This section of the blog is written from another point of view, including a good one of the back of Peter’s helmet. Yep – I was pillion for a month and he’s asked me to update the blog for him to give a fresh perspective. It’s the least I can do following such a great trip.

Oh boy its been far too long since I updated this and now I don’t know where to start! I guess where I left off would be the logical place – Mendoza. The more time I spent there the more I liked the place. Great atmosphere, fun fiesta’s and a park the same size as the town itself. Oh, and did I mention the wine... fantabulous.

Leaving Jason to wait for a new rear tyre in Coyhaique I headed north conscious that I was on my own and fending for myself. “No prob” I thought, “I’m a big boy…” etc etc. 40 k’s into the ride disaster struck…

Hola from Coihaique, Chile - where its warm... finally. So if you look on a map you’ll see we haven’t made it very far from Ushaia in te last 2 weeks but we’ve got a year so there’s no hurry;-)

Its been over 2 weeks since my last update but so much has happened (all good!) it seems like about a year.

Firstly happy new year to everyone and thanks for reading my blog and all the messages of support.

I spoke last time about the trepidations of starting off a one year trip. All that is history now thanks to all the great people I've met along the way and especially following a fantastic week camping in the National Park at "el fin de mundo" 20k's out of Ushaia. More of that later...