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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Swap between Bahia, Brazil, and La Libertad, Peru
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First trip on Oli
OK, it wasn't a major excursion, being only around 50 miles from where I was staying, but in that 50 miles I was climbing 2600 metres (almost 8600 feet) and was the first test for me and the Demolition round hairpins too (with knobbly dirt tyres on tarmac!).
This is what most of coastal Peru looks like (and this was taken on the Pan-American Highway that links Alaska to Buenos Aires in Argentina) - ![]() However once we started climbing the foothills of the Andes countryside got much more interesting. ![]() The hillsides were terraced and much more agriculture was taking place. Rivers actually had water in them - as opposed to the dry riverbeds along the coast that mostly only carried water during the rains ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The weather started closing in (it rains a lot in the Andes!) so I decided to head for home, but took the hairpins with a little more caution on the downward journey once the light rain started falling (it also got pretty cold and I wished I had taken a heavier jacket!). ![]() I was very impressed with Oli, despite the noisy knobbly tyres - which made more noise than the engine! I had bought the bike primarily to get me off-road to go fishing along the Peruvian coastline, but based on this trip decided that we would start venturing much further afield!
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![]() I really like your photos. Makes me want to head south again.
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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That's a considerable change of scenery in only 50 miles! Thanks for the pics.
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Swap between Bahia, Brazil, and La Libertad, Peru
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We are probably only 10 miles here from the start of the Andes, but because of sea mist (and possibly cloud too) we can rarely see anything! On the rare days we can even see the mountains through the haze it is like "Wow!!" - so far I have not seen a clear enough day (this is the third year I have spent 6 months here!) to get a decent picture from here!
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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Thanks for taking the time to share the pictures with us.
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Idaho
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Thank you for posting the magnificent photographs from beautiful Peru.
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Idaho
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That must be an extremely fun ride.
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andes, demolition, otuzco, peru |
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