From Santiago to Ushuaia.....
 

Hi everyone,

I´ll be flying the 15th of January from Bogota Colombia to Santiago de Chile with with my KTM 990, arriving the 16th of january.

From Santiago i´ll be starting my journey, same day i´ll arrive, to: Linares - Pucon - San Carlos de Bariloche - El Bolson - Futaleufu - Villa Santalucia - Coihaique - Perito Moreno - Bajo Caracoles - El Chalten - El Calafate - torres del Paine - Rio Gallegos - Rio Grande and hoping to get down to Ushuaia the 26th of January.
I´m very willing to take an Antartic tour once i ´ll arrive to Ushuaia, any ideas?

Then i´ll start my return to Colombia, riding my bike, going up to Buenos Aires ( Rout 3), La Paz ( Bolivia ), Lima ( Peru ), Guayaquil - Manta - Quito ( Ecuador ) and entering to Colombia the first week of March.


Ï´m a newbie in the hubb, willing to know every tip you can give me, and hoping to find a riding buddy to share this awsom experience.

Regards!

I just got back from Antarctica, I booked through Alicia at antarctictravels.com. She is not associated with any particular tour company and got me a last minute deal on what turned out to be a great boat.
-john b.

Antarctic tour.....
 

Thanks John, gonna check this on the web.

How was the weather?

There was a fair amount of cloud, but the sun did shine enough to get some good pictures. it snowed a few times, had some good winds too. the Drake crossing was fairly good going down, and fairly rough coming back. You have to be flexible with the Antarctic trips as the weather can make plans change at any time. We missed the hot spring stop on Deception Island due to snow and wind. You can see my pictures on Flickr Antarctica - a set on Flickr

regards, john b.

Pictures......
 

Very nice photographs John, I´ll be lucky if the climate let me get near the point you were.
I just got from work late and tire, tomorrow i´llbe very bussy fixin´ many things in order to be ready to start my trip next friday.
Hope to catch you someplace down in Argentina, keep in contact.
Best regards, Kico.

As I plan my trip north, I will be going to some of the places you plan to visit on the way south, Carretera Austral, etc., so there is a chance that we will cross paths. I stayed in Pucon for 4 days on the way down. I can recommend the Hostel Geronimo (S39.27322 W71.97225) there. I have Spot satellite tracking turned on when traveling, so you can see where I am by linking from my web site broomhall.ca

regards, John B.

Delay departing.......
 

I´m delayed until next 21 of Jan.
The plane that wa scheduled ( Boeing 767 ) to fly from Bog to Santiago is canceled, so i´m affraid i´ll be going in 8 days.
Just got the SPOT, learning all the stuff about the operation of this localizer, i´ll give you my id when finish to know how to handle it.
Safe ride, Kico.

Santiago to Ushuaia in 10 days!!! wow that will be fast!!!

I will ride from Santiago to Villa O'higgins starting Jan. 27th or 28th, but we will ride slowly by the chilean southern coast, 2 up... so if you like to make it relaxed... just tell me!!!

Santiago-Pichilemu-Vichuquen-Constitucion-Concepcion-Puerto Saavedra-
Mehuin-Valdivia-Puerto Montt-Chaiten-Coihaique-Villa O'higgins... and back, all in 20 days

I have 2 months of vacations, so i´m affraid i´ll be a little bit tight of time doing what i was planned to do.

Thanks anyway for inviting me, i´ll be glad to hear about your trip progress.

Keep in contact, safe ride!

Kico

I arrived in Los Antiguos, Argentina, today. Tomorrow morning (Saturday) I am crossing the border back into Chile at Chile Chico, then starting my run north on the Carretera Austral. I expect it will take me about 4 days to get back to Argentina at the Futaleufu / Trevelin border crossing, then I will be heading north on Ruta 40 to Mendoza, hope to get there in early Feb.

Tomorrow ( Saturday ) I´ll be in Pucon, delayed in Santiago due to customs paper work for the release of the bike.
My Spot link is
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=0gEXD7HXXSRsSXgsvnURJ3xohnxkmfMLm

Cheers.