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January 23rd, 2012 | Argentina

Ride to Rio Gallegos…

Northbound…!!

I left Ushuaia early this morning, and started out on the long road to the town of Dead Horse, Prudoe Bay, Alaska….!! The route that I had planned would cover almost 40 000 km and would hopefully see me up there towards the end of July…

Carl and I say our final […]

January 20th, 2012 | Argentina

The “Warrior” Celebrates…

I recently came across a book entitled “Warrior of the Light”, written by Paulo Coelho… It is a slim volume of short stories which were first published in a weekly column of a Brazilian newspaper, between 1993 and 1996.

The preface on the cover was what first drew my attention. It simply read, “Short stories […]

January 19th, 2012 | Argentina

Tierra Del Fuego National Park…

While the town of Ushuaia is marketed as the “End of the World”, and for many, reaching this destination, signifies the end of their journey to the southernmost point on the South American continent…

I set out to get to the very southermost tip…!! Ushuaia was one thing, but this would be the […]

January 18th, 2012 | Argentina

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap…!!

As mentioned in my previous post, having anything repaired in Ushuaia, will cost you an arm and a leg…!!

Rip-off artists abound…!!

We had to remove the back wheel on the side walk to make the repair as cheap as possible…!! The Big Fella complained about having "his backside exposed in full view […]

January 17th, 2012 | Argentina

Memories of Fin del Mundo…

I arrived in Ushuaia on Sunday evening, and Pablo, Ezequiel and Agustin, were flying home to Buenos Aires on the Tuesday, so we had just one day to spend together in town before they left…

View from the sidewalk restaurant where we ate most of our meals… Snow-capped mountains surround the town…

After […]

January 15th, 2012 | Argentina

The Ride to Ushuaia…

Our ferry was due to leave Punta Arenas at 9.30am, and we still had to buy our tickets…!!

Roberto and Carl join me for breakfast…

Carl seems well pleased that we got onto the ferry without slipping on the deck plates…

If we missed this ferry, the next one was due […]