These are che guevaras riotous diaries charting his motorcycle odyssey from argentina through chile and peru ending finally in venezuela in january 1952 two young men from buenos aires set out to explore south america on la poderosa the powerful one a 500cc norton one of them was the twenty three year old che guevara. The motorcycle diaries notes on a latin american journey by guevara che 1928 1967 keeble alexandra publication date 2004 topics guevara che 1928 1967 guevara che 1928 1967 publisher melbourne australia new york ocean press collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor kahle austin foundation contributor internet archive language english . The motorcycle diaries tells the story of a journey through south america undertaken by che and his friend always hungry and penurious che explains how they relied on the hospitality and generosity of the people they met his descriptions of the different customs foods accommodation and hospitality of the countries they passed through are fascinating this is not a motorcycle journey book . The motorcycle diaries notes on a latin american journey was published by ocean press and the che guevara studies center havana in 2003 the book has a preface by aleida guevara march and an introduction by cintio vitier this edition is edited and translated by alexandra keeble. The motorcycle diaries notes on a latin american journey ernesto guevara no preview available 2004 about the author 2003 ernesto che guevara was a leading member of the revolutionary government in cuba after 1959 he was appointed minister of industry and later as head of the cuban national bank his simple signature of che on cubas banknotes angered the heads of international banks