Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ayacucho, Peru

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Córdoba capital, Argentina

Jauja, Peru

Delayed slightly leaving town, my host, as I was preparing to leave, asked that I wait ten minutes while he dashed out. He returned with a lovely handwritten note wishing me safe travels and a small souvenir of Jauja to remind me of the place. I've no idea how many extra calories that souvenir cost me over the following months pedalling through the high Cordilleras.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ayacucho, Peru

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Córdoba capital, Argentina

Cordoba, Argentina

Cafayate, Argentina

Cordoba, Argentina

Tupiza, Bolivia

Cordoba, Argentina

Cordoba, Argentina

Córdoba, Spain

Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

I ate at a little hole-in-the-wall cafe in the bazaar. The owner gave his boy some money and sent him off, to buy more bread I thought, but no, he’d noticed that my hands were cracked from riding in the very cold, dry air of late. His boy came back with sticking plasters and carefully patched my fingers up for me.

Istanbul, Turkey

Cordoba, Spain

Córdoba, Spain

Montréal, Quebec

La Paz, Bolivia

Being unfamiliar with the name of the large pills the pharmacist gave me for my upset stomach, I looked them up online to find mostly information related to their use on horses. A little more digging revealed a suitable dose for humans was only slightly more than that recommended for a large dog.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Copacabana, Bolivia

Cafayate, Argentina

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