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The Olympic Hockey Problem
Now we have a problem there are 2 important Olympic hockey games today. Sweden vs Finland at 9 am is no issue as we listened on Swedish radio with the wifi in the hostel parking lot. It was Sweden over Finland to advance to the gold medal game. The bigger issue was the Canada vs USA semi final. We decided to head 45 km up the 7 and take a 20 km detour to Puerto Aisen (Aysen), where found 1 “restobar” that had ESPN in Spanish that showed most of the game. The worst part was that at 4 pm they cut out of the last 4 minutes of the game to go to regular programming. Thanks to FB friends who posted the results in real time for us!!! Canada in the Gold metal game vs Sweden! Now its 430 and we finally head out for the day on 110 km of paved road to camp on the lake at Lago Los Torres.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/1...dc561df68c.jpg Screen Shot 2014-02-22 at 8.01.45 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/1...d8ba74d4_c.jpg DSC01977 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/1...dd8533ff_c.jpg DSC01973 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/1...21e54257_c.jpg FILE0034 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/1...6c19829c_c.jpg FILE0043 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3738/1...df9d1fee_c.jpg FILE0108 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/1...65e75535_c.jpg FILE0164 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2892/1...accbb7cc_c.jpg FILE0185 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The campsite was on the lake and we got a grassy spot for 3 tents, a shelter with a picnic table, and bathroom with flush toilets for 6$ each. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/1...873e1137_c.jpg DSC01979 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3714/1...f920b28a_c.jpg DSC01983 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/1...dc37e50b_c.jpg DSC01996 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7410/1...03f85b95_c.jpg DSC01980 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We had a nice view of the surrounding mountains. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/1...42813ce4_c.jpg DSC01981 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/1...7c3c18b3_c.jpg DSC01995 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2814/1...2ded7523_c.jpg DSC01994 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Orvar made a run to the nearby town for some essentials while we cooked dinner. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2851/1...fd11260e_c.jpg DSC02001 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
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The Ferry problem
One of the main reasons we booked into a Cabana in Chaiten was that they had ESPN to watch the Gold medal hockey game.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3777/1...bd710e9f_c.jpg IMG_5684 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr This is a really nice Turkish hitchhiker that we first met in Coyhaique. He is making the same time as us getting rides. Here in Chaiten he was happy since he met someone to trade his Argentinean pesos for Chilean Pesos as so he now had some money for food! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/1...dfa64330_c.jpg to quintupeu 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We were so preoccupied by the hockey the Summer holiday Saturday night when we arrived that we did not go to the Navimag office to get ferry tickets. Big mistake. When we checked out after the game and went to the office at 11 they were serving number 40 and we had number 58. By the time we got a ticket it was for the 245 ferry the next day. The problem is that this means if we get that first ferry then the second will arrive after dark in the town that is 60 km from the third and last ferry of the day. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/1...21cf33b2_c.jpg to quintupeu 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Step 1 drive the 70 km from Chaiten to the first ferry dock at Rampa Caleta Gonzalo. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5537/1...9e8d3d4a_c.jpg to quintupeu 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/1...20ecdb92_c.jpg IMG_5606 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/1...9f1b7c82_c.jpg IMG_5607 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/1...405cf561_c.jpg IMG_5611 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Step -2 beg the ferry guys to let us on the earlier sailing. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3732/1...c665c7e6_c.jpg to quintupeu 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3670/1...f00baf39_c.jpg to quintupeu 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/1...d97fe61c_c.jpg to quintupeu 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2856/1...24ccc4fe_c.jpg to quintupeu 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Step 3 race the cars the 10 km to the next ferry launch from Rampa Fiordo Largo to Rampa Leptepu. Then hope you can get on this one early. We arrived at 145 for the 2 sailing that finally arrived after 3. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/1...fe676d00_c.jpg to quintupeu 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/1...a1dd8a60_c.jpg to quintupeu 30 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/1...37047835_c.jpg to quintupeu 32 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5550/1...4dfbcc8a_c.jpg to quintupeu 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/1...9a4a76c1_c.jpg to quintupeu 20 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/1...51602b56_c.jpg to quintupeu 26 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7443/1...753202d7_c.jpg to quintupeu 28 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr There was another couple from Chile on a V strom, who had tickets for the 2 sailing, but they ferry guys figured we would get on too. Two bikes came off the ferry from Ecuador. The crazy thing is I knew one of them. When I went up to say hi to Jaun Crespo he said I know you we are facebook friends! It’s such a small world of coincidences. Good luck on your way south!! http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/1...ecc2b7a4_c.jpg to quintupeu 31 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/1...d4c2b622_c.jpg to quintupeu 33 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/...ce670559_c.jpg to quintupeu 35 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/1...32645134_c.jpg to quintupeu 36 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Step 4 is a 4 hours ride from Rampa Leptepu to Rampa Quintupeu along the inside passage. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/1...fe676d00_c.jpg to quintupeu 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/1...967ab1c3_c.jpg to quintupeu 45 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/1...753e5ac8_c.jpg to quintupeu 43 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5479/1...31734596_c.jpg to quintupeu 42 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3802/1...539be6af_c.jpg to quintupeu 41 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/1...70d5154d_c.jpg to quintupeu 38 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/1...cf766da9_c.jpg to quintupeu 37 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Back to civilization!
