The O’Higgins shuffle and El Chaltén
As I write this, we are way, way behind on this blog! Lack of decent internet, a broken camera, international travel and a hectic schedule …
The not-so-fast and furioso: Parc Patagonia, but not the way we’d planned
The themes for this blogpost are thwarted ambition and serendipity. We’d been given a tip from a couple further along that the Valle del Avilés …
Cerro Castillo – Las Horquetas hike
A day and a half of riding out of Coyhaique along the Carretera brought us to Villa Cerro Castillo. This small village sits in the …
Patagonia Beer Trail & Parc Los Alerces
It was difficult to tear ourselves away from Hostel El Descanso after just 1 day. It’s aptly named – just a very peaceful place to …
Villarica Traverse
When life gives you lemons…make snowballs. Scratching around for something to do in the Pucon area whilst we waited for our replacement Steripen to arrive, …
Type 1 fun
This blog update comes to you from Curarrehue, a small roadside town in the touristy Rio Pucón valley. We find ourselves in a bit of …
Saying farewell to the Puna
A frequent topic of conversation on our trip so far has been our frustration at having to pay for 99% of things we buy using …
Llullaillaco: standing on the edge of space
It would be fair to say that I’ve spent a good number of years dreaming about climbing this mountain. Ever since reading about Neil and …
Salt, sand, snow and exploding jockey wheels
The last blog post left off at the Chilean-Bolivian border at Pisgar Bolivar. This one takes us across the salt flats to Uyuni, then down …
Sajama: Gastro and Geysers
Our stay in La Paz was short – only one and a half days to resupply, eat some decent food, do some bike maintenance and …