After the crossing from Villa O’Higgins, I’m playing “Trekking-Tourist” for a few days. However, I’m struggling a bit here. The nature is also very beautiful but it has too many tourists here (I know, I’m also one of it…) after spending so much time on the less touristy Carretera Austral. There you always never had to worry about reservations. Here, without an reservation you end up on the very busy camping. Except if you are willing to spend a fortune […]
For details about this crossing, please read the German version of this article or look at the tour operators website at http://www.villaohiggins.com. In short: If you have a trailer or a lot of luggage, I recommend to take a horse for that. It’s not cheap (USD 30) but it gives you the possibility to really enjoy it. If you don’t like to spend the night in El Chalten on the campsite, make a reservation in a hostel. In high season […]
Because a lack of time, I have to keep the English updates kind of short. Sorry for that. If you understand German, have a look in the German part of this blog for more detailed information and/or send me a mail to stefan.kuettel@biketravel.net in case of questions. I finally reached the end of the Carretera Austral in Villa O’Higgins on the 14th of January and moved on to El Chalten in Argentina on the 16th. Cochrane – Villa O’Higgins For […]
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After I found the heavily needed screws for my chain wheel (or however it’s called in English) – the first bike shop didn’t have them and in the second one I only got them after the guy searched for some old parts, in the middle of Almirante Simpson, if you need something similar) -, got a new prepaid SIM card because my other one stopped working after a month and hopefully also got my clothes washed, I’m more or less […]
After a bit more than 900km in total, I finally reached Coyhaique on Silvestre Eve. Tired but happy. After I have done the first part of my journey more or less by myself, I was happy to meet some other cyclists in Junta. Sonia, Carlos und Diego). However, we did not really drive together because everybody has its own speed at cycling and some are sometimes a bit slower till they have all their stuff together in the morning, like […]
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