Todays ride took us up and down a river valley as the road followed the contours of the hillside carved by the river. After a long hot day and and even longer hot night I stayed kept it mellow, and
Puerto Maldonado to Mazuco
Riding a bike in the Amazonian jungle isn’t so different than riding anywhere else, until you get your nose out of cycling and look around. We rode out of Puerto Maldonado at 7:00 am. There are 3000 miles at my
PacTour–Across the Andes.
This ride comes from the passion of Lon Haldeman, one of the great ultra-cyclists in the history of the sport. Pac Tour’s main line of work is high mileage cross country tours in the U.S. (www.pactour.com) For fifteen years Lon
Nazca and Day 8
So I was all excited about taking the small plane flight to view the Nazca lines, but it ended up being kind of silly; we waited in the airport for three hours for a flight (we were basically on standby),
Day Six
Monday. Puquio – Nazca. 154 km, 1450 m climb, 3925m descent, 6:49 riding time. The sky in the morning from Puquio. I think today may have been the single most amazing day of cycling I have ever experienced. The variety