And oh she's lovely. Complete top-end rebuild so she's like new; crack in silencer welded; and I fixed all sorts of little things which had been irritating me for ages but never got around to.I can't believe the bill though; including everything (a bit of welding on the silencer, a jolly good clean, and all the usual suspects) it was just over $200. If you ever need work done on your BeeEm in Ecuador, Alvarez Barba are the people to go to; ask for Augusto Begnini (Mr.Fixit).

I'm now having rather naughty thoughts. As it's now getting towards spring/summer down south, and I've only seen the extreme left-hand side of this continent, I think I may go south again and see all the bits I missed because the weather was so crap by the time I got back on the road again after the crash. That means I may well spend another 6 months in South America.

Anyway, it'd be nice to visit Francisco and Fabiola and everyone in Coyhaique again.

I need to do a bit of sanity checking with maps and stuff, so I'll be staying in Quito for another couple of days while I decide exactly what I'll do and where I'll go. Meanwhile I'll give Dale and Sandy a hand with their crated 100GS which they can allegedly retrieve from the airport today.