The road along Puyuhuapi Fiord.

Colgante hanging glacier above the Carretera Austral.

Julie’s front tire blew out at the end of a long rainy day on muddy gravel roads. We don’t have a spare tire. Ten days ago we put on her only spare to replace the rear tire that had worn out after only 2,000 km. Every bike shop since then has had only narrow racing tires that fit her 700c wheels. We were planning to get wider tires in the regional capital of Coyhaique, 130 km away. So Julie will take her bike on the 7 am bus to get a new tire there tomorrow, and I’ll bike hard to make it there in one day. A festival celebrating this town’s 27^th anniversary is happening tonight and our hostel’s cafe is closed. All we had for dinner was tea and cake at another hostel, then fried potatoes at the celebration. There are seven long-distance cyclists staying in this little town tonight, including us.

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