Author: freebuffalo
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A tour of north of Mexico
It was the summer of 2021 and yet another staycation, and this time I went towards the north east of Mexico. The highlands of Mexico offered some perfect weather for cycling. I started off at Queretaro and took the main highway towards San Luis Potosi and Saltillo. After Saltillo, I traversed and rode west, crossing…
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A short trip to Kolli hills and Yercaud
August 9, 2021 Some of the 70 hair-pin bends On top of Kolli Hills A nice waterfall which I discovered on my way down Kolli hills videos – 2 Yercaud was only 30 km from Salem, 10 of which were on flat roads and the last 20 km was the climb up. This climb involved…
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Staycation: In the states of Michocan, Guerrero and Oaxaca
For the summer holidays, with travel disruption everywhere, I did the one thing that I know best – off I went on my bike without a tent, as they say, just credit card touring. Morelia city centre The first trip was to the state of Michoacan, the capital of which was Morelia. I left Mexico…
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Exploring the South of Mexico – Riding with a broken back – Jan 2020
Here is the reason why this blog was dormant for a while – a back breaking accident, literally. On the fine summer morning of 8th June 2018, on my regular commute to work on my trusty steed, I was hit by a car from behind. I flew in the air and landed on my back.…
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Mayan Meanders
What’s life without at least one bicycle touring per year? With the ‘beast from the east’ making frequent visits to the British Isles the east coast of North America was the safe bet for some stable and warm weather over Easter holidays. Florida lost out due to the flight cost and Cancun won. The connecting…
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A short bicycle ride in Cuba
After a brief period of lull it was time to revive the cycle touring spirit albeit with a short tour, a very short one, compared to the previous journey. The criteria to select the place was warm weather and a place where I have never been. Cuba met this criteria and more – this country…
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Gear and Route map
This trip was 21 months long during when I pedalled just over 25000 kilometres. The following posts were records of my trips, in reverse chronological order. I had issue with my original blog but managed to restored most of the posts from this trip. Bicycle Specialized Allez Elite road bike 2007 modelBob ibex trailer and…
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Back to London
Buenos Aires was hot all day and every day and it was a perfect place for a bit of chilling, reminiscing and future planning. This time was also used to catch up with some of my friends and also to organise a job and a place to live in London on my return. There was…
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Anchorage (Alaska, USA) to Ushuaia (Argentina): The finale, El fin, Le final
The end was in sight and the countdown began. After El Calafate the next bigger place was Puerto Natales in Chile and there was a 70 km ripio (Spanish for gravel roads) section in between. I took the 75 km detour to avoid this even though it meant some potential headwinds when heading west from…
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