAsQFRwkkLmnySvUNZQxPH25zR1wA6qIsf5EONoOgXnx8spTg3TqSsNkIoSr/s1600-h/IMG_0898.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317208762686737618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIcF7Kt2OkyqsqJtqXa3eoBL-UsBZ8Vy-xVTB7Ud37gX8TJV0KCMidGIdb6cStgOr2Z0x0Ydd-9cWD2ov-lAsQFRwkkLmnySvUNZQxPH25zR1wA6qIsf5EONoOgXnx8spTg3TqSsNkIoSr/s320/IMG_0898.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and stunning scenery.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrq6hZi_MgdaYz49PH2otwdkjghBrYuhiDDfrMrkOXRepg7DX0eQuP-NPK-fk67fk72YM5IiqmUW9rkC-vxkfx9VnbuJIkhTth23AxHS-QjnwIqouRdsn5B3ryqLzVQZ4n8LPdl-GhXgJ/s1600-h/IMG_0856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317206508507797538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrq6hZi_MgdaYz49PH2otwdkjghBrYuhiDDfrMrkOXRepg7DX0eQuP-NPK-fk67fk72YM5IiqmUW9rkC-vxkfx9VnbuJIkhTth23AxHS-QjnwIqouRdsn5B3ryqLzVQZ4n8LPdl-GhXgJ/s320/IMG_0856.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />There was even time for non-cycling fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHiNN5c6SHtgtvyn_T7dL7XSljc01CceCIekqgPPw97GoaJv5eazKwqFtEbYEGT03_VD-ZQE8B5sZEY2omOvb_JllzGZZ1MpVbIF4_txHTTAtOWH7j2xIqr72rogjnGU-kcm5rtuQ2SbK/s1600-h/IMG_0879.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317207270592707458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHiNN5c6SHtgtvyn_T7dL7XSljc01CceCIekqgPPw97GoaJv5eazKwqFtEbYEGT03_VD-ZQE8B5sZEY2omOvb_JllzGZZ1MpVbIF4_txHTTAtOWH7j2xIqr72rogjnGU-kcm5rtuQ2SbK/s320/IMG_0879.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Before another cross border ferry, this one a lot easier.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHNoS_p2ton9kPssdtLm8y8mGnZc9RtBQBGsIbibhZ-65be9ONIsqy8K5s2wsf8f9WnwCcHmIbTF_N4GGJkDQ3evg_Pq26Jo4UovCYEJ1jtWd0wWcGjpJOoCuh6uY4iKXEUtv_vUQxNxr/s1600-h/IMG_0886.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317208347121219458" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHNoS_p2ton9kPssdtLm8y8mGnZc9RtBQBGsIbibhZ-65be9ONIsqy8K5s2wsf8f9WnwCcHmIbTF_N4GGJkDQ3evg_Pq26Jo4UovCYEJ1jtWd0wWcGjpJOoCuh6uY4iKXEUtv_vUQxNxr/s320/IMG_0886.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-32707466031631807542009-03-28T08:21:00.000-07:002009-03-28T08:37:27.017-07:00Trevelin to Baraloche. 13/03 - 16/03 : Road to Recovery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0FQYmOG1fdeS7G4BtAY1fegZVX5NY-Qx_luU2b7d1_yw17_X_joLLhnI862EU_fSyMgQqWHOJxQZ6dIAn_HU_hST0abv0T9Soe9-G6N8kN9IyUzJ-0EvLQJP67EAjnhxwT6vkFsVZ7Tr/s1600-h/IMG_0839.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318261944698125042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb0FQYmOG1fdeS7G4BtAY1fegZVX5NY-Qx_luU2b7d1_yw17_X_joLLhnI862EU_fSyMgQqWHOJxQZ6dIAn_HU_hST0abv0T9Soe9-G6N8kN9IyUzJ-0EvLQJP67EAjnhxwT6vkFsVZ7Tr/s320/IMG_0839.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Better at last and back on the road.. of sorts. 25km from Trevelin to Esquel was hard work!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>At Esquel we were going to get the old Patagonian Express to El Bolson, but in typical South American style it only goes when they want to, so we made our own way there.</div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUcYyjl9aeQDLg_sSNICRYwW63DF8ySbiWqmDEB_tf6TK7cxO9A98Gi2SX0OkcfEPKGZGxgVdqmo3Spy_nhO6Iop2LCUjv3z6QTsiYKT8RH2EmR9QJw_f79R3yNtvTEqS_G5J4SZAqbz0/s1600-h/DSCN1004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318262229225235090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKUcYyjl9aeQDLg_sSNICRYwW63DF8ySbiWqmDEB_tf6TK7cxO9A98Gi2SX0OkcfEPKGZGxgVdqmo3Spy_nhO6Iop2LCUjv3z6QTsiYKT8RH2EmR9QJw_f79R3yNtvTEqS_G5J4SZAqbz0/s320/DSCN1004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>El Bolson, "a magical setting which attracted thousands of hippies to create an ideological community..." where we had our stove stolen. F**king hippies.</div><br /><p>2 days of easy cycling and we were in Bariloche passing a couple of significant milestones.</p>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-48764211723062798592009-03-25T10:12:00.000-07:002009-03-26T12:12:40.540-07:00Futaleufu to Trevelin. 