Today we were attempting one of the statistically biggest rides we’ve ever done, so it was nice that our hosts at Hotel Inca were willing to get up a little earlier than usual and have breakfast ready by 6:30am. We took the direct route out of town, which ended up being a pretty rough gravel… Read more…

Days 2-4 Our second day in Chavin was a well-deserved do-nothing day. At some point, the power went out, but we had no idea if it was just the hotel, or the whole town, since we didn’t even leave our room. While we could have manually done our own laundry in the hotel’s courtyard, we… Read more…

We began the morning with a becoming-customary wander around town in search of a place serving breakfast (Google seems particularly useless for this task in Peru). After 20 minutes with no luck, we resorted to asking our hotel host for a recommendation. He (with the help of his wife on the phone) recommended the central… Read more…

It was 28F in the morning, enough to frost the tent for the first time (and then cause dripping inside when 7am sun melted it all at once), but not enough to freeze our water supplies. Thankfully the wind was negligible, so breakfast was chilly but manageable. While I was walking around and packing up,… Read more…

Our tree- and mountain-shaded campsite at 12,500 ft. was down to 40°F by bedtime, and 32°F when we woke this morning. “Warm” enough that our water didn’t freeze! The light traffic on the gravel “National Highway” dropped to nearly nothing overnight, so it was easy to sleep, even on our not-entirely-flat tent floor (the mattress… Read more…

We took a wander around town looking for a place for breakfast, and settled on a option around the corner. There was one group inside (who surprisingly seemed like tourists as well), but then a lot of other people dropped in, so apparently we picked the right place. No menu, so a bit of guesswork… Read more…