The SkiBike Shop

After almost 2 months of fevered skibiking activity, I switched seasons and stepped into summer by taking a trip to Uruguay in South America. Most people have no idea where Uruguay is, it is a small country by South American standards, sandwiched between the power house economies of Brazil and Argentina. It is the antithesis of all the places in Europe that I have visited, it is low lying,  never snows and has hot summers and mild wet winters. I won't bore you with the travelogue, they say a picture is worth a 1000 words, so here it is:

I switched seasons and stepped into summer

My inner skibiker was surprised to see a chairlift in the charming seaside town of Piriapolis, it wasn't in operation at the time, but I suddenly felt grounded to a more familiar world.

It was surreal to be sitting in a tiny Internet cafe, with an ambient temperature of 75 degrees reading about all the many exploits of the skibikers in the Northern Hemisphere, such as; Raymond Georgsson's record breaking skibike jump attempt.
Ironically since the end of the 2012 SkiBike Tour, there has been so much skibiking interest that, as I predicted, next year may indeed have to involve a tour bus and some serious chalet accommodation.