6/03 - 11/03 : Sick<blockquote></blockquote> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq4Uzwv2ZtPJ0SMK1oMi6qlBrrQa3IwEbP8f4C2ZQGLFfCVesh64S-WHLMF69qxtsO2fZY0uvZRDffMwT8JcHPsKGFlP1xS7aZMYzjnGc3VfiuOSB1ZFkQeAaOdoaCIVf2gmx6LjQczQJ/s1600-h/sdfb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317215963131415906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAq4Uzwv2ZtPJ0SMK1oMi6qlBrrQa3IwEbP8f4C2ZQGLFfCVesh64S-WHLMF69qxtsO2fZY0uvZRDffMwT8JcHPsKGFlP1xS7aZMYzjnGc3VfiuOSB1ZFkQeAaOdoaCIVf2gmx6LjQczQJ/s320/sdfb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> <span style="font-size:180%;">=<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYtrA2g9Ctxc-M8AIb-7-xdKSQ9nq10eWMflPVzkJIdLufXApCGeU-y6VsXPYtnQ15JLXBnObWfaHbhBWyHdrM-0Q80TGNlFIX6XC-x7Hwp11lpWP__I75nAlMnnUnUIdklqATqICR7XO/s1600-h/dirty-toilet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317216158913771970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYtrA2g9Ctxc-M8AIb-7-xdKSQ9nq10eWMflPVzkJIdLufXApCGeU-y6VsXPYtnQ15JLXBnObWfaHbhBWyHdrM-0Q80TGNlFIX6XC-x7Hwp11lpWP__I75nAlMnnUnUIdklqATqICR7XO/s320/dirty-toilet.jpg" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br />5 days of D and V.<br /><br />Cycling, FAIL.<br />Eating, FAIL.<br />Rafting, FAIL.<br /><br />Only one new experience, a Chilean hospital and a needle in the ass for Will.<br />(at least he claims it´s the first time he´s had a prick in his ass)John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-34584703827973301872009-03-25T09:50:00.000-07:002009-03-28T08:19:36.004-07:00Coihaique to Futaleufu 27/02 - 06/03 : End of the Southern Highway<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUJ_gmw0LZSQQL-vfJhswryfLZmoKRiHM1BMJtkGJgzlaTBlUe0XbNp8lWe2xJCvYwXAH927-DqHLkALOaR436Zxq-Jxo23wj6KqqekGp8xpqfRjCAXVJVFVYJw2xR9cN8dOr133gUTX2/s1600-h/IMG_0799.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317211746067507650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUJ_gmw0LZSQQL-vfJhswryfLZmoKRiHM1BMJtkGJgzlaTBlUe0XbNp8lWe2xJCvYwXAH927-DqHLkALOaR436Zxq-Jxo23wj6KqqekGp8xpqfRjCAXVJVFVYJw2xR9cN8dOr133gUTX2/s320/IMG_0799.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After a rest day (actually 3) we reluctantly left Los Salamandras Hostel an hit the road. Only 420km to go, what would be in store for us this time?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sun, enjoyable roads, no mechanical issues and fantastic camp grounds. You could almost call it a holiday!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnfLzmhv7Iv68uYrENV60ts3tRyO8oYXJBViCp1Vtiq8vLN1H3qQ2rib98lQ9RqTyseL7C-W40UgIsQU_NyxiyL6gdi28Dxfac_3dP6V43MVnP1eRoakF8YoEx2GJa-56cL9n5JH9yxuv/s1600-h/IMG_0805.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317210394331749874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCnfLzmhv7Iv68uYrENV60ts3tRyO8oYXJBViCp1Vtiq8vLN1H3qQ2rib98lQ9RqTyseL7C-W40UgIsQU_NyxiyL6gdi28Dxfac_3dP6V43MVnP1eRoakF8YoEx2GJa-56cL9n5JH9yxuv/s320/IMG_0805.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"></p><p align="left"></p><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8VXj61g3xI4uLIpwMA3PaX4coeJ4fLeHc5GNaBjF3VU0j0vAhSXnbSBilmXVR4u4UmoRsxkLTzAiZJ8PORI74sbzGcUxGJj8wEHv9oMzkHGzymEW1B7Bzy1RmzFAGgbDtt9W6nFcpjtu/s1600-h/IMG_0895.JPG"></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Until...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8VXj61g3xI4uLIpwMA3PaX4coeJ4fLeHc5GNaBjF3VU0j0vAhSXnbSBilmXVR4u4UmoRsxkLTzAiZJ8PORI74sbzGcUxGJj8wEHv9oMzkHGzymEW1B7Bzy1RmzFAGgbDtt9W6nFcpjtu/s1600-h/IMG_0895.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317213132411101154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8VXj61g3xI4uLIpwMA3PaX4coeJ4fLeHc5GNaBjF3VU0j0vAhSXnbSBilmXVR4u4UmoRsxkLTzAiZJ8PORI74sbzGcUxGJj8wEHv9oMzkHGzymEW1B7Bzy1RmzFAGgbDtt9W6nFcpjtu/s320/IMG_0895.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Things are never easy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7ektYQqAQ_XTru8fop6Y_7HpMcglvS9BtJLdmHreDWeIy8cfU9mEfsxtwEyeJnGof8M1l286LDzeW8TRGbrDhIl8rAl2876FDE4c2ZrJacmmuC0f2kBUkXSirbKXkj9OJfNkGMBmCIJC/s1600-h/IMG_0803.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317212486602181938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7ektYQqAQ_XTru8fop6Y_7HpMcglvS9BtJLdmHreDWeIy8cfU9mEfsxtwEyeJnGof8M1l286LDzeW8TRGbrDhIl8rAl2876FDE4c2ZrJacmmuC0f2kBUkXSirbKXkj9OJfNkGMBmCIJC/s320/IMG_0803.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />and just to add to the mix... rain.<br />24 hours in a bus stop!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXXVhXRktfwZSUOLUAcF3UygiSV5b4Wqg5NhLyRjEPavW8cnVokJqRFfBf3HHhxM07lGUpfIHpf4Z_JJHRzJSOC3F86j1vKSeUf9uEjO8Ov_N2Y_0O3Ef7ynA8GqnZqqc8ANKrf42x13W/s1600-h/DSCN0983.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317209757477557634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXXVhXRktfwZSUOLUAcF3UygiSV5b4Wqg5NhLyRjEPavW8cnVokJqRFfBf3HHhxM07lGUpfIHpf4Z_JJHRzJSOC3F86j1vKSeUf9uEjO8Ov_N2Y_0O3Ef7ynA8GqnZqqc8ANKrf42x13W/s320/DSCN0983.