Thank You
As always when cycle touring, I was amazed and humbled by the kind
generosity of strangers and the random acts of kindness bestowed on us
by the people of South America.
Thanks also to Ernest Markwood for allowing me to use his photographs
in this book.
I’m also immensely grateful to my sister Amanda who, through the years,
selflessly, kept my journal entries and photos well-organised. Without
her, there would have been no record of my travels.
As always, I’m much indebted to my friend Val Abrahamse, who kept my
personal and financial matters at home in good order while I travelled the
globe. It would have been impossible to achieve this without her
conscientious efforts.
Apologies
I apologise for the poor quality pictures used in this book. It’s due to the
work of a very skilful bag snatcher. Under normal circumstances, this
wouldn’t have been a train smash, but on this day, the bag contained my
camera and all the memory cards with photos taken in South America.
Most of the images in this book were rescued from the Internet and are of
very low resolution.