Peruvian Gringo

Back in business! So as my everyday Spanish has come leaps and bounds. It took studying up on a bunch of spanish computer jargon to get the problem explained to a tech. 5 minutes later, photo problem fixed...man.

Grows, harvests, roasts, grinds and sells his own coffee

The first larger village I encountered in Peru. Back in coffee country

copilot

colorful flair to a dusty village

A little road side repair.  

Some friendly and curious friends. The girl in green had no problem digging in my panniers and pulling out what ever she found.

In search of the boat crossing of the Rio Maranon

Right lane may or may not be closed ahead.

Man, I love camping

I also have a soft spot for cable crossings

And socket wrenches made from axles

Siesta

One less to toot its horn at me. Peruvian drivers love their horns.

Add picture rotation to my list of things to learn how to do. Anyways, this is the Museum in Leymebamba. 

squiggles

Lunch break. I wish these huge mango trees were in season.

A 60km decent brought me down to a much drier climate back at the Rio Maranon... And this green tentacle tree 

fresh bit of pavement

MEN WITHOUT HATS back on tour in Peru

I rode a big chunk of this long climb at night. Switchback after switchback. The sky was clear and there were a Gazillion stars. It felt like I was just gonna climb right into them.

Grrr and some good dirt

Sorry folks, Im still having trouble with getting my photos up on here. I some how deleted the DCIM file off my camera card. I cant figure out how to get it back and or access them another way. Though now that Im in a largerish town, my resolve is to buy a new camera card and try not to mess this one up. Thats the Grrr.

  Though on the other lefter limb the cycling, camping, cruzing and peepin has been the better part of awesome. I entered Peru a week er so ago. Im zig zagging along in the meander south. The climbs have been fantastic latley, feeling like I go as far up or down as I do forward.

   Ill get this blog thing back on track soon, I know I say that alot. Damn it, Jim... Im a cyclist not a sorcerer.

Drilling out my panela to save weight...

Ecuador-    A beautiful land of barking dogs, amazing mountainscapes and friendly wrinkled old people 

Chocolate co-op in Salinas Ecuador!  These folks do a pretty good job of explaining the villages thriving artisan cooperative scene 

My plan was to take a bunch of these delicious little chocolates with me to enjoy along the way. They didn't make it far. 

Ecuador has had a long sorted history of trains. Recently they have revamped a section 

The great Chimborazo.

When the outside falls down just build a new inner wall.

This dirt did not do as the sign recommended

Trying to keep the hitchhikers to a minimum 

shit... I hope there is a bike lane?

Im always good with carless roads

 Brewed coffee. A rarity in Ecuador.

Alausi

Jesus would approve of this coffee break

I told you, I'm a sucker

The bike is not the only thing that needs a bit of maintenance

waiting out the rain.

Its been a good run! I know my trip explanations have been short. (people looking at this blog for facts and figures must be furious) Sitting in internet cafes is not my favorite thing. After a round of E-mails, I find my attention span shorter than the life of a cassette CNC'd from a block of cheese. So if anyone has questions on routes and er things? Feel free to E-mail me and I'll do what I can to answer in some semblance of seriousness: bikegreaseandcoffee@yahoo.com    

Just kidding about the Panela

Moving along...

Things I´m having trouble with:

 1) Uploading my photos

 2) Sitting in internet cyberias trying to figure it out.


 Things I am not having trouble with:

 1) This beautiful country of Ecuador

 2) Riding along enjoying my days

 3) Camping in beautiful places

 4) Everything else

Let sleeping things lay.

Museum in Quito

Luna lives happy and chubby at the Casa de Ciclista in Tumbaco

Gran Plaza, Quito

Two upside down Surlys. A little massive bit of matinance.

Tommy, neck deep in it

Wim taking on the obstacle course

Rocky route to Cotopowpow (Cotopoxi)

Wild blueberry stop

Large Earth Zit

Can you tell from the amount of pictures of Volcano Cotopaxi that I enjoyed it there?

frosty morning

Laguna de Quilota

It was getting dark the night before. I asked these kids if they knew of a place I could camp. They took me to this spot and then came back in the morning to visit.

Road side nap

This is the kind of road I like. You can make lunch and count the amount of cars that pass on no hands.

It was a long step climb and this little guy ran with me for a long time. I asked him to smile for a picture and this is what I got.

My route is not even on this map.