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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Tierra del Fuego 'the Final Chapter', Porvenir to Ushuaia in the group On the road: 13 years ago
3/3/11 to 13/3/11 642km (total for the whole journey 32,378km) ‘Crossing the Magallanic Straight and into the Land of Fire’ The Magallanic straight that divides the mainland of South America from Tierra del Fuego was discovered by and hence named after the Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan named the island that was cut-off from the mainland ‘Tierra del […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Photos: Tierra del Fuego 'the final chapter' Porvenir to Ushuaia in the group On the road: 13 years ago
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post The Argentine Lakes district, Paso Huahum to Futaleufu in the group On the road: 13 years, 4 months ago
16/12/10 – 30/12/10 600 km link to picasa photo album After a nice boat ride over Lago Pirihueico we ride back into Argentina. The border crossing is a quiet one, and since we are riding eastbound, we have a strong wind with us. The change from Chile to Argentina is apparent. The dense wet green forest changes into […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Photos: The Argentine Lakes District in the group On the road: 13 years, 4 months ago
Clear skies and blue lakes
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post The Araucania Temuco to Puerto Fuy, Chile in the group On the road: 13 years, 4 months ago
2/12/10 to 16/12/10 440km Arriving on the night bus from Santiago to Temuco we awoke to the unfamiliar sound of rain on the road and grey gloomy skies. We had arrived in the south we had wanted to be for so long, and it was a sudden shock to be donning the waterproof gear at 6:30am and […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Photos: The Araucania, Temuco to Puerto Fuy in the group On the road: 13 years, 4 months ago
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post San Pedro de Atacama to Salta (over Paso Jama) in the group On the road: 13 years, 6 months ago
8/10/10 to 15/10/10 609 km In San Pedro another longer than planned stay mostly waiting for my irritated right eye to clear up. I had been experiencing […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Photos: San Pedro de Atacama to Salta, Argentina (over Paso Jama) in the group On the road: 13 years, 6 months ago
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama (via the Lagunas Route) in the group On the road: 13 years, 7 months ago
14/9/10 to 30/9/10 526 of the roughest, sandiest and washboarded kms of our trip After the ‘Bolivia weaving detour’ we returned to Uyuni eager to tackle the infamous ‘Lagunas route’, a challenging route through the south west of Bolivia on sand and washboard roads in one of the most spectacular parts of […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Photos: Uyuni to San Pedro de Atacama (the Lagunas Route) in the group On the road: 13 years, 7 months ago
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thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post Lago Chungara to Uyuni (the northern Chilean hotsprings route and crossing the salares) in the group On the road: 13 years, 8 months ago
Lago Chungara to Uyuni (northern Chilean hotsprings route and crossing the salares) 13/8/10 to 24/8/10 483km Well, what a difference it made to be in Chile! The strong westerly winds had still been there when we set off from Tambo Quemado making the climb up to the border a hard slog, but at least we could ride our […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 8 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Lago Chungara to Uyuni (the northern Chilean hotsprings route and crossing the salares) %s
Lago Chungara to Uyuni (northern Chilean hotsprings route and crossing the salares)
13/8/10 to 24/8/10 483km
Well, what a difference it made to be in Chile! The strong westerly winds had still been there when we set off from Tambo Quemado making the climb up […] -
thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 8 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Photos: Lago Chungara to Uyuni %s
The original post by nancy was posted here Not much time, once again, but wanted to put up something to get you all up to speed. My back seems to have made a full recovery and I’m doing well. We left Pasto yesterday for Ecuador. However, this morning, Davy woke up sick. He’s been having […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 10 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Ayacucho to Cusco and the Sacred Valley, Peru %s
Ayacucho to Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas 12/6/10 to 29/6/10 606 km (total 24200 km)
Link to Picasa gallery
When we rode out of Ayacucho we knew we had a huge task ahead of us to reach Cusco on this notoriously difficult stretch of the ‘mountain route’, […] -
thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 10 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Photos: Ayacucho to Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Inca, Peru %s
The original post by nancy was posted here
La Paz! We made it!
The sister of a dear friend (Patty Raaf, for those of you from Ethiopia) wrote to us ages ago inviting us to stay at her house when we arrived in La Paz. We’ve been looking forward to a little luxury for weeks […] -
thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 11 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Recuay to Ayacucho, Peru %s
Recuay to Ayacucho
14th of may – 9th of june 2010
866 km
link to photo gallery on picasa
Our bikes are looking flash: new tyres, grips, and blinking clean. Ready for another beating in the Peruvian Andes…..
We leave Recuay and our friendly hosts […] -
thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 11 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Photos: Recuay to Ayacucho, Peru %s
The original post by nancy was posted here
Every day is an adventure, but geez – do they really have to be this long?
We cycled 73 km to Talara today – a tough 73 km with a 1500-foot climb through the extreme heat and intense sun. By the time we arrived at the junction for Talara, […] -
thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 11 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Galapagos Islands, Otovalo market and Volcan Cotopaxi, a family holiday %s
On one hand a journey like this seems an endless holiday. On the other hand, the cycling makes for hard work and a long time without seeing family or friends. So, in a way, we have just had a holiday inside a holiday, visiting Ecuador a second time, but now accompanied […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 11 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Galapagos Islands, Otovalo market and Volcan Cotopaxi, a family holiday %s
On one hand a journey like this seems an endless holiday. On the other hand, the cycling makes for hard work and a long time without seeing family or friends. So, in a way, we have just had a holiday inside a holiday, visiting Ecuador a second time, but now accompanied by my mother and […]
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thefuegoproject wrote a new post, Activity, on the site 13 years, 11 months ago
thefuegoproject wrote a new blog post: Photos: Galapagos Islands, Otovalo market and Volcan Cotopaxi, a family holiday %s
The original post by nancy was posted here
Every day is an adventure, but geez – do they really have to be this long?
We cycled 73 km to Talara today – a tough 73 km with a 1500-foot climb through the extreme heat and intense sun. By the time we arrived at the junction for Talara, […] - Load More
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