Day 1: Ushuaia
January 8, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ 🌬 4 °C
After 18 hours in a plane and 14 hours on an airport we finaly arive on Tiera del Fuego. It was the roughest landing we've ever experienced. Flying trough the clouds catching glimpses of the mountainsRead more
Day 3: first day of cycling
January 9, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
First day of cycling. We did 74 km and found an amazing place to camp with a french couple who is roughly doing the same route as we do.
Day 4: windy day
January 10, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Today we did 109 km. Wind came out every direction. Starting in the back during lunch it was from the right and ending in the face. But when our leggs were hurting we could stay in an old abondendRead more
a Pedaling Adventure
Haha, nee daar doen ze hier niet aan. Al heb ik vandaag wel het eerste fietspad gezien. Helaas was het maar 100 meter.
Day 5: Crosswinds all day long
January 11, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
The first day of real patagonian winds. But the last 10 km we had tailwind to the good care of graciela.
Day 6: Good leggs but grazy winds again
January 12, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After the good care of Graciela the leggs felt great. But the mix of cross and headwind got us. After 61 km we met up with the french couple and got a place to camp at a sheep farm. Tomorrow we willRead more
Day 7: diner at Maria Jose
January 13, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After pending 9 hours on the bike and doing only 60 km we arived at jose's farm. He welcomed us and cooked diner. Some sheep meat with rice. Great day again! Hopefully the wind will be less tomorow.
Day 8: Dusty gravel roads
January 14, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
After a really good breakfast it was time to say goodbye to Maria Jose. Into the headwinds again. We turned into a quiet gravel road to get away from the trucks. But it turned out to be a dusty road.Read more
Day 9: finally some asphalt
January 15, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
After 5 days on the road without any towns we finaly arrived in porvenir. Just in time for our dwindling water and food suplies. Now finally a nice shower. Tomorow wr take the ferry to punta arenas.
Day 12: chilling with backpackers
January 18, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
2 nights in a hostel. Exchanging stories with some fellow travelers.
Ha Nino en Bob, Leuk om jullie te volgen. We kijken vol spanning naar de volgende up-date. Groetjes Henk en Marion.
Day 13: North again
January 19, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Nothing along the road. Not even a farm to camp. So it's time for some stealth camping again.
Day 14: Missed the border crossing.
January 20, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Left, right, front and back. Wind was everywhere today. We missed the intended bordercrossing into Argentina. So we decided to take the next one. Found an open gate. So thats were we camp today.
There are no easy days in Patagonia.
January 21, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Wind hill's and rain. What started at an easy day turned out to be a really hard day. But made it to Argentina. 110 km and 1050 hm.
Day 16: A perfect day on the road
January 22, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ -19 °C
Blue sky and wind in the back on the legendary Ruta 40. Leggs still hurting from yesterday, but made some good progress. Spotted some wildlife today: flamingo's,foxes,ostrich like birds and otherRead more
Day 17: Gravelgrinding Ruta 40
January 23, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ -19 °C
After the great day yesterday we needed to cover 60 km of bad gravel road. We met a french guy wo helped us do the last 20 km. We decided to camp near a service station at the crossing with the newRead more
Day 18: 100 kph winds
January 24, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Yesterday we were warned by a German guy that today would be 100 kph winds and that we shouldn't go. But we and Johan, a french guy we met the day before, gave it a try. The wind was the worst that weRead more
Day 19: We beat the wind
January 25, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Got up at 5 to be in El Calafate. We did the 42 km in 2 hours. Being in a town on 8 in the morning on a sunday it was hard to find a place for coffee. Now it is time for a hostel.
Day 21: Hiding out with Butch Cassidy.
January 27, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After seeing the glaciers in El Calafate we set out for El Chalten. Acompanied by Johan the french guy we made good progress. We stoped at the hotel where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid afterRead more
Day 22: Casa di ciclista de flor
January 31, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We stayed for 3 nights at the casa di ciclista. Was great fun. We cooked dinner for 30 hungry cyclist and dit some hiking.
Day 24: crossing the border.
January 31, 2016 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Day one of the bordercrossing into Chile. We left the casa di ciclista with 2 german cyclist. It was only 40 km of gravel road to the boarding place of the ferry. After the crossing we camped at aRead more
Day 25: we made it!
February 2, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The crossing into chile was hard. 3 hours of hike a bike and pushing the bikes trough streams and up the mountain. The downhill was a steep loose gravel road wich made it hard to go downhill. 2 hoursRead more
Day 28: First day on the carretera
February 4, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Setting out of Villa O'Higgins we were followed by a dog. She waited for us at the store and just ran along for the whole 70 km.
Day 29: Climbing with nice views
February 5, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Only 30 km done and it was time for lunch. At the ferry our travel companion said goodbye to us afyer 100 km of running next to us. Afyer the ferry it was time for some climbing. The views wereRead more
Day 30: Washboards
February 6, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We started the day with some sightseeing and the search for bread in Tortel. It is a cool small town. Only 13 years ago it was connected to the rest of chile by road. It is situated at the base of aRead more
Day 31: 1 month down a lot to go
February 7, 2016 in Chile ⋅ 🌫 19 °C
First month is already over. So today we took it easy and did some laundry and looked back at the last month. The last 4 days have been incredibly warm. But that's probably gonna change. Some rain isRead more
Day 32: Why do the shops open at 10?
February 9, 2016 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The day started with rain. But since we had to wait for the shop to open at 10 that didn't really matter because it was raining in the morning. So after sleeping in till 10 and having breakfast weRead more