Stories

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Stories from the road. Choose the destination below:

• Southamerica 2016
• Amsterdam – Switzerland 2013
• New Zealand 2012/13
• Australia / Tasmania 2013
• Japan 2012
• LA – Anchorage 2012
• Coyhaique-Santiago 2012
• Pt Montt-Ushuaia 2009/10

You can find more stories on my old website.

Chile/Argentina/Bolivia/Peru (Buenos Aires – Cusco) 2016


• By bicycle from Buenos Aires to Quito
• Zurich – Buenos Aires: Logistical adventures
• La Rioja – Belén: Hot start
• Belén – Cafayate – Salta: Vino y Ripio
• Salta – San Antonio de los Cobres: Our first 4’000m pass
• San Antonio de los Cobres – San Pedro de Atacama: Paso Sico
• San Pedro de Atacama – Uyuni: Lagunas, wind and sand
• Salar de Uyuni: Unbelievable big and white
• La Paz: Death Road
• Lago Titicaca: Isla del Sol
• Copacabana – Puno – Cusco: Along Lago Titicaca
• Cusco – Machu Picchu – Cusco: Tour through Valle Sagrado
• Cusco – Milano – Zurich: A long way home

New Zealand 2012/13


• New Zealand: Auckland & Coromandel
• Hot: Rotorua – Tongariro
• Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
• South Island: Wellington – Christchurch
• Stormy: Christchurch – Cook – Te Anau
• Not so wet We(s)t coast
• Holidays from the bicycle: Vanuatu part 1
• Tanna and Yasur – Vanuatu part 2
• Diving Santo & Efate – Vanuatu Part 3
• How to pass a cyclist
• Ups and Downs: Wellington – Taranaki – Auckland
• Cape Reinga and back
• NZ by bicycle: Summary
• Summary: New Zealand (and Vanuatu)

Australia 2012


• Australia: Eclipse & Diving in Cairns
• Australia part 1: Sydney
• Cycling Tasmania part 1: Devonport – Hobart
• Cycling Tasmania part 2: Hobart & West Coast
• On the way home: Melbourne – Singapore – Amsterdam
• Summary: Japan and Queensland (Australia)

Japan 2012


• Tokyo – Arriving in Japan
• Hot and windy: Tokyo – Fuji – Matsumoto
• Kamikochi, Kyoto, Hiroshima
• Volcanoes Part 1: Sakurajima & Kirishima
• Volcanoes Part 2: Unzen & Aso
• Japan: Impressions and Conclusion
• Summary: Japan and Queensland (Australia)

USA/Canada (Los Angeles – Alaska) 2012


• LA – Let’s start again
• LA – Monterey: Some surprises
• Monterey – Yosemite – San Francisco
• San Francisco
• San Francisco – Brookings: Redwoods
• Brookings – Seattle: Raccoons
• OMG: BC – Yellowstone – Helens
• Hello Canada: Vancouver City & Island
• A ferry tale: Port Hardy – Haines
• Bear Country: Haines & Alaska Highway
• Denali: Fairbanks – Anchorage
• Sun and storm: Cycling Kenai Peninsula
• Alaska Marine Highway and Conclusions
• Summary: From Los Angeles till Alaska

Chile/Argentina (Coyhaique – Temuco) 2012


• Arrived in Santiago
• It’s going south
• NAVIMAG and the first full 80km
• Patagonia sin represas – demonstration in Coyhaique
• Coyhaique – Villa Cerro Castillo – Coyhaique
• Several blockages and a puncture later
• Chaiten and Parque Pumalin
• Hornopirén-Entre Lagos
• Puyehue
• Expedicion Puyehue
• Entre Lagos – Villarrica – Melipeuco
• Around volcano Llaima
• Bye, Bye South America, for now
• Summary: Chile and Argentina

Chile Argentina (Puerto Montt – Ushuaia) 2009/10


• Preparation for an adventure…
• Houston – Eagle has landed
• la huelga: walkout
• Temuco: The tour can start
• Villarrica
• Done! :-)
• Chiloe
• Stomach issues
• It’s getting better again
• Salmon
• Chaiten is alive!
• The weather
• Lesson learned 1, 2 & 3
• Junta-Puyuhuapi-Amengual-Mañihuales-Coyhaique
• Almost ready!
• Caution: No ATM/Creditcards in O’Higgins!
• Carretera Austral South
• A small adventure: Villa O’Higgins – El Chalten
• Being Tourist: El Chalten/El Calafate
• El Calafate – Puerto Natales: Wind
• Torres del Paine
• Puerto Natales – Punta Arenas
• Penguines – Isla Magdalena
• Punta Arenas – Rio Grande
• Rio Grande – Tolhuim
• Question: Transport of bike and trailer from Ushuaia to Switzerland
• Final Destiny: Tolhuim – Ushuaia
• Conclusion
• Earthquake Chile (Update)
• The last things…
• Tour Chile/Argentina: Read from the start

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