Right, the bikes are fixed and cleaned and we left Coyhaique behind. Not my favourite place, but it served a purpose of getting us back on the road. We were still on tarmac so the going was good and we soon found a rhythm which meant we covered the miles quickly. Sarah had to get used to her new gear shifters and there were a couple of near misses when she did a dodgy change and I wasn't paying attention and almost crashed into her. She soon got the hang of them and she seems to like them to.
On route we met a guy from Turkey (who now lives in the States) he was also enjoying the scenery from the saddle, although it did appear that hills weren¨t his favourite part of cycling, this struck us as strange as he was cycling in the Andes and there is not alot of flat cycling to be had around here! Sarah chatted to him for awhile then we bid him farewell as he was stopping to buy some eggs from a small village. A few miles down the road he arrived at where we had decided to eat and joined us for lunch. It turned out he had been cycling for 4 months, but the first part of his trip he was using his bike to access areas for skiing. At first I thought he had said he had been skiing ON his bike. This got the cogs turning and I was desperately trying to figure out how you could fit skis on a bike. I was wrong! We parted company and may see him on route as we are all heading in the same direction.
We actually surprised ourselves and arrived at our intended campsite ahead of plan, after later study of the map we found the information we gained from our Lonely Planet was 10km short. Good for today, bad for tomorrow. We didn't mind though as the campsite was great. It is run by CONAF (Corporacion Nacional Forestal) and they have thought of everything at this campsite. Pitches are seperated buy fences and they are nice and big, we had a covered area, picnic table and fire pit and fire wood. The other great thing is it had hot showers. It certainly ticked all the boxes.
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