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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 […]

January 15th, 2012 | Argentina

Let the record reflect….

…that at 8.15 pm, today the 15th of January 2012, a determined man, and his eager machine, reached “Fin del Mundo”, The End of the World…!!

USHUAIA…!!

Yet another dream realised, another milestone reached on the Gypsy Biker World Tour…!!

We've made it…!! The Gypsy Biker and the Big Fella, a proud moment […]

January 14th, 2012 | Argentina

Almost Blown Away on the Ride to Punta Arenas…

“Fin del Mundo”, is just one ride away…!!

But it could have been a world away if the wind that tormented me for most of the ride had got it’s wicked way…!!

As we cleared El Calafate, Gi-Gi gleefully advised that we had a mere 1000 km to go before reaching Ushuaia… As […]

January 13th, 2012 | Argentina

“Hanging” in El Calafate….

After our difficult time out on the road the previous day, my Argentinian friends were ready to hit the road again…

Breakfasts like this, I can work with….!!

El Calafate has a long and proud history, which tourists and Argentinians alike come to explore…

I thought they might want to have […]

January 11th, 2012 | Argentina

Hard Ride to El Chalten…

"Excuse me waiter, but do you really think this is enough meat for four growing boys…??"

Will somebody please remind me what the hell I am doing down here….!!!

Pablo has a "side stand incident"….

We took a 430 km round trip to another section of the Glacier National park today, […]