Monday, February 23 Waking up was hard to do. Our only motivation was to catch breakfast before it closed at 10 am. We made it over just before the cutoff, and Stefano was already long gone. We ate languidly, and tried to decide what we wanted to do for the day. Being gluttons for punishment, […]
Thursday, February 26 We reluctantly checked out of the hostel and got on the road. The doctor had warned me that the muscle relaxers might make me drowsy, but I figured I would at least try it for one morning to see if it would be doable. Unlike many cities, Salta was very easy to […]
Friday, February 27 We got a late start the next morning, not wanting to leave our new favorite bed and breakfast. The breakfast was the usual bread and jam with juice and coffee, but much higher quality and included a selection of local cheeses, which Inna very much appreciated. Stefano was already almost finished by […]
Monday, March 2 Getting out of bed was tough today. Since we arrived from Bolivia in Argentina via San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, we just have not recovered. We’re both fatigued and my back injury does not feel much better. It is healing very slowly and riding every day is probably not helping. Our alarm […]
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 With so little distance to cover today, we slept in until 8, and packed up slowly. Inna had been up late writing, and we proofed and posted her writing. We’re almost two weeks behind in writing and it’s taking diligence to get caught up. We ate another nutrition-less breakfast of coffee […]
Thursday, March 5 We left Los Andes and rode south to Santiago. The road quickly swelled to 4 lanes and became a toll road. I don’t think we’d been on a road this big in months. Unfortunately, unlike Peru, motorcycle do not travel free in Chile. As we got close to the city, I realized […]
Wednesday, March 11 After another great night’s sleep in a proper bed, Inna and I went down to savor the breakfast buffet. My mother and aunt Susan were up earlier and had already eaten. They went back to the Plaza de Armas to watch the changing of the guard at the presidential palace. It was […]
Thursday, March 12 Despite our good intentions, it took us time to tear ourselves away from our comfortable hotel room. We savored our final breakfast buffet. It was a little bit like putting Humpty Dumpty back together, but soon enough the old rhythm of packing returned and the bikes were loaded. The bell hops were […]
Friday, March 13 We woke and showered to feel more refreshed and went out to find breakfast. We stopped in at the vegetarian restaurant we wished had been open the night before. We were told they served breakfast and ordered veggie omelets. After waiting for ten minutes, the lady returned with a tiny eggplant and […]
Monday, March 16 It was a gray, wet morning when we awoke in Puerto Montt. We can’t remember who, but someone had recommended Puerto Montt to us at some point on the trip because it was circled on our map. In the morning drizzle, it had little charm and we were soon on the road. […]