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Where to Alaska?
Read more: Where to Alaska?Album But first … the story of the final ride to Ushuaia. 17.12. We get up very early. The ferry to Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego goes at 9 am. You have to be at the ferry terminal an hour before. There are also some people from the hostel.…
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at the end of the world
Read more: at the end of the world160 days, 29,457 km, 13 Countries We arrived at the end of the World. Maybe not as expected, just with one motorcycle, but we are here. It was an exciting finish. Steve and Judy, with whom we wanted to ride the first kilometers, had very bad luck. In the middle…
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Almost there
Read more: Almost thereAlbum 12.12. – 13.12. Each day when I get dressed and put on my many layers of clothing, it seems to me, as I would prepare myself for a flight into space and not for a ride on the motorcycle.So I abandon myself again to nature. I cross to Chile…
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Lamas crossed his path
Read more: Lamas crossed his pathAlbum The headline would be an excellent book title. 🙂It’s been a while since the last article. I caught a cold at the beginning of December and could not get rid of it for a while. So I did not want to write very much or do other things. Meanwhile,…
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dear diary
Read more: dear diaryAlbum There is not much going on these days. It’s just three weeks and about 2,500 km to Punta Arenas. A stone’s throw away. The route and the intermediate stops are fixed, so I have time. I stay one more night in Pucón. 25.11., 26.11. I wanted to leave today.…
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kicked the bucket on the roadside
Read more: kicked the bucket on the roadsideAlbum 17.11., 18.11. I leave Valparaiso and drive on smaller roads a little through the wine valleys, sometimes on- sometimes off-road and spend the night in the small town Santa Cruz. Looking for a place to stay I have read in the travelbook of the Lama Lodge, which is run…
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relaxed days in La Serena and Valparaiso
Read more: relaxed days in La Serena and ValparaisoAlbum 12.11. I checked in for another day in La Serena. The hostel is cozy, La Serena as well.One day, I try to make a trip to Vicuña. The village is located in the Elqui Valley. A few kms before the village I had to stop. Farm workers were demonstrating.…
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through the desert
Read more: through the desertAlbum 2.11., 03.11. The wind was taking control the last 1,000 kilometers towards the Chilean border. I got a bit scared, how much the side- and headwinds impact on fuel consumption. At 290 km the reserve light flashed. I started to count: 290 km, 13.3 liters, that is about 4.6…
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up(s) and down(s)
Read more: up(s) and down(s)Album 26.10., 27.10., 28.10.Caraz – Huanuco – Huancayo, 750km Although, I’m better prepared than last time – I got everything ready, socks, T-shirts, face mask – it was cold and shitty anyway.About half of the route, for example Cerro de Pasco to Junin and further on, is on a huge…