Very famous, very mysterious – Nazca Lines! How many can you see? We are biking downhill, so the view is as good as it can get!
Peru
Our candys melted
Today we biked 40km and reached town Sullana as well as outside temperature that melts our gummy bears that were hidden in the deepest part of our bags. That means from now on the last one sweet thing that we still can possibly transport with us is condensed milk.
Moving Sand
Imagine biking on the road that you can`t see because sand is flying all over it! How cool is that?
Back to Lima
It’s funny how much can change overnight… Last week we were in Piura, getting ready for our beach vaccation, today we are back in Lima with Tulku half blind and Tulku needing two major surgeries. Well, that’s life.
Sechura dessert
During last 2000km on the coast we were crossing desert after desert. For last 200km we were in the biggest peruvian desert called Sechura. We’ve seen sand, more sand and even more sand for 3 days straight. And then we came to Piura. 10km before town the vegetation had started – we arrived to the brand new world, where 1 meter lenght iguanas roam free and people are growing rice (that grown only in water). Peru is deffinetely a country full of contrasts!
Quiz: Prices in Peru
It’s time for a new quiz! We went shopping for next 5 days (3 of them we will spend in the desert with no towns or villages). This is what we have bought. The question is – how much did we pay for this mountain of food? Tell your bets in euros! The prize – postcard from oversees
Day 352
Day 352, 7866km, Chiclayo. Today we arrived dirty and tired to a hotel, Kira let the water run for shower and then this conversation happened:
S: Hey, the water sounds warm!
K: Hm??? What?!?
S: Yes, in Peru I can HEAR the temperature!
The background story for this: not all houses in Peru have running water, or showers, or hot running water, same applies for hotels as well. So even the hotel would write ‘we have hot water’ that might not be the case. Every time we sleep at another hotel, first thing we do is to check the water temperature. It usually varies from ice cold to just cold and rarely gets warm and even rarer hot. But there are many tricks how to reach the ‘as warm as it gets’ temperature, and those tricks include lots of hearing and waiting for some special sounds. So, after 4 months in Peru we have a new skill – hearing the water temperature.
We met Axel
Last week we met Axel on the road. We ended up in his weekly report. So here it is! Check out his other videos as well!
https://www.facebook.com/axchikistan.nayuta
Trujillo
Hey there,
after some exhausting days we arrived at Trujillo. We have had basically 4 months of cycling without seeing any other people on bikes. Now the unexpected happened. We met Axel before entering Chimbote. Then in Chimbote we met a cyclist from Belgium going the other direction. We decided to find a hostel for the 3 of us. In Trujillo we met Toto and Laura from Germany going down to Buenos Aires. Two further german bikers moved out of the city but because of the traffic one did not see us and continued his way. So bikers, where have you been all the time?
Update: You can find more information about Laura and Thomas on their blog!
Caral
Yesterday we visited 2nd oldest ruins in the world – Sacred City of Caral. Today we did something even more incredible – we vaccinated Tulku. This simple procedure which usually takes 5 minutes in Europe took us 2 days, 3 towns, 20 vets and endless online research hours. This vaccine should take us up to Alaska, but we’re not sure if it will take us back to Europe. But we will deal with this issue next year.
Boundless Biking 