The travel notes written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara during a trip around South America in his youth.

Preface -- Preface to the first edition -- Biography of Ernesto Che Guevara -- Brief chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara -- Map and itenerary 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 flue, 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).