reis – blog – travel
So, there we were, just north of Concordia, the citrus capital of Argentina. This whole area is quite flat but also completely developed into agricultural land, so my first impression was that it would not be that interesting to cycle around, unless you like to stick to the main asphalt … Read more
Esquel, a place where we stayed two times: first on our way south to Ushuaia, and then again on our way up north. It is a really nice area where you can ski in the winter, and have a really good mountain biking experience in the summer. A sign indicated … Read more
This is a very nice but not so technical loop around the Cerro Chacay. I found this suggestion by chance on i-overlander. But this trip I will always remember because I did it twice: the first one was just before I heard that time was running short for my dad, … Read more
Although I did not yet travel all of Argentina, it seems quite a good country to do some mountain biking. At the time of writing we’ve only travelled in the south of Argentina, between San Martin de los Andes and Ushuaia, in Patagonia. El chalten is famous for walking and … Read more
I have been riding my mountain bike in a lot op places, but this ride might just make it into the top 3 -so far-. Keep reading, because at first this ride was not an obvious winner! The first day So, at first, I wasn’t really off to a good … Read more
Peru is a very diverse country, with landscapes from sea level up to 5000masl, that can be ridden with a bicycle. The mountains however reach even higher, above 6000masl at some places. So, lot’s of challenges for cycling around! At first, I didn’t do as much cycling in Peru as … Read more
Compared to Panama, I already cycled a lot here in Colombia. One of the reasons, I guess, is the presence of a cycling culture as I know it from my own country, and this inspire me to go cycling too. Also, there is a much better infra structure (smaller roads) … Read more
I guess nowadays most countries promote cycling, and are eager to tell that there is excellent cycling to be had inside the borders. Costa Rica can be named as one of such countries. But is it really the case? One of the first things I noticed is that there are … Read more
I did not write much lately about my cycling while travelling in Central America. Cycling here is harder in a lot of aspects: the climate: high temperatures and very high humidity the infra structure, (or lack of secondary tracks) no accurate maps and not so much GPS tracks motivation (let’s … Read more
It has been a long time that I had a really nice mountain bike ride. The last months circumstances were not favourable to do so. Of course I did ride a bit, but that had mainly to do with shopping or a simple back-and-forth trip. One of the circumstances was … Read more