Sunday 9 December 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina to Montevideo, Uruguay – 270 miles Today we travel to Uruguay. We will take a ferry across the river Plate from Buenos Aires to Colonia in Uruguay. Some months ago Alastair had been invited to lunch and asked myself and Rob to join him. A friend of one […]
Buenos Aires
Saturday 8 December 2018, Sierra de la Ventana to Buenos Aires – 350 miles Today I rode into Buenos Aires, the city I would fly home from in a few short days. After an early start the group met for lunch and rode together for the last 70 miles to our city hotel. A group […]
A remote museum
A double check was needed to make sure it wasn’t a real dog Friday 7 December 2018 Viedma to Sierra de la Ventana, Argentina – 227 miles Heading further North there was much more evidence of modern agriculture. The desert we had been riding through for several days was behind us. It was a more […]
Ruta 3
Thursday 6 December 2018 Puerto Madryn to Viedma, Argentina – 275 miles A day of straight roads, the slightest bend was a welcome diversion. For the first part of the journey I was travelling through a sparsely populated wilderness. The only real evidence of mans activity was the road I was travelling on. As the […]
Penguin Colony
Tuesday 4 December 2018 Comodoro Rivadavia to Puerto Madryn, Argentina – 350 miles The first part of the route in the video is incorrect, still worth a look The Penguin Colony at Punta Tomba was worth visiting, despite the gravel road. Once I left the tarmac there was 49 miles of gravel to get to […]
A long day
Monday 3 December 2018 Rio Gallegos To Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina – 482 miles Today was long day, high mileage in a very strong Patagonian wind. The bikes fuel consumption plummeted I battled with the wind. The sun was shining as I arrived in Comodoro Rivadavia. This made a pleasant end to a tiring day. Time […]
British Club Restaurant
Sunday 2 December 2018 Punta Arenas, Chile to Rio Gallegos, Argentina – 163 miles
Steady start
Saturday 1 December 2018 Lago Blanco to Punta Arenas, Chile – 274 miles It was a slow and nervous start this morning. I stopped every few miles to ring the spokes to check the two I had replace and those I had adjusted, remained tight. After each stop I gradually increased my speed as my […]
A very remote location
Friday 30 November 2018 Ushuaia, Argentina to Lago Blanco, Chile – 192 miles No riding yesterday, a chance to recover from the celebrations at Ushuaia. We rode a lot of dirt roads today, in a wilderness, the only evidence of mans activity was the road we were on. Much of the road was smooth allowing me […]
Fin del Mundo
Wednesday 28 November 2018 Kaiken to Ushuaia, Argentina – miles So I have arrived “Fin del Mundo”, the end of the world. To be more accurate this is the most southerly place that you ride a motorcycle to. This is literally, the end of the road. We rode the last few miles as a group. […]