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Ushuaia to Punta Arenas – Battling the Fierce Fuegonian Wind

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

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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 more appropriate! Highlights from the bike trip so far:

• Tourists taking photos of US because we look so funny.
• Getting blown off the bike and into the ditch by the wind.
• Having to push our bikes for 20km along the road, including DOWNHILL against the wind.
• Drinking green swamp water.
• Sleeping in the table drain next to the road for 3 hours.
• Eating, eating and eating more.
• Seeing pink flamingos, getting stared down by guanacos and riding parallel to dolphins for a few kms on a beautiful windless day.

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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 end of the world. We leave tomorrow, rain, hail or shine with a good chance of all.

Yesterday we went on a practice ride out to the southernmost point of the highway in the Tierra del Fuego National Park. It was a beautiful ride, especially on the way back with a 60km/h tailwind… hardly had to pedal going uphill!

Here are a couple of photos from the last couple of days.

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Las Leñas II

Friday, July 21st, 2006

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After the powder drenched fun of our last expedition to Las Leñas, Argentina's premier ski resort in Mendoza, we thought we'd go again a bit earlier in the season to beat the winter holiday crowds. ... [Continue reading this entry]

A ride up to Las Juntas, the friendliest town in Argentina.

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
After gorging ourselves on cakes and empanadas at Ariana's cousin's baptism (what chimers we have become!) in Catamarca we decided to ride our bikes up north to a small town called Las Juntas to camp the night. The road was beautiful, climbing steadily ... [Continue reading this entry]

General Update -nearly a year in South America

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

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Aconcagua in 'summer' - April 2006. 

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Aconcagua in winter - September 2005.   This is the new website for now, the other was becoming a ... [Continue reading this entry]