Puerto Nadales did beat expectations and it is now time to leave for “la ventura” once again. Not really sure what will lay in front of me as I have been warned of uphill struggle and badly unsealed roads, but surely it will just turn out to be two or three dsays of interesting road…
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Torres del Paine and other wonders of Chile
For those who like to read this is not going to be a good post. For those who like pictures it will be a bit better. It’s about the two days I spent in Puerto Nadales and the second day excursion to the Bernardo O’Higgins and Torres del Paines parks. The day I spent in…
A Puerto Natales
And here we go again. After adding to my ever increasing number of contact another two, Clelia, a really cool Italian hiker, and Ramon, the owner of a bicycle shop from Barcelona, it’s time to start the ride north hoping for temperature increase and dry weather. The road out of Punta Arenas is less than…
The gospel was written by cycle tourists
It occurred to me today that the gospel writers might indeed have been cycle tourist. I can just picture them riding around the Galilean planes sporting colourful Ortlieb panniers, discussing what is the best gearing ratio for the long distance set up. No seriously they must have been touring bikers otherwise they would have not…
To Rio Grande
And we’re off. At long last the tyres are hitting the ground and I’m getting some milage onto the chart. The people at the hostel are ever so kind and the host lady gives me a big kiss and wishes me safe travels. As I get out of the shelter of the built environment I…
The great nothing
Time to leave the comfort of the north and head for the south and the real work of cycling. It all starts with bypassing 2500 Km of nothingness with 40 hours of bus. Goodbye Thiago and I’m on my way to the station. I’m a bit apprehensive, this is a bit of a jump in…
Getting out of Uruguay
So it goes that I have spent a great deal of time blogging of late. Fair enough, I think, no riding, no blogging. Quite a lot has come to pass in my life in the last month. Getting to Brazil was a bit of a dare, but now that the real business of cycling is…
Faster cycling
Night is fine, I get to take a picture for the 7000 miles milestone and also write it all down. I don’t go for a walk/ride in town and I simply decide I’ll do that in the morning. As it turns out I probably don’t miss much as I suspect La Paloma comes alive only…
Milestones: 7000 miles
Seven thousand miles, a milestone earned on three different continents. So here are the facts and figures for these 1000 miles. Cycling Continents: 3 (Oceania, Europe, South America) Countries: 4 (Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, Uruguay) Nations: 3 (New South Wales, Scotland, Italy, Uruguay) Cycled distance so far: 7000 miles (11265 Km) Climbing so far: 274,320 feet (83,613 m)…
Life in the slow lane
I’m starting to make sense of this existence. I’ve been in Uruguay for a bit more than a week and getting used to this Work Away life. to start with it was a bit tricky as i did not feel I was pulling my weight, but then I realised that the rhythm of work to…