The start of the wild
2022年11月16日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We are now en route from coyhaique (the biggest town we have seen - but still tiny) heading towards the real business. Not many miles of tarmac to go and then it will be Ripio until Argentina.
Weもっと詳しく
The real ripio
2022年11月20日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The real ripio finally begins. Actually it is pretty bad. We are into the wind, the best place to find a line without too much loose gravel and too many bumps is on the other side of the road - itsもっと詳しく
Capillas de Marmol
2022年11月20日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Les chapelles de marbre -- The Marble Chapels
Nous nous levons tôt matin pour aller faire un tour de kayak avec Esteban, sur l'immense lac (la rive sud est un chemin de terre de 185 km) que lesもっと詳しく
Rafting the Rio Baker
2022年11月22日, チリ ⋅ 🌫 10 °C
Alice has never been rafting before. So we spent a morning on the huge river that exits the Lago General Carera that we have spent several days cycling beside. We are in the hands of experts and it isもっと詳しく
Many shades of blue green and grey
2022年11月22日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Nuances de bleu vert gris
Rio Tranquilo -- Cochrane
Après une superbe journée à Rio Tranquilo nous reprenons la route australe. Le ciel contient toujours du gris, du bleu, une averse, une montagneもっと詳しく
Alone on the road
2022年11月24日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
We now have 5 days of ripio to cover with nothing but road and wilderness en route (this post covers the first half up to the ferry). No shops, accommodation, signal. So its time to load up withもっと詳しく
As the Condor flies
2022年11月25日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
The end of the Carretera Austral is just 5 miles away now. We are in the middle of nowhere in a tiny town. Villa O’Higgins only came into existance in 1966, gained electricity in 1992 and had a roadもっと詳しく
Our amazing legs
2022年11月26日, チリ ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Its time to acknowledge our amazing legs which somehow keep powering (plodding?) on up and down all these hills. 1800km and counting. Well done legs.
End of the Carretera Austral, what next?
2022年11月29日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Fin de la Carratera Austral. Et maintenant?
Nous avons donc campé au bord du Lago Cisnes le samedi 26 Novembre au soir, par un magnifique crépuscule. La suite est toute préparée: demain 27, finもっと詳しく
Escape across No Mans Land
2022年11月30日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
After 3 days of « the boat will sail tomorrow » and with the weather forecast getting worse we make a change of plan and choose option C - the crazy option. At least it will be an adventure. Weもっと詳しく
Sailing the Pampa
2022年12月2日, アルゼンチン ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Its hard to comprehend how different 2 countries can be just a few 10s of km appart. From wet grey and densely forested Chile we are into a huge wide expanse of arid landscape. The strong prevailingもっと詳しく
Hitching west
2022年12月3日, アルゼンチン ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
En stop vers l'ouest.
Après notre folle epopée au vent arrière, nous arrivons à l'estancia Santa Thelma. Le propriétaire est un élégant Français, Marc-Antoine, qui nous raconte les aventuresもっと詳しく
Crappy days…
2022年12月4日, アルゼンチン ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
As in science, holiday “reporting” is biased. We take photos on sunny days and describe the marvellous things, with maybe for good measure, a few mishaps which we overcame thrown in.
But ofもっと詳しく
Facing Fitz Roy
2022年12月5日, アルゼンチン ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Le Mont Fitz Roy -- Français ci-dessous
Todays mission is to climb up into the Parc National des Glaciers to get a close look at Fitz Roy, a very splendid mountain and its glaciers. Its a great walkもっと詳しく
Les lacs Argentins (II)
2022年12月6日, アルゼンチン ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Après avoir entrevu les pieds du Mont Fitz Roy, nous repartons vers l'est, au grand largue le long du Lago Viedma. Et nous voyons de loin ce que nous n'avons pu voir de près: le glacier Viedma, quiもっと詳しく
Unexpected kindnesses
2022年12月8日, アルゼンチン ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
The day starts wet and grey and drizzly. And it ends even wetter. We start dry and end up wet. We are really remote and days from shops or a tap or a bed.
In this area we are really touched by theもっと詳しく
Camping
2022年12月10日, アルゼンチン ⋅ 🌙 3 °C
It’s necessary to camp (and wild camp) to undertake the Carretera Austral and southern Patagonia. The distances are just too long for cyclists. Chile and Argentina seem quite easy going about roughもっと詳しく
The end of Argentina
2022年12月10日, チリ ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Français ci-dessous!
We wake to grey in the middle of what looks like an Argentinian version of the Yorkshire Moors. The ripio is truly awful, the worst yet - rough bumpy and sticky mud that blocksもっと詳しく
Towers and Horns
2022年12月12日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
En français en dessous
The Parc des Torres del Paine....Little to say here, the beauty of these cliffs of granite and on occasion their black caps of volcanic sediments is stunning. After a dayもっと詳しく
Glaciers!
2022年12月14日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
(En francais plus bas)
Patagonia contains 2 large ice fields but as they are high and flat it is rather hard to see them without either a helicopter or a mountaineering expedition. Somehow, althoughもっと詳しく
Ruta del Fin del Mundo
2022年12月15日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
(Français ci-dessous)
Route to the End of the World
Follow this route with us through the images of a rough and desolate nature. And the sky! The immense sky which is a constant show. It is free,もっと詳しく
Our Bikes
2022年12月17日, チリ ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
As we finish our travel, a short credit is due to the bicycles.
Alain and I treated ourselves to some new bikes more suited for rough travel in anticipation of this and other trips. Alain has anもっと詳しく
Magellan strait
2022年12月17日, チリ ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
(English translation below)
Le détroit de Magellan!
Nous voici arrivés au terme de ce beau périple. Punta Arenas (La pointe des sables), ville de 137000 habitants, porte en elle la mémoire duもっと詳しく
We Find Penguins :-)
2022年12月18日, チリ ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Sometimes pictures speak for themselves. Just a bit of a pity that we could not take one home with us.
Une colonie de manchots de Magellan (Magellanic penguins) sur l'île de la Madeleine au milieuもっと詳しく

























































































































































































































































































































旅行者This is so beautiful! What an incredible journey Alice & Alain!
Stunning views! Thanks for sharing! [Erm]
Congratulations this is real sports! Beautiful mountains and the colours of the rocks! Best Ishes! Christine Blondel [Christine Blondel]
(best wishes) [Christine Blondel]