23 November 2018 No bikes today, a chance to visit Perito Moreno glacier. A spectacular sight and sound as the large blocks of ice crack off the glazier and fall into the lake. The information notices say the glazier advances 2 metres every day. That mud guard keeps falling off! Some local birds!
A dry day
22 November 2018 Click here to watch today’s video At last, a sunny day. Most of this morning was a dirt road that was well compacted with some loose gravel on the surface. This made for an easy journey until the last 10 miles. In these few miles, the road was covered with thick gravel […]
A challenging day
Wednesday 21 November 2018 – 323 miles The feature image is our dinner cooking at the estancia 33D36A00-A667-4A44-8955-A60D9C09FEA7 Today’s weather was the worst combination of the previous two days, torrential rain and temperatures as low as 3 degrees. One of the most challenging day’s I have spent on a motorcycle. The rain made some of […]
A full day riding the Carretera Austral
Tuesday 20 November 2018 – 170 miles F1D97E64-E9B6-4A51-8D51-0E5EF2A272C3 See the link above of todays route A second day of rain, not as heavy as yesterday but much lower temperatures. 110 of todays miles were in the dirt. The riding was not as challenging as yesterday, today was more about the continuous distance on the dirt […]
Carretera Austral
Monday 19 November 2018 – 267 miles The Carretera Austral, Chile’s route 7 runs for 1240 kilometres through Patagonia. Today’s ride took us along a selection of this road. See the video above of todays route A lot of the riding was on the dirt. It had rained all night and continued to rain, very […]
Back into Chile
Sunday 18 November 2018 – 220 miles E5FA032D-B7AB-40E4-91D2-C0BE99D1F75E Today was a mixture of gravel and tarmac. The weather was kind so it was a good days riding. Have a look at the route on the link above We visited what is reported as Bitch Cassidy’s house along the way. The entrance to Butch Casidy’s house […]
Into Argentina
The border post leaving Chile Friday 16 November 2018 – 219 miles Today’s ride took us into Argentina. Crossing the border was a relatively simple process. The advice is check the paperwork they give you is filled in accurately, passport details, bike registration and VIN number. Mistakes are not easy to correct later. The road […]
Pucón, Chile
The photo is of Villarrica Volcano, one of the most active volcanos in Latin America, hence the lakes black beach Thursday 15 November 2018 – 236 miles The first 100 miles of today’s ride was on the Pan American Highway. Once we turned off the highway we headed into the Chilean Lake District. Lots of […]
Heading South
Wednesday 14 November 2018 – 304 miles Yesterday we had a relaxing day in Santiago. Today we headed South today for a nights stay In Los Ángeles. Yes, there is a Los Ángeles in Chile. The weather was kind, clear blue skies and warm sunshine for the ride South. Despite an iconic name, this part […]
Collecting the bikes
Monday 12 November 2018 – 12 miles Collected the bike from Santiago airport. Lots of hanging around for forms to be completed stamped and signed, followed by more ticking of boxes and the payment of storage fees. 5 hours saw the whole process completed and we were on our way back to the hotel for […]