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...
Read more »
I arrived in El Chalten feeling fairly well beaten and flogged after a cold and incredibly windy ride from El Calafate. For most of the 150 mile route, fortunately almost all of it on pavement, I was blown all over the road and limited...
Read more »
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...
Read more »
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...
Read more »
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...
Read more »
After a well deserved rest and a chance for my clothes to get fairly close to being dry, I was on my way from San Sebastian to Ushuaia. But...
Read more »
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...
Read more »
