Staying in the homes of welcoming Bolivian peasants while trying to scrub up nicely for coffee with various ambassadors are just two juxtaposing experiences South Africans David Collett (right, photo) and Mark Crandon have had in the past seven months, and when they stayed in Buenos Aires for six days over new year, it denoted the three-quarter-way point of their 10,000km bicycle trip around Latin America.

Full story on Wednesday’s paper (January 13, 2010).

Photo courtesy of David Collett.

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