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On the bike again: Puerto Natales to El Calafate

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

After the W trek in Torres del Paine we took a couple of days to recover while Dad his bike gear organised and had a few practice rides around the lovely Puerto Natales. We climbed up a steep hill to a great lookout and Dad got his first taste of our enemy number one, the Patagonian wind.

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Doin the W in Torres del Paine

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

The famous ‘W’ trek in Torres del Paine certainly lived up to expectations. The scenery was amazing – Glaciers, lakes and tall mountain peaks, and carrying all our gear on our back while trekking was still surprisingly easier than carrying it on the bike into the wind! [read on]

Ushuaia to Punta Arenas – Battling the Fierce Fuegonian Wind

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Ushuaia a Punta Arenas 049.jpg The call the southernmost territory of Patagonia Tierra del Fuego (Land of the Fire). Someone obviously got something mixed up somewhere - Tierra del Viento (Land of the Wind) would be much ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ushuaia: The end of the world. Start riding north….soon

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
Well we have finally arrived in Ushuaia to start the next big aventure... riding our bikes from 'the end of the world', Ushuaia at the southern tip of South America to (hopefully) Mendoza, a distance of about 4000kms. Surprisingly enough it is pretty cold at the ... [Continue reading this entry]