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It’s been a while, so we put up a bunch of photos here. Enjoy!

Posted by Matthew on April 23rd, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | No Comments »

First of all, we finally arrived in Ushuaia yesterday! Woohoo!!! Now for how we got here…
We spent a couple of days in Punta Arenas resting and waiting for Cindy’s bike to be repaired. Punta Arenas has a nice downtown area, with a couple of museums, the best of which was the former mansion of a […]

Posted by Matthew on April 20th, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | 3 Comments »

The road from El Calafate, Argentina to Torres del Paine National Park in Chile was mostly kind to us. We had a nice tailwind for the first 100 km eastward out of town, then the winds died down to almost nothing as we started to head westward. We were quite happy not to fight the […]

Posted by cindy on April 11th, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | 1 Comment »

Since we recently camped outside one of these salmon farming facilities in Chile, I thought I’d pass on this NY Times article about a virus that is devastating the salmon stocks down here. I know this seems impossible, but they think that the fact that the salmon pens are too crowded and too close together […]

Posted by Matthew on March 27th, 2008 | Filed under: General, Chile | No Comments »

With a little help from the local authorities in Cochrane, we were able to get connected with a truck driver named Miguel who makes weekly runs delivering goods and livestock between Coyhaique, Cochrane, and Villa O’Higgins. When we talked to him at the beginning of the week, he thought he would have space, and he […]

Posted by Matthew on March 25th, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | No Comments »

Sorry to have been out of touch so long…we are getting into more and more remote areas of Patagonia, and thus internet access has been extremely limited. Anyway, on with the saga!
We arrived in El Bolson after a long day’s ride, found a hostel, and then we prepared ourselves for a rest day the following […]

Posted by Matthew on March 10th, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | 1 Comment »

We figured it was about time to post some photos, so here they are. Enjoy!

Posted by Matthew on February 19th, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | 3 Comments »

After a week of riding long days down freeway 5, we were excited to turn eastward towards the Chilean lakes district. Our first stop was in the town of Villarica, where we stayed at the Torre Suiza (Swiss Tower) hostel. The Torre is run by a Swiss couple who, after traveling for 2 years by […]

Posted by cindy on February 19th, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | No Comments »

 
The rest of our time in Mendoza didn’t go exactly as planned…I had to do some maintenance on the bikes, and that took longer than anticipated. We found a decent bike shop in Mendoza to true our wheels, and buy some replacement chains (actual Shimano parts or equivalent are hard to find down here). And […]

Posted by Matthew on February 3rd, 2008 | Filed under: Argentina, Chile | No Comments »