Bikepacking Peru – Huamachuco to Yungay via Pomabomba
The section after Huamachuco marks the beginning of my most anticipated portion of our tour of the Andes. This route takes you to a vista of the Cordillera Blanca before crossing one of the...
Exploring good routes and bad ones to help you decide where to go
The section after Huamachuco marks the beginning of my most anticipated portion of our tour of the Andes. This route takes you to a vista of the Cordillera Blanca before crossing one of the...
Jaen to Kuelap This section of Peru includes some very enjoyable cycling – it is almost entirely paved, and well graded. For us, it was the easiest riding of our 5,000 mile journey from...
This section takes you through Southern Ecuador into Peru. From Cuenca to Jaen, you will only pass through two sizable towns – Loja, and San Ignacio. This makes for quiet roads, but some very...
Thwack!..Thwack!………Thwack! The handful of rocks I had just thrown scatter-gun style had just hit their squishy target. Satisfaction surged through my body – like that feeling you get when you pop that annoying pimple...
This page is the hub that links to sub posts for our bicycle trip from Bogota, Colombia to Cuzco, Peru. Blue colored track represents non-bike travel (such as bus or boat). Yellow represents air...
Route 1: Rovaniemi – the home of Santa Claus Chances are, you won’t be cycling through Finland in the dead of winter – but if you are, you’ll want to visit Rovaniemi – the...
Route 1: Cycling Through the top of Sweden Notes from the Road: Two Lucky Breaks “Ok, Janet, the grocery store is on the…” *BAM!* “Oh my god, was that a rock?” asked Janet. “I...
Route 1: Cycling Through Oslo Scandinavia was one of my favorite places in the world for cycle touring! In Particular, Norway presented us with some of the best conditions for riding: Superb, careful drivers,...