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Adventure Traveler: Argentina, the cordillera and route 40
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Friday, October 10, 2008. Argentina, the cordillera and route 40. Along the cordillera heading north). View of Lago Roca and Perito Moreno glacier). On the road to El Calafate, it is cold and rainy! The Perito Moreno glacier). On the road to El Chalten, Fitzroy is in the background). Road along the Cordillera). Along the Cordillera on the way to Los Antiguos). Looking back south and the Carretera Austral, Chile). On the road to Bariloche, and sunrise over lake Nahuel Huapi). Lunch on the road). I am curr...
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Adventure Traveler: Argentina, Iguazu to Mendoza a long and sometimes winding road..
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Argentina, Iguazu to Mendoza a long and sometimes winding road. Katheryna at Iguazu waterfalls). The House of Bottles", Iguazu, AR). Katheryna enjoying some adventure tourism! La Garganta, Iguazu, AR). Rio Parana, AR). Carlos Hortt and Family, Resistencia, AR). Bike Rally, Resistencia, AR). We participated in a convoy to Corrientes which had around 150 bikes. We were also awarded a "Special Mention" award for our participation. Laguna de Mar Chiquita, AR). Next was San Jeroni...
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Adventure Traveler: Argentina, Mendoza and technical problems!
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Friday, October 10, 2008. Argentina, Mendoza and technical problems! Carlos Desgens working on Cecilia's Bike). The skeleton of my bike). The motor being taken apart and cleaned). Then the waiting began. Katheryna at the Ice cream shop). Andre cleaning the motor block). The starting point for rebuilding the engine). How things are going to turn out is yet to be decided. But things look pretty good. Friday, October 10, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Argentina, Mendoza ...
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Adventure Traveler: Argentina, Robbed in Mendoza and other stories from the road..
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Argentina, Robbed in Mendoza and other stories from the road. Good news and bad news are often intertwined, and so it was for us. The bike was finally finished. Now the only thing left was to take it for a test ride to make sure that everything was functioning ok. Some last minute washing and a few last e-mails and we would be leaving the following day. A student protest coming out of the front gate of St. Martin Park). We had been robbed! Bicycling in the park). This is a si...
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Adventure Traveler: Uruguay, Notes from Uruguay
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Uruguay, Notes from Uruguay. Whales at Punta Ballena, Uruguay). Whales at Punta Ballena, Uruguay). A military monument, near Treinta Y Tres, Uruguay). Oh, and before I forget, the bike is running perfectly, and although because the weather has been so cold it has not been possible to really test it, I am very hopeful that the problem has been fixed permanently. Vale del Eden, Uruguay). Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Adventure Traveler: Bolivia, The Saints come marching in; The Festival of San Roque, Tarija
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Bolivia, The Saints come marching in; The Festival of San Roque, Tarija. Iglesia St. Roque, and procession). San Roque the patron Saint of Tarija is celebrated for a week ending on the 16th of September. We were lucky enough to catch the last few days of the festival. Below you will see a few of the pictures we took during this time. Katheryna in the middle of things). The idol being paraded through town). Some background on the San Roque festivities:. View my complete profile.
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Adventure Traveler: Bolivia, a lot to see.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Bolivia, a lot to see. Potosi, and Cerro Rico). Traditional dancers, Potosi). Corn soup heated by hot rocks! For a complete desc.). Train graveyard, Uyuni). The road to Huari). On the road Huari). In Huari, we met an Austrian couple on KLR (Kawasaki), and a Swiss guy on a XT600 (Yamaha). We spent a nice evening talking about riding and traveling. It has been a while since we had met fellow bikers. A festival, Oruro). Getting on a ferry, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia). This is a site...
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Adventure Traveler: Argentina, finally on The Road to Iguazu
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Argentina, finally on The Road to Iguazu. Rio Uruguay at Monte Caseros, Argentina). Near El Palmar, NP, Argentina). Maybe, I should at this point mention that at the time, the customs office in Uruguay, specifically the port and the airport customs officers, were being charged by a federal judge of taking bribes to facilitate the handling of goods. In the previous weeks, they had already indicted 13 officers of taking bribes and were still at it! Wednesday, October 15, 2008.
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Adventure Traveler: Argentina, goodbye Argentina, Bolivia here we come.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Argentina, goodbye Argentina, Bolivia here we come. Iglesia San Roque, Tarija, Bolivia). After that, they opened the road block and let everyone through! Hmmm Very curious. They didn't go to, or ask for anything else from any other vehicles other than the two buses, and before I really thought about it we were on our way again. I guess that it was just a minor "shake down", with some people taking advantage of the current situation. Fast food stands, Bolivia). This is a site ...