After my unexpected night sleeping at the border, my friends/interrogators were actually very kind in the morning, ensuring that I had adequate fresh water from their kitchen, and all was good and friendly upon my departure. Ghost and I were dreading the ride back to San Pedro, as we knew exactly how bad the road was that lied ahead. Hungry, cold, very cold. About 20km's later, I arrived back at the Chilean police checkpoint which I had ridden through the day be...

I arrived back in Iquique for the third time feeling ready to be reacquainted with my travel buddy. I was able to pick Ghost up that afternoon from JP´s (my lawyer) fathers warehouse where he'd been safely stored. The next day was spent organizing everything necessary to take off in the morning. Very excited, I set off toward San Pedro, a 500 journey, at around 10am. A funky Chilean couple I'd met previously whilst they were traveling through Iquique, had kindly...