March 02, 2005
Uva
In the Elqui Valley 20 kms east of Vicuña. These are for export to South Korea. The foreman called us in and cut down four huge bunches for us. They lasted all the way to Rodeo in Argentina. Little did we know then that we´d be relying on them as a staple of our diet for the next three days.
Fantastic pictures!
Posted by: Bets at March 8, 2005 03:29 AMGreat Picture,After reading all you posts, Dont come back telling it was hard :)
Good luck in the rest of the way.
When you are in New York, I'd like to get some copies of your best photos from the trip.
Posted by: George at March 8, 2005 04:01 PMFrom what I can gather, your trip so far has consisted of necking large amounts of the local booze and sitting around in the sun eating exquisite fruit, with a spot of gentle meandering on a bike between bars/vinyards. Not exactly the titanic iron-man struggle of man against nature that you described over pints of bitter in the Kings Arms. I could do what you're doing now, and without your months of prior training, but I have to do silly little things like go to work and pay rent. In short, I want to see fewer pics of grapes and sunsets, and more snaps of you cycling up sheer cliffs, drenched with sweat and blood and fighting off anacondas and Columbian drug-lords.
Anyway, while your over there taking it easy, its all kicking off in your absence: Tung Chee-hwa has resigned, as has Lee Hun-jai (I was on stand-by to talk about Tung on CNN -- which would have been hilarious for everyone except me and CNN -- but escaped). You'll be highly excited to know that Chinese inflation shot back up to 3.9% and Japanese consumer spending is higher than it has been in ages. Less dull news: you missed an episode of Question Time from Shanghai in which panelists openly discussed Falun Gong, torture and anti-government protests... unbelievable stuff, and apparently it was shown not only in the UK, but also in China on the net! Well, sorry for the long boring posting, but I know that by belittling your journey and keeping you informed of events, wo jiu bangzhu ni. Hao, wo zou le. Hai jia you!
Posted by: Andy at March 11, 2005 11:24 AM