So, as you may have noticed, the blog site has not been updated in quite some while! Why is this, you might ask… Where is Dave, and why is he being so lazy ? Well, the simple answer is, that from Mendoza, I caught a bus over to Buenos Aires, stayed there for a few days, and then flew home. The trip is, in fact over. Now, it was originally my intention to cycle all the way down to the Tierra del … [Read more...]
Time off in Mendoza
This little entry covers my time off in Mendoza. For me, whilst it was not the end of my trip away, it was the final destination of the actual cycling, which had seen me cover some 15000 km or more (I actually have to do a tally at some point!). One of the things that I had wanted to do was to see if I could sell some of the gear that I didn’t want. As luck would have it, Jean-Claude bought some … [Read more...]
Cycling from Wild Camp to Mendoza
Well, I set up the tent in a desert, and woke up in a swamp. I am normally pretty good at predicting when bad weather will come in, which is due in part to living outdoors for so long, however last night I hadn’t a clue about what was going to unleash on me. It started at around midnight and kept up for four hours. Huge slashes of lightening and massive claps of thunder in combination with … [Read more...]
Cycling from San Juan to Wild Camp
I left later today at 10.00, as I knew that I only had to do about 80 kms today, and I didn’t want to wild camp too early. The exit out of San Juan was easy, but unfortunately was on a dual carriageway section. Not super busy, but certainly more traffic than I am accustomed to in these past few months.A slight headwind to make things interesting, but overall not too bad. I stopped briefly in … [Read more...]
Cycling from Wild Camp to San Juan
Well, I have to say that today turned out to be a pretty shitty one all told. Sleep was not great throughout the night, and in the morning, there were a whole bunch of flies hovering around which just wouldn’t leave me alone. Eventually packed up, I went back over to the shrine area to use some of the water for making coffee (my own water supplies somewhat depleted). At that point the wind picked … [Read more...]