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Junin to La Plata
We had breakfast in our apartment using up the last milk, cereal and the second pomegranate we had been given at hotel Barcelona a few days back. We had changed plans slightly after recommendations from our host Alicia to go… Continue reading
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Realico to Junin
We spent some time re-distributing our clothes, taking liners out of our motorcycle jackets snd pants and packing them away as the temperatures are a lot warmer now and it was humid too. We lubed the chains of the bikes… Continue reading
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General Alvear to Realico
We had breakfast by 8:00 am and the owner gave us two large pomegranates which we fitted in our cooler bag. We left by 10:30am and fuelled up on our way out of town. We rode on the longest straight… Continue reading
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Malargüe to General Alvear
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
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Lean Hosteria to Malargüe, Argentina via Paso Pehuenche
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
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Villa Alegre to Lean Hosteria
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
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Concepción to Villa Alegre
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
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Traiguén to Concepción
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
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Temuco to Traiguén
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
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Coñaripe to Temuco
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









