07/12/2009 06:32

The road map is finally a draft! (better than nothing....)

I have finalized the maps and they are all in the trip session as a google map attachment.

I did it with the support of Juan and Magdalena memories of their trip, trying to maximize their experience, however I should said that still many things are loose. It's a challenge to predict the time to spend in border crossing/rain/etc; and also I should add some advise coming from locals like Jorge Saqui or Alfonso Izquierdo in case of Mexico.

Both recommended to spend some time in Tequila city, the place where Tequila was "invented" or at least they produce a lot of it (and drink it too); still in doubts is touching Morellia, a famous place (as per Alfonso's advice).

In any case, the trip will include some spontaneous definitions considering the complexity and the unknown; like a famous (Machado) poet said:  

Wanderer, your footsteps are
the road, and nothing more;
wanderer, there is no road,
the road is made by walking.
By walking one makes the road,
and upon glancing behind
one sees the path
that never will be trod again.
Wanderer, there is no road--
Only wakes upon the sea.
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Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino, y nada más;
caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante, no hay camino,
sino estelas en la mar.

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 The best advice for an obsessive rider 

 

 ".....Do not use any maps.......do not plan.......the only important thing is to travel light, then, just ride, ride down south, Argentina is at the end of the continent, there is no way you'll miss it....." 

Juan, a chilenian friend that did this same trip three times