After my frustrated attempt of climbing Mount Huayna Potosí (near La Paz), the South-West of Bolivia offered me the last opportunity to crown my first six thousand meter high peak. The Uturuncu volcano, measuring 6,008 meters high, was only a few kilometres away from my path. It is said to be one of the easiest six […]
Ei! Com va això? Jo ja paro per San Pedro de Atacama, on aprofito la calor del desert per recuperar-me de tres mesos força intensos… A pocs quilòmetres de deixar el Perú i els seus suplicis, ja vaig notar alguna de les millores que m’esperaven a Bolívia. Per exemple: pedalant cap a la frontera, alguns dels camions […]
From Huaraz to Ayacucho I followed a part of the so-called Peru’s Great Divide that I found in Andes by Bike. Compared to the dimension of Peru it was not a very long stretch (a little more than 1,000 kilometres), but the the rainy season, the mud, the thin air and the accumulated efforts made me sweat for five whole weeks… […]
Bicicleta i Manta was born during Raimon Escapa's first long bicycle trip, a journey from Catalonia to Togo. After a couple of years back home, the site finally became what it was meant from the beginning: a travel log from a tour around the world.
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