Lessons learnt thus far. Most the hard way:
- Go to the dentist before flying to South America
- Get travel insurance
- Learn how to take the wheels of a bike with hydraulic disc brakes and a Rohloff hub before you get to the airport in a foreign country
- Check weather before you fly 2700km South into Patagonian Autumn where there are glaciers
- Make sure your water sack is firmly attached to bicycle before starting.
- Buy more food
- Bring more cash
- Test drive new expensive bikes before you leave England
- Learn how to put up your tent before cycling into a cold desert
- Buy a good tent that you can put up in rubbish conditions
- Bring more warm clothes
- Don't try and cycle over rocks when your bike weights 40kg
- Keep an eye on extraneous items attached to the bike (e.g. Fuel bottles and jackets)
- Stop losing all your s***
- ALWAYS pimp porridge with dulce de leche/cream/cinnamon/coconut
- Do not put clothes directly onto a log burner
- Hold onto hand rails when the walkway is wet
- Do not camp in meadows next to a river in a valley. Frost is not cool.
- Travel with really nice organised girls when 6 and 7 are not learnt
- Keep your knees warm
- Enjoy the 'Rollercoaster'
- Don't stroke dogs bellies, they may follow you forever
- Chile has very little ozone. Don't let your face be the one repeatedly telling you that
- Don't ignore strange sounds from the bike
- If it's really cold and you're cycling downhill and you're not shivering, be concerned
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