Since we left La Paz, we put in 7 straight days on the bike, which is something I don’t think we’ve done since Baja California…so we are commemorating with a special post describing the journey!
Truth be told, one of the reasons we biked so many days in a row is because there are not a […]
Posted by Matthew on November 30th, 2007 | Filed under: Bolivia | No Comments »
Cindy and I are real wusses about riding in the rain, so the fact that we are biking through Bolivia at the beginning of the rainy season is a constant worry for us…is it going to be raining when we wake up? Should we wait for the rain to pass? Is the road going to take us under […]
Posted by Matthew on November 21st, 2007 | Filed under: Bolivia | No Comments »
Leaving the city of Cusco, we had our first taste of the Andean altiplano. It reminded Matt of the time we have spent in the mid-west, particularly the flat farm country of North Dakota. I wasn’t fooled, however, as the Andes were clearly visible rimming the edges of the wide plain, whereas in ND there […]
Posted by cindy on November 15th, 2007 | Filed under: Peru, Bolivia | 1 Comment »
Which means that it’s time to post pictures from Peru.
Posted by Matthew on November 14th, 2007 | Filed under: Peru | 2 Comments »
Just ran across this NY Times article talking about the bike culture and industry springing up in Portland. Maybe there will be a place in it for us when we return? Or maybe we can steal some ideas and bring them to Seattle…
Posted by Matthew on November 6th, 2007 | Filed under: General | No Comments »
Our time in and around Cusco is nearly at an end. Cusco is probably the most magnificent colonial city we’ve seen so far on our journey. Of course, the history of the city goes back well before the colonial era, as evidenced by the remnants of astonishingly constructed stone walls throughout the center of the city. […]
Posted by Matthew on November 4th, 2007 | Filed under: Peru | No Comments »
Enjoy.
Posted by Matthew on November 1st, 2007 | Filed under: Ecuador | No Comments »