Van Ushuaia naar Chile Chico

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After Eiris left, we slowly went travelling to the north again. After two months driving in one direction, to the south, it was a welcome change. Our first stop in San Juan brought us to a a large ship that was drifted on the shore. Then we headed for Puerto Natales, were Jura had her first decend vegetarian meal in weeks again. She was very happy, so we ate there three times a day.
The car needed another round of attention after all the gravel in Terra del Fuego. We had to buy new shock absorbers. We now know all the repuestos in Puorto Natalesand the different shockabsorbers. They did not have the ones we needed, so we made them ourselves!
We bought new ones and adapted them to our situation with old ones we bought at another shop. The mechanic loved it and was impressed by the creativity.
Torres del Paine is indeed very beautifull, when it is nice weather.
After TDP we drove to MT. Fitz Roy on the famous Routa 40. On routa 40 there's nothing besides very nice views and lot's of animals.
Sometimes there is no nafta (petrol) for 450 km, very isolated. But there is one big attraction which is marketed very well. It is the cave of the hands (cueva de las manos). It is just an overhang on the rocks, where some people 9000 years ago spray paited their hands on the rock surface. It was not very special, however walking there from Casa del Piedra was very nice! We walked for 6 hours through a canyon along the river.
We crossed the border again at Chile Chico back into Chile.
We took the road around the lake Buenos Aires to the Carreta austral, nr 7.
The road was amazing, so rough. More about it next time!

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Photos

gestrand schip
Op vuurland stranden een hoop schepen omdat de zeeen er heel erg ruig zijn. Dit schip roest hier langzaam weg.

ferry vanuit vuurland
De overtocht gaat vanuit vuurland terug naar het vaste land van Chille

Teveel gravel voor los armortisadores
Schokbreker is uit elkaar gespat!

Gigantische grot
Deze grot ligt vlak voor het national park Torres del Paine. Deze grot is uitgesleten door een gletsjer

Torres del Paine
Dit park is de nr. 1 atractie van Chille, per jaar komen hier 100.000 mensen vanuit de hele wereld trekken..... Wij wilden dit ook doen, maar toevallig was er deze week teveel wind (storm), het regende en er was geen zon.

Flamingo's Torres del paine
Eindelijk flamingo's, die hadden we al in Brazilie verwacht!

Perito Moreno
Deze Gletsjer beweegt 1-2 m per dag, je ziet continue ijsschotsen afbreken.

Comments

[mathew]

lekker bezig.
Ha bas en Jura! Wat een mooie trip zeg. Prachtige foto's!! Geniet nog steeds helemaal mee. Bas Gefeliciteerd met je oomschap!! vader Daan... interessant concept. nog veel plezier het laatste deel van jullie reis. rij voorichtig en tot mei! Cheers, Mathew

[Patrick]

Wow, ontzettend gaaf die gletsjers, en TDP. Mooie foto's Jura!