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Today started out with a flight over the Nazca Lines. It was a perfect morning for it… clear skies with a light breeze. I suspect most of you are familiar with the Nazca Lines, but if not, they are the famed ‘geoglyphs’ (a world heritage site) created by natives in the desert near the cityContinue reading “Day 17 (4/8)”

Today turned out to be a total surprise. Recall, that at the end of the day yesterday we’d been been diverted from the final segment of our route through the city of Ica due to a road closure due to government protests. To avoid any potential conflicts today, our plan this morning was to makeContinue reading “Day 16 (4/7)”

Seagulls woke us up early this morning on the beach. We had our morning coffee, packed up, and were on our way in pretty expedient fashion. Before we left we made sure to have a final conversation with our host Alex… Here’s a kid who had to flee his native country of Venezuela a fewContinue reading “Day 14 (4/5)”

Today (i.e. yesterday) was a ‘mellow’ day. We got a relaxed start under sunny skies as we departed Huaraz…cruised up and over a 13,800 foot pass and gradually descended to the coast over the next 50 or so miles, (to the ‘desierto costero’ region) had a relaxed lunch at very nice local restaurant on theContinue reading “Day 13 (4/4)”

As I write this we are taking a rest day in the city of Huaraz in north/central Peru. Yesterday was a day of spectacular scenery as we made our up, over and through the Punta Olimpica pass and the associated tunnel.

Today we saw a different side of Peru. Unbeknownst to us when we put our route together for the day, we were to pass through a massive mining operation. It is called the ‘Antimina Mine’ and it is one of the largest zinc/copper mines in the world. When I say ‘massive’ I mean on theContinue reading “Day 11 (4/1)”

Today didn’t turn out quite like we planned… and that was a good thing. Our original expectation was that we’d have a full day on pavement. Instead we had a full day on dirt roads. The plan changed early in the day, when not 20 minutes after we got underway, we found the route weContinue reading “Day 10 (3/31)”

Today was one of those days that invariably occurs during any extended motorcycle ride. It started under gray skies amidst the decaying industrial landscape of Chucchis and nearby La Oroya. From there, our plan for the day was to make it to Huachuco 277Km (172 miles) to the north on paved roads. We knew itContinue reading “Day 9 (3/30)”

After the overcast skies and rain of yesterday, we awoke to bright sunshine this morning at our hospidaje in the town of Laraos (pronounced la-roust…without the ‘t’). When we arrived last night in the waning light we observed that we had arrived someplace different than the villages we’d visited thus far and we were furtherContinue reading “Day 8 (3/29)”