Mishaps and Monkey Puzzles
Bidding farewell to the Puna and jumping on a night bus felt very much like the beginning of the final chapter of our trip: Patagonia. …
Saying farewell to the Puna
A frequent topic of conversation on our trip so far has been our frustration at having to pay for 99% of things we buy using …
Llullaillaco: standing on the edge of space
It would be fair to say that I’ve spent a good number of years dreaming about climbing this mountain. Ever since reading about Neil and …
Ruta de los Seis Miles Norte – Part 2
Welcome to Part II of the epic blog instalment of our equally epic ride across the northern Argentinian Puna. By this point, we’ve been on …
Ruta de los Seis Miles Norte – Part 1
The Puna region of northern Chile and Argentina is dry, remote, windy, barren and largely uninhabited. According to folklore, it is where 70% of the …
Salt, sand, snow and exploding jockey wheels
The last blog post left off at the Chilean-Bolivian border at Pisgar Bolivar. This one takes us across the salt flats to Uyuni, then down …
Ruta de las Vicuñas
This border region of Western Bolivia and North Eastern Chile is famous for many things. The unique combination of volcanoes, altiplano and salt flats mean …
Sajama: Gastro and Geysers
Our stay in La Paz was short – only one and a half days to resupply, eat some decent food, do some bike maintenance and …
Ruta de la Tres Cordilleras (light): Chilca to La Paz
It was always going to be a tough act to follow on from our Ausangate experience (in the last post) – that loop was about …
Ausangate: riding the sacred mountain
Whenever we’ve discussed hike a biking ourselves through the Huayhuash with new friends we’ve made on the road, a comparison is usually made with Ausangate; …