photo essay of 2 months in Chile...
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| no word exists to say that which you feel. every word will be non-useful when you feel the love. |
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| getting ready for the ferry to Puerto Montt with a cool Willy's wagon |
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| puerto montt |
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| getting friendly with the 3 legged statue. they look happy! |
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| shopping list at Felipe's house. If only we knew who those 2 strippers would be... |
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| making new friends (australia, chile, usa, germany) |
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| enduro camping |
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| nothing is worse... |
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| nacho finds humor in my ability to pass out in 2 beds at the same time |
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| lazy sunday foam fight |
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| lunch with francisco, nacho, and jose |
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| time to clean the moto |
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| 2 glorious weeks of dog sitting for Lorraine |
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| time for a new sprocket |
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| pisco and coke, garnished with a crab. naturally a great sundowner |
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| luiza, the russian, whips up her chocolate caramel treat |
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| lunch on deck |
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| Lorraine's at sundown |
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| Dog |
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| Happy to see their mommy. |
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| yeah, that's a chocolate fountain. francisco and his wonderful family. and wonderful friends from colombia and uruguay |
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| pisco soure with sriracha sauce? |
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| not the best idea... |
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| Holly heads for Alaska on her old trek |
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| we got hose |
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| afternoon tours of Santiago with Holly |
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| Rodrigo and Tomi in Javier's apartment |
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| i miss my bicycle |
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| Javier Aguilar, a great friend and a bike lover. I can't say enough good things about him. |
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| Tomi is good for 45 minutes in the backpack before he starts squirming |
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| Felipe is an awesome engineer, dad, friend, and heavy metal fan |
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| can't watch a soccer game without meat. |
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| it's fine if it's small, so long as it's intense.. |
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| painting skulls with Francisco |
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| he's right, horse skulls look like backwards alien skulls. |
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| thanks to Analaura and Francisco, my motorcycle is more colorful |
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| Yerka, Javier's mom, makes wonderful food, art, and used to dominate the Patagonian rally scene with her hotrod Mini. |
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| chinchilla crossing. no shit! |
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| precaution. zone of curves and steep grades. |
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| looking skyward out of an earth tube dome |
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| Marleus is building some earth bag houses in Valle Elqui |
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| better than the highway |
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| following the coast northwards |
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| panam highway chile |
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| empty highway |
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| oh no, i forgot to put my oil cap on!!! |
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| never fear. chilean truck drivers will make you a new one from the dumpster! |
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| motorcycle and semi shown for scale. the bed goes on a different truck |
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| i finally got enduro serious and changed out my front tire. from wombat to combat. |
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| visiting the valley of the moon. |
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| salt crystals |
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| camping in an old bus |
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| mica crystals |
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| now you know how to say mine field in quechua. |
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| i found an old bus to camp in |
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| the only tree in the desert makes a great rest spot |
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| yep, it's salt |
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| the plain of patience |
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| salt and lithium deposits from the mineral springs |
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| salt sand and sky |
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| roasting chiles with cheese over the fire |
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| exploring without roads |
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| motorcycle rides at 10 degrees are a little cold for Susi. |
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| time to warm up in the geyser bath |
