Greetings All

Now that everyone’s refreshed we’re on the home stretch.

Leaving Bolivia was surprisingly easy but getting into Peru was surprisingly hard, basically the computer said no. Actually, the computer didn’t say anything, it was knackered. The woman at Peruvian customs spent an hour trying to process Kitty and nothing was working. Eventually she decided to do it old school and started filled out forms and entering Kitty’s details in an ancient ledger book. I was almost ready to escape when another customs guy appears and they had a long discussion. For reasons that I couldn’t work out they gave me an envelope that I had to deliver to the Customs building near Puno. This was another customs twist that I hadn’t come across before and I was wondering if it was a scam of some sort.

Xfitrate – I’m following in the path of Ed and the lovely Elise

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Greetings Everyone

Well, I’m back in Brazil. I spent two months back in Oz and the parents are a lot better but I’ve decided to cut the trip short and not ride any further north into Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia or Ecuador.

Instead I’m heading west into Bolivia, and Peru via Machu Picchu and Nazca. Then south into Chile and finally Valparaiso where Kitty will be crated up and sent back to Oz.

It was good to see Marcelo and Beth again. I arrived at Sao Paolo airport late at night and being the fantastic people that they are they drove in town and picked me up. We spent the next couple of days doing a couple of local bike rides and some maintenance while I got myself de-jetlagged.

Breakfast with Beth, Marcelo and Furacao

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