Temuco: The tour can start

After a 9h bus ride, I finally reached Temuco and stayed there in the B&B “Tribu Piren” for only 16 USD including breakfast and wifi. Tomorrow, I will start driving towards the Parce Nacional Conguillío tomorrow. Hear you later! All the best from Temuco, Stefan

la huelga: walkout

Im now since 3 days in Santiago and planned to take today the train to Chillan around 4 hours south of Santiago. However, it just stayed a plan. When I arrived at the train station this morning, I was told that there will be no trains today and they couldnt tell me, when there will be trains again. Oh well. At least I got an interview with the Chilenian National TV about this ;-). Because I didnt really have a […]

Houston – Eagle has landed

Or similar :-). After more than 16h of flying via Paris, Im finally arrived in Santiago. And luckily with me also all of the luggage. After putting together the Puzzle which is called bike, I finally started to drive towards Santiago. This was actually not that easy and again ended up on a highway. I just say “Sicily” for insiders… However, also the guy at the toll station didnt stop me. He just looked at me a bit puzzled and […]

Preparation for an adventure…

I’m preparing myself at the moment for a three month bike journey from Santiago de Chile to Ushuaia. If you are also biking in this region during December till February 2010, let me know either through email or the comment function below. I would be glad to meet you somewhere on the way to the south. As soon as I’m on the road I will post here my experiences and some pictures. Start of the journey is the 29th of […]