Help Wanted: Winter South American route planning advice

[gordojordo]

My gal and I just purchased a rugged KLR from an awesome Aussie couple here in Paraguay--Wahoo! Starting in May 2012, we will have 6 months to float about the South American winds.

We are humbly asking for route recommendations that begin in Paraguay.

Unfortunately, we will not explore Brazil this time around. However, we are very enthusiastic about traversing Patagonia, Bolivia and Peru. The Guianas and Venezuela would be splendid, but are not high on the priority list. Ideally we would sell the bike in Columbia and fly back to our native northwest US in December 2012.

Perhaps we are a bit knuckle-headed, but traveling Patagonia during winter does not seem so far beyond our realm of comfortability...but maybe that's just the Paraguayan heat talking...

Newts and Salamanders,
Jordo