ROADS

The lure of the road – as cyclists, we’ve all felt it. And Latin America has some great ones.

Route 23 To El Chaltén/Mt. Fitz Roy
ARGENTINA
Paved now, but it was all loose gravel in the 1990s when I first rode it. Of course, the intense headwind hasn’t changed.

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Green Grass and Red Soil
VENEZUELA
Riding the high plains grasslands, the Gran Sabana, in the south of Venezuela.

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Curvas Caracoles (Snail Switchbacks)
CHILE
30 curves take you from high altitude to even higher altitude. North of Santiago heading to Argentina.

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Cutout
BOLIVIA
Another masterpiece of Bolivian road engineering. I discovered this one riding west from Villa Montes.

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Washout
CUBA
Disintegrating coastal road South of the Sierra Maestra, west of Santiago de Cuba.

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Sandswept
PERU
The sand is constantly trying to reclaim Peru’s desert highways.
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Feel The Heat
PARAGUAY
The temperature soars over 40ºC (104ºF) by mid morning in Paraguay’s Chaco.

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Borderlands
HAITI/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
I’m not certain which country I was in at this moment. South of Monte Cristi.

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Lonely, Lonely, Patagonia
ARGENTINA
Route 40 in Santa Cruz Province, riding south. Not a person in sight.

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The High Road
BOLIVIA
4,600 m and dropping – fast! Descending a section of well-paved road is a rare treat in Bolivia’s Andes.

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