Motorcycle Explorer December 2014 Issue 3 | Page 167

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south which was on the tourist trail because it was serviced from
the South and East by actual roads. When back packers are
traveling around South America they tend to do it by bus and
given its location in the Andes, this is as good a place as any to
visit. I actually met a couple from Ireland that night and we shared
a beer and a bottle of wine over a chat, it was great to have a yap
with someone from home after all this time. (Note - while this
book is only three chapters old, by this point I had been on the
road for 5 months) As it turned out they were on a tour of the
Argentinean wine regions, the guys name was Paul and we were
introducing ourselves to the local wine fairly vigorously, I asked
him was he enjoying his tour. He replied, “Don’t remember any of
it!” We both burst out laughing.
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