sagot
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posted November 29, 2004 01:40 PM
Nasca lines
Stopped in Pisco for the night in a really nice-looking secure hotel out of the main center of town. They even had a locked parking area for the bikes, but the place turned out to be very loud. There was a preacher in the church behind yelling into a mic until 11pm that night. Even I felt like repenting.
We left the next day, headed for Nazca and possibly Chala, this little tiny place on the beach I had heard was nice and relatively undiscovered. We were sort of going back and forth trying to decide whether to go to Chala or not as it is a bit off course and could turn out to be a total dive but the decision was made for us when we stopped in Palpa for a cold one (cokes people, we{re riding...). We came out to find I had a flat rear tire. But we couldn{t figure it out because there was nothing on the tire anywhere. Anyways, the great thing about Peru is that the guy working at the fanciest grifo (gas station) in town (i.e. the only one with compressed air) does not care one iota if you want to unpack your bike and disassemble the thing in the front of his establishment. Hell, it actually drummed up business. 2 gringos in the heat heaving their own tire apart. Anyways, it seems that we didn{t get the tube in perfectly smooth when we changed the tires before we left Canada and there was a wrinkle in the tube and it rubbed a hole that all the air finally had a chance to leak out of when we finally stopped after burning through the straightaway in hot desert-like conditions all day. We got the new tube in without problem and the whole process went relatively smoothly. We knew that we were bound to get a flat at some point, but we were surprised to have it happen soon (our own rushed fault). We only one spare tube between the 2 of us, and 17inch tires are relatively unusual here so we took it across the street to the llanteria (tire repair place)- no one actually replaces tires or tubes here- they just fix them. For 4 soles($1.20US), they made the old tube as good as new- no word of a lie. They put a patch on it and put it in a vertical vice. The top of the vice has walls on the top so that can put some fuel in the compartment on the top of the vice and set it on fire and vulcanize the patch so it becomes part of the tire. Yes, I was somewhat concerned to see what appeared to be the tube on fire, but it is a very good patch job.
Ps. If you are ever having touble breaking the bead on your tire on the side of the road- try useing the side stand of another bike.Just place the wheel, break disk up, and carefully lower the side stand onto the bead and pop! No side stand- just run it over with the other bike. No other bike' figure it out!
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fish_antlers
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posted November 29, 2004 02:03 PM
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No other bike' figure it out!
 ... Bless the Internet!
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fish_antlers
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posted November 30, 2004 06:04 AM
PS... if you go to Lake Titicaca, make sure to take TP for your bunghole ...
hehehehehe
I never EVER thought I'd have a chance in my life to say that for real
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frEEk
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ummm... yeah
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posted November 30, 2004 02:12 PM
damn sagot, sounds like a wicked trip. enjoy the updates, keep em comin.
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sagot
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posted December 01, 2004 04:17 PM
we have tp, we have bungholes
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frEEk
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ummm... yeah
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posted December 01, 2004 04:55 PM
but have u met Corn Holio?
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sagot
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posted December 03, 2004 08:00 PM
Met the proverbial CornHolio the other day! He fed us french fries at 4500m! See my latest post
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