Andes by Bike

Well that's it for touring this year....1500 kms behind us, fitter, a bit lighter, and that acomplishment bliss soaking in......spending...

Happy Steeler Fans watching the game on the big screen (with spanish language play by play).

I know this blog is called Andes Bike but this week maybe it should be Desert Bike. After studying maps and getting a bit restless in San Ju...

The desert in the west of Argentina is beautiful and as the name suggests does not get much rain due to the shadow effect of the high Andean...

Here you go Kailani, here are some of the dogs that I have met down here in Argentina. The friendliest one was the black pit bull tied up i...

So one visitor to my blog was asking how much it costs to travel around down here- expenses for a visitor- well the answer to that is very s...

This is one of tens of thousands of old Ford Falcons still rollin the roads down here......this is in better shape than most...seen a few t...

Music is such an important part of Argentine society and this time of year with much of Argentina on Vacation and the "gente" of G...

Warm rain all day in the lovely northern city of Catamarca and we took the day off to clean stinky clothes and rest a bit. The city is old a...

I'm reading Paul Thereau's Dark Star Safari while on this trip - it's been sitting on my night table for a year and I finally ha...

The high valley west of La Rioja is covered with thousands of acres of olive trees giving it a dull green hue as you descend into it - a bi...