Lake Titicaca - From Beauty to Ugliness and then up into the Andes December 11th 2011 Day11: Sunday 11th December 2011
Our full-moon night on the white sandy beach of Lake Titicaca afforded a sound sleep despite the storm on the lake during the night. We awoke just before sunrise to the sound of voices. I looked out of my tent to the lake to see a group of small rowing boats landing on the beach. A few local women who may have been waiting for a while with sacks ... read more
South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more
Hi! I'm Andy Ganner, known as the "BIKEPACKER". Meaning I put everything on my bike; tent, cooker, clothes, food, tent, and sleeping bag... and just set off on an adventure.
Been doing it nearly 20 years and have hand-written journals for every trip from my RTW backpacking trip of 1986, up to present.
Over the next years I'll be publishing my "Memorablogs" of these trips. It will take time as there are many slides to scan, I only went digital in 2009.
You can already read the epic England to Singapore trip: 2001 a Bike Odyssey, now. It's all there, word for word from my written jour... full info