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not all was bad though, a bit of surprise pavement offers relief for the soul and ass<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkv9LsjscWMxZrdtkaACZEOGGmIN8_2xoyPVDspZ0qOD7jiepQMDNlacKkF0v9stA4CHIFqCCNUV0cDZD59XuSmQNOlmaNwL63Edq6YMBxDO7RKjaJW6DK2IFjSXzD0nVA9MuHBjARrQO/s1600-h/IMG_0786.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317210944419394818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkv9LsjscWMxZrdtkaACZEOGGmIN8_2xoyPVDspZ0qOD7jiepQMDNlacKkF0v9stA4CHIFqCCNUV0cDZD59XuSmQNOlmaNwL63Edq6YMBxDO7RKjaJW6DK2IFjSXzD0nVA9MuHBjARrQO/s320/IMG_0786.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkv9LsjscWMxZrdtkaACZEOGGmIN8_2xoyPVDspZ0qOD7jiepQMDNlacKkF0v9stA4CHIFqCCNUV0cDZD59XuSmQNOlmaNwL63Edq6YMBxDO7RKjaJW6DK2IFjSXzD0nVA9MuHBjARrQO/s1600-h/IMG_0786.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTT0GSvaNVr3Gl0sHlNXUA1lzcWkNlbPTO8z0vInTp942zQAgi8IFSTP7RH1T8whRzncU2gdPt36yf7FvOeXCM2iuaQw3A9ccOUI4Lp8rbIId479hLfjHQmROGj4H2HYpH0Imu_n1F6Ra/s1600-h/DSCN0986.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317210035957820706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTT0GSvaNVr3Gl0sHlNXUA1lzcWkNlbPTO8z0vInTp942zQAgi8IFSTP7RH1T8whRzncU2gdPt36yf7FvOeXCM2iuaQw3A9ccOUI4Lp8rbIId479hLfjHQmROGj4H2HYpH0Imu_n1F6Ra/s320/DSCN0986.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And finally, a finish to the Southern Highway.<br />Here endeth the Caraterra Austral.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-39750941664693332472009-02-25T13:07:00.001-08:002009-03-25T10:12:38.094-07:00Cochrane to Coihaique. 19/02 - 23/02 : Dry at last!<div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUNrOzV5JSXA4kEsTfDrrNaBRLHy71QMZ7RIdRYCsnMrvjhsDfImTzbjfWwE1ewXipTjTZE8vFafR3NX6irh9PP9BNl1DJ46rwPf_Ty_WZYAC2M6g-M-XHZcZe_EjdV1YbsDdE2yBMF5h/s1600-h/DSCN0954.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306846153541917330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUNrOzV5JSXA4kEsTfDrrNaBRLHy71QMZ7RIdRYCsnMrvjhsDfImTzbjfWwE1ewXipTjTZE8vFafR3NX6irh9PP9BNl1DJ46rwPf_Ty_WZYAC2M6g-M-XHZcZe_EjdV1YbsDdE2yBMF5h/s320/DSCN0954.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Spirits were up, as was the Sun.</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1U7BJGwHafaDyZ3thdLYYXomqI1SecnGybyMI_kp1u35VrX5FnQhOcZK-fnVxf7ckBBxHHInhwbNKVxXmtOd6LBNxwSWHgSXqKsTuxDfThcicZtbxI4dLwGT6iEbZh4iFw8lLomp8jAa/s1600-h/IMG_0709.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306849535787926578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1U7BJGwHafaDyZ3thdLYYXomqI1SecnGybyMI_kp1u35VrX5FnQhOcZK-fnVxf7ckBBxHHInhwbNKVxXmtOd6LBNxwSWHgSXqKsTuxDfThcicZtbxI4dLwGT6iEbZh4iFw8lLomp8jAa/s320/IMG_0709.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div>At last we could <em>see </em>the Caraterra Austral!<br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzk-5xyqAzbHqBuERz19HpdDUPgcCZdcsBbE5iYmR-XS4sa6rUBwBsGit0fA78IgXqP77aUexMq1MHYn1MlIoKIghdexZ0t8N6jGAY0g1VMk9XUkTjRnubmJ88r5Q_Fl6TV8uctx9PkUg/s1600-h/IMG_0741.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306856237198423298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzk-5xyqAzbHqBuERz19HpdDUPgcCZdcsBbE5iYmR-XS4sa6rUBwBsGit0fA78IgXqP77aUexMq1MHYn1MlIoKIghdexZ0t8N6jGAY0g1VMk9XUkTjRnubmJ88r5Q_Fl6TV8uctx9PkUg/s320/IMG_0741.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Enjoy the riding</div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRn48B6kVTkGcPcKYrF0BppQyJyC_ZSv6XmYw0Ar371c_8WG6P6a8VV4hZmW9lYCB-QB7hrPR4njWRQ9z9sVdhm-2bz6j0E-qVF4J4HCMTUtkaawMg2xD2d-lUsEmfUzrSelXfROWtesf/s1600-h/IMG_0726.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306859692445233058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHRn48B6kVTkGcPcKYrF0BppQyJyC_ZSv6XmYw0Ar371c_8WG6P6a8VV4hZmW9lYCB-QB7hrPR4njWRQ9z9sVdhm-2bz6j0E-qVF4J4HCMTUtkaawMg2xD2d-lUsEmfUzrSelXfROWtesf/s320/IMG_0726.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>And celebrate John´s birthday<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-4ntkdUdoIRf_H06KfF3C9s478ABu9dUWGWwxWZ_z67o48kShm8yHVONOZ-7_eOHuSJlNkFHNH4EvBJ-fV6Bq9gKUuehwjxt5tVnFialXAQdfbcNe_E6oJfcDVv4zlkMl1Ux0kVrbnOB/s1600-h/IMG_0752.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306862996950721010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-4ntkdUdoIRf_H06KfF3C9s478ABu9dUWGWwxWZ_z67o48kShm8yHVONOZ-7_eOHuSJlNkFHNH4EvBJ-fV6Bq9gKUuehwjxt5tVnFialXAQdfbcNe_E6oJfcDVv4zlkMl1Ux0kVrbnOB/s320/IMG_0752.