Teacher on Two Wheels

Sunday 9/7/08  Uripa, Peru   

Week 48 Stats

Start city:  Huancayo, Peru

End city:  Uripa, Peru

Total distance traveled by bicycle:  180 miles

Days on the bike:  5

Average miles per day of riding:  36

Longest day:  51 miles

Shortest day:  18 miles

Total miles hitched:  About 80

Total money spent:  $42.40 U.S.

Average spent per day:  $6.06 U.S.

Nights spent camped next to a river:  3

Nights spent in cheap hotels:  3

Nights spent camped in the back of a flatbed truck:  1

Hard riding days:  5

Easy miles:  7…there was a section of paved downhill coming into Ayacucho

Hard miles:  173…seriously, after 7 weeks off the bike, and considering most of these miles were on rocky, dirt roads, I had to fight for every mile this week

Number of times I felt as if reaching Cusco by bike was a hopeless endeavor:  3,802

Highest altitude cycled:  Around 3,700 meters

Number of seconds I had to think before accepting a trucker’s invitation for a lift on a particularly steep and rocky section of a climb:  1

Hours spent in an internet café in Ayacucho trying to upload pictures:  Uggggh, I lost track

Relaxing hours spent reading a book or listening to an audiobook on my rest day in Uripa:  5

Most expensive hotel this week:  $5 U.S.

Cheapest hotel this week:  $3.30 U.S.