Traveling with David on his recumbent is like traveling with a beautiful woman. All over South America he has turned heads, from toddlers to young men and women to old men and women. While riding to Cuenca, Equador I began formulating my own lyrics to one of David’s favorite songs “The Girl from Ipanema” to describe what it is like riding behind him. Somewhere in the deserts of Argentina the song was finished. Thanks to the Lewis family’s mp3 player we are able to post it to the blog and share it with you:
Fast and sleek mp3

Julie sings for Jonathan & Dawn Lewis.

Blue & orange church.

We reached the end of the Panamerican Highway today, at the southern end of Isla Chiloé.  Tomorrow we’ll take a boat back to the mainland and continue cycling south on the Carretera Austral.  I put my bike on a bus for the first time ever; going back to Castro on the stretch of road we had just spent the day cycling.  The boat from Quellón sails at night from midnight to five am and the boat from Castro sails during the day; so we’ll be better able to enjoy the cruise from Castro.  It is important to me to bike every stretch of the road.  Even though I’m not setting any records, I don’t want an asterisk added to my journey.  Like some athletes who have an asterisk to their record (* drug abuser) I don’t want an asterisk (* a bus user).

St Michael stepping on the Devil.

The Conchi church.