Semaine 20 - Le parc national Torres del Paine Le petit groupe forme sur le ferry Navimag (Bob, Julie, Martin, Ly fa, Paula et moi meme) s'est donc retrouve a l'auberge El Refugio pour preparer les plans d'attaque pour s'aventurer dans le parc. Nouc somme alles a une reunion d'info dans une auberge, ou la, un americain plutot cale nous a deballer une liste de conseils et d'astuces pour etre pret pour marcher dans le parc. Veritable show, le mec nous a meme parfois fait peur, mais je dois dire que globalement, ce fut plutot utile d'entendre parler et nous avertir [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are in Punta Arenas, much has happened since our last blog. We have ridden our Moto’s to the end of the world to Fin del Mundo and some of us continued as far South East as you can go, to Ea. Moat, what a great ride that was. Mike V has had his operation to repair and pin his broken leg and will be driven down to met up with us by his surgeon. We are looking forward to him rejoining us. We all went to Gerardo’s Estancia and enjoyed a great lunch, prepared by his wife, Marisol [View Full Entry]

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Argentina takes it’s toll on Bikes and Bones. Well here we are in the Island of Fire, Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America. The past few days have not been without incidents, with the KTM (short for Keeps Taking Money) having to be loaded onto the truck, just 70km’s into a 517 km day, we left it with a local Moto shop to track the electrical fault to a broken wire under the tank. Richard and Ian lost a day here while we went off to the petrified forest, we went back to Caleta Olivia as they were [View Full Entry]

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We intended to send episode number 2 of our blog about a week ago but for reasons that you will discover in episode 3 which will follow very shortly, we have been in the middle of nowhere with no internet or mobile reception for the last few days. 2 November (day 9) - Peninsula Valdes The 5.15am start wasn't too bad, especially as they didn't serve breakfast on the plane (they had forgotten to load it on) so we managed to sleep the whole way. James is actually a closet plane spotter as he loves telling me what kind of plane [View Full Entry]

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As the region of Southern Patagonia is so vast and spectacular and divided by the Andes with Chile to the left and Argentina to the right, we felt it best to combine the blog for the area to reflect it’s true character rather than stick with the country by country format we have adhered to before now. Hopefully this will help some travellers who may chance upon this diary as accurate information about travelling in this part of the world is really difficult to come by - which is surprising given the huge number of people that travel here each [View Full Entry]

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We are all so ready to go and now only one week before we all meet in Vina del Mar for our Patagonia Expedition. Gerardo has just returned from a recky in Tierra del Fuego for our immenent Patagonia Expedition. He had to drop off some extra fuel containers for us so we can make the ride down to Chilean Lago Fagnano and back....here is his blog of this.... Hola, from Punta Arenas, Chile in the bottom of the world I am sending these words to tell you that in these week that is finishing I went to Tierra del Fuego [View Full Entry]

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Just back from 5 days hiking the W Trail in the Torres del Paine. My words and pictures can't tell or show how fantastic this place is, its a real wonderland. We were lucky enough to experience the whole range of Patagonian weather - it started sunny, then we had gale force winds (strong enough to blow you off your feet !!!) and a blizzard, then overcast, then 15cm of snow, then complete calm with blue sunny skies and finally clear blue skies and more gale force winds. At times we were in T shirts at others we were in thermals, [View Full Entry]

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First: Origins of the title - I am still mixing my limited Japanese with my even more limited Espanol by asking Doko (where in Japanese) instead of Donde when asking Where something is....sounds the same, right? Another tip for those that aren't use to fizzy or gaseous water...don't buy the blue capped water...its agua con gas. When you are in a rush and quickly buy water, forget that South Americans like water with gas, it makes for an interesting introduction to your neighbor on the bus after the bus has shaken the bottle up a bit! Oct 6, 2009 We arrived [View Full Entry]

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After visiting the Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina, it was time to cross the border to Chile and do some serious hiking! For this adventure we hopped on a bus and 6 hours later arrived in Puerto Natales...the jumping off point for the Parque Nacional Torres Del Paine. We hiked and camped in this park for 5 days. We were so lucky with the amazing weather we had and the great people we met along the way! The route we hiked was called the "W" and covered about 90 km. [View Full Entry]

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Patagonia is the southernmost portion of South America, located in both Chile and Argentina. It comes from the word, patagon' , used by Ferdinand Magellan to describe the natives that were thought to be giants. In reality, the Patagons turned out to be Tehuelches with an average height of 5 feet, 11 inches. Patagonia is the land of extremes. Tierra del Fuego is known as the "Uttermost End of the World" The sea and the mountains come together as nowhere else in the Americas. This region includes the city of Ushuaia, Cape Horn, and the Magellan Straits. It also serves as [View Full Entry]

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