Day 33: long day on the ripio
9 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The roads were especially bad today. Just wahsboards and loose gravel all the time. In Puerto Rio Trancilo we asked for the campsite. But since they were asking 5000 pesos (7 euro) per person weЧитать далее
Day 34: Trucks and dust.
10 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today was suposed to be a easy day. We still had 2 more days before we could take a restday in Coyaiqe. So just 60 km easy going was the idea. But there is nothing easy about doing 60 km on theЧитать далее
Day 35: Road construction ahead.
11 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Today is the day of the biggest climb of the Carratera Austral. But the first 35 km was road constructions. Every couple kms we had to stop and wait for construction machines or debris to be cleared.Читать далее
Day 36: Made it to town before the rain
12 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Today we only had to do 42 km. But it being the 9th day in a row of cycling the leggs were tired. Just after setting up the tent the rain started. Shocked by the amount of choice we spend 2 hours toЧитать далее
Day 39: Ripio or paved...? Ripio it is.
15 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Leaving Coyhaique we could choose to follow the Carratera Austral with gravel or the new paved road. ofcourse we choose to take the difficult gravel road. Add some wind and it was a fun day. 6 moreЧитать далее
Day 40: First rainday.
16 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
This morning at 7:30, just when we wanted to get up, it started raining. and it hasn't stoped since. So it was a great day to test the rain pants. after just 10 km of ripio we found the paved roadЧитать далее
Day 41:Fjords and potholes
17 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Waking up with a blue sky. really happy that it wasn't raining. But with 7°C it was cold as well. heavely clothed we set out to find the ripio again. Today we had to do one bigger climb to 500m and aЧитать далее
Day 42: Small rainday
18 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Waking up with rain pouring from the sky we decided to take it easy in the morning. At 12 it looked like it would clear so we packed the tent and set of. Not even 5 km from the campsite and it startedЧитать далее
Day 43: Change of plans and breakdown
19 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Yesterday evening we decided to change the plans for the comming days. Today we left the Carratera Austral and got in one of the side roads to a small port town to try to get a ferry. it was the firstЧитать далее
Day 44: Stranded because of Viento.
20 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Today we were suposed to get the boat. in the morning it was raining a lot and after checking with the carabenieros we found out the boat was delayed for 3 hours. But the good thing was we foundЧитать далее
Day 45: Testing our sealeggs.
21 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
Yesterday at 22:00 the ferry showed up out of nowhere. so we quickly got our stuff and got on. Because we didn't have a ticket all the way to Chiloë we didn't have a real seat. So we tried to getЧитать далее
Day 46: No camping Castro.
22 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Only 45 km to castro. Just before 12 we arived in Castro for lunch. But at the tourist office they told us that the closest campsite was 4 km away. Castro is a city we really wanted to visit so weЧитать далее
Day 48: Where is the entrance?
24 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Yesterday we explored Castro. This colorful town with a busy fishmarket and a lot of eateries was fun to see. Nino lost his bank card to an ATM. He had to come back today to get it back. We wereЧитать далее
Day 51: going north again.
27 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Setting out from the Passific coast we had to do 50 km that we pedaled already from Castro. The rain and 13°C made it a cold firtst 50 km. But upon arival in castro the sun broke trough the cloudsЧитать далее
Day 52: Fighting off dogs on Chiloë
28 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Again the choice ripio or asphalt. Like always we chose the ripio. The whole day was up and down on the bad gravel roads of Chiloë. With slopes of more than 20% it was tough. But a lot of fun asЧитать далее
Day 53: Deadend and blackberries.
29 февраля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Only 60 km to Puerto Montt. That was the idea atleast. After 10 km on a small dirt road we were suprised to see that the road was blocked bij a fence. We climbed over the fence to look of there was aЧитать далее
Day 54: Changeable isn't so changeable
1 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We moved to a hostel today just to find wifi to change our ticket. It had to be changed because KLM changed it in the first place. But somehow 32 hours and 4 international phone calls later the flightЧитать далее
Hallo fietsers, hier de vader van Teun, (Ronald Schmeddes). wat een avontuur wij hebben veel in europa gefietst,(Teun ook) maar dit is andere koek. Wat jullie nog kunnen doen is klagen op Facebook met naam en toenaam van de maatschappij en dan iedereen die jullie kennen even liken. dan komen ze wel in beweging. succes.
a Pedaling AdventureRonald, super leuk dat je ons volgt!! En bedankt voor je reactie, het is leuk om te zien dat mensen onze reis echt volgen, wat de vlieg ticket betreft is het nu opgelost en zijn wij tevrede met de bestemming en datum die er aan vast zit, groetjes aan Rinus, Bob en Nino
Day 55: Nino's Birthday.
3 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Nino's birthday. So we began the day with a massive birthday breakfast. Then it was time to pack the bags and leave. But the lock around the bikes wouldn't open whatever we tried. So we caried ourЧитать далее
Day 56: No vulcano day.
4 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We woke up early to make a timelaps of the sunrise over the vulcan osorno. But this morning it was cloudy so no vulcano and no beautiful sunrise. But we did manage to make 55 km so it was a good day.Читать далее
Day 61: Fixed Nino's knee.
9 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It was time to move north again. Nino somehow managed to injure his knee on our way to Puerto Montt. 2 days of rest and 2 slow days on the bike didn't do any good. So we took another 4 days of rest inЧитать далее
Day 62: Blackberries and pinaple
10 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Just when we finished our daily oatmeal breakfast we got a visit from the farmers wife. She gave us fresh bread and blackberry jam for breakfast. So polite as we where we ate our seccond breakfastЧитать далее
Day 63: First day in the wilderness.
11 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Before the lunch we pedaled 50 uneventful kilometers away. Weather was good, road was perfect and the sun was shining. After the lunch we caught up with the road construction amd got 15 km of reallyЧитать далее
Day 64: Couldn't handle the river
12 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It was 3 degrees when we woke up this morning. We really didn't look forward to the upcomming rivercrossing. But reluctantly we packed our stuff and set out. 20 min later we arived at the crossing. ItЧитать далее
Day 65: Monsterday
13 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
With the morale being quite low after our defeat at the river we set out for Pucon. Figuring it would take 3 days to get there. But we started strong and did the planned 70 km before 2 o'clock. So weЧитать далее
Day 66: First shower in a week.
14 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Last night we had 2 dogs having a bark batle just outside out tent. We had to use our pans and a couple of stones to scare them away to get some sleep. Waking up in the wet and cold we set out forЧитать далее