I recently came back from a 1-month trip in South America, from
Patagonia to Santiago. The short report (there is no long one) is on
http://www2.arnes.si/~ikovse/chi.htm
The list of things and some thoughts about light-weight style can be
accessed from the Tibet page (click the bike icon):
http://www2.arnes.si/~ikovse/tib.htm
Cheers,
Igor.