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br />The last 100km to Coihaique was paved, relief for our butts at last! 47mph, toot toot!!<br /><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIjtOaUkHwKdpEwDage0Eux3OER8cwAhyphenhyphenJUP77kNVQCwvr_iX6UjnL1nAGt36nDGPB33Kcofu95hDitN_3sDjoKpZdI-YOqiRcl-pyzmkm-5ozdagPfdf-A9GAB0HgtsAZYCECeoIdIdM/s1600-h/IMG_0757.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306865572553549970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIjtOaUkHwKdpEwDage0Eux3OER8cwAhyphenhyphenJUP77kNVQCwvr_iX6UjnL1nAGt36nDGPB33Kcofu95hDitN_3sDjoKpZdI-YOqiRcl-pyzmkm-5ozdagPfdf-A9GAB0HgtsAZYCECeoIdIdM/s320/IMG_0757.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Finally we arrive.</div></div></div></div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-52222663271184577252009-02-25T11:50:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:11:18.342-07:00Villa O'Higgins to Cochrane. 15/02 - 17/02 : RAIN<div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lJS9FvVzyOW3boftXdgxvNVD2hiOJhG4j1hEn-ZczmkO6UbbAFwJIHgI5J_MdinY4PsSV37YleVAPiDYdbxakijddtP8wNVZLStGsIZ9a1BYH1xvOQYBgFqnAnABexoj_r9IXjXF6lnk/s1600-h/DSCN0930.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306826033018897330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lJS9FvVzyOW3boftXdgxvNVD2hiOJhG4j1hEn-ZczmkO6UbbAFwJIHgI5J_MdinY4PsSV37YleVAPiDYdbxakijddtP8wNVZLStGsIZ9a1BYH1xvOQYBgFqnAnABexoj_r9IXjXF6lnk/s200/DSCN0930.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGskS3xh02x2MMRM3cxnj95iEeOfHJUwFm5E7ltfLoB0JSVHm1LeAEOpa6_ipHlmIryO6RocLnVpEHZCUwyd2gtCuaGNJbbQ1Ejo82wnOv1Ani-zKTHpEq0P3hypptuH5zitlQWOcYFJXF/s1600-h/IMG_0682.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306829810370059890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGskS3xh02x2MMRM3cxnj95iEeOfHJUwFm5E7ltfLoB0JSVHm1LeAEOpa6_ipHlmIryO6RocLnVpEHZCUwyd2gtCuaGNJbbQ1Ejo82wnOv1Ani-zKTHpEq0P3hypptuH5zitlQWOcYFJXF/s320/IMG_0682.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div>Day 4 of rain. We heard the Caraterra Austral was wet, but this was getting stupid. 50km, another ripped tyre and 3 more punctures. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Another day and surprise surprise more rain. This was now 5 days solid.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJsRVTyIHLdkSAa0OMMGRlTroavutS0sgJlKbcQSDmRF8HTAxj8nw8RhIyIG9J0GvR2SFv9XDPa9fdFe2zz-5QfqykTn4tGjV3bmPgccqlhLdgKC1fRJ2uLLcR1XGebamnjz4xO-M0gK6/s1600-h/DSCN0940.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306831414851439106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJsRVTyIHLdkSAa0OMMGRlTroavutS0sgJlKbcQSDmRF8HTAxj8nw8RhIyIG9J0GvR2SFv9XDPa9fdFe2zz-5QfqykTn4tGjV3bmPgccqlhLdgKC1fRJ2uLLcR1XGebamnjz4xO-M0gK6/s320/DSCN0940.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br />Still, we were making progress, and for once no mechanical issues! Just wet<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br />Day 6. Rain, no this is not usual.</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OvjlvR47WugEaRNBh2zO8sr4BH0E33jKhwLR-TmtlM_l_Ofnjl29YVDS7M0g8aO5FDS8USR-hUVn7uxJ2gnT4C0g8AcaExw8gcgaR8WYBTtrnfK7N9wSBOBPX2JjiZielGls962IqbYJ/s1600-h/IMG_0692.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306836932952924450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OvjlvR47WugEaRNBh2zO8sr4BH0E33jKhwLR-TmtlM_l_Ofnjl29YVDS7M0g8aO5FDS8USR-hUVn7uxJ2gnT4C0g8AcaExw8gcgaR8WYBTtrnfK7N9wSBOBPX2JjiZielGls962IqbYJ/s200/IMG_0692.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTcL2gb0zx7D9dnI6oeF5ohcs5zJNuIw-KSfqhlXrUcfzab5Hki2YikATAqNqa7oUsGh4pvIGtld2I_BOJBndTAGiBNA-qnGUTa5tHPL4Tae7xA24NFePv7QN5Crpe9O0GayCZNFLeWDN/s1600-h/DSCN0948.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306838531515579250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTcL2gb0zx7D9dnI6oeF5ohcs5zJNuIw-KSfqhlXrUcfzab5Hki2YikATAqNqa7oUsGh4pvIGtld2I_BOJBndTAGiBNA-qnGUTa5tHPL4Tae7xA24NFePv7QN5Crpe9O0GayCZNFLeWDN/s200/DSCN0948.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWXR6mVN50mydw1D0Ze4oTRayY9uYcU9zu2HMdnWyTIjBvueMtxnWm61hE_qu4FOIE0n3LqwwquyKLsUeN2_9_3ZEZ9lko_lKS9UBvRWDIEdsCI7pYl54o0ze3WEDX8ektYnf8uFUJX42/s1600-h/IMG_0697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306843950183337762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWXR6mVN50mydw1D0Ze4oTRayY9uYcU9zu2HMdnWyTIjBvueMtxnWm61hE_qu4FOIE0n3LqwwquyKLsUeN2_9_3ZEZ9lko_lKS9UBvRWDIEdsCI7pYl54o0ze3WEDX8ektYnf8uFUJX42/s200/IMG_0697.