Tag: Travelogue
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![La Paz, not a city of angels [40/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-fb_img_1446161138471.jpg)
La Paz, not a city of angels [40/50]
The ride from Copacabana to La Paz was a short, pleasant one, passing crystalline lakes and broad vistas of snow-capped Andean mountains (and not to forget the herds of wild, fluffy Llamas). In the late morning, making good progress, I rode into a small, relaxed lakeside town, but unfortunately, the road had vanished. I have…
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![Lake Titicaca [39/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-img_5608.jpg)
Lake Titicaca [39/50]
The last stop of my two-month Peruvian sojourn was Lake Titicaca, a colossal and very deep lake high-up on a never-ending Andean plateau (the Altiplano). The lake is split between Peru and Bolivia and in case you were wondering, it is where the Sun was born. Lake Titicaca is the spiritual home and birthplace of…
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![Colca Canyon with rum…[38/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-img_5448.jpg)
Colca Canyon with rum…[38/50]
From the shabby mining town of Mazuko in the Peruvian Amazon, it was a tough two-day ride to bucolic Colca Canyon near Arequipa in Peru’s south. It rained heavily on the first day, but it didn’t seem to matter that much as it was so damn hot. But as I climbed out of the Amazon…
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![The Choquequirao trek: alternative to Machu Picchu [36/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150917_0949471.jpg)
The Choquequirao trek: alternative to Machu Picchu [36/50]
The 4-5 day Choquequirao trek begins about 200 Kms north of Cusco near Abancay. Far from a little frolic in the Andean mountains, the trek traverses a broad and deep valley with no less that two back-breaking climbs of about 1500 meters each (one on the way to Choquequirao and one coming back). But the…
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![Riding Peru’s Canon del Pato, the World’s most dangerous road! [31/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-mg_43403-1.jpg)
Riding Peru’s Canon del Pato, the World’s most dangerous road! [31/50]
Roads come in all shapes and sizes, and some are undoubtedly more dangerous that others (and for different reasons). Some roads are dangerous because of banditos or revolutionaries, some are dangerous because of their condition or environmental placing, and some are dangerous because conforming Modernists are unable to respond independently to uncertain, non-pre-programmed conditions (it…
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![Shacked-up in Vilcabamba…[29/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-mg_4192.jpg)
Shacked-up in Vilcabamba…[29/50]
Vilcabamba, about 200 kilometers from the Peruvian border, was the last town I visited in Ecuador. It is a classic small Ecuadorian town, built on an orderly grid, lined with wobbly, white-washed adobe houses with a shaded town square in the centre (with the ubiquitous Catholic Church bearing down). But what makes Vilcabamba different to…