Last stop, Buenos Aires After a night in Pehuajo, where I learned about Manuelita, the famous turtle, I reached Buenos Aires the following afternoon. The broad, clean avenues, the modern buildings and the relative courtesy of the other motorists all…
Pueto Natales, Chile to Bariloche, Argentina November 2 – December 8, 2014 Slow boat to Puerto Montt As you might have guessed from our frequent yet subtle references to the hellish wind, the 1500km ride from Paso Roballos to Ushuaia…
Ushuaia, Argentina to Puerto Natales, Chile 15 Nov 2014 – 24 Nov 2014 Next stop, Porvenir I will not hide that we felt nostalgic when we rode out of Ushuaia that morning. A countdown had begun and it was now…
El Calafate, Argentina to Ushuaia, Argentina 11 Nov 2014 to 14 Nov 2014 It’s not about the destination It’s about the journey. Yet when we finally found that Ushuaia was merely days away, we had a hard time stopping to…
Carretera Austral We first heard of the Carretera Austral from a fellow traveler in Nicaragua. Intrigued we started digging out information and learned that this name designed the section of road connecting Puerto Montt in Southern Chile to Villa O’Higgins.…
Uyuni, Bolivia to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Sep 30, 2014 – Oct 2, 2014 No hay gasolina, the return One of our concerns leaving Uyuni that morning was fuel. The route we had planned would take us first through…
A bit of context By the time we reached La Paz in Bolivia we had already ridden on some rather impressive roads. Most of them gloriously unknown, a few affectionately nicknamed to reflect their perceived lethality. None though seem to…
San Pedro de Atacama to Taltal, Chile October 3 – October 5, 2014 We left Potosi well prepared. Collectively our 2 DRs were carrying close to 52l of fuel, enough to cross the Salar de Uyuni, make our way South…
Cusco, Peru to Copacabana, Bolivia Sep 13, 2014 – Sep 21, 2014 Wolf on rails After a few relaxing days playing with baby llamas and drinking mate de coca in Cusco, the Zebra and I were ready to climb Machu…
Quito, Ecuador to Vilcabamba, Ecuador Aug 7, 2014 – Aug 21, 2014 Blasé After almost 2 months having a jolly good time rolling up and down Colombia’s cordilleras, we were not quite prepared for Ecuador. First, we had taken a…