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Back in Taipei
16/1 Shandon, day off, swim at beach, visit Kendting
The beach ecological protection beach that we could not swim at,
17/1 Fangliau, 64 km, some headwind
18/1 Kaohsiung, into big polluted city 57km, 3:08
19/1 Kaohsiung, day off
20/1 Fo Guang Sheng, Buddhist temple, 27 km, 1:37
21/1 cross bridge Ruifend, 74 km 4:29
22/1 Dapu, free camp 26km, 1:57
23/1 Chiayi 59 km, good mountain riding roads, 3:55, total distance 1055 km
24/1 Train to Taipei, flights on the 26th
Taiwan, North to South
28/12/2016 Depart Taipei, 34 km 2:37
29/12 Jinshan, 44km 2:53
30/12 Fulong Bay, camping ground, wet overnight 66 km, 4:07
31/12 Waiao 39 km, 2:38
1/1/2017 day off riding, hang out at beach
2/1 camping ground, 49km, 2:57
3/1 Nanshan 46km, 3:50
4/1 Lishan, into the mountains, climb to 2100m, 46.8 km, 4:21
5/1 rest area camp, 40km, 3:13 climb over 2500m pass.
6/1 Tainxiang, rolling down hill 50km, 2:18
7/1 Haulin, hostel to our selves, bubble beach 37km, 2:12
8/1 day off (12km in city)
9/1 77km, 4:25 Shipitping
10/1 Dulan 84.1 km, 4:10
11/1 Day off
12/1 Jinlin 71km, 4:03
13/1 Dawu forest accomodation, after being invited for lunch, 30km, 1:37
14/1 Xuhai, campground 43km, 2:42
15/1 Shaodon, most southerly point in Taiwan, 51km, 3:04
Photos here,
Taiwan 2016/17 First 2 weeks
Map of first 2 weeks in Taiwan, around the north then down the east coast to the top of Taroko gorge.
Heading home, final South America post
2016-09-01 Rest and Food day in Putre, conemplating what am I doing here.
2016-09-02 Decided to head to the coast, dropping 3500m sounds good. Road works for last 20km, and stop and camp in restaurant car park. 96km in 4:52
2016-09-03 Down along the Rio Luta to Arica and the coast. 62 km in 3:15
2016-09-04 Day in Arica
2016-09-05 Day in Arica
2016-09-06 Bus to Iquique
2016-09-07 Day in Iquique
2016-09-08 Ride up out of Iquique to Polo Alimote, across the desert, nothing grows. 67 km in 5:01
2016-09-09 To Minena, hot springs at 2700m. 76 km in 6:03
2016-09-10 Day in Minena
2016-09-11 Back down to Iquique, 127km in 5:36
2016-09-12 Day in Iquique
2016-09-13 along the desert coast. 66km in 4:18
2016-09-14 To camp along coast. 71 km in 4:53
2016-09-15 Along coast, camp. 82km in 5:21
2016-09-16 Into Tocopillia. 30km in 2:11
2016-09-17 climb away from coast. To camp site on Rio Loa. Where there is water there is life, Rio Loa is green line in the desert. Drinking 3l of water in a day. 85 km in 5:34
2016-09-18 Across desert to camp before Calama. 69km in 5:21
2016-09-19 Through Calama. Its a public holiday (Chile’s national day) and most shops ar closed. Camp. 86 km in 5:31
2016-09-20 Into SanPedro. 58km in 3:35
2016-09-21 To Tocona, camp just south. 63km in 3:31
2016-09-22 back to SanPedro, via Laguna Cajar. 68km in 3:42
2016-09-23 bus to Calama to pick up Michaela.
2016-09-24 Day in SanPedro
2016-09-25 Day ride to Valley of the moon.
2016-09-26 Tour to altoplano lakes.
2016-09-27 day in SanPedro
2016-09-28 Jeep tour to Salar de Uyuni, stay in villa mar
2016-09-29 to the salt hotel on the edge of the salt lake
2016-09-30 To Uyuni and then back to villa mar
2016-10-01 Return to SanPedro
2016-10-02 To Guatin to camp. 30km in 3:21
2016-10-03 To camp near Machuca. 24km in 2:48
2016-10-04 Return down hill to SanPedro, dropping 1500m. 46km in 2:15
2016-10-05 bus to Calama. get givern bike box from bike shop in mall.
