Spokes and Shoes

The Thorns of the 1N Intro Day 232 began with the quiet confidence of a man who had rested well in Piura. After the stationary heat of the last few days, I was eager to put the city behind me and find the rhythm of the open road again. My Read more

Intro I didn’t roll out until nearly 11:00 AM today, mostly because I got sucked into a deep dive on why Peruvian yogurt lacks live bacteria. It turns out the pasteurization process kills the cultures to compensate for a shaky cooling chain across the desert. It was a slow, strange Read more

Intro Day 233 began in the quiet dust of a campesino camp on the edge of the N1. After five days of moving through the dry heat of northern Peru, the transition from the coast toward the interior is starting to feel like a game of navigating expectations versus reality. Read more

The Gravity of Piura Day 231 began with the intention of distance, a motivated spark to leave Piura behind after yesterday’s arrival. Instead, the city exerted a strange, slow-motion gravity that turned a planned 50-kilometer leg into a winding crawl through markets and side streets. It was a day where Read more

The Dust and the Contrast: Riding into Piura Intro Day 230 marks a definitive turn away from the coast. After the long, slow pause in Cabo Blanco and yesterday’s arrival in Colán, the rhythm of the trip is shifting from the salt air of the Pacific toward the dry, inland Read more

The Salt Lake and the Missed Ferry After the long, stationary days in Cabo Blanco and yesterday’s transition to Los Balcones, I felt a familiar itch to be moving again. Day 229 began with a sense of quiet contentment, the kind that comes when the bike is packed tight and Read more

The Edge of the Continent: Dust, Duck Stew, and the Pacific Mist Intro After nearly a week of stagnation in Cabo Blanco, the rhythm of the road felt foreign yet necessary. I woke up on Day 228 with a focused clarity, finally ready to trade the familiar views of the Read more

2026-03-13 – The Digital Architecture of a Zero Day Intro This day marks a deliberate pause in the southward trajectory through Peru, a moment where the physical journey halted to make room for the digital one. My mood at the start was intensely focused, a sharp contrast to the wandering Read more

2026-03-12 – The Architecture of Memory in Cabo Blanco Intro This is another pause day in Cabo Blanco, a quiet stretch where the rhythm of the road has been replaced by the hum of a laptop. I woke up with a sense of calm, the Pacific air cooling the room Read more

2026-03-11 – The Price of Passage and the Catch of the Day Intro I am still anchored in the dusty, salt-crusted air of Cabo Blanco, taking a necessary pause from the pedals. The morning felt heavy with the logistical weight of the future, a stark contrast to the slow rhythm Read more