We got a cabana again so we could cook and be warm with a fire. We are looking forward to getting back to civilization, where you can get a fresh vegetable! In the morning we had 60 km to go from Rampa Quintupeu to Rampa Puelche, with the last 15 km paved. There was not too much traffic so the dust was not that bad.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/1...01c30085_c.jpg to quintupeu 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7422/1...f8132afa_c.jpg to osorno 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr This ferry runs every 30 minutes from Puelche to Caleta Arena 30 km from Puerto Montt. Daniel and Orvar chose the 150 km way round on the 100 km of dirt to Osorno and Trevor (rear shock toast 2 days ago) and I (sick of the dust) took the ferry. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3700/...858e834b_c.jpg to osorno 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/1...23ddc5ef_c.jpg to osorno 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/1...f7f13fca_c.jpg to osorno 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/1...47d6507b_c.jpg to osorno 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/1...e2e39cc3_c.jpg to osorno 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3673/1...f2cb7e57_c.jpg to osorno 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/...f4ab256e_c.jpg to osorno 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The guys on “the long way round”. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/1...e33ac565_c.jpg to osorno 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/1...4ea5acba_c.jpg to osorno 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/1...b608975e_c.jpg to osorno 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Now just 110 km to Osorno and clean laundry!! http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5492/1...2926e4546c.jpg Screen Shot 2014-02-25 at 11.44.14 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Finding Freedom...World Wide Ride
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Well that changes everything...cool! Really liking this part of your trip. Always thought that a bike trip wasn't complete without a ferry ride or two, but it seems more epic in Chile somehow. |
The "end of the road"
We had heard that the Isla Chiloe was really beautiful and also that the “end of the Pan-American highway” from Alaska and the end of the Pacific Coast Highway from Lund BC was at the far end. So we had to go now. Setting off from Osorno under cloudy skies we drove the 162 km to the ferry dock at Pargua and then took the 45 min ride across the Chacao Channel to Chacao.
