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<\/a>Route 23 To El Chalt\u00e9n\/Mt. Fitz Roy<\/strong>\nARGENTINA<\/strong>
\nPaved now, but it was all loose gravel in the 1990s when I first rode it. Of course, the intense headwind hasn’t changed.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Green Grass and Red Soil<\/strong>
\nVENEZUELA<\/strong>
\nRiding the high plains grasslands, the Gran Sabana, in the south of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Curvas Caracoles (Snail Switchbacks)<\/strong>
\nCHILE<\/strong>
\n30 curves take you from high altitude to even higher altitude. North of Santiago heading to Argentina.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Cutout<\/strong>
\nBOLIVIA<\/strong>
\nAnother masterpiece of Bolivian road engineering. I discovered this one riding west from Villa Montes.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Washout<\/strong>
\nCUBA<\/strong>
\nDisintegrating coastal road South of the Sierra Maestra, west of Santiago de Cuba.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Sandswept<\/strong>
\nPERU<\/strong>
\nThe sand is constantly trying to reclaim Peru’s desert highways.
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<\/a>Feel The Heat<\/strong>
\nPARAGUAY<\/strong>
\nThe temperature soars over 40\u00baC (104\u00baF) by mid morning in Paraguay’s Chaco.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Borderlands<\/strong>
\nHAITI\/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<\/strong>
\nI’m not certain which country I was in at this moment. South of Monte Cristi.<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n
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