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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
Bicycle Specialized Allez Elite road bike 2007 modelBob ibex trailer and dry bag – spare skewer for bob trailer; Spare tube for bob trailer wheelContinental Gatorskin Foldable tires (2) + 5 spare inner tubeShimano Click’R CT45 bike shoes and Shimano SH 56 cleatsShimano-Click’R PD t400-bike-pedals Camping Big Agnes fly Creek UL2 tentBig Agnes fly creek…
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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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Bariloche to El Calafate: Patagonian adventure
Patagonia region spans over two countries, Argentina and Chile, and were quite distinct. There were several gravel road sections which my road bike tyres didn’t like and this on its own provided for some adventure. After Bariloche, the theme of lakes and mountains continued for about two days until El Bolson after which I had…
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Santiago to Bariloche: Riding the Pacific Coast in Chile and seven lakes route in Argentina
My time in Santiago flew by and I could have easily stayed there longer. It was time to leave because things became too familiar and it was not the time to return to ‘normal’ life. I really liked this place though. I had originally planned a six days ride to Concepcion another big city in…
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