 Shall I go any further today? No, I think not! |
 Wakeup Niel, tough work, this cycling lark! |
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 Niel and Joe at camp on the way to Cafayate |
 Nice cactus, nice pylon |
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 Packing up after camp near Cafayate |
 Not so far to go... |
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 Overloaded colour after so much desert |
 Some colour, a rare sight in the desert |
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 Red wine and hammocks after Cafayate |
 Taking time out in the Lerma Valley |
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 Niel, fed up with the climb, is about to end it all |
 Prickly friends |
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 Niel trying to find the test match! Unfortunately Australia is 14 hours ahead... |
 The largest truck, consumes 162.5 litres of diesel an hour and carries 400 tons |
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 One of the massive trucks that carries the ore to the crushers |
 The copper mine at Chuquicamata, 800m deep, 4.5 km long and 3.5 km wide |
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 Give me water please, a lone tree in the Atacama Desert |
 Daren leaving San Pedro de Atacama to head east |
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 Patrick leaving San Pedro de Atacama to head west |
 The climb along the sand dune to watch the sunset at the Valley of the moon |
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 The Valley of the Dead near San Pedro de Atacama |
 The Valley of the Dead near San Pedro de Atacama |
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 The sun setting over the Valley of the Moon near San Pedro de Atacama |
 Me visiting Chuquicamata copper mine! |
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 Joe, one of my co-riders for the trip to Salta |
 Eroded rock formations near Purmamarca |
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 Our climb from the Salinas Grandes salt flats at the top of the picture |
 Cacti on the road to Purmamarca, Argentina |
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 Arriving at Paso Jama, the Argentine border with Chile |
 A dark blue, almost black lake on the road to Paso Jama on the Argentine border |
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 Biscuit stop on the road to Paso Jama on the Argentine border |
 The road down from the Abra de los Portilleros pass on the way to Purmamarca |
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 Beautiful colours in the mountains on the road to Paso Jama on the Argentine border |
 Scenery on the road to Paso Jama on the Argentine border |
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 Copacabana church from the calvario above the town |
 Boats in the harbour at Copacabana, seen from the calvario above the town |
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