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Been too long! Had a quick one week trip to Chile to ride with @MotorradAngels (Tom Palmer) and @Dennis Godwin of Motorrad Angels. We tried to get over the pass to Mendoza but there was a big landslide they were fixing. We had heard it would open the next day and were hoping it was open to motos which is usually the case. But the army guy said ten more days! So we made the most of Chile. From Santiago we went about 2 hours nw to Papudo on the coast. Really cool town with an old california central coast feel. Next day we went to the pass and got turned back and ended up in La Ligua. Next day was to Terma de Socos, a hot spring hotel. Next day I had to turn south and the other two headed up to Atacama then over into Argentina for a few water projects. I went south to Santa Cruz, a wine region and did the whole foodie thing solo. That 1250 GS is amazing! My first time trying. Chile is very interesting! More like Europe than South America. Very well put together, organized, great roads, drivers who know how to drive (unlike Peru). People are more European in origin it seems. Lots from Italy and Germany. Geography is basically desert, mountains, ocean and glaciers surrounding them. It's a long finger like country. They say the wine region suffers less pest problems because of that. It's also quite a bit more expensive than other S American countries. I was going to keep going south but love it here in Colombia and am working a full time gig so have to make hay while the sun shines as they say. They went far enough north to get a photo at “the hand.” I said you’re not a real adventure rider until you get a picture at the hand! [emoji1787] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk