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Yesterday, March 24th, was the national day of remembrance here in Argentina and Obama was visiting Patagonia as well so there is a lot of tension. I'm sure things will settle down after the weekend.
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I'm in Rio Gallegos right now. I'm with a young couple on ktm's that wanted to make the trip until I told them what happened to me. We're hoping for an update on the situation. The protest has crippled this town. No traffic in or out. The locals don't like what's going on and have been a great asset to adv riders.
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Thing is that if it wasn't a protest, it could have beeb a flood or landslide or a bridge down, and all of those reasons, including protests, are quite common in parts of Mexico, Bolivia and Peru as well, so if you are going to travel you must have the resources and patience to sit them out.
Ushuaia might be closed today and tomorrow and even the next day but I doubt whether people should just give up because of temporary setbacks.
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And parts of the US, or Belgium, or France, or Syria, or wherever...
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Talking of bridges down and the like
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And parts of the US, or Belgium, or France, or Syria, or wherever...
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England also; twenty bridges were washed out a few months ago in one county and most of them are still out of use.
A major road between two towns in the same county was also closed and remains closed - it might be up and open again soon just in time for the tourist summer season. The detour route adds about 60 miles to that journey.
Another road in a different county has been closed by subsidence for about 3 years and was opened again a couple of days ago - it's all adventure travel in the wilds of the UK!
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I stopper several riders after leaving Ushuaia. Most had never been there and it was a life long dream to make it to the Southeran most city. I was one of those riders and luckily I got support from the civilians to break through. A natural disaster is one thing but a protest is another. We're at the very end of the riding season down here and all riders making this journey need to be informed.
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One other good bit of advice is that while it is quite ok to try and sweet talk your way through a protest roadblock, it isn't usually a good idea to try and "break through"
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It's all part of the fun
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Yesterday, March 24th, was the national day of remembrance here in Argentina and Obama was visiting Patagonia as well so there is a lot of tension. I'm sure things will settle down after the weekend.
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I had a similar experience quite a few years ago; I think it was Clinton who was in town and everyone was locked down for some hours in the airport while he was in the vicinity - I was locked in an aircraft that was not permitted to "pushback" from the terminal and taxi out etc.
I learnt from that to stay well away from the politicians and their entourage.
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A natural disaster is one thing but a protest is another.
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If you ever get to France, look out for the farmers' tractors and the fishing fleet trawlers in the roads and the entrances to the ports respectively.
The farmers' specialise in using their muck spreaders to good effect, especially against their banks.
The French air traffic control also like to join in now and again especially during specific holiday periods.
It's a world wide phenomena but some places are more prone than others and France has a long history of protest - this is all part of why we travel, but I will be entering mainland Europe via the Netherlands in the immediate future because of these planning factors of adventure travel and I wish to get to a particular rendezvous (there's a good French word) by a specific date.
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I stopper several riders after leaving Ushuaia. Most had never been there and it was a life long dream to make it to the Southeran most city. .
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Maybe you all need to check your dreams, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Williams :-)
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