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Archive for December, 2014
Day 1548, Babahoya – San Miguel: Shaking Things Up
Posted on Dec - 29 - 2014
Distance: 69.14 km Ride time: 5.52.34 Average: 11.76 km/h Max speed: 27.18 km/h Total: 31942 km The easy days of cycling were over as I was heading straight for the Andes once again. The majestic mountain range has now been my trusty companion for a whole year – and what a companion! Normally I don’t [ Read More ]
Categories: Ecuador
Day 1547, Guayaquil – Babahoyo: Tropical Christmas
Posted on Dec - 29 - 2014
Distance: 78.47 km Ride time: 3.23.55 Average: 23.09 km/h Max speed: 35.55 km/h Total: 31873 km I hadn’t expected spending more than two weeks in Guayaquil. Most travellers would advise you to skip this city as there is not much to see. Perhaps this was a good thing for me as I managed to get [ Read More ]
Categories: Ecuador
Day 1542 – 1546: Celebrity in Australia
Posted on Dec - 27 - 2014
As I came back from my stay at the Finca Guadalupe I had a bit of office work to do before I could continue with the cycling – the usual stuff; emails to be answered and blog post to be written. I also decided to do another AMA or Ask Me Anything over on reddit. [ Read More ]
Categories: Ecuador
Day 1531 – 1541: Guayaquil Break
Posted on Dec - 27 - 2014
After a couple of days of good fun in Guayaquil, Matthias caught a bus to Peru. I was then meeting up with Alberto, a local radio aficionado, who I had been in contact with over email. At first we went for a drive around the city to check out the view points. Alberto told me [ Read More ]
Categories: Ecuador
Day 1530, Naranjal – Guayaquil: Back in Bangkok
Posted on Dec - 17 - 2014
Distance: 97.71 km Ride time: 4.37.02 Average: 21.16 km/h Max speed: 30.71 km/h Total: 31775 km Guayaquil is the biggest city in Ecuador, and the financial powerhouse. As expected the traffic increased as I got closer. So did the temperature – over 30 degrees, hot and humid. As I crossed the Rio Guayas I really [ Read More ]
Categories: Ecuador
Day 1529, Machala – Naranjal: Jungle Rain
Posted on Dec - 17 - 2014
Distance: 94.24 km Ride time: 4.28.06 Average: 21.09 km/h Max speed: 33.09 km/h Total: 31677 km The countries in this part of South America (Peru, Ecuador, Colombia) are all divided into three parts: The coast, the mountains, and the jungle. Lately I have spent a lot of time at the coast, and I also know [ Read More ]
Categories: Ecuador
Day 1528: Tumbes – Machala, Ecuador!
Posted on Dec - 12 - 2014
Distance: 109.74 km Ride time: 5.09.54 Average: 21.24 km/h Max speed: 43.46 km/h Total: 31583 km The border between Peru and Ecuador has a reputation of being one of the most chaotic and dangerous in South America. That was at least what I could read in Lonely Planet and what another traveller had also told. [ Read More ]
Categories: Ecuador
Day 1527, Mancora – Tumbes: The End of Peru
Posted on Dec - 12 - 2014
Distance: 112.12 km Ride time: 5.22.54 Average: 20.83 km/h Max speed: 48.42 km/h Total: 31473 km I left Mancora feeling that I hadn’t seen everything there was to see or done everything there was to do in this beach town in northern Peru. Such is travelling sometimes. For now my mind was focused on reaching [ Read More ]
Categories: Peru
Day 1526, Mancora: Tropical Paradise, Finally…
Posted on Dec - 09 - 2014
So far South America hasn’t been a beach holiday. In fact, what I remember the most from the last 11 months is fighting crazy head winds in Patagonia, climbing 4000 m passes, and camping at below -10°C on the altiplano. Now that I’m very close to equator one would expect things to turn more tropical [ Read More ]
Categories: Peru
