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Epilogue, or: Ruminations on a journey

13 August 2014by gavinjdo 7 Comments

After almost 14,000 sometimes brutally physical kilometres of cycling had been completed, my back ‘went’ as I bent over to pick something up in the hostel in Santa Marta. I’m […]

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Musings

17. ‘The Last Prime’

29 July 2014by gavinjdo 15 Comments

Plans are subject to change. Small and big. Of the former; in Cali I had decided I wanted to have a crack at the ‘longest climb in world cycling’, Alto […]

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Colombia

16. Ciclismo, Futbol & Rumba!

8 July 2014by gavinjdo 4 Comments

Pasto – Chachagui Rolled out of town after the Colombia game at four in the evening. Only 2 hours to sunset but I wasn’t going far, just chipping 30km off […]

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Colombia

15. Quito and beyond

23 June 2014by gavinjdo 3 Comments

Quito The time in Quito was among the most fun and hardest boozing of the trip. Myself and a Kiwi lad Ben got jobs in ´The Secret Garden´hostel and took […]

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Colombia, Ecuador

14. Back on it

3 June 2014by gavinjdo 7 Comments

Piura  (Peru) – Macara (Ecuador) I spent the day after the robbery wandering around the city of Piura buying a few bits and bobs and also fixing up the bike. […]

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Ecuador

13. ‘It won’t happen to me’

14 May 2014by gavinjdo 11 Comments

This is the 2nd post on my blog almost devoid of photos. Read on to see why if you are bothered. Lima- Trujillo The road from Lima north to my […]

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Peru

12. River deep, mountain high

28 April 2014by gavinjdo 3 Comments

Lots of climbing, AK47 skills, Holy Week, hot springs, high altitude boozing with new friends and a bit of dodgy plumbing. The title sums up the yo-yoing I’ve been doing […]

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Peru

11. The rocky road to Machu Picchu

14 April 2014by gavinjdo 3 Comments

In this episode: drunken highwaymen, rough roads, wild dogs, The Fear, landslides and more lost clothing. By the time I left Puno I’d decided to try some more dirt road […]

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Peru

10. Escape from Northern Bolivia

31 March 2014by gavinjdo 6 Comments

The few photos in this post have a funny perspective from being taken through the eye of a fish (my GoPro) instead of my poor little Canon. Read on to […]

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Bolivia, Peru

9. Rough Ride- Southern Bolivia

18 March 2014by gavinjdo 4 Comments

The first preconception of Bolivia was quashed as I crossed the river into Villazon. The Lonely Planet had advised readers in its knowing tone that they should stay the night […]

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Bolivia

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