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Bicycling South Island New Zealand: Part One – Planning A Three-Week Route

Posted on 2013-02-02 by true_north

Why New Zealand? (All images enlarge and all blue text leads to a related web page with a click.) I got to New Zealand in a round-about sort of way. After my bicycle tour of eastern Cuba in January of … Continue reading →

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    The dorje at the top of the steps to the Swayambhu terrace - Kathmandu, Nepal
    One of the craziest tent spots ever - the edge of the Catamount Glacier in British Columbia. My sleeping bag was closest to the edge; I remember worrying that I’d roll over and take the tent with me. However, it was well sheltered from the wind!
    A tent spot below Cerro Tronador on the Argentinian/Chilean border in northern Patagonia
    Our tent in the morning on our return from a Cordillera Blanca summit in the Peruvian Andes
    Day 2 campsite on the Inca Trail. Highly organized given the hundreds of hikers (and equivalent number of porters, guides, and cooks!) the trail handles every day
    A tent on a Isla Del Sol beach in Lago Titicaca - the shot was taken from the ruins of Chincana, an Inca pilgrimage site
    A sunset view of our tent site on Geikie Island in the northeast corner of Lake Nipigon, just above Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada.
    A view of Namche Bazaar in the Khumbu Valley in Nepal. From here it is a five day walk to Everest Base Camp on a trail walked by thousands every year.
    We spent a magical afternoon and evening at this campsite on the Kopka River in northwestern Ontario, Canada enjoying the sunset and the canopy of stars.
    The Applebee’s tent camp in the Bugaboos in British Columbia, Canada - we past by on our return from a climb to the top of Bugaboo Spire - we were staying at the Conrad Kain Hut not far away.
    High camp at 5200 meters below our objective early the next day - Tocllaruju summit in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca
    Missinaibi Lake’s second major pictograph panel - stars, crosses, and moose figure. See here for more info - https://albinger.me/2017/07/05/the-anishinaabe-pictograph-sites-of-missinaibi-lake/
    Probable meanings of the #1 rock painting panel at Fairy Point on Ontario’s Missinaibi Lake - drawing by Selwyn Dewdney with my notes added
    Missinaibi Lake’s major panel of Anishinaabe pictographs (“painted” with a mix of iron oxide powder and fish oil)
    Los Astronautas on Calle Juramento in Bariloche - a great band and a magic moment
    A view of Vocan Osorno as our boat heads for Puella at the east end of Lago Todos Los Santos
    Petrohue docks and Volcan Osorno from Lago Todos Los Santos - 48 hours previously I had been standing on top of Osorno!
    The inukshuk on the Toronto lakefront to the west of the CN Tower
    Looking west at Toronto’s downtown from the Canary Wharf pool area
    Small stupa below Swayambhu hilltop in Kathmandu Valley
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