Idiot Well the week was off to a great start with driving out from Sarmiento and cruising through a massive oil field. I had never seen one, the amount of infrastructure is just insane, and it kept with us for about 70 kilometers. Quite interesting to see where the stuff comes from we burn on each kilometer we ride our motorcycles. At the end of the road east we were greeted with a nice view of the Atlantic ocean. Our…
New week, new destinations. After Lonquimay our next destination was supposed to take us to San Martin de los Andes across the border to Argentina and on to Ruta 40. However after 68km of gravel we reached Icalma and the lake of the same name. Being midday it was time for an extended brake and while getting to the beach of the lake we drove by a camp site that was open, beautiful day with a temperature above 20°C i…
There are plans, and then there is reality. First day on the bike, an easy 200km one or two gravel passages, just to get a feel for it and at the end a nice camping ground at the beach. The good news are none of us threw his bike away and we did not even knock them over. Riding was pretty slick and our first time hitting gravel went without a hitch. The bad news are, even though the camp…
THE FLIGHT – Munich to Santiago via Toronto. 8:45hrs and 09:45hrs and Toronto does not provide a smokers room. So that was that, no view of Greenland, but some nice views over Britain and Ireland, and anyway we did make it to Santiago de Chile so nothing to complain about . Second time in Santiago now, and it again has been fun, found nice places to drink and eat and basically get rid of our jet lag. Not that it…