The Motorcycle Diaries

There are two scenes that were improvised during the filming process.

The scene when Ernesto and Alberto are riding in the snow was not in the screen play. When the crew arrived to the filming location they faced with extraordinary weather conditions. However it was their day off they decided to go to the mountains and shoot this scene.

The scene in Cusco was filmed because the little "tour guide" boy asked the film crew if he can show them the city. They said yes and brought the camera as well. This is the way how they found the women with whom Ernesto and Alberto is talking in the Cusco scene.

At Macchu Pichu, a piece is broken off of the sundial at the Inti Huatana (Hitching Post of the Sun). The damage occurred in 2000, when a crane fell on it. In the 1950s, it was still in perfect condition.

The real Alberto appears at the very end of the film just before the credits.