Day 79 & 80 Buenos Aires as the final destination and a summary of the PanAmerican highway adventure August 16th 2015 Distance driven today: 255 miles / 410 km
Cumulative distance driven: 15,552 miles / 25,298 km
Yesterday’s trip: Mar del Plata to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Last day of riding: yes
Yesterday morning I left the very agreeable city of Mar del Plata and headed to Buenos Aires for the very final leg on my long PanAmerican highway trip. It was indeed a pleasurable ride, with blue skies, ... read more
South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more
We are a dad and a daughter from Seattle on a double mission; to help a small part of the world increase its digital literacy, and at the same time ride the PanAmerican highway. Hence our name "Ride the world for reading"! We are both passionate about literacy and education, each in our own way, and this trip is our way of giving back to society in a way that combines our two passions, i.e. adventure travelling and education.
We plan to ride our BMW GS 1200 Adventure motorcycle from Fairbanks Alaska to Ushuaia in southern Argentina. The PanAmerican highway is the wo... full info