Posts Tagged geography of argentina
A Night Amid the Stars This image was fun to make and it represents what my 52 Week: Go Outside and Explore project is all about: learning new techniques, getting out from behind my computer, and connecting with nature through adventure photography. It’s my favorite image in a few weeks and I hope it motivates [...]
Who Needs Waterproof Panniers When Adventure Cycling? After our week in Salta, it was finally time to climb back onto our warn Brooks Saddles and pedal south. Despite cloudy skies and the threat of rain, I found a different way to get wet. Leaving Salta, we thought we had 20 km of two-lane highway to [...]
A Rest From Riding After a peaceful stop in Humahuaca, we continued down the Quebrada to Tilcara and Purmamarca. While both towns are beautiful, they’ve both changed in their authenticity badge for a tourist-trap version. Even the artisan markets take Visa. We kept cycling south to Jujuy, across La Cornisa, to Salta. In Salta, known [...]
It’s been said countless times – on this website, on other adventure cycling blogs, and by everyone who’s traveled by bike – but it bares repeating: The best part of adventure cycling is the journey, not the destination. We’re riding from Mendoza to Cordoba, via Cordoba (we’re not good at drawing straight lines but we’re [...]
Random Kindness Makes Happy Adventure Cyclists “Here are two more steaks,” Jamie said, “you can defrost them with the microwave. And there is ice cream in the freezer.” Only an hour earlier, we were biking from Nono to Mina Clavero in search of a campsite. The closed-for-the-season trend continues in Cordoba so our choice is [...]
On Wednesday, zonda winds bore down on Mendoza, spraying dirt, dust, and leave everywhere. At least one tree fell and landed on a bus full of early commuters. That’ll teach’em for getting up early. Anyways, while most people in Mendoza fear the zonda winds, I enjoy it. It makes for a miserable day, as dust [...]
The Transandine train used to between Mendoza, Argentina and Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Chile. The rail line completed a 1408 km link between Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile, which was the first train route that linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Unfortunately, the cross-border relationship soured in the 1980’s primarily due to Chile’s [...]
This week was rather special because Romina and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary. In keeping with our tradition, we spent it cycle touring. This time, we spent three days touring Valle de Uco, Mendoza. This valley actually spurred Mendoza’s transition from bulk to quality wine producer with its high altitude vineyards. Today, many of [...]
Dear Reader, I’ve been back and forth to Mendoza since 2004. I tend to spend more time here each year, yet the feeling never changes. It’s old. I’ve never figured out if the roads are decaying faster than the cars, but the occasional Citroen 3CV, chugging along at 6km/h, suggests it’s the roads. Families have [...]
