This day was the reverse of the one two days back, but this time the weather was near perfect with no rain! So we hammered along, as the winds became stronger, causing the smaller bikes to suffer petrol shortages.
We had to return through our fourth border crossing from Argentina into Chile and back again tomorrow! Our fear was that they Chileans would want to search all our luggage as in the past, but it was not to be. I had finally got a copy of my actual visa printed, so it was also smooth for me. When I had filled the customs declaration online with Willy's help, I showed the Aduana lady who just said "Perfecto" so all was good.
Then to some invigorated riding under blue skies but with some wind. We had lunch at the border cafe just 100m beyond it and was served by a young man with a perfect British accent! It turns out he was born in Kent to an English father and Chilean mother and was now back in the "home land".
My riding was somewhat limited as my rear tyre was going down again and again, and once we took it off back in Cerro Sombrero, we realised that the longitudinal crack in the tyre was now extended from a couple of centimetres to about 10. Tonight it will be replaced with my slightly used spare TKC70!
At our hotel there was another surprise with a very well known bike parked out the front, visible due to its hundreds of stickers and a very obvious dog-mounted frame on the back. This is famous world traveller by motos, Tracy Charles who has just returned from Antarctica. We have arranged to meet at dinner time!
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