I do not know how to express my happiness of today. To go with the main facts: we had plenty of sun, temperature of around 20 degrees and I guess and we’ve seen a great amount of the Hanging Glacier with few clouds only. It was maybe the 4th day without rain within our 14-day-trip so far. We already questioned our project to cycle Patagonia during spring as we’ve been rather unlucky with the weather…
I assume that the fjord of Cochamo has an astonishing view on the nearby mountains and amazes with it’s blue water if not everything was covered up by clouds the day we passed. It started raining during the day, again, as if one could fully rely on the fact of getting wet once a day. Looking for a suitable campsite for the night we finally agreed to put up the tent under a huge fir…
Today we met two cyclists. The first cyclists since we started our cycling trip! Today it also rained cats and dogs with temperatures reaching only 10 degrees C. Actually we’ve had quite a few cold, rainy days and nights. Conclusion? Yes, we’re too early for our cycling adventure in Patagonia. It’s said that even the summer is quite unpredictable here, but so far the spring has been unpredictable plus mostly miserable. But hey, we’re not…
It was a rough night on the bus from Santiago to Osorno and so we were still pretty tired when we arrived at the bus station at 6.30 in the morning. A very grey Sunday morning, not many people on the streets but still numerous cars overtaking us on the first stretch of our bicycle trip. The road was boring, the green countryside somewhat resembled Germany and didn’t impress us the slightest. My knees were…
Yes, David and I decided to take the bus from Lima to Santiago, an estimated 55h ride. After our 27 hour trip from Guayaquil to Lima, which was only a warm-up, we doubled the time in the bus. The first night was short and the seats less comfortable as I wished them to be. We spent 3h passing the boarder from Peru (Tacna) to Chile (Arica) this morning. My bag got fully searched under the…