Alright, this is the part I always get excited about when it comes to trips — the numbers. What did we actually do, how much did it cost, and what did a normal day look… South America by the Numbers (Budget and Daily Stats)

Day in El Chaltén We finally arrived in El Chaltén. But after the day before, my body and mind were so tense that I couldn’t really fall asleep. I also knew I wanted to wake… Week 19 – Argentina & Chile

Hard work (?) 6 hours of hiking with 1,700 m of gain followed by 6 hours of gravel riding with another 1,200 m really did a number on my body. I honestly felt like I… Week 17.5 Chile & Argentina

Rest in Coyhaique We stopped in Coyhaique, our last proper big town for a while — probably around 30–50k people, which feels huge after all the villages on the Carretera Austral. A few other travellers… Week 16 – Chile

Carretera Austral In Puerto Montt for a day. What a low-key port city — not much is happening, people hustling, tons of malls. I wasn’t expecting that. A lot of thin-walled, poor-quality wooden houses too.… Week 15 – Chile

First day leaving Chos Malal, I already knew it was going to be a boring one. We had around 4 hours of riding ahead and no services at the end of the day. So I… Week 13.5 Argentina & Chile

Well, it has been a while Welcome back, my dear… I don’t know, 12, 57, 114, 247 readers? I guess we’ll never know. Today we’re covering the last two weeks of cycling through Argentina —… Week 11 & 12 Argentina

Well, it’s been a while. I feel like time is flying way faster the more I get into the trip. Leaving La Paz Leaving La Paz felt weird. We knew the weather was going to… Week 9 & 10 Bolivia – Argentina

Leaving Arequipa So, it’s been a while. More than a week. Well. we left Arequipa, Peru after staying with Felipe’s aunt for a few days, and we were welcomed by a 5-hour climb uphill —… Week 7 & 8 Peru – Bolivia

Peru Great Divide (PGD) Continuing on the PGD, the next day we finally had our first beautiful one. And by beautiful, I mean we actually managed to climb the whole thing without pushing the bikes.… Week 5.5(?) – Peru

The bus marathon to get to Peru from Ecuador So yeah, the buses were outrageous. First up: 14 hours overnight, 9 p.m. to 11 a.m. No AC. They turned it on for, like, half an… Week 4 – Peru (Peru Great Divide)

Day 17 Today was by far the hardest day. We loved staying with Santiago and Ana Lucía at Casa de Ciclistas in Quito, but we left at 10 a.m. knowing we had to enter the… Week 3 – Ecuador

Lessons learned When I was prepping to write the blog for week one, I was slightly hesitant and felt weird. And Phil, as always full of wisdom, told me: ‘a farmer must farm.’ That’s how… Week 2 – Colombia / Ecuador

Okay, where do I start? It feels like I just wrote Week 0, the blog before the trip even began, and now somehow it’s already day 10 of cycling in Colombia. So let’s rewind and… Week 1 – Colombia

September 20th, 2024. Day 84 on the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) Roughly 1,900 miles in, we’d just left Salida, CO. I liked Salida. It has McDonald’s and Safeway – if that’s not thru-hiker paradise, I… Week 0 – Pre-trip thoughts