*** Photos to come...
We are on our second day in Cochabamba and we have managed to source a front sprocket for the "pig". The proprieter of the "Hotel Cochabamba", Jorge. He was kind enough to take the one off his F650, otherwise we would have been pretty well stuffed as BMW would have had to ship from Germany - apparently none in the whole of South America.
Cochabamba is a thriving city and does not feel like Bolivia, although we were in one of the better parts of town.
We were able to head to the rain forest for the afternoon, which turned out to be just that. It started as a cold thick mist as we decended into the forest, then it became rain. We could only see a few meters at times, and the jungle was hidden in a shroud of cloud. A quick stop in a clear patch reveals the Jungle as somthing similar to New Zealand's own bush of the north. Puketi forest springs to mind, plenty of similar trees and ferns, however a few differences occur like snakes and spiders just to name a couple. A quick photo shoot and we were out of there to get back to the comfort of the hotel, we were quite wet considering we were in our summer riding gear. This was the only day we have met rain so far - the weather has been picture perfect.
We have a big haul tommorow and Sam T is showing signs of coming down with "the Brian bug", I think I will be in the clear tommorow except for the lingering chest and head bits.
good to get an update guys. i'm jealous you got to cochabamba, i wanted to get there. good food and nightlife i hear?
ReplyDeletebloody happy you got that front sprocket. you're phone says you're in sucre?? but your post says cochabamba. not sure if your phone is telling fibs or what?
good luck with the next leg.
cheers
malc