A Guide to The Trip

Forward

The Daily Grind - Who Is Ranger Bob?

Part One

Chapter One - The Bus Through Ecuador

Chapter Two - A Bus Through Peru and Bolivia And A Ride On The Death Train

Chapter Three - The Cycling Begins: Do I Need A Visa For Brazil?!

Chapter Four - Paraguay: Heat, Bugs and Mate (Mah-Tay)

Chapter Five - North Eastern Argentina To Buenos Aires and Up Up and Away
Chapter Six - Tierra Del Fuego and The End Of The World

Part Two

Chapter Seven - Torres Del Paine National Park

Chapter Eight - Patagonia and The Monster

Chapter Nine - El Cheltin, Fitz Roy and The End Of The Monster

Part Three

Chapter Ten - Carreterra Austral (Southern Highway)

Chapter Eleven - The Island Of Chiloe and The Lake District

Chapter Twelve - Santiago and The Art Of Motorcycling

Chapter Thirteen - North From Santiago

Part Four

Chapter Fourteen - Atacama

Chapter Fifteen - Heading Into The Andes

Chapter Sixteen - Bolivia: Altiplano-Lapaz-Tiahuanaco

Chapter Seventeen - The Bolivian Jungle

Chapter Eighteen - Sorata and Lake Titicaca

Part Five

Chapter Nineteen - The Road To Cuzco

Chapter Twenty - Machu Pichu and The Road To Lima

Chapter Twenty-One - North From Lima

Chapter Twenty-Two - Ecuador: The Final Frontier

Chapter Twenty-Three - Malaria, Quito and The End Of The Road

Epilogue

Appendices

Appendix I - Planning and Preparations

Appendix II - How To Take That First Cycling Trip

Appendix III - Various Distances

Appendix IV - Currency Values- Per U.S. Dollar 1998

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