Chile’s Carretera Austral is a road that should definitely be placed on any “adventure travelers” short list. I spent three short days and two nights on this route. I started my portion of the Carretera Austral after leaving the Argentinean town of Los Antiguos. I crossed the border and passed through the Chilean town...
From Puerto Natales, Chile and the Torries del Paine National Park, I rode north towards the Argentinian town of El Calafate, which is famous for its proximity to the Perito Morino Glacier. After leaving Puerto Natales, I rode on nice, fairly newly paved roads to a remote border crossing near Cerro Castillo, Chile. ...
After getting the KLR serviced in Puerto Natales, Chile, I decided to plan an overnight trip into the Torres del Paine National Park. An American operated hostel in Puerto Natales called the Erratic Rock gives presentations on the park every day at 3:00. Their talk is very informative and was a really great primer...
Tierra del Fuego translates to “land of fire”. As far as I can tell, this is some sort of marketing scheme, along the lines of “Greenland” and other pleasant sounding place names like that. A more accurate translation would be something like freakishly windy, often raining, sparsely inhabited and damn cold. After leaving Ushuaia,...
Wet. Cold. Really Cold. Dark. Muddy. Soaked. Freezing. Shivering. Windy. This is how Tierra del Fuego greeted me. It certainly felt like I was approaching the end of the world! I rode south from the Monte Leon National Park, intending to stop in a town called Rio Gallegos. When I got there, it was...