https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2893/129586...cb950538c0.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 10.24.57 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2892/128257...553b4e65_c.jpg DSC02103 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3746/128258...db6054ba_c.jpg DSC02106 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3731/128262...a77a02b1_c.jpg DSC02108 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7460/128258...83075ce9_c.jpg DSC02110 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr From here we booked it the 198 km to Quellon with drizzle and several long stops for construction. https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7347/129586...8cba92ef48.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 10.27.27 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7424/129584...00b152cf_c.jpg isla Chiloe 48 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2815/129587...d17f4bdb_c.jpg isla Chiloe 50 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Tomorrow we can spend our time driving back along the route of the iglasias. The island is famous for its old wooden Churches. The town itself is on the ocean and with the tide out, there are a lot of boats aground. https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3828/128259...48e8cdc1_c.jpg DSC02117 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7432/129590...b7dccfb9_c.jpg isla Chiloe 22 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2826/129587...ae99677b_c.jpg isla Chiloe 19 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We did make it to “ the end of the road” to the monument and the sign. https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7342/128264...f7da94b2_c.jpg DSC02124 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7289/128260...87354f77_c.jpg DSC02122 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2869/128261...377c7689_c.jpg DSC02128 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We were cozy in our cabana with the wood stove stoked up. https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2838/129585...db15de59_c.jpg isla Chiloe 28 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7326/129589...413850f7_c.jpg isla Chiloe 31 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The next day we stopped to admire “old Quellon” and it’s church and some of the others on the island. https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7357/129584...cd213476_c.jpg isla Chiloe 38 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2821/129584...5eccdff1_c.jpg isla Chiloe 35 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7407/129589...31e2ebf5_c.jpg isla Chiloe 37 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2850/129583...0b93fbc0_c.jpg isla Chiloe 41 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2861/129585...f81782cd_c.jpg isla Chiloe 39 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7401/129583...97a44ff5_c.jpg isla Chiloe 47 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The main town of Castro is famous for the stilted houses on the waterfront and the bright yellow and purple church on the main square. https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2848/129584...54ab8d5a_c.jpg isla Chiloe 52 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7302/129584...62e6d6fe_c.jpg isla Chiloe 54 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We were treated to some dolphins playing in the ferry wake on the way back. https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2889/129585...9ea67c2f_c.jpg isla Chiloe 56 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Puerto Octay
From the dock at Pargua to Puerto Octay it was an additional 135 km. We stopped off in Puerto Montt for lunch and to try to find a cambio office for Orvar to get some USD. This is a constant problem for travel to Argentina, where you cannot use your visa or ATM card because you will only get the official 6-7 to 1 rate. This means you need USD to exchange on the blue market for 10-12 to 1 depending on where the currency is. Even with the transaction costs of getting Chilean Pesos out of the ATM 6 $ per 400$ and the currency exchange to USD you are still way ahead. So for shipping his bike from BA he had to stock up.
https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7322/129583...856ba95dc5.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 10.27.27 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3127/1...a59835a56b.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-06 at 8.03.26 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We then took the route of the Llanquihue Lake. We also stopped in the nice town of Puerto Varas and finally got the Cambio! The 225 is very scenic as it circuits the lake and ended up camping in Puerto Octay. Again there were a few construction zones. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2512/1...f4f90db5_z.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-06 at 7.04.21 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7332/129586...5d40305e_c.jpg Puerto octay 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2892/129582...03287e84_c.jpg Puerto octay 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7295/129586...335e73a6_c.jpg Puerto octay 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7456/129582...203ed344_c.jpg Puerto octay 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7317/129582...cd410eb2_c.jpg Puerto octay 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7393/129581...4996c1ec_c.jpg Puerto octay 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7360/129586...98ac6bd9_c.jpg Puerto octay 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Puerto Fuy and victims of schedule changes
We were supposed to have met Trevor here, but his bike was not finished on time! So we headed back to see what was up in Osorno. We have a short 264 km to try to catch the ferry. Since he expected his bike now on Monday and as it was Saturday we decided to go on and he would catch us up.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2745/1...c069dafd_z.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 10.30.13 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/1...544080aa_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2848/1...17a94657_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We were headed for Puerto Fuy where there was a 1 pm (no way) and a 6 pm ferry to the Hua Humm border crossing to Chile. Since we had time we wandered on the 7 lakes route and stopped for a break in the cute town of Panguipuli. The bikes were a big hit with this family. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2546/1...3b8efda4_z.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-06 at 7.22.22 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2666/1...f6ae6cfb_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2833/1...d17b7bba_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/1...06d15c78_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/1...d28c7e58_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2731/1...138cc572_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/1...7ed07143_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Arriving at the ferry dock at 4 pm for the 6 boat it was eerily quiet. The guard informed us that it’s March 1 today and the winter ferry schedule started today and the only ferry left at 1!! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7310/1...52bf0877_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7431/1...f588a487_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/1...3014167f_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/1...23de1e33_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Well at least we could then get a reservation for tomorrow and there was a grassy area near by to camp. While we were unpacking we met this couple from Sweden! http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2517/1...85f4d579_c.jpg Tom Färjan mot St Marten 038 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/1...db163d1f_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 26 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/1...a3ce6cab_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 19 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Luckily we had some provisions and there was a small store here with beer, bread, and eggs. The funny part was we were all unpacked and in for a swim when at 5 a ferry arrived! We did not think much of it until a few trucks were loaded. Orvar ran over in his swim trunks and asked if they were leaving at 6 and would they take 3 bikes. The guy said yes! Man did we pack fast and drive over, but no such luck. The big boss came over and said no the ferry was for dangerous cargo and navy only. In fact the 3 cars that had loaded had to get off. AGH! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/1...fbb0806a_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 25 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/1...3a9563f2_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 23 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2215/1...727784e9_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 22 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2198/1...578f749b_c.jpg Tom Färjan mot St Marten 041 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Back to Argentina at the Hua Humm crossing
