Distance: 91.73 km Ride time: 7:04:26 Average: 12.98 km/h Altitude: 4018 m Total: 28831 km After yet another cold night at the altiplano I was happy when I passed a village after only half an hour of cycling. The village had a restaurant, so I went in to order breakfast. They like meat for breakfast [ Read More ]
Distance: 80.62 km Ride time: 8:00:13 Average: 10.08 km/h Altitude: 4224 m Total: 28739 km I’m on my way to Arequipa, and from the weather forecast I have seen that the daily temperatures down there at 2300 m reach 20 degrees! For now however, I’m certainly still at the altiplano. The temperature in the night [ Read More ]
Distance: 80.04 km Ride time: 5:37:24 Average: 14.24 km/h Altitude: 3982 m Total: 28659 km Rest days in Cuzco and visiting Machu Picchu – there haven’t been much cycling lately. I enjoyed the feeling of being back on the bike as I climbed my way out of Puno, heading for the pampa. The weather was [ Read More ]
It was another long 8 hour bus ride back to Puno where my bicycle was waiting. Once again I had chosen the cheapest company, and once again it was not exactly an enjoyable ride. I’m looking forward to get back on the bike by now! When I had arrived in Puno the first time I [ Read More ]
Back in Cuzco the weather was changing… instead of the constant sunshine I had been experiencing over the last months, it was now cloudy and rainy. I good excuse to enjoy another cup of coffee in one of the many cafés in town. For half a year I have been following the Once Once Upon [ Read More ]
It was not a completely trivial decision to go to Machu Picchu. A visit there would blow the normal cycling budget to pieces. The question was – would it be worth it? It turned out to be! Since there is no road to the mountain, most people go to Machu Picchu by train, but that [ Read More ]
After some considerations the plan was now clear; I would take the bus to Cuzco, visit Machu Picchu, and then come back to Puno and continue to cycle from there. This would mean that I could meet up with my friend Patrizia who would also be in Cuzco at the same time. After some hard [ Read More ]
Distance: 57.17 km Ride time: 3:40:34 Average: 15.59 km/h Altitude: 3827 m Total: 28579 km The stomach was still not at 100% as I left Llave. Luckily there was only some 50 km to cycle to reach Puno. I hoped the cycling would be flat with not too much wind… it mostly was. Once I [ Read More ]
Distance: 45.31 km Ride time: 3:29:44 Average: 13.02 km/h Altitude: 3820 m Total: 28522 km I’m still following the road along Lake Titicaca, and it is beautiful cycling. Every hill around here seem to be used for farming with ancient agricultural terrace. Some very impressive engineering skills of the peoples who lived here in pre-Columbian [ Read More ]
Distance: 51.07 km Ride time: 3:11:13 Average: 16.06 km/h Altitude: 3840 m Total: 28476 km I wouldn’t have minded staying another couple of days in Copacabana, but after the long break in La Paz the road was calling again. Besides, I was less than 10 kilometers away from the border with Peru, and if there [ Read More ]
