"I´m going over to that brook with this meat pie, where I plan to eat enough for three days, because I´ve heard my master , Don Quixote, say that the squire of a knight errant has to eat whenever he can, and as much as he can, because they might go into the woods so deep they can´t find their way out again for six days, and if the man isn´t full, or his saddlebags aren´t well-provisioned, he might stay there, as often happens, until his flesh wrinkles and dries like a mummy´s." (Sancho Panza, Don Quixote First Part Chapter L) I have been following Sancho´s sound advice during my time on the Carterra Austral (Southern Highway) in Chile. As a result my commitment to a spartan existence under canvas has faltered somewhat recently. As the
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