We had a long night of people partying, dogs barking, and roosters crowing. Finally the ferry loaded for the 1 sailing and luckily we were last on = first off. The trip is 90 min down the lake to Hua Humm.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/1...24cb18ab_z.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-06 at 7.25.40 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/1...f07807d6_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 47 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/1...34ec545b_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 29 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/1...b929751f_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 30 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/1...a5375b2f_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 32 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7447/1...477269f9_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 31 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/1...2239b825_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 33 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2821/1...bf41ef62_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 35 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/1...3b9802d4_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 38 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/1...cbae899c_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 36 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7334/1...6884e529_c.jpg Tom Färjan mot St Marten 055 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7375/1...3d99af79_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 46 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2444/1...49576c8e_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 40 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/1...2fe5099d_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 39 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We unloaded and headed off to the borders. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2098/1...43bd9c59_z.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 10.33.09 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/1...b866197e_z.jpg puerto fuy SMA 55 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Then you race 10 km on the path between the piles of gravel to the Chile border control. Here we were first and so got our exit stamps and canceled our bike permits. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2809/1...51c3f854_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 48 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/1...218192c9_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 49 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Then there was a good gravel road for 3 km to the Argentina border control. Again we were first there and first out. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2852/1...2d0ed269_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 50 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2817/1...5ecd28ab_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 51 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr There is only 53 km to the Pavement of the 40 at San martin de los Andes and the first half was not too bad, but the last 20 km was deep gravel and terrible washboard. We were happy to arrive at the Automobile Association campground where they have amazing hot showers. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2485/1...81124b50_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 52 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We enjoyed a stroll in town and some ice cream. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2782/1...70ba60a7_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 54 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/1...986457ff_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 57 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
And then there were 3
Since we had not had Internet access for 2 days we did not know that Trevor had got his bike already on Saturday night and was actually now ahead of us and in Nuequen 428 km north of us.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/1...babe1b3fd8.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 10.35.04 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We headed north when driving along the road we saw this guy on the side of the road asking for help, but we did not see his bike. Orvar stopped to pick him up and drive him up the road to where his bike was. He said he had lost a chain link, and Daniel gave him our spare link, but unfortunately the chain had thrashed the guards and was totally jammed and unfixable. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/1...4d16c232_c.jpg DSC02251 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7418/1...02018430_c.jpg DSC02253 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7443/1...62461936_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 62 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2644/1...8b9553b7_c.jpg puerto fuy SMA 65 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Trevor did however manage to get us a good place to stay. We went out to celebrate for our last night with Orvar before he heads home to Sweden. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3076/1...ffdf62fa_c.jpg IMG_2514 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr A sad day for us we said goodbye to the Swede and the 3 of us headed 495 km north to General Alvear. It was a long straight hot day. The first curve after we left Orvar near Santa Isabel was 93 km later. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/1...5e1d53dec1.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 10.37.05 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/1...a643b27f_c.jpg DSC02260 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/1...1b78a1de_c.jpg The Swede Leaves by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/1...d2dc7333c1.jpg IMG_0051 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/1...803749f959.jpg IMG_0050 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Mendoza and the WINE Festival
We had to pool our remaining Argentinean Pesos with Trevor for the hotel, dinner and gas! Luckily we know where to go in San Raphael for money and it is only 85 km away. Arriving Dan and Trevor talked to the contact, but he said the boss would return in an hour, so we used our last few pesos for coffees and a submarino (hot milk and good chocolate). The rest of the drive to Mendoza on the 40 is a strait highway, but now we have al driven the entire Ruta 40, except the 100 km of pavement between Perito Moreno and Baja Caracoles. On the way Dan’s F800 hit the 90,000 km mark.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2233/1...2322055e6f.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-08 at 7.44.30 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/1...569af9e5_c.jpg IMG_2515 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr It was no easy feat to find a place to stay because of the wine festival. We got a place with parking on the sidewalk out front for 1 night and then moved to a better place with a secure parking lot for the next 3 nights. We are sure glad we did because there were thousands of people out on the streets day and night all weekend. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3621/1...b2e66ba8_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 34 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The Thursday we did a walking tour of the main square and the 4 surrounding parks. