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Looking good guys, jealous as he'll now, all my favourite places and I'm not there ! If you stop in Rio Grande check out ruta 40 b&b run by willie, on Facebook if you look. Another must stop is the Panaderia in Tolhuin and if your camping stop at Roberto's campsite there!
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shoot just got your message, but we have a good place. I note many of the hotels are shut down. We are headed to Tolhuin Tomorrrow!! We are in striking distance now for sure! We will have a drink for you two when we get to Ushuaia!
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Rio Gallegos part 2
We had a 455 km ride for today back to Rio Gallegos with only one gas station between there and El Chalten at Esperanza at 315 km we got in line and gassed up before we left. We really needed the wind with us and we were lucky. It was however a cool 5 degrees. We did have a few bouts of rain too, but not much.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2806/1...5264bd4084.jpg rio gallegos again 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3814/1...ae6e2148_c.jpg rio gallegos again 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Arriving near Rio Gallegos we saw the sign for Ushuaia at 597 km to go. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/1...cecd6ed1_c.jpg rio gallegos again 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We walked along the waterfront and to the nice central park. We noted here that unlike most places the park is almost all trees, which are to break the wind. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/1...d92bd3d9_c.jpg rio gallegos again 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5471/1...21c7c066_c.jpg rio gallegos again 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/1...e7e2763f_c.jpg rio gallegos again 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5489/1...648c2be3_c.jpg rio gallegos again 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Eating in this country can be a bit of a challenge. They don’t have “street” food and restaurants are open for lunch till 2 then open for dinner at 8-9 pm! In general they don’t have the same sense of customer service we are used to. The custom here of a cover charge in most restaurants is also something we as non-Europeans are not used to. |
To Tierra del Fuego
A big day today we are headed to Tierra del Fuego finally! Starting out from Rio Gallegos there was a fair wind blowing on our way to Rio Grande 365 km away. There are 2 border crossings and 100 km of gravel to get thru as well. Credit to Wei for the map!
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/1...d1eefff993.jpg Screen Shot 2014-01-22 at 11.00.10 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We decided for the first time in the trip to fill our folding gas container “ just in case”. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/1...713b9626_c.jpg rio grande 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr First we went down the 3 to the Chile border crossing at Austral. On the way you will pass by the entry to Argentina buildings. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7405/1...a89093b3_c.jpg rio grande 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We saw several of the resident foxes here at the crossing. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3797/1...c7fa0a90_c.jpg rio grande 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7301/1...517845b8_z.jpg rio grande 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr It says Pare or stop here, but just continue on about 2 km to the next set of buildings. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/1...d726239e_c.jpg rio grande 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/1...b4ec3aa2_c.jpg rio grande 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr This is a 2 in 1 border control where you just go from one counter to the next in order to complete all the steps to exit yourself and your bike from Argentina and into Chile. They are very efficient here despite a fairly long line. Now to get to TDF our first ferry ride in a long time. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/1...b3387c6d_c.jpg rio grande 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/1...6825e6f4_c.jpg rio grande 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5488/1...60af07cf_c.jpg rio grande 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr There was a huge line, but of course we went to the front and got on the boat that arrived about 15 minutes later for the 20 minute crossing. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/1...2538837f_c.jpg rio grande 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/1...05d28387_c.jpg rio grande 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3731/1...ed354955_c.jpg rio grande 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3791/1...19cac92c_c.jpg rio grande 23 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/1...4fc19b9e_c.jpg rio grande 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/1...f8c2a831_c.jpg rio grande 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr They have to unload all the bus passengers because otherwise the bus couldn’t clear the deck on loading. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/1...2285068c_c.jpg rio grande 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Our first glimpse of TDF! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/1...902ce7fe_c.jpg rio grande 24 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/1...1757cf82_c.jpg rio grande 25 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Next we continued south and east to Cerro Sombrero on Wei’s advice. The gravel road this way to the San Sebastian border is much cleaner and there is and 20 km paved section in the middle. Get gas at Cerro Sombrero and have Chilean pesos if you can. Of note the pumps are off from 12-1 and 3-330 everyday. We arrived luckily at 5 to 1. The road is pretty hard pack with little gravel except in a few short sections. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2847/1...74dd173a_c.jpg rio grande 26 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Stop at the Chile exit control to get a passport exit stamp and hand in your temporary permit at the aduana. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/1...b478f481_c.jpg rio grande 27 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7348/1...07d3f189_c.jpg rio grande 28 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Then drive another 10 km on the gravel to the Argentina border control buildings. Again they are very efficient and you just go from windows 1-3 and give them the papers they ask for. We were again asked for our reciprocity fee receipt, but no one asked us for proof of the mandatory insurance. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3778/1...6364210c_c.jpg rio grande 29 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/1...32d62e0a_c.jpg rio grande 30 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Now for a further paved 80 km to Rio Grande with strong, but not gusting winds. We had our worst wind the first day on the Ruta 40 when the bikes blew over and it has been pretty ok since then. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2818/1...d29dd5bc_c.jpg rio grande 31 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
only 100 km to go now
We got up in the morning both expecting the bike covers to be ripped to shreds by the wind, but all was ok. The wind prediction for today is 25 km/h with gusts to 50. We are still dawdling a bit because our hard to get reservation at the “best hostel” in Ushuaia is on the 26 th. So it’s a scant 107 km to Tolhuin on the lake recommended by both Gino & Fiona and Clive.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7293/1...bf7bd5b997.jpg Screen Shot 2014-01-25 at 4.19.56 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr That said the worst of it was the first 5 km after that it just got nicer and the scenery finally improved too. The wind was almost still when we got to the famous bakery in Tolhuin. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/1...e8ac8ab5_c.jpg tolhuin 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Just around the lake from there we found a great spot with a great view (thank’s Clive). http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/1...9752f095_c.jpg tolhuin 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/1...d6117be6_c.jpg tolhuin 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5493/1...ef17a085_c.jpg tolhuin 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/1...bd98cc65_c.jpg tolhuin 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/1...f25e5fac_c.jpg tolhuin 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
The end of the road but not the end
Then we went for the short walk to see the view of Lapataia Bay.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/1...662e61f3_c.jpg the end of the road 42 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/1...1968571b_c.jpg the end of the road 37 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5490/1...a229834d_c.jpg the end of the road 40 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Leaving the park we saw 5 bikes and one had a huge Canadian flag on it so we had to stop and meet our fellow Canadians and Motogringos Peter, Anne, Kevin, Dieter, and Bill!! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/1...3b334cd0_c.jpg the end of the road 51 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7300/1...c580cde1_c.jpg DSC00737 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
congratulations!!!
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Turk 34
Thanks so much! S&D |
Well done Dan & Sara, another milestone! Looking forward to seeing the Antartica photos :D
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Congrats guys!
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I enjoyed your story.
So, what next? Regards |
Congratulations guys, a great achievement!!
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