I am writing from the Galapagos Islands where I have been spending my time since finishing the ride. The Galapagos is one of the main attractions of Ecuador...

I last wrote a little past Lima, where I was staying in a campsite next to ancient ruins. What an awesome place. From there, we road along really tough dirt roads for two days before getting to a campsite just outside the town of Chimbote...

(Sidenote before I get started: Be sure to check out Pierre Boivin's comments on 12000km.org on the Canadiens fan site HabsInsideOut.com!)

We left Lima by bus because of the city being very dangerous. After a bit we got out and cycled the rest of the way to the Reserva National Lomas de Lechay. This was a really cool national park, because...

Since the last time I wrote in Paracay, we rode to the town of Pucasana continuing north up the pan-american highway. Pucasana was a nice, small fishing village along the Peruvian coast. In between, we passed through Chincha Alta which is the capital of afro-peruvian music...

Today we are continuing on our most difficult stretch of biking that ends in Nazca. We left Cuarhuasi this morning, which is where we stayed last night. Last night I went to a bar in Cuarhuasi which was fun - they played a lot of Johnny Cash. We left town and started a three hour (35 km) climb which was tough but still nice...

An interesting ride today. From Puno we travelled along the three south to a town called Ayaviri roughly 145km away. Climbing out of Puno, I got a flat right at the beginning. Luckily, I was able to patch it and move on fairly quickly. The morning was all flat riding on fairly good pavement and I even got a boost from drafting behind what could only be described as the Batmobile...

The youth hostel I am staying at in Puno is on the outskirts of the city right near the highway. Last night I took a taxi into the city and ate at one of those really touristy restaurants in Puno called Gourmet Andean Cuisine. Saturday night walking around Puno, all you see are...

Today I had a long ride from Copacabana to the town of Puno. I ate breakfast today with a random guy from Germany who had been traveling in South America for a while and was staying in my hostel. He told me about getting robbed in Venezuela which seems to be the country that requires the highest degree of caution...