The Motorcycle Diaries

Written: 1952
Source: The Motorcycle Diaries, Ocean Press, © 2005.
Transcription/Markup: Ocean Press/Mike Bessler
Copyright: © 2005 Aleida March, Che Guevara Studies Center and Ocean Press. Reprinted with their permission. Not to be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Ocean Press. For further information contact Ocean Press at [email protected] and via its website at www.oceanbooks.com.au.
Online Version: Guevara Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2006. This document has been published on MIA with the permission of Ocean Press. This is a time limited publication, as the present contract expries on October 9, 2008, though both parties hope and desire the agreement will continue long past this date.
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Contents:

Preface, by Aleida Guevara
Preface to the first edition, by Aleida March
Biography of Ernesto Che Guevara
Brief chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara
Map and Itinerary of The Motorcycle Diaries
Introduction, by Cintio Vitier

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

So we understand each other
Forewarnings
Discovery of the ocean
...Lovesick pause
Until the last tie is broken
For the flu, bed
San Martín de los Andes
Circular exploration
Dear Mama
On the Seven Lakes Road
And now, I feel my great roots unearth, free and...
Objects of curiosity
The Experts
The difficulties intensify
La Poderosa II’s final tour
Firefighters, workers and other matters
La Gioconda’s smile
Stowaways
This time, disaster
Chuquicamata
Arid land for miles and miles
The end of Chile
Chile, a vision from afar
Tarata, the new world
In the dominions of Pachamama
Lake of the sun
Toward the navel of the world
The navel
The land of the Incas
Our Lord of the Earthquakes
Homeland for the victor
Cuzco straight
Huambo
Ever northward
Through the center of Peru
Shattered hopes
The city of the viceroys
Down the Ucayali
Dear Papi
The San Pablo leper colony
Saint Guevara’s day
Debut for the little Kontiki
Dear Mama
On the road to Caracas
This strange 20th century
A note in the margin
Appendix: A child of my environment (Speech to medical students, 1960)

Copyright: © 2005 Aleida March, Che Guevara Studies Center and Ocean Press. Reprinted with their permission. Not to be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Ocean Press. For further information contact Ocean Press at [email protected] and via its website at www.oceanbooks.com.au.