Monday 26 November 2018 Puerto Natales to Cerro Sombrero- 210 miles Today’s ride takes me to Tierra del Fuego, across the Magellan Straits. The 20 minute ferry ride was surprisingly smooth, despite the ever present Patagonian wind. On route we passed some ship wrecks. Not ideal when you are about to get on a ferry. […]
Torres del Paine, National Park
25 November 2018 return trip back to Puerto Natales 155 miles
Puerto Natales, Chile
Sculpture in Puerto Natales harbour Wednesday 24 November 2018, El Calafate, Argentina to Puerto Natales, Chile 220 miles Today the ride was extended by 50 miles to avoid a dirt road. The advice that the road was in poor condition came from someone I have met. If he says its a difficult ride then it […]
El Calafate
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 […]