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3133/1...d006af504e.jpg Screen Shot 2014-03-08 at 7.54.47 PM by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The main square has a huge fountain and the spray was nice and cooling. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/1...ebb33e54_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3322/1...584992d8_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr It’s always wine time in Mendoza! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/1...da2dd1ae_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The Plaza de Chile had huge palm trees and several memorial statues. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/1...00e7dda1_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 6 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/1...6b8ae12b_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 7 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/1...d6fc3c1c_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 8 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The Plaza Italia was lined with banners and Italian tile fountains. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2017/1...384ae6b0_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2241/1...c1233a3c_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/1...cce6d22c_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 11 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr The Plaza Espania had an amazing tile surface with hand painted inlay tiles, which were all different. There was a huge mosaic depicting the Spanish conquest. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/1...10d680b7_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 15 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7427/1...02d7e709_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2134/1...ca8f35be_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 18 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3266/1...998c2455_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 20 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/1...4a426d70_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 22 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3110/1...d4a9db90_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 24 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Mendoza and the WINE Festival
We finished of with the square closest to the hotel Plaza San Martin. Friday we drove 35 km south again to the wine region along the Camino del Vinos (the road of the wine) and then for a tour and a tasting at Chandon.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2057/1...02fbab20_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 69 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7349/1...9bed9d35_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 32 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2859/1...07af4b07_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 65 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3116/1...b5f1562e_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 64 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/1...fe75e534_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 41 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/1...a0e890dc_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 44 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3092/1...51734de3_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 46 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/1...0fe6a87a_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 48 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3213/1...71e7c5e3_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 52 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3316/1...dc607488_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 55 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3404/1...fc8661bc_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 59 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr For lunch we could not get a reservation at any of the Bodegas (no surprise), so it was 6 $ lunch at Mr Dog. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3439/1...4efb5ce3_c.jpg Mendoza and Chandon 71 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
Mendoza and the WINE Festival
Saturday night we headed out to watch the Queen’s parade. The streets were lined with people. We had heard the princesses threw gifts from the floats. The first few we saw tossed small bunches up grapes.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3064/1...5e8f4281_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2482/1...b4e3702b_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 5 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2561/1...1413eb9c_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3239/1...6753d3bf_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 13 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/1...fda9c179_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 10 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Enterprising people had baskets on long sticks to collect their prizes. What we saw next was better. The girls tossed out apples and pears and the crowd went nuts for it. The 2 best were the floats where they were tossing whole melons and grilled meat that they were cooking on board. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/1...b93185e1_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 24 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/1...25d5147c_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 25 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr We skipped the Mc D even though you got a Malbec with your combo and had sausages instead. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2157/1...272fcbdc_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 30 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3397/1...0d620fba_c.jpg Mendoza Queens parade 28 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Well today was a bit sad again as we said goodbye to our friend Trevor from Calgary. We have really enjoyed his company over the last month. He is headed back to Bogota to ship to Miami. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/1...8e6f4dc6_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 1 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr Today’s parade was a bit more political with various groups represented. There were also traditional floats, Gauchos, and dancers. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3714/1...0cfb1927_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 2 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3136/1...d7035702_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 3 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/1...059252be_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 4 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2758/1...24e4b710_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 9 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2826/1...39fe4d0e_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 12 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3297/1...ec2788e2_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 14 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/1...32903f56_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 16 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/1...4154e069_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 17 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2528/1...f7be39b0_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 19 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/1...0efb8799_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 24 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/1...dbd3d8dd_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 27 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7328/1...3971287a_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 28 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/1...d97029da_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 30 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3053/1...3064154c_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 31 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr For a treat today I had Malbec ice cream! YUM http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2154/1...71921425_c.jpg Mendoza parade day 2 36 by Worldwide Ride.ca, on Flickr |
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