14th-16th Jan. Coyhaique
We needed some recovery and repair time off the bikes so we decided
that we´d stop in Coyhaique until Tuesday. Gareth spent a lot of time cleaning and
repairing the bikes, mine especially, but also adjusting and giving his bike some
TLC as well. The gravel roads are certainly hard on the bikes. Lots of rattling
around and harsh grit seems to get into everything.
To me fell blog duties. Quite a lot of catching up as there
have been no real Internet connections for a while, certainly not high speed enough
to cope with uploading photos.
My bad luck also doesn´t quite seemed to have
finished yet as yesterday I returned to the tent to find that my thermarest has
a huge airbubble about where my shoulder goes. Looks like some of the
air compartments have broken down. I have therefore created ´Sarah´s list of woes´,
some of which have now been fixed, but others we will have to live with; Gareth´s
bad back (on the mend now), no money (all fine now, lots of ATMs in Coyhaique),
broken bike (better now, lovingly fixed by Gareth), lost cleat screw (now
replaced), lots and lots of rain (not so at the moment), broken tent pole,
dodgey saucepan handle, broken thermarest (will have to live with as no
replacements or repairs here) and broken crocs (repaired by me).
Despite my woes, which I can laugh about at the moment, it´s
been a good few rest days. Now ready to get back on the bike, out of the
city and continue the Carretera Austral southwards.
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