Day 196 to 203: Huancavelica to Lima.... and FINISHED! (Peru Divide, Part 2)
South America Blog
I cycled nearly 10,000km (6200 miles) between Ushuaia at the very bottom of Argentina, up to Peru's capital of Lima.
This was split between two trips: three months starting February 2016, and then four months starting February 2019. Mendoza, the heart of Argentina's wine industry, was my breakpoint, being the place where I finished my first trip and started the next.
These are the (modified) field notes I blogged from the road written in chronological order. The first trip was blogged just to my private Facebook, but the second was blogged on the public Malbec Pilgrim facebook page.
Days 180 to 195: Abancay to Huancavelica (Peru Divide, Part 1)
Days 172 to 179: 4 day/3 night Salkantay hike to Machu Picchu, & Chillout Time in Cusco
Video Footage from the Fiesta in Copacabana
Days 163 to 171: Adios Bolivia, Hola Peru!
Lucha Libre in La Paz, Bolivia
A Quick Break to the Bolivian Amazon!
Days 150 to 155: Off the Beaten Track Between Oruro and La Paz
Days 143 to 148: Uyuni to Oruro, via the Iconic Salar de Uyuni
Days 136 to 140: Into Bolivia! And the Curious Legacy of Butch Cassidy
Days 130 to 135: Salta to La Quiaca and the Magical North
A Salta Institution - La Casona de Molino
Days 121 to 126: The Cachi Adventure between Cafayete and Salta
Vendimia (Grape Harvest) Festival - at Finca Las Nubes, in Cafayete (Argentina)
Days 115 to 120 - Fiambala to Cafayete, and the unanticipated "Vendimia" fiesta
Days 102 to 114: The Great Backroads Adventure
Days 98-101: CARNIVAL!!!
Days 96 and 97: The Prehistoric National Parks of Ischigualasto and Talampaya
The Unexpected Treat - Luis Soria
Days 93 to 95: Calingasta to Ischigualasto National Park, and Off-the-Beaten-Track Curiousities
Days 90 to 92: Uspallata to Calingasta, as the Searing Heat Continued
Part Two - 2019: Days 88 and 89 - Mendoza to Uspallata... Up, Up, and Away!!
The Malbec Pilgrim has Arrived! - The week of Rest and Recuperation in Mendoza
Days 79 to 87: Chos Malal to Mendoza, and the end of "Part One"
Days 74 to 78: Villa Pehuenia to Chos Malal (via Icalma in Chile)
Days 71 to 73: San Martin to the (unexpected) Food Festival of Villa Pehuenia
Days 64 to 70: El Bolson to St Martin de Los Andes, via the epic Route of the Seven Lakes
Days 60 to 63: Futaleufu to El Bolson, via the Incredible Alerces National Park
Days 53 to 59: Puerto Aysen to Futaleufu... & Pure, Undiluted Carretera Austral, with Both Barrels
Days 48 to 52: Cerro Castillo to Puerto Aysen, and the great San Rafael Glacier
Days 43 to 47: Rio Tranquilo to Cerro Castillo, and a 3-day Hike in the Mountains
Days 38 to 42: The Carretera Austral from Cochrane to Rio Tranquilo
Days 33 to 37: The Carretera Austral from Villa O'Higgins to Cochrane
Days 30 to 32: An Incredible Border Crossing - El Chalten (Arg.) to Villa O'Higgins (Chi.)
Days 24 to 29: El Calafate to El Chalten and the Fitzroy Ranges
Days 20 to 23: Puerto Natales to El Calafate
Days 11 to 19: Chile's Incredible Torres del Paine National Park
Days 6 to 10: Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales
Days 1 to 5: Crossing Tierra Del Fuego