Originally Posted by DustyBottoms1

First of all, thanks to everyone for all of your feedback. Truly amazing!!!

Perdido: Based on this response and after looking at more satellite images, perhaps this is not the route I will be taking. I'm looking for a ride with a good mixture of asphalt, dirt, gravel, flat, steep, slightly dangerous, some passes, amazing scenery, mostly desolate country side with maybe some villages...just to name a few things I'm hoping to find on this ride.

The only thing that I want to make sure I do is hit Macchu Picchu. Whether it's on the front end or tail end of my trip, I'm not traveling all the way to Peru and not swinging by MP.