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Even the locals have never seen the like.</div></div></div></div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-50710618392889848532009-02-25T09:06:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:10:15.769-07:00El Chalten to Villa O´Higgins. 12/02 - 15/02 : Mud, Sweat and Tears<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306786122484612882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbIPs9khyphenhyphenpfgTAfWhfEpdGwk_1sS_ibIQ22f3o4yiTECvWzz64gkS6AJoVZaRN1sTD_IoenONdX4KaFiZsOFxSjZmGpQRC44-zopp1oQHHplJ6383pfhtIepkqrdE30yXNrdhAF4ktAkK/s320/IMG_0644.JPG" border="0" />That´s tears as in rips, we ain´t no wimps!!<br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div>The journey consisted of bike, ferry, walk, bike, ferry, bike.</div><br /><div>Day 1.</div><div>An easy ride past Fitz Roy, unfortunately it was too cloudy to see the mountains in their full glory.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-oDQ5I6Yj3l9c6_S8auXxKGpEhKregetfwK3oHp2zV77P_cmbuIgWWBwYdZSnscQR3ujpyZ4WwVxx_9EKx8rtD78_rz4TxC9ssrYgZXcoffc-Es696g1uTQumAwRjtdFRpl2O9wHnCrS/s1600-h/IMG_0649.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306787203909002290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-oDQ5I6Yj3l9c6_S8auXxKGpEhKregetfwK3oHp2zV77P_cmbuIgWWBwYdZSnscQR3ujpyZ4WwVxx_9EKx8rtD78_rz4TxC9ssrYgZXcoffc-Es696g1uTQumAwRjtdFRpl2O9wHnCrS/s320/IMG_0649.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Then either a 40 minute ferry ride or a 5 hour hike to the Argentinian border. Guess which we chose.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTAag-nSqZdFNbvvE5HF2hQltZh3r0yfHmBf18poM5-_ji-K_lvhfiYn_7KgTyo6J3VBb1xPe3TyhujhXOdedU7IJyNzR4FTfDMSzJVtiqom3F6D6XqzHKxwyfD5Cvx4zDwdnK6Ptb0LO/s1600-h/IMG_0656.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306796205593814770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTAag-nSqZdFNbvvE5HF2hQltZh3r0yfHmBf18poM5-_ji-K_lvhfiYn_7KgTyo6J3VBb1xPe3TyhujhXOdedU7IJyNzR4FTfDMSzJVtiqom3F6D6XqzHKxwyfD5Cvx4zDwdnK6Ptb0LO/s320/IMG_0656.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Day 2. More rain.<br />Walking 3 miles in 3 hours up hill on mud, rocks, shale, over logs and rivers.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMPKmDSF1kW7HJDo74HyW0qZXHnWdn_mL8gOhC-qGaWHMTGfjsmMDKLaJyLL6LMiPNDXGiNQWqrC13q43n0G8w-5ztcNRvUMRhHD9qH4pYv_YViSCe05FvG1m68Tp7q2_7_M0GQxUOoHv/s1600-h/IMG_0658.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306800351181318578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOMPKmDSF1kW7HJDo74HyW0qZXHnWdn_mL8gOhC-qGaWHMTGfjsmMDKLaJyLL6LMiPNDXGiNQWqrC13q43n0G8w-5ztcNRvUMRhHD9qH4pYv_YViSCe05FvG1m68Tp7q2_7_M0GQxUOoHv/s320/IMG_0658.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>We were joking what obstacles we hadn´t encountered when we came across...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRH7A1ipvw_qwaSqZMNL_R9Lx1w2XQjxKD5nu6xAuS2b8fF7j5FMgD8gGCfUhu9YOBnh9vHLqt8a9TLNvAEHAFIV0e40_-uJd1kvFS9kRA42_AsreMH9t6ETwxhQvRVOy6nnCbsXblTJ7T/s1600-h/IMG_0659.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306804078486515874" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRH7A1ipvw_qwaSqZMNL_R9Lx1w2XQjxKD5nu6xAuS2b8fF7j5FMgD8gGCfUhu9YOBnh9vHLqt8a9TLNvAEHAFIV0e40_-uJd1kvFS9kRA42_AsreMH9t6ETwxhQvRVOy6nnCbsXblTJ7T/s320/IMG_0659.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Day 3.<br />36 hours of rain hadn´t dampened our spirits<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><p>15km of biking, 1 ripped tyre and 2 sets of brake blocks later we arrived at the port to find 20 people who´d been waiting for the ferry for 4 days...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyY0sfg5C_ophiNHexjSHj1jOGQ5_xhP_cSQChQHVv_nxRVaQNtzYGUHBmWyHfv1i7mFTsfeBr6v_UOjzi_neYXpSM-MfFwwM4yxKLB8M0hQ8GoyQ8MLkGISgvIaEd0QVNv3fV7OF_Zqv/s1600-h/IMG_0662.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306823064111065506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIyY0sfg5C_ophiNHexjSHj1jOGQ5_xhP_cSQChQHVv_nxRVaQNtzYGUHBmWyHfv1i7mFTsfeBr6v_UOjzi_neYXpSM-MfFwwM4yxKLB8M0hQ8GoyQ8MLkGISgvIaEd0QVNv3fV7OF_Zqv/s320/IMG_0662.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Luckily we only had to wait 4 hours.</p><p>72 hours after leaving the last village in Argentina, we arried in the first village in Chile!