by alpaca | Sep 22, 2025 | Allgemein
The Positive Impact of a Pool, Cold Beer, and Ice Cream on a Cyclist’s Performance We got up at 6 AM, showered, and headed down to the stall of the local lady. What a delicious warm breakfast we had today! But it was also very filling so early in the morning,...
by alpaca | Sep 21, 2025 | Allgemein
La Esmeralda This morning I woke up to a bunch of heartwarming messages and well-wishes from friends and family for my birthday (Grandma and Grandpa, thanks for your wishes as well, Mom passed them on!). It made me happy that so many people had thought of me. The...
by alpaca | Sep 19, 2025 | Allgemein
Cheese Buns and a Shit Show Despite getting up at 6 AM, we (and when I say ‘we’ I mean Göran and I) were a bit slow this morning to Jacques’ great annoyance. After washing ourselves in the aguas non-frios we got ready for the day ahead. We got some...
by alpaca | Sep 18, 2025 | Allgemein
Aguas Non-frios By now you should know our usual morning routine: getting up at 6 AM, breakfast, packing our belongings and hitting the road. This morning was the same only that the tent and our sleeping bags were very wet and we had to wait quite a while for the sun...
by alpaca | Sep 17, 2025 | Allgemein
All those sodding dogs! In the morning we made use of the fact that ATMs were available one more time (they are hard to come by in the tiny villages we usually pass through) and bought fresh produce such as vegetables and bread. Although we were eager to head out of...
