Preface / by Adelaida Guevara

Preface to the first edition / Adelaida March

Biography of Ernesto Che Guevara

Brief chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara

Map and itinerary of The Motorcycle Diaries

Introduction / 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 Martin 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).