</p></div></div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-78250680665386514342009-02-11T09:05:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:08:57.051-07:00Torres del Paine (Chi.) to El Calafate (Arg.). 8/02 - 10/02 : Broken<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35uZZmCKmKT3cO4TqGCSDqo4OaBSRxxwT7urxHpzolXxU8p8-DQ4xtGBLdpSvPPFAQI2snrPVACIvUfvCMq0Rkt95waHXbUvSuO0zOQG7ZkNcQYVMPZy1XkBIJmUqXCT-U0H5iWrg6CD7/s1600-h/IMG_0616.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301588809801530658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35uZZmCKmKT3cO4TqGCSDqo4OaBSRxxwT7urxHpzolXxU8p8-DQ4xtGBLdpSvPPFAQI2snrPVACIvUfvCMq0Rkt95waHXbUvSuO0zOQG7ZkNcQYVMPZy1XkBIJmUqXCT-U0H5iWrg6CD7/s320/IMG_0616.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>220km of nothing but wind, ripio and steppe! Everything was broken; wheels, panniers, racks, spirits, asses. Lunch was such a treat.</div><br /><br /><br />Note, sheltering behind the bush.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7iBA_cznPfAOG_zlAoIg-0HldVT3U4HyYveEwVvTkBvZgaA0VOrzd9L4DlWQgctPLjZOUDkS3WR_oN7u7_NbZQazvgnG7S2TY9DjZQlxksbYizDkLUi0w3uNcGgM1Py7DGEcVIv1ll5T/s1600-h/DSCN0918.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301590398498338834" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7iBA_cznPfAOG_zlAoIg-0HldVT3U4HyYveEwVvTkBvZgaA0VOrzd9L4DlWQgctPLjZOUDkS3WR_oN7u7_NbZQazvgnG7S2TY9DjZQlxksbYizDkLUi0w3uNcGgM1Py7DGEcVIv1ll5T/s320/DSCN0918.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>However the wind wasn´t all bad. It pushed us uphill for 24 miles in 40 mins.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XP-V3PR-jzZtOErsoXorsD5YLKjqH-9BI1hqoUvgn_ZUTXbwnnWIHU4uKAXV6cX6bz3nKpk5nQ-X77Fivyj3LaxhudQ7bgNeNfNmMnR-SH2iK4Pf9NgbMtKgnnvtkHQeRC-KYaqhSRgD/s1600-h/IMG_0633.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301592413336635858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XP-V3PR-jzZtOErsoXorsD5YLKjqH-9BI1hqoUvgn_ZUTXbwnnWIHU4uKAXV6cX6bz3nKpk5nQ-X77Fivyj3LaxhudQ7bgNeNfNmMnR-SH2iK4Pf9NgbMtKgnnvtkHQeRC-KYaqhSRgD/s320/IMG_0633.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>After 2 days, and reduced to managing 10 miles in 2 hours, we could take no more and hitched the final 45 miles in to El Calafate. Even then waiting for 2 hours in gale force winds was pretty extreme!<br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p> </p>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-55864640050219082542009-02-11T08:43:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:07:21.539-07:00Torres Del Paine. 5/02 - 8/02 : Mountains and Ripio<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivm0rJ69rV-BgK-BmE-xZ_pVHsiw0Me07WqFcdPCpQVYEoHdQ29OWa4045cuV86RlVDJQEypQYDXX73V6JVuIIhgVFB4sETqe_LD-Ji0WhOAJzu8iWep1WmTr6Wsear-toTqfMYTIBqOCt/s1600-h/IMG_0574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301583788453280946" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivm0rJ69rV-BgK-BmE-xZ_pVHsiw0Me07WqFcdPCpQVYEoHdQ29OWa4045cuV86RlVDJQEypQYDXX73V6JVuIIhgVFB4sETqe_LD-Ji0WhOAJzu8iWep1WmTr6Wsear-toTqfMYTIBqOCt/s320/IMG_0574.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We had experienced the Patagonian wind, now it was the famous ripio. Rough, gravelled, pot-holed, corrogated tracks. 120 miles of the bastards. These roads are tough. Locals thought we were nuts. We didn´t have any by the end.</div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHir1xRnz3xfc3TWLD6VIA5BkV4ZjiR131wRYk5PChoH56G9jjKyR8fSsmbQQYE8fieeot2l6_SXb7ZRkC3wHFzQjfQ24J8L4Zpgf5z87o7503ptNc34Um5BVAM7pFNf7zyiAyh3PiG6y/s1600-h/IMG_0577.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301585625844382562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHir1xRnz3xfc3TWLD6VIA5BkV4ZjiR131wRYk5PChoH56G9jjKyR8fSsmbQQYE8fieeot2l6_SXb7ZRkC3wHFzQjfQ24J8L4Zpgf5z87o7503ptNc34Um5BVAM7pFNf7zyiAyh3PiG6y/s320/IMG_0577.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>These roads are evil. They shake and rattle the life out of everything, it wasn´t long before the first road-side repair.</div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTzILhmxc0_pIkkLxoui3UUd6rL_dFCg2NwqyomVrhhIpYBWG97LbPyXHZr-aK3CqtTpLMK8GJOYoEtgJMUY2oJfpO8d6_R2idqVhxElbLhd3wRL0BjTidxLf_ul3v91_D-KO82Tnh4km/s1600-h/IMG_0613.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301586456285135714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlTzILhmxc0_pIkkLxoui3UUd6rL_dFCg2NwqyomVrhhIpYBWG97LbPyXHZr-aK3CqtTpLMK8GJOYoEtgJMUY2oJfpO8d6_R2idqVhxElbLhd3wRL0BjTidxLf_ul3v91_D-KO82Tnh4km/s320/IMG_0613.