The morning was wet and foggy and after a good breakfast – the waiter had found a jar of honey for me and then packed up rolls with ham and cheese for us and some fruit for our long trip… Continue reading

I had a dream that I left the heated grips on and the bike would not start as I had drained the battery. Well, half of that dream was true – I had left the heated grips on for two… Continue reading

We left Rio Grande even though I still was not over that cold and my throat was very sore and my sinuses were all blocked up – big day ahead with a border crossing at San Sebastián and then 50… Continue reading

After a nice stay in an A frame house with the bikes under a car port we thought this should be an easy day of just 100km riding to Rio Grande where we again booked in the same place where… Continue reading

After a day of getting the bikes an oil change, a long walk through town to a Western Union bank that was open on a Saturday to get enough cash to pay the mechanic who did not take credit card… Continue reading

We chose the only day of our 4 night stay in Ushuaia to go to the Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego on Friday when the wind forecast was moderate and we stopped first at the train station where you could… Continue reading

After breakfast we waited for the rain to stop and researched a few things that needed to get done – first we wanted to get some clothes washing done and when we asked our host she said she would wash… Continue reading

We had a wonderful morning in our dome cabin and our host made lovely breakfast and we listened to Luis Alberto Spinetta who is considered the founder of Argentine rock and he was a poet and songwriter and his birthday… Continue reading

We enjoyed our breakfast overlooking the Rio Grande with the water moving quite fast. We cleaned the bikes enough to add some stickers and left around 11:00am in bright sunshine wondering whether we had put too many layers of clothes… Continue reading

The cold temperatures finally arrived and we put our liners into our motorcycle gear and got the thermal underwear out. We had to be at the ferry terminal by 8:30am and the staff loading the ferry were very helpful and… Continue reading