All voices matter
bolivia
Share your love
Breaking the Cycle update: head down to the finish
EPISODE 13 | 19th – 21st April | LONDRES TO SAN FRANSISCO PASS / THE ARGENTINE-CHILE BORDER | DISTANCE 327 KM | TOTAL DISTANCE 3248 KM TOTAL DISTANCE FOR 2020/2022 EXPEDITIONS 4354 KM This journey began in 2020 (before the…
Breaking the Cycle update: Salta to Llulliallaco
EPISODE 11 | 8th – 13th APRIL | SALTA TO LLULLIALLACO VOLCANO | DISTANCE – 300 KM | TOTAL DISTANCE – 2380km Leaving Salta, we were satisfied everything was in order to cycle and drive to Llulliallaco volcano. I wanted…
Breaking the Cycle update: Los Niños de Llullaillaco: a story of 3 child mummies, discovered in 1999
EPISODE 10 | 7th and 8th APRIL | SALTA | TOTAL DISTANCE – 2080 KM When I read an article last year in The Explorers Club Journal about the discovery in 1999 of three Incan child mummies, found near the 6739m…
Breaking the Cycle update: Into Argentina: Tupiza to Salta
EPISODE 9: 2nd – 6th APRIL | TUPIZA TO SALTA (489 KM) | TOTAL DISTANCE 2080 KM To keep to schedule I planned to step on the gas from Tupiza to Salta – almost 500km to do in four days.…
Breaking the Cycle update: Licancabur and Uturuncu – two sacred mountains
EPISODE 7: 24th – 27th MARCH | SOL DE MANANA – VOLCAN LICANCABUR – QUETENA CHICO AND VOLCAN UTURUNCU | TOTAL DISTANCE 1.207 KM The southwest corner of Bolivia is an unworldly place. Just before reaching Laguna Colorada, I entered…
Breaking the Cycle update: Salt pans, lakes and rugged tracks
EPISODE 6: 18th – 23rd MARCH | UYUNI TO LAKE COLORADO | TOTAL DISTANCE 1.227 KM Before leaving Uyuni, I hadn’t mentioned the reason for its existence – the railway. The town was established in 1893 when the railway line was…
Breaking the Cycle update: Lake Poopo and the heartland of the Altiplano
EPISODE 5: 13th- 17th MARCH | TURCO TO UYUNI | TOTAL DISTANCE 915 KM With Reza flying out of Uyuni, Toby, Rolando and I drove back to Turco, the town where I stopped cycling due to my illness. I was much…
Death Road and a Temporary End to the Expedition
This is the last instalment for the time being because I have had to postpone the last two-thirds of the expedition until the COVID-19 pandemic is under control.