The Mission

"There are hundreds of thousands of men and women around the world who are in prison because of their race, religion, or political beliefs. Amnesty International works for all of them - the sick, the tortured, the forgotten".
“Son cientos de miles los hombres y mujeres alrededor del mundo, que se encuentran injustamente en prisión por su raza o por sus creencias religiosas y/o políticas. Amnistía Internacional trabaja para todos ellos: los enfermos, los torturados, los olvidados.”


We are on another adventure, this time, to bicycle about 3,000 km. in Argentina. We will take on the heat of the pampas, the gruelling climbs in the Andes and the freezing nights at that elevation.
Nos encontramos embarcados en otra aventura, esta vez, para recorrer en bicicleta 3.000km a través de Argentina. Nuestro viaje nos llevará desde el calor de la extensa pampa argentina hacia las agotadoras elevaciones y noches heladas de la Cordillera de los Andes.


We will do this in memory of the "disappeared", that sad time in recent Argentine history.
La razón que nos moviliza, es la de conmemorar a las decenas de miles de desaparecidos durante los tristes años de la dictadura militar en Argentina (24 de marzo de 1976 – 10 de diciembre de 1983).

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Road Without Bears

It has been nearly a week since our last post, and in that time we have past the momentus 500km mark on RN 40.  A road which thankfully contains no bears. (Explaination pending)  We have been travelling across what is by far the most desert like terrain we have experienced yet, prickly bushes as far as the eye can see with vultures circling ominously.  Between towns there's little enough traffic that shadow puppets are a perfectly safe way to occupy one's mind while biking.  And yet, when you hit each town there is an unbelieveable amount of produce.  Pomegranates, peaches, quinces, grapes, and olives (which I would suggest no one ever try eating fresh) all grow along the roads and in gardens.  Grapes are grow in such amounts that they are transported by dumptruck, with a stream of juice running out the back. 
"Camino Sinuoso" is a warning to travellers of an upcoming "winding road". But when an unknown agent causes the "u" in sinuoso to disappear, "Camino Sin Oso" becomes a sign to inform travellers that the road ahead has no bears.  Reassuring as it is, we have also gotten no end of amusement out it.
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