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Tag: Chile

  • Changes

    Changes

    16.02. – 22.02. We / I spent one week in Santiago. Santiago is a huge metropolis with about 6 1/2 million people. There is not much time for sightseeing. I was more than once at the BMW dealer and another mechanic go get my bike repaired. But I don’t want to bore you with that.…

  • Bolivia

    Bolivia

    06.02. A new country on my trip. We cross the border at Villazón. At the border, crowds of people are spilled out of a lot of big busses. Long lines are at the counters. People who are traveling with their own vehicle have their own counter, so it does not take too long. We are…

  • good bye Chile

    good bye Chile

    30.12. – 01.01. On the last day of the year we make a trip to the Perito Moreno Glacier. A very impressive sight. The glacier is about 100 meters high from the bottom of the lake to the top. Above sea level it has a hight between 55 and 77m. The entire width of the…

  • we did not get very far

    we did not get very far

    22.12. Day trip to Fort Bulnes, about 60km south-east of Punta Arenas. One of the first settlements in this inhospitable area to protect the Strait of Magellan. After about 6 years, they moved a bit further north and founded Punta Arenas, because they could not bear the weather and other natural conditions down there. We…

  • Where to Alaska?

    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…

  • at the end of the world

    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…