We are about to leave for the final leg of our journey to Uyuni so unfortunately we haven´t got time to write in detail about the last 5 days of cycling through the Yungas right now. A brief description and photos are uploaded below and we´ll do a proper blog post from La Paz in a week or so.
The Yungas is the region where the high altitude plateau of Bolivia drops down to the Amazon basin. We enjoyed the greenery and thick, warm air in the lowlands but our expectation of smaller hills was unfounded as the region was just as hilly as our earlier rides through the Andes.
The Yungas is the region where the high altitude plateau of Bolivia drops down to the Amazon basin. We enjoyed the greenery and thick, warm air in the lowlands but our expectation of smaller hills was unfounded as the region was just as hilly as our earlier rides through the Andes.
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| Zebras directing pedestrians across crossroads, a relatively common sight in La Paz! |
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| Top of La Cumbre pass, and the beginning of our 3000 m descent into the Yungas |
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| First night´s destination wasn´t quite what we had in mind... a street with about 10 shacks selling food and no accommodation |
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| More riding through the clouds |
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| Managed to blag the only spare room in Unduavi for 1 GBP per person for the night (just big enough to fit three bikes and riders, came complete with sacks stuffed with straw for mattresses) |
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| Scared faces whilst consuming dodgy chicken |
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| Not a pretty face at the end of one our of biggest days |
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| Toby not impressed with Andy´s recurring chain breakages |
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| Finally, he crosses a river without falling into it |
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| Lovely mountains, lovely road |
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| BIG drops off the side of the road |
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| Andy not impressed with Toby´s 1hr long puncture repair session |
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| Longest mechanical stop on this trip |
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| We found the source of the Amazon amazon |
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| Another shot of the source of the Amazon |
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| Back in the high altitude scenery before a massive descent on good tarmac |
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| You did not want to smell this room, we have permentantly ruined it with feet and sweat smell I think |
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| Awesome views |
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| View from our accommodation Lots of lovely scenery.... |
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| Claiming to find another source of the Amazon |
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| Excellent breakfast scrambled eggs and bread |
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| Jamie´s kitchen. I mean Andy´s kitchen. Owner of the hostal watched the process with much interest in our petrol stove |
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| Awesome |
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| Great descent More scenery etc... |
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| Andy´s boxers got blown off our balcony and onto the roof below. Andy exploited the full extents of his engineering eduction to design an elaborate system of tent poles and sticky tape to successfully retrieve this essential bit of clothing |
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| Concentration face |
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| Restocking on sugary snacks at a typical Bolivian village shop |
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