7th Dec, Wild camp Sand dune to Belen (68.3M)
Once awake we both had a tentative listen out for the wind. It was still there! However subjectively not quite as severe as the previous afternoon. Our speediest decamp yet followed, as we wanted to get away before the wind got any stronger. Very soon there was a curve in the road, and then more of the straight stuff, but the road was heading downhill more now and we were fresher this morning so we made better headway, eventually getting to a bit that despite now becoming dirt tack was easier to cycle and even out of the wind on occasion.
Due to the early start our initial destination of Hualfin was reached by midday so we elected to continue. The road soon became Tarmac again and we made good time down the valley to Belen. The final part of the journey through a gorge was unlike anything we´d cycled through in Argentina so far.
At Belen we had a half hour queue at the cashpoint to get money before we could do anything else. Then food, tent up, hot shower and bed.
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