Luca Zanetti

Reportage, 2016

The eBike Diaries

To reach the hot and humid lowlands or Yungas the road climbs from La Paz to the Cumbre 4700m and then drops down 900m. Bolivia.

Bolivia

The road from Pasto to Mocoa also called

COLOMBIA

A lady tends to her flock of sheep near the Inca ruins of Moray. Peru

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A forest growing along an affluent of Marañón River. On the left, the road that takes form the town of Balsas to Leymebamba both in the Amazonas region. Peru

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Between Huancapallac and Chavinillo the road passes by the Corona del Inca at 4000 meters. Peru

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We encounter Josefino on our way down to the Marañón river between Celendin and Balsas where the region of Cajamarca borders with the Amazonas region. Josefino has been chewing coca leaves all his live, much in the same way his ancestors the Chachapoya people used to. The alcali is extracted from the leaves by adding a small amount of lime on a spatula. Cheweing coca leaves have a stimulant effect and helps to overcome fatigue, hunger, and thirst. It is considered particularly effective against altitude sickness. Peru

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Laundry is dried on a fique or Furcraea andina in Narino. Colombia

COLOMBIA

A street band between Latacunga and Quito. Ecuador

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A rider placed his horse in the Bus stop shelter during a drizzle near the town of San Rafael in Mendoza province. Argentina

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A hawk taking of from a giant Cardone cactus Echinopsis atacamensis. Seeds are scattered by birds, wind, and rain. A cactus plant may produce about million seeds during its life, but only one or two seeds live long enough to produce a new cactus. Argentina

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A statue of Christ above the town of Huancarama. Peru

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Statue of south American liberator Simon Bolivar in the town of Tagua Narino. Colombia

COLOMBIA

The mighty Huascaran 6778 meters. Peru

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A Virgin Mary placed on a beautiful Albizia saman tree in the Huila department. Colombia

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Travel companion Andreas Schwaiger near the town of Londres. Argentina

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Publikationsinformationen

Titel der Arbeit
The eBike Diaries
Publikation
Sie Green
Ausgabe
Nr. 14 - 8 April - 2016
Seite(n)
36-41
Herausgeber
ringier
Verlag
ringier