Along the Carretera Austral

Patagonia by bike - Random photos

Chile (but warm) so far...

Beautiful scenery
Nice camping
Great Roads

Talking turkey

Artsy Valparaiso, the San Fran of South America

Good Advice - Turn off the Tele and live your life!

Typical tourist!

Looking down on the locals

and then trying to leg it with the babes?!

Locals and passers-by alike agree to pose for us

I'd follow that jackass to the end of the earth...

Circlebow

View from the top at 5600m - Nevado Mismi

That road again - Flat... almost Nebraska flat

Machu Picchu

We got up at 3:30 to walk up to the park entrance and avoid paying $8 for a bus, just so we could be among the 400 people they let climb Huayna Picchu each day... it was worth it.

Pictured Picchu People

Matt and his own personal temple of doom...

Jenny and Ali

Alex and David, Motorcycle tourist - David started with Matt on bicyle back in Alaska, but being intellegent he switched to a motorbike and he's been running into us ever since.

A friendly local

and the elusive me...

First sightings of Machu Picchu

Now thats steep!

But not as steep as that! ... crazy dog climbed up a 30 meter vertical ladder with us to get a view of Machu Picchu but had trouble getting down...

First sighting of Machu Picchu! (steepest of all is the entry cost at 60 bucks! bring a student card and get in at half price)

Descent into Cuzco

Jennys last day of cycling with us, she sold the bike and is going off surfing and volunteering somewhere in South America. Jennys blog is bicyclingbiologist.blogspot.com (though it may change it's name soon...)

The Plaza de Armas (town center)

A local shopkeeper...

Really drunk? - seeing triple!

Up and down again - A cycilists tale

Went up up up

Met some locals

Appreciated the views

Got to the top (4600m)

Came down again