Category: Bike Tour

We’d had an AirBNB booked last night in the decent-sized city of Huanta, and then another, for three nights, in the much bigger city of Ayacucho. Rett’s illness meant that we’d obviously cancelled Huanta, and our next goal was to see if we could manage some sort of transport to Ayacucho, because Rett figured she…

When we got rolling at 6:30am a couple mornings ago, our bikes were simply sitting on a patio under our hotel room, and even if the external doors were closed, I knew we’d be able to open them on our own to “escape” (it turned out our hostess was up and cleaning and had opened…

The whole concept of yesterday’s unplanned off-day was that it would be more like half an off-day. Thankfully the dance-and-drinking party didn’t rope us in, and we were able to get to bed early enough that our 4:13am alarm didn’t feel quite as brutal as it sounds. It also helped that at this 9,500 ft.…

Day 2 Yesterday’s later-than-desired start meant we didn’t arrive into Izcuchaca until 4pm, and knowing that we had an even-more-challenging day to follow it, we had raised the possibility of revising our plan before we were even done with Day 1’s pedaling (presumably by splitting Day 2 into a Day 2 and Day 3). But…

Our week off the bikes meant we were ready for a more-challenging ride that our downhill entry to Huancayo, but we would need good fuel for the long day, so as a final bit of cultural comfort food (literally!) in this big city, Rett crafted an exquisite French Toast breakfast for us. In Mexico, “pan…