After a day of rest (which are always filled with doing little things) in Pucon, we went to the National Park Huerquehue. Continue reading
Pucon – Cunco
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Vulcano Lanin
There are 2 different routes from Junin toward the Chilean border. The one is a sheltered route through a forest of monkey trees and the other is more open and passes the base of the volcano Lanin. Because the wind was going to be favorable for a change, south/southeast instead of the usual west, we decided to do the open route. With tailwind on a paved road that should not be a problem. Continue reading
Seven lakes route and San Martin de los Andes
Finally, it was already 11:30 am, we could leave Bariloche. First to Villa de La Angostura, about 85 kms (51 miles) away. We wanted to try and get there that day, but if we’d make it all depended on how the road would be. The only thing we knew was that it was paved. Continue reading
Llao Llao
We had to stay another obligatory day in Bariloche. Went back to customs on Monday for the zippers only to discover that they had probably arrived (on Feb. 6th) but that the bag where they must be in hadn’t been opened yet. It was only the 18th so…. The next bag would be opened the next day. All international mail must be opened and looked at by somebody from customs to see if taks needs to be payed. I could come back on Wednesday to check if it was there. Continue reading
Back in Argentina
From Futaleufu it was 10 kms (6 miles) of heaven, cycling on a very good paved road with only a few little hills. After that, there was the Chilean border and it was over with the good road. For a change it didn’t take another at least 10 kms (6 miles) to get to the Argentinian border. It was right around the corner. After that we had another 40 kms (25 miles) of very bad road to Trevelin. Continue reading
SPOT (tracking)
Finally our SPOT works! We had to cycle about 3000 kms (1800 miles) for it, but now it finally works. The satellite doesn’t have any coverage in the South. From now on it should be possible to also follow us on the map and to see where we really are at that moment.
The Carretera Austral; looking back…
After an adventurous borderpassing between Argentina and Chili, there was the Carretera Austral! We had heard and read a lot about it. According to some it was even more beautiful than according to others. And about the difficulty of the route we heard many horror stories. Continue reading
Carretera Austral, the final part; Coyhaique – Futaleufu
When we left Coyhaique, it was raining a little bit, but the temperature was good for cycling. Fortunately it didn’t rain for long and the temperature remained very nice. We were still cycling on tarmac, so it went very well. Also because most of the route was flat or went downhill. A few small hills, but nothing special. All in all a wonderful day of cycling! Continue reading
Carretera Austral; Puerto Rio Tranquilo – Coyhaique
After 3 days of doing nothing, we decided to leave for Cerro Castillo anyway. Another 2 days of cycling. The road was wonderfully good and flat, only a few hills compared to what we had been through already. Continue reading
Carretera Austral; Cochrane – Puerto Rio Tranquilo
When we were just about to leave the campground in Cochrane, Pablo arrived! How good to see him again! Hadn’t seen him since Puerto Natales and we often wondered how and what he was doing. He went to Torres del Paine and had hiked there for 10 days. Continue reading