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January 26th, 2012 | Argentina

Hola Buenos Aires…!!

My final ride on the first leg of my South American tour was as uneventful as the last few had been…

Rather than take the coastal road and take a peek at Mar del Plata, the Argentinian version of St. Tropez, or in our case, Durban-by-the-Sea, we stayed on Ruta 3 and headed first to […]

January 25th, 2012 | Argentina

Chatting With the “Troops” and a VERY Big Day at the Office….!!

After eight hours of uninterrupted sleep, I was ready to ride again… By 6.00 am I had the Big Fella loaded and parked outside the front door of the hotel… I had to wait for the kitchen staff to get their day started, so that I could at least have a few cups of coffee […]

January 24th, 2012 | Argentina

To Comodoro Rivadavia…

All the people I had spoken to about Ruta 3, had but one thing to say:

“It is flat, windy and boring…!! Towns and fuel stops are far apart, and when you reach them, there is no guarantee that you will find fuel anyway…!!”

Armed with this knowledge, I set out from Rio Gallegos, planning […]

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 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 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 […]