2016-09-01 Rest and Food day in Putre, conemplating what am I doing here.

2016-09-02 Decided to head to the coast, dropping 3500m sounds good. Road works for last 20km, and stop and camp in restaurant car park. 96km in 4:52

2016-09-03 Down along the Rio Luta to Arica and the coast. 62 km in 3:15

2016-09-04 Day in Arica

2016-09-05 Day in Arica

2016-09-06 Bus to Iquique

2016-09-07 Day in Iquique

2016-09-08 Ride up out of Iquique to Polo Alimote, across the desert, nothing grows. 67 km in 5:01

2016-09-09 To Minena, hot springs at 2700m. 76 km in 6:03

2016-09-10 Day in Minena

2016-09-11 Back down to Iquique, 127km in 5:36

2016-09-12 Day in Iquique

2016-09-13 along the desert coast. 66km in 4:18

2016-09-14 To camp along coast. 71 km in 4:53

2016-09-15 Along coast, camp. 82km in 5:21

2016-09-16 Into Tocopillia. 30km in 2:11

2016-09-17 climb away from coast. To camp site on Rio Loa. Where there is water there is life, Rio Loa is green line in the desert. Drinking 3l of water in a day. 85 km in 5:34

2016-09-18 Across desert to camp before Calama. 69km in 5:21

2016-09-19 Through Calama. Its a public holiday (Chile’s national day) and most shops ar closed. Camp. 86 km in 5:31

2016-09-20 Into SanPedro. 58km in 3:35

2016-09-21 To Tocona, camp just south. 63km in 3:31

2016-09-22 back to SanPedro, via Laguna Cajar. 68km in 3:42

2016-09-23 bus to Calama to pick up Michaela.

2016-09-24 Day in SanPedro

2016-09-25 Day ride to Valley of the moon.

2016-09-26 Tour to altoplano lakes.

2016-09-27 day in SanPedro

2016-09-28 Jeep tour to Salar de Uyuni, stay in villa mar

2016-09-29 to the salt hotel on the edge of the salt lake

2016-09-30 To Uyuni and then back to villa mar

2016-10-01 Return to SanPedro

2016-10-02 To Guatin to camp. 30km in 3:21

2016-10-03 To camp near Machuca. 24km in 2:48

2016-10-04 Return down hill to SanPedro, dropping 1500m. 46km in 2:15

2016-10-05 bus to Calama. get givern bike box from bike shop in mall.

2016-10-06 Packing bike.

2016-10-07 flight to Santiago. Transfer to airport from hotel. Easy checkin with bike in box.

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