2016-10-06 Packing bike.
2016-10-07 flight to Santiago. Transfer to airport from hotel. Easy checkin with bike in box.
All 1800+ photos are here 
Photos
Iquique to SanPedro de Atacama
Trip to Mamina first, then down the spectacular coast to Tocopillia, and upnto San Pedro de Atacama.
route Puno-Putre
Putre, Chile, off the cold altiplano
2016-08-19 Dept Puno, only made 20 km, still no energy. nice plac2 to stay in Chucuito
2016-08-20 Juli, along main road, some traffic.
2016-08-21 Copacabana, entered Bolivia
2016-08-22 Copa
2016-08-23 Copa
crossing the lake by barge, 
2016-08-24 inca utama hotel and… bad headache
2016-08-25 bituman first 50km, last 15 km really bad road with trucks. fir brickworks. Laja to Vicga, storm with light snow falling.
2016-08-26 to Caquiaviri, rough washboard road. 66 km. Only one hostel, very basic. Two restaurants.
Bolivian single track, better than the rough road 
2016-08-27 camp 12 just passed Achiri, hard gravel road. Villages are getting smaller.
someone said there was a shop here but I could not find it. 
2016-08-28 camp after Inoca, hard-one 43km, into headwind, average 10km/hr. 43km 4:18
2016-08-29 to Chanara, Bolivian boarder town. another headwind day, wind started at 10am, very cold all day. 31km in 3:31
2016-08-30 through border, gave up veggies to Chile customs, no Chilean pesos to purchase anything else. Turned onto bitumen road along boarder. 65km, 4:36 road side camp, very cold.
2016-08-31 continue rolling to Putre, headwind started about 12, had to push over a pass, and then peddle down hill to get anywhere. Dropped 800m in 30km.
Volcanoes, Vicuna, flamingos 
2016-09-01 Rest and Food day in Putre, contemplating what am I doing here.
route from Cusco to Puno
Route through back roads from Cusco to Puno, over 2 x 5000m passes. Some highway, some dirt.
Puno, feels like a major milestone, can see lake Titicaca
2016-08-04 Depart Cusco, 4080m pass, camp at top, long slog up from 3300m. Follow ‘cycle way’ out of Cusco around airport, end up lost once trying to find the dirt road turn off. Turn right past ‘plazavia’ up the valley. 40km in 4:24
2016-08-05 camp 8km before Acomayo @4033m. 59km in 4:48
2016-08-06 drop 800m to Acomayo, larger town, buy pan, avocado, and tomato for lunch, 600m climb to ‘tourist resort’ for the night. 50km in 3:39
2016-08-07 On the main road to Pitarmarca, meet 6 other cyclists coming back from Pitarmarca. 28km in 2:03. stopped because I need more food.
2016-08-08 to base of climb, tourists going to ‘rainbow mountain’, quite the site. 40km in 4:07
2016-08-09 climb to 5080m pass and down to Sibinacocha. 38km in 3:49
2016-08-10 meet Dan from USA cycling and climbing in the area. climb 300m to abro chimboyo, 5080m, camp just over pass. road degrades to a motor cycle track. snows over night. 29km in 3:06
2016-08-11 Wake to white out and have to hang out until 9:30 to see where the road goes. Stomach problems, but a 1000m drop to Corina, spectacular rock spires all along the road. Road down from pass is good formed road. 39 km in 2:25
2016-08-12 Corani to Macasani. drop 400m to river and climb out to main road. Then smooth rolling to Machasani. 53 km in 4:51.
2016-08-13 Machasani to San Anton. rolling along hw down hill. Clibing out over pass snow interrupts lunch. San Anton is a truck stop town with one hotel. 85 km in 4:37.
2016-08-14 To Azangaro. Sunday market in town, and festival. Brass band plays til about 10:30, and starts again at 6:30. 55 km 2:56 on smooth sealed road.
2016-08-15 plaza breakfast of porridge (cooked in plaza on my stove). camp 20km from Juliaca. 62.5 km in 4:18, on dirt road.
2016-08-16 To Puno, busy road, stomach problem, calibrate arriving with a dose of Tindazanol. 72km in 4:15.