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>But yet again, the final destination was totally worth it. Torres del PAINe.</div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-73567048387055320092009-02-11T08:34:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:05:34.921-07:00El Calafate (Arg.) to Puerto Natales (Chi.). 3/02 - 4/02 : How much are 3 potatoes??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNGDMPkrGSAuOJcqU-mrY6jFBYuNq0uFulc3eqmAed0kfcx0IE8bAVe7m1isBL4DhWeHDHsUQSSxM9sBytMaHGKuEMHeQ-qqoSDW7h8ur15fuTU47GVn_Mjltx-Omhe1QwF5S8CpnhNXZ/s1600-h/IMG_0559.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301581085712168962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNGDMPkrGSAuOJcqU-mrY6jFBYuNq0uFulc3eqmAed0kfcx0IE8bAVe7m1isBL4DhWeHDHsUQSSxM9sBytMaHGKuEMHeQ-qqoSDW7h8ur15fuTU47GVn_Mjltx-Omhe1QwF5S8CpnhNXZ/s320/IMG_0559.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Well according to the Chilean Government, $111,489. Luckily this is Peso, but that´s still US$180.<br /><br />Will thought it´d be fine to smuggle fresh produce across the border...John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-6819278756987714432009-02-03T06:42:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:04:20.272-07:00Moreno Glacier. 31/01 - 2/02 : The Cycling Begins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVfDd4Y9YUtOI0zOUeFE3rNhi0ENq4mTBZHOhdYDoozPkjMxh2ZMuR95PmbAcJvv-sx2vKtx6c5Jl9uAtuiQd7jQc9zFgbaw3c47CS2v6UVmSy7HORsGKW8jEF2temdt9f8W3eMxVVGJn/s1600-h/IMG_0534.JPG"></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7OqCKZWfKKQMNsXXdCJkNQPF47PNbeyDB7dVxcYpVvn6I-UdVjI0wvIpqMr4nb6WdOcJ47BXhtmL0yXaaVNMpuQ0M2dpDeNDUGphx193QOTh7J2GJoS09s7fMAeo1-6LHPK3NYF40bd5/s1600-h/IMG_0513.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298585441838452770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7OqCKZWfKKQMNsXXdCJkNQPF47PNbeyDB7dVxcYpVvn6I-UdVjI0wvIpqMr4nb6WdOcJ47BXhtmL0yXaaVNMpuQ0M2dpDeNDUGphx193QOTh7J2GJoS09s7fMAeo1-6LHPK3NYF40bd5/s320/IMG_0513.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />We couldn´t delay it any longer, had to get on the bikes at some point. So we cycled from El Calafate towards the Moreno Glacier. 28 miles of head-wind, sometimes as slow as 4mph, we could´ve walked faster. What a bitch. We both wanted to quit.<br /><p> </p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The next couple of days made up for it. Great cycling and camping in the middle of nowhere under clear skies. This was the reason for coming.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8q4tW3niIur68tbQh7DgqGD9BymBVen_gREOkxEI9xpr9P8Hqr8q22yr0r-UNXzc9reKW0nwmiyE14jJtYkprzkSwzY9DiDOd4Km2olcKFkRiB5urQ1TrcO97OKMslwm0u5O8gfR06LX/s1600-h/IMG_0537.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298583554637508674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8q4tW3niIur68tbQh7DgqGD9BymBVen_gREOkxEI9xpr9P8Hqr8q22yr0r-UNXzc9reKW0nwmiyE14jJtYkprzkSwzY9DiDOd4Km2olcKFkRiB5urQ1TrcO97OKMslwm0u5O8gfR06LX/s320/IMG_0537.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And at the end, the Glacier.John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-13755177525507582542009-02-03T06:31:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:03:12.810-07:00Buenos Aires to El Calafate. 30/01 - 31/01 : Packing Panic 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfQbXYLsI3EoSeh6327CvV6pxXqao68v920s5HkvUk2ZR85jm9BvUuI-42bwV7K0_P9o2gcY0gFbJRMfpU9FgC7VDROMzgL6r_X4lMyZSb4CjpWqpJzvuEPNayRJyHO9zx9vOdzKkP4Jq/s1600-h/IMG_0510.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298581165890627490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfQbXYLsI3EoSeh6327CvV6pxXqao68v920s5HkvUk2ZR85jm9BvUuI-42bwV7K0_P9o2gcY0gFbJRMfpU9FgC7VDROMzgL6r_X4lMyZSb4CjpWqpJzvuEPNayRJyHO9zx9vOdzKkP4Jq/s320/IMG_0510.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The flight from London made us realise we had to pack our bikes better. What´s bubblewrap in Spanish though? After a couple of hours of searching and expressive sign-language, Will had a new shell...</div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-44919000045525514632009-01-31T07:21:00.000-08:002009-03-25T10:01:54.729-07:00Buenos Aires. 27/01 - 30/01 : Hot & Cheesey.<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYdVpHMP-aJlmia1GHGkIVJX1NlPrjQLI5QncC-SnF2K33y-XzubYQ23hRjqgThdbAcygD_rrSgRdf9LeKA0Hzwra3L_Ll4gGzYdcFhgWJAq_Iq6eZS5MMWuNiKfCWOv-6fVqDmaPkb8v/s1600-h/DSCN0859.