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Steve Marks
Jan 8, 20212 min read
Day 196 to 203: Huancavelica to Lima.... and FINISHED! (Peru Divide, Part 2)
FINISHED! (For now ) Some time in the afternoon of Friday 14th June 2019, this tired sod hauled his arse down from the mountains and into...
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Steve Marks
Jan 5, 20213 min read
Days 180 to 195: Abancay to Huancavelica (Peru Divide, Part 1)
I AM BUGGERED! The last two weeks have been spent on a network of gravel backroads affectionately known as “The Peru Divide”. It’s...
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Steve Marks
Oct 11, 20203 min read
Days 172 to 179: 4 day/3 night Salkantay hike to Machu Picchu, & Chillout Time in Cusco
I guess Machu Picchu is the first thing most people will name when they think of Peru (apart from the over-60s who will likely say...
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Steve Marks
Oct 11, 20201 min read
Video Footage from the Fiesta in Copacabana
My arrival into Copacabana by bicycle set the scene for the coming few days, as I unexpectedly rode right into the middle of a raucous...
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Steve Marks
Sep 23, 20204 min read
Days 163 to 171: Adios Bolivia, Hola Peru!
There’s something intrinsically alluring about some destinations which means they possess a gravitational pull all of their own. Lake...
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Steve Marks
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Lucha Libre in La Paz, Bolivia
And a few days chilling out in Bolivia's main city of La Paz before jumping back on the bike wouldn't be complete without some of the...
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Steve Marks
Sep 22, 20202 min read
A Quick Break to the Bolivian Amazon!
On the whole, Bolivia is a country at high altitudes. Having been in the country 3 weeks, I'd mainly bounced around between 3000 and...
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Steve Marks
Sep 20, 202010 min read
Days 150 to 155: Off the Beaten Track Between Oruro and La Paz
[This blog post was the field notes which later turned into my article for Far Ride Mag ] “Mama, hay un gringo afuera? (Mum - is there a...
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Steve Marks
Sep 17, 20203 min read
Days 143 to 148: Uyuni to Oruro, via the Iconic Salar de Uyuni
Riding across the vast salt flats of Bolivia has become an iconic rite of passage for most cycle-tourists in this part of the world. The...
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Steve Marks
Sep 17, 20206 min read
Days 136 to 140: Into Bolivia! And the Curious Legacy of Butch Cassidy
The more obvious way or something else a bit stupid? This is a question that often plagues cycle tourists. So after entering Bolivia I...
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Steve Marks
Sep 15, 20202 min read
Days 130 to 135: Salta to La Quiaca and the Magical North
My final week in Argentina was spent cycling across its northernmost province of Jujuy. After three food-&-drink infused days in the city...
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Steve Marks
Sep 10, 20201 min read
A Salta Institution - La Casona de Molino
A long cultural tradition of Salta is the Pena, or a good old traditional sing-song. If you want a cheesy performance version, there are...
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Steve Marks
Sep 10, 20203 min read
Days 121 to 126: The Cachi Adventure between Cafayete and Salta
After the boozy enthusiasm of the vineyard harvest party, I wanted another day of rest. There are two routes from Cafayate up to Salta...
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Steve Marks
Aug 31, 20201 min read
Vendimia (Grape Harvest) Festival - at Finca Las Nubes, in Cafayete (Argentina)
So I threaded together a few short videos I made at the wine harvest fiesta into one slightly longer one to create more of an impression...
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Steve Marks
Aug 31, 20203 min read
Days 115 to 120 - Fiambala to Cafayete, and the unanticipated "Vendimia" fiesta
Oh I love it when these things happen!! I roll into Cafayete, probably the second most important wine locale in Argentina after Mendoza,...
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Steve Marks
Aug 23, 20205 min read
Days 102 to 114: The Great Backroads Adventure
12 days cycling just to get between one shop and the next... I feel like we spend so much of our lives in a crowded environment that I...
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Steve Marks
Aug 22, 20201 min read
Days 98-101: CARNIVAL!!!
The unexpected treats continued when I hit the tiny, dusty town of Villa Union. There’s an official website about Carnival in Argentina...
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Steve Marks
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Days 96 and 97: The Prehistoric National Parks of Ischigualasto and Talampaya
Eons ago, many geologists believe most of the earth’s landmass was clumped together in one supercontinent they’ve dubbed Pangea. In the...
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Steve Marks
Jul 16, 20201 min read
The Unexpected Treat - Luis Soria
The 40th birthday part in Huaco turned up a genuinely unexpected treat. Despite being a middle of nowhere location, an internationally...
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Steve Marks
Jul 16, 20202 min read
Days 93 to 95: Calingasta to Ischigualasto National Park, and Off-the-Beaten-Track Curiousities
Days 93 to 95 were another three pretty sweaty days in the ongoing heatwave gripping Argentina. Despite that, the cycling has turned up...
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