Cycling from Abancay to Curahuasi in Peru
This blog post is from the section I cycled in a day from Abancay to Curahuasi in Peru. Part of my longer bike tour from Alaska to Argentina.
A tough day cycling in Peru
Blog post written September 11th 2010. Note: I was cycling this section of Peru with a Spanish cyclist I'd met on the road a few weeks earlier.
I found today one of the toughest I have cycled in a while, which is strange, because the road was sealed, and the gradients were certainly no worse than others I have cycled. I just seemed to lack energy.
Well, when I say that, I had enough energy to turn the pedals, but I normally get a buzz out of cycling, and have a more positive state of mind.
Today just seemed like a bit of a drag really, although I suppose cycling 1600 metres uphill over 36 km will do that to you.
Fortunately, when I reached the top, I was rewarded with magnificent views of snow capped mountains which lifted the spirits.
The 40 km downhill ride into Curahuasi was a pleasure! Agusti and I settled on a hostal where a shared room cost us 15 soles a night each. Lovely hot water, and a great clean room.
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Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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