Date: 11/22/2014 Saturday Starting Location: Torres del Paine, Chile Ending Location: Torres del Paine, Chile Mileage Today: 54.6 Miles (All riding done in Torres del Paine) Mileage Total: 1845.5 miles Torres del Paine The most beautiful National Park on Earth? When you read about this park, you’ll often hear that it is the most beautiful […]
Category: 2014 Patagonia Tour
Date: 11/21/2014 Friday Starting Location: El Calafate, Argentina Ending Location: Torres del Paine, Chile Mileage Today: 350 Miles Mileage Total: 1790.7 miles Leaving El Calafate The trip to Torres del Pain from El Calafate started with, as usual, the process of herding the cats, and starting the engines, followed by the other ritual of stopping […]
Date: 11/20/2014 Thursday Starting Location: El Calafate, Argentina Ending Location: El Calafate, Argentina Mileage Today: 109.9 Miles Mileage Total: 1440.7 miles Updates to previous posts Since I’m now in a place where the Internet is alive again, I’ve gone back and made a few updates to previous posts. In most cases, I’ve added some video. […]
Date: 11/19/2014 Wed Starting Location: El Chalten, Argentina Ending Location: El Calafate, Argentina Mileage Today: 133 Miles Mileage Total: 1330.8 miles Leaving El Chalten Breakfast this morning was even more rich in Carbohydrates than yesterday. Yum, this sure is great bread… Actually, the bread is not bad, but that’s about all there is to eat. […]
Date: 11/18/2014 Tuesday Starting Location: El Chalten, Argentina Ending Location: El Chalten, Argentina (No Riding Today) Mileage Today: 0 Miles Mileage Total: 1197.8 miles The day in El Chalten As has so often been the case, we had a nice breakfast, but there was not an egg in sight. So with all eggs banished to […]
Date: 11/17/2014 Monday Starting Location: Estancia La Angostura, Patagonia Argentina Ending Location: El Chalten, Argentina Mileage Today: 172 Miles Mileage Total: 1197.8 miles Leaving Estancia La Angostura We left the Estancia at exactly 8:00 AM. The breakfast was great. We had farm-fresh eggs, fresh squeezed Orange Juice, breads, a very nice Jam, and some form […]
Hello everyone, I’m doing my best to keep the posts coming, but I’m sure it will come as no surprise to you if I tell you that the infrastructure / Internet here in Argentina is not exactly a Tier 4 platform. In fact, sometimes there is no Internet access at all. In fact, that was […]
Date: 11/16/2014 Sunday Starting Location: Perito Merino, Argentina Ending Location: Estancia La Angostura, Patagonia Argentina Mileage Today: 204.4 Mileage Total: 1025.8 miles Leaving Perito Merino We left Perito Merino at exactly 8:30 AM, immediately after a breakfast that could only be described as “carbohydrate rich”. The trip to the Estancia is about 300 Km, and […]
Date: 11/15/2014 Saturday Starting Location: Esquel, Argentina Ending Location: Perito Merino, Argentina Mileage Today: 338 Miles (A very long day) Mileage Total: 821.4 miles Esquel Departure I’ve tried to show our morning departures from the helmet cam. So, in keeping with that tradition, you’ll see this morning’s video below. The parking area had quite a […]
Date: 11/14/2014 Starting Location: Bariloche, Argentina Ending Location: Esquel, Argentina Mileage Today: 180.9 Miles 291.1 Kilometers Mileage Total: 450 miles Kilometers Total: 929 EoD Odometer Reading: 13,834 Leaving Bariloche We left Bariloche, and headed towards Esquel. The day was scheduled to be about 200 miles, but when all was said and done, it was just […]