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…
The date draws nearer, so on Sunday the 15th of Oct (2023) we went on the scenic road from Munich to Hamburg. Being greeted with one short rainshower the overall trip was a good test of our gear, as the temperatures dropped below 10°C and at least in the morning there was fog as well.The gear held. Patagonia should not be a temperature issue, Alaska and Canada remains to be seen. The thing i like most about riding a motorcycle…
… we are two IT-Professionals, Stefan aged 44 and Dominik 40 (at the current moment in time 😉 ). We have been with the company for 18 and 13 years. What began as colleague relationship in 2010 developed into a friendship, with our first 2 month trip back in 2015, backpacking through South East Asia – there will be a post about this in the upcoming weeks. Already there we were entertaining the idea to buy a car, but well…
… trying to entertain ourself on Sunday the 15th of October ´23 we start the first step towards travelling the panamerican highway (loosely). We need to be in Hamburg by latest 20th of Oct. to ship our bikes to Chile. And of course this is a perfect opportunity to test the gear and enjoy a quick*ish roadtrip from Munich to Hamburg. Will share the route once we have reached Hamburg. Happy Hacking everyone …
After both of us bought our bikes, we needed to get some gravel experience. And even though he´ll deny it Stefan told me about the Trans European Trail – TET – which is a collection of legal dirt roads in Europe. So bikes are ready, they do need the first 10k service to be done before we ship out to South America, let´s hit the TET. The last two weeks in March were the dedicated timeslot. For me the first…
Hello again. After a little hiatus of about three quarters of a year and a quick work assignment in India in between, we are back in Southamerica and this time we have our own car with a tent atop. Back on our first trip we tried to rent a car on short notice, but it did not happen, due to prices and our lack of equipment we would have needed. So while we were on the break of our three…
First of, we do not have a complete track of the first time we have been in Southamerica so the list of places we visited will have to do. Buenos Aires – Cordoba – Ushuaia – Punto Arenas – Puerte Natales – Torre del Paine – Puerto Montt – San Carlos de Bariloche – El Bolson – San Martin de los Andes – Neuquen – Buenos Aires Now that being said, let´s go back a bit – REWIND ;-). After…