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Tag: ruta de las vicunas

Ruta de las Andinas Part II

12/18/19 – 12/23/19 I spent the first half of our day off in search of a spoke. I knew I wouldn’t find one, but figured I should look.  Ollague is a strange place.  People aren’t very helpful.  In many places, when somebody points you to a random building you know that they really hope that Read More

Ruta de las Andinas Part I

12/11/19 – 12/17/19 From the old mission church near the end of the Ruta de las Vicuñas the road drops over a thousand meters to the town of Colchane.  Much of it runs through a narrow canyon filled with alpaca munching on wet grasses and vizcachas, a desert rodent the size of a rabbit, chasing Read More

Arica to Putre

11/29/19 – 12/6/19 Before going to bed we’d put the leftover chicken and salad we’d bought the previous night in the fridge so we could have it for lunch on our way to Arica.  I got up around six and found David asleep on the kitchen floor, a mangled bird carcass next to him.  Salad Read More

Ruta Andina Chile Route – Seeking feedback

Hello cycling, overlanding, and general travel world, As I write this we are sitting in Arequipa, Peru, and contemplating the coming sections of our ride from Alaska to Argentina.  Our original plan was to head toward Lake Titicaca and then into Bolivia to cross the Uyuni salt flats.  However, we are getting into the rainy Read More