by admin | Feb 4, 2017 | Camping, Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
It’s our third day back on the road and we unzip our tents to find that the skies are still shrouded in a murky smoke-filled haze. It’s a hot and humid morning and both of us confess that we’re finding it hard to get going. There’s an...
by admin | Feb 3, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Thanks to my new friend Mr Pisco Sour, and his accomplice Mrs Chilean wine (middle name: delicious), when the time comes to pull on my lycra shorts for the first time in a little over two weeks – they feel uncomfortably tight. As I take the first few pedal...
by admin | Jan 30, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes, Mindset & Psychology
Someone stole my purse today. It was our final morning in Santiago, I’d left Faye packing up the apartment, and headed down to the local coffee shop to finish off an article that was due. I wrapped my lips around the usual treat of a cortado (con muffin) before...
by admin | Jan 27, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
“McNuff! There are four boys in our room, and they smell!” It’s 10pm and I’m making my way home across the city of Santiago, when a message from Faye pops up on my phone. I’ve just left a lovely wine and bolognese session with one of my best friend’s Emma. Emma is...
by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Faye looks up from her phone: ‘We have eighty eight switchbacks to take on today Anna! Eighty eight!!!’ Her eyes are aglow with all the wonder of a child on a Christmas morn. PART 1 When researching the border crossing between Argentina and Chile, we discovered that...
by admin | Jan 7, 2017 | Cycling adventures, Cycling the Andes
Today will be all about going uphill, we know that much. We must drag both bodies and bikes from 650m above sea level and up to 3,200m. It’s been a few weeks since we’ve been that high and we’re both eager to get some altitude burn back in our lungs,...
