Sabine Piller
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Perito Moreno to Puerto Guadal (Chile) via Chile Chico
We packed the bikes in drizzling rain and left Perito Moreno with another long day (178 km) including a border crossing into Chile (we had already filled in our SAG declaration and hoped for a quick and seamless border crossing),… Continue reading
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Gobernador Gregores to Perito Moreno
We had another long day of riding ahead of us with 355km total distance and really strong side winds forecast – only good news was that it was supposed to be all sealed roads. We added stickers with Ruta 40… Continue reading
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El Chaltén to Gobernador Gregores via Tres Lagos
We had an early start catching an amazing sunrise over the peak of Mount Fitz Roy. I then had breakfast but Andrew had indigestion from the expensive dinner the night before and almost vomited. He just ate a slice of… Continue reading
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El Calafate to El Chaltén
We had one last breakfast at our wonderful place in El Calafate before starting to pack the bikes when it started to rain – we left El Calafate in our full wet weather gear – for the first time on… Continue reading
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El Calafate: Glaciarium, Laguna Nimez, and Perito Moreno glacier
The first day in El Calafate was our day off the bikes and we strolled into town after a nice breakfast at our accommodation. Our host had recommended several things to do and the first on the list was the… Continue reading
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Rio Turbio to El Calafate via La Esperanza
The morning started with a woman knocking on our door collecting the money for the night stay – we told her that there was no hot water and she came back with a lighter and turned the gas water heater… Continue reading
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Torres del Paine NP to Rio Turbio (Argentina)
We packed up everything and it was hard to leave as we have come to like that marvellous view of the mountain peaks. We rode through the National Park North on a very corrugated dirt road (Y-150) that shook our… Continue reading
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Torres del Paine National Park
We camped for 5 nights at TdP NP and the view of the “Torres” never got old and changed every minute and we have hundreds of pictures – none of them even remotely capturing the grandeur of the mountain peaks.… Continue reading
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Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine National Park via Milodon’s cave
We finally left Puerto Natales after cleaning off cat urine from our tyres and motorcycle covers – the place we had stayed was called “the red cat house” for a reason 😂🐈 The rain had finally stopped – it was… Continue reading
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Recuperating, bike repair and waiting out the rain in Puerto Natales
We had initially booked two nights in Puerto Natales but I was not better and the weather forecast was wet and windy for several days so we found another place in Puerto Natales which had a washing machine. On the… Continue reading