South America, Bolivia / Peru : Itinerary

Thursday 22th September - Wednesday 12th October 2016

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Day Date Start - End Distance on Bike Brief Description
  • Day 01 :
    		•  Thursay 22nd September     Drove to Hotel at Heathrow, rather than get up early on Friday
  • Day 02 :
    		•  Friday 23rd September Long Flight slept on plane   Flew to Bolivia (Heathrow - Miami - La Paz - Cochabamba)
  • Day 03 :
    		•  Saturday 24th September Cochabamba   Arrived Cochabamba and met the others
  • Day 04 :
    		•  Sunday 25th September Cochabamba   Sight Seeing and collecting the Bikes
  • Day 05 :
    		•  Monday 26th September Cochabamba - Sucre 331 km (205 miles) First full day on the Bikes
  • Day 06 :
    		•  Tuesday 27th September Sucre - Potosi 155 km (96 miles)  My 50th Birthday
  • Day 07 :
    		•  Wednesday 28th September Potosi - Uyuni 210 km (130 miles) Saw our first Llama and the train graveyard
  • Day 08 :
    		•  Thursday 29th September Uyuni - Villamar 200 km (124 miles) Dusty roads and blue skies
  • Day 09 :
    		•  Friday 30th September Villamar - Quetena Chico 200 km (124 miles) Flamingos and Cyclists
  • Day 10 :
    		•  Saturday 01st October Quetena Chico - San Juan 250 km (155 miles) Oasis in the middle of nowhere
  • Day 11 :
    		•  Sunday 02nd October San Juan - Tahua 230 km (142 miles) The Salt Flats
  • Day 12 :
    		•  Monday 03rd October Tahua - Quime Oruro 480 ??? km ( miles) A small meteor crater and Mark's Accident
  • Day 13 :
    		•  Tuesday 04th October Quime Oruro - Chulumani 180 ??? km ( miles) We got to meet Collin, our replacement Guide
  • Day 14 :
    		•  Wednesday 05th October Chulumani - Coroico 80 km (50 miles) The Amazon Basin
  • Day 15 :
    		•  Thursday 06th October Coroico - La Paz 95 km (59 miles) Death Road and the Last day of the Bike Tour
  • Day 16 :
    		•  Friday 07th October La Paz   La Paz, highest capital city in the world
  • Day 17 :
    		•  Saturday 08th October Cusco, Peru   Fly to Cusco, visit Sacsaywaman
  • Day 18 :
    		•  Sunday 09th October Cusco, Peru   Machu Picchu
  • Day 19 :
    		•  Monday 10th October La Paz, Bolivia   Fly back to Bolivia
  • Day 20 :
    		•  Tuesday 11th October La Paz   Ancient Aliens, Tiwanaku and Puma Punku
  • Day 21 :
    		•  Wednesday 12th October     Flight Home (La Paz - Miami - Heathrow)
  • Mark's Accident :
    		•  Monday 03rd October     This brings home what can happen !!!



    Thanks to Nick at
     
     
    for Organizing the Trip
     
    and to the local tour comapny that provided the Bikes
     


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