Follow my South American journey

Leaving Mendoza, it was obvious that I had to head over the hills to Santiago in Chile where the new hub oil was waiting for me with Connie, the beautiful young Chilean girl who girl who graced table tennis in…
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It is easy to know one is travelling in the right direction on Route 40, the wind is continually in your face. For the last 1600 kms that wind has varied from a flutter to gale force but it is…
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Leaving San Pedro de Atacama was no real hardship, a wonderfully restful time, yes, but a rather noisy and uninspiring tourist town, it was great to move on. And move on I did, by car, rather than bike which was…
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Sand, salt, dust, grit and wind are the lasting memories of the past eighteen days which offered some of the most demanding travel that I have undertaken. Leaving La Paz, again by teleferic, providing plenty of bemusement to the locals…
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Five days in Cusco refreshed the body, reacquainted me with Rafa, my Mexican friend from Huaraz, and made me a life member of Jack’s cafe! A very touristy city due to the proximity of Manchu Picchu and the Sacred valley.…
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Sitting in the comfort of Cusco, Peru’s second largest city, steeped in Inka history and all the modern conveniences one can imagine, it is hard to look back on the last four weeks without thinking of sweat, struggle and hard…
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Adventures a plenty. Awaiting transport from the end of the Alpamayo trek it was a delight to take some pictures in an atypical village, high in the Andes. I also attended for a short while what I thought was a…
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After the hiatus of the unscheduled trip to Chimbote, I decided there was still time to undertake two mountain trips in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru, a real highlight of the whole experience. With advice from ‘Bonny’ the owner of…
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The road up from Leyembamba was through some very lovely countryside, almost Swiss Alpine in appearance that did nothing to prepare me for the other side. Suddenly it was down, down, down for 59 kms in the most rugged and…
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Heading away from the border I was quickly into the Peruvian hills. Road surfaces were excellent which was a blessing as the haul up to San Ignacio was somewhat tiring. With the incentive to contact Jan on her birthday I…
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