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The Back of Beyond: 06/22/15
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The Back of Beyond. Monday, 22 June 2015. Last Days on the Bolivian Altiplano. After two and a bit weeks of Spanish lessons in Sucre, I hit the road again - without my bike this time. I had several goals - re-visit Potosi, visit La Paz and Lake Titicaca, climb a 6000 m mountain, and drop off the altiplano into the jungle. Sugar cane and oranges in abundance at the Mercado Campesino on the outskirts of Sucre. A blind busker in the Mercado Campesino, Sucre. Thieves beware in El Alto! The view from the hut ...
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The Back of Beyond: 03/06/15
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The Back of Beyond. Friday, 6 March 2015. A Visit to Perito Moreno Glacier. The Perito Moreno glacier extends 30 km up to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and is one of only 3 in Patagonia that is growing. The glacier's advancing front face. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Visit to Perito Moreno Glacier. Road to Nairobi (2007). Travel theme. Powered by Blogger.
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The Back of Beyond: 07/14/15
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The Back of Beyond. Tuesday, 14 July 2015. The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu. Arriving in shiny, touristy Aguas Calientes, the gateway to Machu Picchu, after 4 days in the wilderness was quite a shock. Fortunately I only had to go there to pick up my ticket and next morning at 5 am I was lining up with throngs of other tourists to see the sunrise over Machu Picchu. Despite all the tourists, I found it a magnificent and majestic place and well worth the visit. A friendly guy by his home. I pushed on to t...
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The Back of Beyond: 04/29/15
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The Back of Beyond. Wednesday, 29 April 2015. Through the Humahuaca Valley to Iruya. Iruya is in a truly spectacular location, nestled on a hillside above a rugged river gorge deep in the mountains. Inhabited for over 350 years, it begs the question "why build a village here? Cordero asado (grilled lamb) at a small village festival on the way to Humahuaca. A typical meal: grilled lamb with corn, potatoes, goat's cheese and "picante" sauce. Grapes are growing everywhere. Some kids in Irtube. Theoretically...
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The Back of Beyond: Welcome to the Jungle
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The Back of Beyond. Tuesday, 7 July 2015. Welcome to the Jungle. After weeks on the Altiplano, I was ready to leave the cold nights and dry air behind and descend into the hot and humid jungle of the Amazon Basin. Having just been at over 6000 m above sealevel on Huayna Potosi, within a few days and a few hundred kilometers I was just 300 m above sealevel. It was a remarkable change in vegetation, landscape and cultures over a short time and distance. Sorata sits in the shadow of 6368 m Illampu. Leaving ...
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The Back of Beyond: To the Land of the Incas
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The Back of Beyond. Wednesday, 8 July 2015. To the Land of the Incas. The bus ride to Cobija was a rather monotonous 26 hour endurance test through the Pampas. The monotony was punctuated when the bus was loaded onto a barge to cross the mighty Beni and Madre de Dios rivers which eventually flow into the Amazon. For most of the way I was sitting on my backpack in the aisle as the bus was packed. I would have preferred my bike at that point! Officials sharply dressed in uniform,. To cross the Rios Beni an...
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The Back of Beyond: 07/07/15
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The Back of Beyond. Tuesday, 7 July 2015. Welcome to the Jungle. After weeks on the Altiplano, I was ready to leave the cold nights and dry air behind and descend into the hot and humid jungle of the Amazon Basin. Having just been at over 6000 m above sealevel on Huayna Potosi, within a few days and a few hundred kilometers I was just 300 m above sealevel. It was a remarkable change in vegetation, landscape and cultures over a short time and distance. Sorata sits in the shadow of 6368 m Illampu. Leaving ...
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The Back of Beyond: 03/07/15
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The Back of Beyond. Saturday, 7 March 2015. Trekking around Torres del Paine. The window of a gas station on the pampa. Many travellers pass this way. Back to Chile for the Torres del Paine trek. Approaching the Torres del Paine. Camp Dickson in a beautiful setting on Lago Dickson. Perfect conditions to enjoy Glacier Grey from the Paso John Gardner. The glacier's crevassed top surface. The glacier feeds Lago Grey. The sun came out briefly over Lago Nordernskjold and the wind was howling.
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The Back of Beyond: NZ Route
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The Back of Beyond: 04/17/15
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The Back of Beyond. Friday, 17 April 2015. I headed south on Ruta 68 to Cafayete passing through Valle Lerma. After the town of Alemania (I could see no resemblance with anything German), the valley narrows into a gorge, the Quebrada de las Conchas, with many fascinating red-tinged rock formations. Candelabra cacti started making an appearance, and I felt like I was suddenly riding through the set of a cowboy movie. The nice little town of Cafayete. Two hours later and much the wiser (stay on the road!
