Guardian Camera Club: smallnorthernbird on cycling

Cycle Porters 1. Living in Bolivia i had to interpret the competative cycling brief a little more widely. These photos were taken in Desaguadero a shabby little border town between Bolivia and Peru. The streets are full of cycle porters ferrying people, goods and animals across the small bridge Photograph: smallnorthernbird/Flickr

Cycle Porters 2. Waiting outside the immigration office for customers..it was probably only 2 or 3 degrees celcius Photograph: smallnorthernbird/Flickr

Cycle Porters 3. The decorations on the bikes are wonderful...predictably football is a recurring theme! Photograph: smallnorthernbird/Flickr

Cycle Porters 4. These guys are pretty fast...just a blur of colour! Photograph: smallnorthernbird/Flickr

Cycle Porters 5. This was taken about 10 minutes before the border was due to close so the porters were frantically rushing back and forward Photograph: smallnorthernbird/Flickr

Cycle Porters 7. This photo just sums up Bolivia to me...crowded bustling streets, the scorching sun on the altiplano, cholitas in bowlers hats....and even a little mariachi band in the corner. Photograph: smallnorthernbird/Flickr