Saturday, December 19, 2009

45 degrees south





The end of the road for us- Coyhaique, Chile. We have a flight booked from here back to Santiago in just over a week. We arrived here a bit earlier than expected, with a bike that is suffering from all those kilometers of rough, rough gravel. It was an epic ride. Spectacular scenery at every turn, some wet and nasty weather, but mostly good for riding, nice people, and many hours in the saddle. We kept commenting on how great of a trip we were having, and it is true, but it is also hard for me to describe that in words right now. It doesn´t help that I´m tired and a little sick, but mostly it just hasn´t really sunk in or been fully processed.
Now we are weighing our options. The weather forecast is particularly bad, so the 3 day trek in a nearby national park we had planned may be unpleasant. For being the equivalent of June in the US, the weather is abnormally bad; many people walking around outside right now are wearing jackets or even parkas. We have some thoughts of bumping back our flight and heading to Santiago earlier, since it is sunny and 80 degrees there now. I´m not sure. Cake & coffee may help us with this decision.

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