The arrival of our friend Christian marked a new part of our trip: minus two bikes and plus one guy. One could discuss about the equation but it definitely promised to become a fun trip. Also for the boys it was a first warming up session for their planned mountaineering trip in the beginning of January. After 10 days in the same place, working, cooking and eating I wouldn’t exaggerate saying I really longed for…
What would one expect after 7 weeks of cycling? A luxury hotel? Partying? A massage? Well, yes! I did dream of some luxury life after almost 2 months of tough weather conditions and cycling but the definition of it is actually quite open. For us it meant to keep it simple and budget friendly but above all it meant to stay in a warm, water and wind proof place where we could work for our…
Osorno to Puerto Natales. Daily overview of our cycling adventure.
Yes, our initial idea was to cycle to Punta Arenas. For which reason? No particular one other than our friend arrived in Punta Arenas. So why did we stop in Puerto Natales? It’s closer to Torres del Paine National Park and the hike was the next thing we had planned anyway. The road to Punta Arenas was said to be quite boring. 200 km of flat land with plenty of wind and rain. It did…
Yes, people were talking a lot about the O’Higgins crossing: the transfer by boat was not guaranteed if the weather was bad and we might get stuck in the town, the trail is a real challenge and it would be better to do it in flip flops as we need to cross so many streams and we need to push the bikes most time anyway. Of course we met only people who did the crossing…