Puna Dreams Pt.3: Rolling with the punches
‘Know your limits‘, along with ‘get on your bike and ride it‘ were two among many phrases that colored my student years. How was I to know then how significant […]
Puna Dreams Pt.2: A land of many worlds
In riding the Puna I feel as if I’ve been first to the bike touring buffet with an Alan Partridgesque big plate. A 180,000 square kilometre (69,000 sq mi) area […]
Puna Dreams Pt.1: The Blissful Solitude of Socompa
There are three options open to the cyclist sat in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile pondering their way to Argentina. Furthest north is Paso Jama, reaching up to 4,836m this […]
To Love or to Loathe?.. Wrestling with the Lagunas
Bolivia is now gone, cemented as just another memory beneath my wheels. The grand finale to my fleeting visit being the magnificent world of the Cordillera de Lipez and altiplano […]
Saving the Salars with Silliness
Bland, blanco, beautiful and boring. The Bolivian salt flats are a memorable ride, unfortunately though this isn’t necessarily for all the right reasons. Like just about everyone else who wields […]
When Two Become Three Become One: La Paz to Sabaya via Chile
Hurtling down a ripio slope on the way towards the Salar de Surire, Chile I suddenly found myself losing control. As my front wheel snarled up in some deeper sand, […]
A Bloody Big Lake and a Sizable Bolivian City… Around Lago Titicaca to La Paz
If a ‘tourist’ is defined as ‘a person who is traveling, especially for pleasure’ then I am a without any shadow of a doubt a committed tourist. At the moment […]
Colca Compromises… Up, Over and Around from Ayo to Yanque
He who dares, wins… sometimes. My ambitious plans of riding through the deepest part of the world’s second deepest canyon, the Colca Canyon, Arequipa had disappointingly proven fruitless. Weary from […]
Velo Freedom 