We had late breakfast and caught up with Gerry and exchanged WhatsApp details before he rode off towards Mendoza. We finished packing up and putting everything on the bikes and we left by 11:30am. It was overcast and cloudy at… Continue reading

We had an early start with a phone call to family after a fairly cold night. We had cereal for breakfast and packed up and left by 10:30am. It was a beautiful sunny day and the road up to Paso… Continue reading

We had a wonderful breakfast at 9:30am with fresh bread and eggs and orange juice and avocado – best breakfast in a long time. We saw a parade of locals passing through the street with music playing which was a… Continue reading

After a late night getting our bikes back only at 11:00pm, we had an early start to pack everything back onto the bikes – it was the first time that we had taken the panniers off and it took a… Continue reading

We had breakfast in the common room and then returned to the room to publish the next blog and sort out the accommodation payment for Concepción. They had e-mailed that we needed to pay 50% 24 hour before arriving and… Continue reading

Andrew felt much better in the morning after a good night’s sleep. We had breakfast and left Temuco by lunch time – it was only a short 85km trip to our next overnight stay in Traiguén. We had passed through… Continue reading

We tried to get going and pack up in the morning, but there was a lot of dew and the tent was very wet. We took our time drying everything before packing it up and Andrew was not feeling well… Continue reading

We tried to finish the last blog of our time at Wincarayen before checking out but because the two previous blogs did not display properly on fb and the editing of the GoPro video takes quite some time and drains… Continue reading

We eventually left our “French Cabaña” after midday waiting out a few heavy downpours. I still wore my one piece full wet weather gear and we fuelled up in Futrono on our way out of town. We rode through more… Continue reading

We enjoyed another good breakfast and packed the bikes – it still looked very cloudy and we had a few sprinkles of rain and during our entire stay for more than 48 hours, we did not once get a glimpse… Continue reading