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  1. There are five (!) 4,000m passes between Ayacucho and Cuzco. 3 down, 2 to go...~133813,725278about 7 hours ago from web
  2. Just starting Crime and Punishment on audiobook. It's gonna be a long night...~133112,7344805:31 PM Nov 5th from txt
  3. Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening me... In my tent.~131958,7412844:08 PM Nov 3rd from txt
  4. 4 long days gets us to Ayacucho, 'City of Blood' and a good place for a rest. Finally on the same page of the map as Cusco!~130964,7413354:40 PM Oct 31st from web
  5. Thanks to everyone who has recently donated. Next stretch to Cusco is reputedly the toughest yet, so please keep 'em coming!~120391,75121812:57 PM Oct 27th from web
  6. 85 miles to Jauja in pouring rain. Lunch - milk, straight from the cow - played havoc with my pasteurised stomach for last 15!~114636,75300110:05 PM Oct 24th from web
  7. Spending tonight at 4,350m in the mining town of Cerro de Pasco. Not what you'd call the prettiest place in the world.~104121,7615437:30 PM Oct 22nd from txt
  8. The gringo show rolls on towards Cerro de Pasco. A long day tomorrow should get us up there. Overnighting in Huariaca~102676,7611135:16 PM Oct 21st from txt
  9. Leaving Huanuco tomorrow to begin long climb up to Cerro de Pasco. After a long slog east we're finally heading south again!~095582,7614427:04 PM Oct 20th from web
  10. 4 days into Huaraz-Huanuco on remote road through Huascaran. Trip of a lifetime. Tomorrow, civilisation.6:00 PM Oct 18th from txt
  11. Spoke too soon. Robbed on side trip to Lima. Camera/front pannier gone, luckily I left everything else in Huaraz. Teach me to take the bus!7:44 PM Oct 12th from web
  12. Swapping my cycling shoes for crampons to climb Nevado Pisco out of Huaraz. Should take 2 days to reach the 5,752m summit.11:46 AM Oct 7th from web
  13. Welcome to the world Bethan Folkes, my new niece. When's the right time for her first bicycle?7:31 PM Oct 4th from txt
  14. BREAKING NEWS: Replacement rim has arrived, and rear wheel being re-built as I write. Should be back on the move tomorrow. Woohoo!3:50 PM Sep 30th from web
  15. Slight technical hitch. Rear rim shot to pieces. Stranded in Trujillo until a new rim is sent up from Lima and wheel can be rebuilt. Hmmm...8:57 AM Sep 27th from web
  16. Just run the gauntlet of the notorious Paijan-Chocope road - and survived! Am about to go celebrate in sunny Trujillo.11:55 AM Sep 21st from txt
  17. It's been quite a week. Have made it to Olmos, should get my first glimpse of the Pacific tomorrow.5:53 PM Sep 17th from txt
  18. Yowzer! It's hot here in Jaen! Going to make for the coast from here to make up lost time. Now I've decided can't wait for some flat roads!12:37 PM Sep 15th from web
  19. 4 days of the toughest cycling yet gets me into Peru, 3 months to the day since leaving Caracas. Just got the map out - it's a big country!3:35 PM Sep 13th from web
  20. In the words of Willie Nelson, on the road again, taking the road from Vilcabamba to the border crossing at Zumba. Next stop, Peru.5:55 AM Sep 10th from web