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Andean Biking
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From Cusco the group travelled by mini bus deep into the Andes for the next part of the tour - biking.
The terrain was absolutely fabulous; I thought the New Zealand Alps were incredible but the Andes are even better. But we travelled for some 5 hours and that was hard.
Eventually we got to our destination at the top of some mountain where there is a Statue of the guy who opened a pass through; Sven Ericcson (not sure his middle name was Goran!)
While lunch was served the bikes were unloaded and fixed up, and as soon as lunch was over we were off on a 50k downhill ride. The riding was fantastic fun; fast, gruelling, muddy in places, and with sheer drops and gravelly bits it was pretty dangerous too.
Three hours later we were at our camp, a couple of basic wooden thatched chalets set into the jungle by a rolling river. Wooden dividers separated rooms which each had two single mosquito netted beds, and central to the bedding areas were a dining/lounge area, kitchen and separate toilet block.
George our guide owned the lodge, and was at one with nature. Everything about the lodge was ecological, no waste, no damage, no sign of man.
Personally I hadn't signed up for a nature trail, shopping or cultural trip, and whilst the various stops and excursions were appreciated by some I just wanted more of the action, and with our second day at this camp as a rest day / ecological day, I was bored. Boredom not so bad with games and fooling around with the rest of the group, thank goodness we all got on.
The third day was spent bussing up to the top of another mountain and biking down. Lunch, a bit more bussing and a final dash down hill. The biking itself was fab, the rest was not for me.
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