Here is a list of blog posts from the second half of our 16-month bicycle tour through the Americas, The Philtrons Pedal North – from Chile to Columbia, in 2014.
- … then suddenly we were in Patagonia.
- Our first week of riding in the far South
- Glaciers, plains, and finally entering the mountains.
- Crossing the hiker- biker border into Chile.
- Our first section of the fabled Carretera Austral
- Week 2 on the Carretera Austral
- Week 3 on the Carretera Austral
- End of the Carretera Austral, beginning of the Lakes Region.
- Interlude on the lakes and rivers of Chile
- Loops on gravel: discovering Chile’s backcountry
- Moving north through Chile
- Beautiful semi-desert – even in the pouring rain.
- The Atacama desert, part 1
- The Atacama Desert, part 2
- Welcome to Bolivia: Scenery, altitude, and roads in the sand
- Cycling the world’s largest salt flat
- 1 Year on the Road
- Three days hiking to remind us that bikes are better
- Leaving the altiplano and entering Peru
- Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- A week in Cusco
- Up and down and up – a week in Peru’s mountains
- Fitting too much adventure into 3 days
- Huancavelica to Huaraz – still more mountains
- 11 days hiking around the Huayhuash mountains
- Canyons, mountains, heat, and altitude.
- Down to the jungle: our last post from Peru
- Welcome to Ecuador!
- Ecuadorian highlands: Cuenca to Quito
- Welcome to Colombia!
- We found the coffee! Popayan to Salento.
- The final stretch: Popayan to Cartagena