It's dirt all the way, goes over 4000m and stays up there, gives every surface from good gravel to clay, bulldust, some deep sand (and plenty of other sand) river crossings, llamas, mining traffic, a welcoming town (Atocha) at the 200km mark, and best of all, about 15 or 20km of sandy riverbed, with flowing water (actually much more than the photo shows - we were on the deep part at night!) First you go downstream, then upstream! Mad scenery all the way. This was to have been just a transport section on our trip, excited as we were to get to the Salar de Uyuni, but we had lots of fun!
At Atocha, we were up early and saw the town wake, then breakfasted on the street, as you do, squeezing into a little stall that served coffee and sweet bread. A couple of police checks later (just paperwork, but we will have to get used to these, methinks), and we were on the road for another 100km of adventure-riding. Sand dunes, high-plains villages, then endless and gnarly corrugations. Let's not forget that the shock absorber is living on borrowed time...
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