We Return to Your Regularly-Scheduled Moto Adventure

Back to it, folks! Nick and I are finally southbounders again after a ridiculously long hiatus...a vacation from our vacation, as it were. Oddly enough, the (over) two weeks we spent piddling around Cartagena was as long a vacation as I usually take each year...and it was a mere morsel of this 3-month adventure we've embarked upon.

Mere morsel though it may be, 2 weeks is a sizeable chunk when we consider our overall route. By this date, we expected to send the ladies back to the US from Peru.

We're currently nowhere near Peru.

Today, I got confirmation that Sarah was on her flight home (trying to fly standby yesterday fell through); and only then did Nick and I mount up to make some miles. The late start put us into the heat of the day before we had made our goal: Planeta Rica. We were both dripping sweat, but we were glad to see new terrain after such a long, stationary stint on the coast.

A tasty morsel for a late-evening snack: savory bread wrapped around pineapple, ham, and cheese!

By my calculations, we still have a shot at Tierra del Fuego / Ushuaia, but I expect that nearly every day we'll have a hard decision to make: "do we see this sight / take this day of rest / greet this friend / etc, or do we continue to strive for Ushuaia?"

Original Plan	New Plan	Diff	Location	Notes
22 Jun	22 Jun	0	Cartagena, Colombia	Day 43: Disembark from the Stahlratte onto South American soil.
28 Jun	15 Jul	-17	Ecuador	Day 49
4 Jul	18 Jul	-14	Peru	Day 55
16 Jul	26 Jul	-10	Bolivia	Day 67
25 Jul	29 Jul	-4	Chile	Day 76
30 Jul	2 Aug	-3	Argentina	Day 81
8 Aug	9 Aug	-1	Tierra del Fuego	Day 91-92: Southernmost point of the Americas: Tierra del Fuego / Ushuaia
14 Aug	13 Aug	+1	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Day 96: Trip's end