We're staying at a hostel run by an old German guy named Arvil (Hosteria Outsider), have the bikes assembled, and have our gear loaded up, with small bits of luck helping out both tasks. We plan to make it back here on the 30th, he's storing our luggage for us in the meantime.
Weather is Vancouver-ish. Rains a bit every now and then, but really just light sprinkles which barely get the street wet. It should be nice cycling weather, warm but not hot. We've got a couple of local maps, and a rough plan of heading north, crossing the Andes, and making our way to the Argentine town of Bariloche. After that it's south to next pass, cross back to Chile, then find our way over to the island of Chiloe. Ferry's don't run that route again till January second, but apparently it should be easy to cross via a fishing vessel or other merchant boat. Little hard to estimate distances since this is a fairly loose plan, but 1,000k is the rough mileage. Camping is ok anywhere, but no fires in national parks.
We went for a late lunch at a place that was a welcome change from airport food. Gourmet home made pasta, fresh bread, raspberry milk shake that was basically half a cup of fresh rasperries and half a cup of milk. I found it interesting that the restaurant (4 small tables) had the same flooring as my living room. Oddly enough when we sat down, the spanish radio station DJ blurted a whole bunch of exited sounding stuff, then said "Pearl Jam", which was next on the radio queue No english on the menus or storefront, but english music finds its way everywhere. Only other guests there for an early afternoon snack were a pair of travelling granola lesbians. During the course of our meal, two Rod Stewart songs played, which made me feel not too far from home.
That's all for now!
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