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Originally Posted by chris
I have to full concur with the above comments. I was down south in 2001/2 and it was fun. Because it was all ripio and undeveloped.
Now (I was in Sth Am from Oct 15 to July 16) just days leading into weeks of riding in a straight line in a howling gale. Every hamlet a tourist trap or a pointless excuse for a place for people to live.
And very expensive, in comparison to Bol, Ecu, Peru, Col. I regret wasting so much time and money down there.
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As people say, it all depends on what you want to see and do. After riding North to South, but bypassing the CA in 2010/11, we went back and hired two bikes in 2015.
We spent a month riding from Santiago (why pay drop off fees ???), you can zig zag on and off the R5 through the lake district. The CA all the way to Bernard O'Higgins was as much fun as I imagined it would be.
Yes, crossing into Argentina was a bit of a shock (roads, wind and lack of money), but there are still plenty of places to see. We opted to drop back into Chile and do the CA north (we could get money there).
HU Traveller Two Pegs to Patagonia's Ride Tale
There is off course the Torres Del Paine, but we had been there before.
If you go, rent. (Ride Chile are ok), you will waste far too much time buying/selling.
Hell, it is only money ! :-)
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