Uh, thanks for your reply, I guess.

I am going from Sn P de A to Uyuni, I am sorry that in this case I did not have much time for research. I spent what little time I had to research mechs in Salta. I should have apologized in advance for not having time to search. I am traveling hard at this point and my internet time is limited. I have 15L in tank and a capacity of 10 in bottles giving me about 450 km so I should be OK.


Thanks. If I lose one and get confused, I can likely just wait for another since they are frequent this time of year. I was considering joining a jeep tour for support since I am solo, but it seems like that could develop into a problem if there are places where I could not keep up. Are there places with deep sand or other obsticles , that really slow a bike down that I may have not noticed riding in a jeep?



Sorry for not using terminology to your liking, but when I crossed by jeep before there were places to sleep with beds. This is what I was referring to. Hostels, hotels, hospedajes, they all refer to places that rent beds. sheesh! BTW, there is at least one place that goes by the name Salt "Hotel."

Thanks, this is what I was wondering. The bike will likely sit out no matter where I sleep. I am prepared for camping down to about -10 f. It does OK at 0 c with a little coaxing. I have 6 liters of extra water so I could even do a dry camp. I hope to camp at least one night in the middle of the solar, so I can get some night shots.

Not hardly, anywhere you see people everyday is not all that remote. I have done a 16 day trek where I did not see a single person the whole trip and was 8 days at one point from the nearest vehicle access and the trail head was in a place where you might not see another car for days.

Places where people live in groups, year round. What else would you call them? There is at least one spot with several houses and even a church. Possibly hamlet would have been a better term.


When you are 12.5 months into a 15 month trip there is simply some research that doesn't get done. I had an unexpected change of route so haven´t had much time to prepare (do research) for this section.

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