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297480468243824034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYdVpHMP-aJlmia1GHGkIVJX1NlPrjQLI5QncC-SnF2K33y-XzubYQ23hRjqgThdbAcygD_rrSgRdf9LeKA0Hzwra3L_Ll4gGzYdcFhgWJAq_Iq6eZS5MMWuNiKfCWOv-6fVqDmaPkb8v/s320/DSCN0859.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hot & cheesey<br /><div></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAf91jNtkF-DaDoEvPwGP4lgTZx71NkWUuNaCQVTzTV4s0y1lVEu_O7NZRiaw7ChlFo7lYJld8cz_1Jq1M6RQX1GyR5sm1p0XFRIiQQIS1zTGT6UdIX_v6J8-1TsEh9gCqSbP_cZU-goB_/s1600-h/IMG_0491.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297479989224880130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAf91jNtkF-DaDoEvPwGP4lgTZx71NkWUuNaCQVTzTV4s0y1lVEu_O7NZRiaw7ChlFo7lYJld8cz_1Jq1M6RQX1GyR5sm1p0XFRIiQQIS1zTGT6UdIX_v6J8-1TsEh9gCqSbP_cZU-goB_/s320/IMG_0491.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br />Buenos Aires is supposed to be one of the finest cities in the World, unfortunately neither of us are really in to tango, museums or architecture so we entertained ourselves by taunting the policia...</div><br /><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB4akzx_9Sd3mEjvAghzBMBhd91kD_YF8_ECPz-jFg3c68jUNQw44gqTDliWkofdGrILZ0_g3IMKXajP2iWT_qYp0RqZecXL3vYgNYuiJ16LELlYctVff352iPAGqE9komQ1IiuMQ9Os9/s1600-h/DSCN0858.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297481089586895026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB4akzx_9Sd3mEjvAghzBMBhd91kD_YF8_ECPz-jFg3c68jUNQw44gqTDliWkofdGrILZ0_g3IMKXajP2iWT_qYp0RqZecXL3vYgNYuiJ16LELlYctVff352iPAGqE9komQ1IiuMQ9Os9/s320/DSCN0858.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div></div><div align="left"> </div><br /><div align="left">And having the odd beer</div></div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-30211290975919176192009-01-31T07:03:00.000-08:002009-03-25T09:59:12.017-07:00London to Buenos Aires. 26/01 - 27/01 : Panic packing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOUkrrb-bQ0OljBy5aZU4RLXd1aoVpteAt6oeZYBiG84M13FFWIIBztfcVdp2QUJ37VnfOauCi1oilIot6wqQLpgF-xZyQ6SNu46qbT-_FQVOwhUrClBEH8kPDQcpCk_kJ1aUXUAgp1JR/s1600-h/IMG_0481.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297475623428656162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOUkrrb-bQ0OljBy5aZU4RLXd1aoVpteAt6oeZYBiG84M13FFWIIBztfcVdp2QUJ37VnfOauCi1oilIot6wqQLpgF-xZyQ6SNu46qbT-_FQVOwhUrClBEH8kPDQcpCk_kJ1aUXUAgp1JR/s320/IMG_0481.JPG" border="0" /></a>Packed the bikes in a rush - one layer of bubblewrap. The question wasn´t if they were going to be damaged, but how much... all good though.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUGzDL2IWRfHS207My1C-hSoWUU0Mw417Q-G_WCHDjjQ8DumlQD1qh7YdpAVPSDaF7b3e96UriZcklikSspBh393Lt1tn-2VkJWokNKqttga6sVhGxpjFN5oV2giu6etiIzSw6fsGuFzm/s1600-h/IMG_0483.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297477853805477938" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUGzDL2IWRfHS207My1C-hSoWUU0Mw417Q-G_WCHDjjQ8DumlQD1qh7YdpAVPSDaF7b3e96UriZcklikSspBh393Lt1tn-2VkJWokNKqttga6sVhGxpjFN5oV2giu6etiIzSw6fsGuFzm/s320/IMG_0483.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The next question was how we were getting from the airport to Buenos Aires? The answer - by motorway! Midday, 35 degrees, motorway, zero sleep, no map, that´s what holiday´s are all about. We made the most of it by visiting the slums of BA but didn´t fancy stopping to take photos. Sorry.John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631936742772422710.post-1610471212438034822009-01-20T08:30:00.000-08:002009-01-20T08:40:12.120-08:00The Final CountdownOk, so finally got round to creating this blog 5 days before we fly out...<br />Couple of trial runs under the belt, both of us feel mega under-prepared but hey<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-XlMEiLDIgYHdXYzYQLg9WWXl4Jlg6F8RAyG4jrJNMRy1wLmK1LjU21lkBbAC-XSJm3EDTVIHq7IwFrZI2U0KkI71GqKnHvryW792FbvrY44v3ujMvcb8m8kplV1_gEK0TsN3bM9Gpqt/s1600-h/IMG_0394.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293414866441364258" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-XlMEiLDIgYHdXYzYQLg9WWXl4Jlg6F8RAyG4jrJNMRy1wLmK1LjU21lkBbAC-XSJm3EDTVIHq7IwFrZI2U0KkI71GqKnHvryW792FbvrY44v3ujMvcb8m8kplV1_gEK0TsN3bM9Gpqt/s320/IMG_0394.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Arrive in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to welcoming 35 degrees. Not sure if we've packed enough...!</div>John and Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015930927090008811noreply@blogger.com5