Adios España
2024年1月14日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Successfully managed to pack everything into our 4 boxes. Fortunately our host had access to to a car big enough take us and our stuff to the airport. Long wait in line but easily checked everythingもっと詳しく
Hola Chile
2024年1月15日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A mere 15 hours and we are in Chile. Fly over the Andes. Gather our boxes and assemble ourselves in the airport. Not a terrible ride to our apartment. Get clean and go for a meander. Dinner of craftもっと詳しく
Santiago
2024年1月16日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Day spent in Santiago. Check out the many markets, main square, Cathedral and Museum of History. Quite toasty.
A rocky start
2024年1月17日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Get a nice early start and find ourselves on dedicated bike paths out of Santiago. Mountains on both sides of us and grapes alongside. Two flat tires slow us down resulting in big climb during hottestもっと詳しく
It gets smoother
2024年1月18日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
A lovely ride into wine country. Grapes, peaches, corn and many other produce surrounds us. Turn towards the mountain and camp by river.
Fertile valley
2024年1月19日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Quick ride through grapes to get to museum in San Fernando. Turns out that Uruguayan plane crashed due east of this town. Nice museum which includes exhibit on their rescue. Meander along countrysideもっと詳しく
River valley
2024年1月20日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Bit of an up coming out of our campground. Make our way through a few towns and then ride along Rio Mataquito. Few north/south roads so have to go west to go south. Turn away from the Andes. Plan toもっと詳しく
Heat is a thing
2024年1月21日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
No straight line to get where we are going. Leave lush green valley and head into arid desert. Make it over hill and back to valley by Ruta 5. No other direct route so follow winding road to Talca. Soもっと詳しく
Into the Precordillera
2024年1月22日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Nice bike path out of Talca. I continue to be surprised by the cycling infrastructure here. Make good time until get caught up in a town. Continue on to Panamavida and enjoy ice cream in the square.もっと詳しく
Rest day
2024年1月23日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Stay in place to relax and do some organizing. Go on a little walkabout and get stopped by a gang of cows. Meager dinner of emergency food though Doug miraculously rustles up a zucchini.
Straightening the route
2024年1月24日, チリ ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Get an early start as it’s predicted to be hot. Bumpy start but cruise along a dedicated bike path to Linares. Manage to get replacement rack relatively quickly. Stock up on emergency food andもっと詳しく
River crossings and camping
2024年1月25日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
With an aspirational goal of 60 miles set off early. Great pace until hit unpaved section. And I paved means tough going. First water crossing was kind of fun. Then hit the dry stream bed and two moreもっと詳しく
Rio Diguilan
2024年1月26日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Slower start but make good time to Chillan. But like usual lose lots of time in cities. Eventually get ourselves out and head out on very busy road with no shoulders. Make to Pueblo Seco, get food andもっと詳しく
Rio Laja
2024年1月27日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Continued along road with limited shoulder though traffic slightly less. Terrain is more rolling and grain fields give way to pine trees. Nice Mountain views though the haze continues. Lunch stop on aもっと詳しく
Rio Renaico
2024年1月28日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A nice 30 mile decline has us zigging across the country again. Leave the Andes behind and head towards to coast range. Pass through Los Angeles, managing not to lose much time. Lots of constructionもっと詳しく
Transition day
2024年1月29日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
A windy start with still more construction. After town of Anglol, we enter rolling hills amongst the forest. Much nicer riding and scenery. Set up by tiny river under a bridge. Still swimmable.
Rio Quillen
2024年1月30日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Leave our little troll hovel under the bridge and amazingly head almost due south. See first glimpses of Villarica volcano. Big down into a gorge but sadly can’t get to the water. Climb back out andもっと詳しく
Temuco
2024年1月31日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Though the day starts with a steep uphill, riding is enjoyable as we cruise through the farmland. Arrive in temuco and find Argentinian style ice cream. Quite tasty. Warm showers host Lea welcomes usもっと詳しく
Tune up day
2024年2月1日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
As we had scheduled time at a local bike shop for tune ups, opt to just stay another night. Visit local market and get nice fresh fish and veg for dinner.
Villarica
2024年2月2日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Woke to a cloudy and misty day, but warm. Mist ended but clouds remained. With a few exceptions, road along very busy roads as we headed to the very popular lago Villarrica. The clouds briefly openedもっと詳しく
Hike: San Sebastian
2024年2月3日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Up early to catch buses to take us into Parque Huerquehue. Set off on a hike up and up! First through forests of monkey puzzle trees and the clam bowing almost straight up the side of the mountain.もっと詳しく
Beach day
2024年2月4日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Yesterdays hike really took a toll on our quads. Opted to spend another day in Villarrica and enjoy the lake. Did very little besides sit by the lake under an umbrella. An evening stroll to findもっと詳しく
Circuito de siete lagos
2024年2月5日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
With legs still sore from our hike climb away from Lago Villarica and onto the circuit of 7 lakes. First up - lago Calafquen and busy little town of Lincan Ray. Empanadas and strudel lunch in theもっと詳しく
When it rains … it pours
2024年2月6日, チリ ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
With a rain storm forecasted get an early start to try and beat the rain. Which we did mostly. Arrive in Los Lagos just as the rain begins. Ponder our options over cake. Find a nice pension for cheap.
Lago Ranco
2024年2月7日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The sun reappears thankfully. Do a quick bit on Ruta 5 to move us along. Move over to quieter road amongst lots of livestock. Wind kicks up - not in our favor. Cross Rio Bueno and then downhill toもっと詳しく