Apparently Ushuaia has two warm sunny days per year, and I’ve been lucky enough to be here for them. It’s not exactly hot, but it is warm and pleasant enough. Yesterday the weather was superb when I woke up, so I decided to take a boat trip down the Beagle Channel, to Estancia Harberton. Along [...]
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End of the Road
February 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Bike Touring
I was enjoying staying in my nice hotel in Punta Arenas, but I had to move eventually. I turned up nice and early for the ferry to Porvenir, as I hadn’t reserved a ticket. I was one of the first ones there, but by the time I boarded just after 8:00, quite a few others [...]
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Just a cool breeze
January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Bike Touring
It’s amazing how quickly things change. I woke up in El Chalten, in the mountains, to drizzle. It would probably rain all day. By nightfall I was in a place that receives only 20mm of rain per year. I had been considering a day off in El Chalten, but listening to the rain I decided [...]
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The hard way back to Argentina
January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Bike Touring
I’m back in Argentina, after one of the more interesting border crossings I’ve done. I’ve crossed many, many borders now, and usually the fun and games come with the customs formalities. But this time customs on both sides were very quick, and the fun was the physical crossing. The ferry leaves from about 8km out [...]
Keeping up with the Jones
January 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Bike Touring
Well New Years wasn’t quite alone in a forest, but it wasn’t too far off. I was in a nice little riverside campsite, along with maybe 10 others. I had had a tough day on the bike, so although I could have joined them in the cabin, I ended up drinking some wine from the [...]
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