"j": start of construction 1975, finished 1976 … and still running
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Where to Alaska?
But first … the story of the final ride to Ushuaia. 17.12. We get up very early. The ferry to Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego goes at 9am. You have to be at the ferry terminal an hour before. There are also some people from the hostel. A Frenchman who is on the road…
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at the end of the world
160 days, 29,457 km, 13 Countries We arrived at the end of the World. Maybe not as expected, just with one motorcycle, but we are here. It was an exciting finish. Steve and Judy, with whom we wanted to ride the first kilometers, had very bad luck. In the middle of nowhere, 13okm from Punta…
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Almost there
12.12. – 13.12. Each day when I get dressed and put on my many layers of clothing, it seems to me, as I would prepare myself for a flight into space and not for a ride on the motorcycle. So I abandon myself again to nature. I cross to Chile again. Puerto Natales is located…
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Lamas crossed his path
The headline would be an excellent book title. :-) It’s been a while since the last article. I caught a cold at the beginning of December and could not get rid of it for a while. So I did not want to write very much or do other things. Meanwhile, I already arrived in El…
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dear diary
There is not much going on these days. It’s just three weeks and about 2,500 km to Punta Arenas. A stone’s throw away. The route and the intermediate stops are fixed, so I have time. I stay one more night in Pucón. 25.11., 26.11. I wanted to leave today. But sometimes other creatures ensure that…
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kicked the bucket on the roadside
17.11., 18.11. I leave Valparaiso and drive on smaller roads a little through the wine valleys, sometimes on- sometimes off-road and spent the night in the small town Santa Cruz. Looking for a place to stay I have read in the travelbook of the Lama Lodge, which is run by an Austrian-German team – or…