Coastal Uruguay…and the ridiculous Bank incident(s)

Not far in from the border of Brasil the two-lane highway we are moving west on widens strangely into this unmarked 25-meter or more wide piece of road.  As I ride over the place that it widens I see some… Read More ›

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Last days in Brazil and Crossing into Uruguay

Even though we are only getting to see the southern tip or tail of Brasil as we make our way from Paraguay around to Uruguay via the Brazilian coast, it still takes a few semi-long days to complete the circuit. … Read More ›

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Tres Fronterras and the Swampy Cow

The falls at Iguazu are only a few miles up the river from the triple international border shared between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.  On the way back from the Brazil side of the falls, Brian and I ride out to… Read More ›

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Riding into Brazil

There are only about 100 miles to cross to get from Walter’s place to the border with Brazil at Ciudad del Este.  Walter gives us some great ideas about places to camp and some sites we should try and get… Read More ›

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Crossing into Paraguay

We ride the 95-100 miles up to Posadas on the River Parana and park up at a large building just before the bridge that crosses to Paraguay and go inside.  But this isn’t the Immigration and Customs office for us. … Read More ›

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Riding into Southern Argentina…again

After leaving Torres del Paine we turn back to Puerto Natales, only about 35 miles in the wrong direction, to rest and get some supplies. We pick up parts for a friend of a friend whose bike is broken down… Read More ›

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Backtracking across Tierra del Fuego

After two weeks in Ushuaia, and deciding Antarctica was out of our budget, we get ready to ride back toward the mainland.  The road into Ushuaia is a one-way deal, and to get back to the mainland we have to… Read More ›

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Riding across Tierra del Fuego

After a cup of hot chocolate at a restaurant near the ferry dock on the north side of TDF we ride south toward Cerro Sombrero where we plan to fuel up and then choose one of the several gravel roads… Read More ›

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Crossing to Tierra Del Fuego

As the bottom of the South American continent narrows it dissolves into a group of islands, and that is where we are headed – Tierra del Fuego.  My guidebook says it was so named by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 when he… Read More ›

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Riding back into Argentina

From Chile Chico we ride just a few miles to the border with Argentina to cross back in and start our journey through the windswept southern Patagonia to Tierra del Fuego.  The Chileno offices are pretty simple to navigate with… Read More ›

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Mexico

Our final morning in the USA was not off to a great start. “So. Have you seen the passports?” Well, the last time either of us remembered seeing them was two days earlier in a hotel room in San Luis Obispo. Several hours drive away, on the other side of Los Angeles. Several deep breaths […]

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Chile’s Carretera Austral – Part 3

After a few days we move further south toward Cochrane.  Our ride takes us along the southwest shore of the lake and then to the banks of the Rio Baker. Markus and Karin left the camp at Rio Tranquilo today… Read More ›

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Riding back into Chile

Our friend in Santiago, Roberto, gave us a great list of “must see” places in Chile and after spending a couple of weeks with friends in Argentina, we decide to ride back west to Chile to see more of those… Read More ›

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Riding into Argentina

Time to move on again, and this time we have a place to be and people are waiting for us.  Friends from the road, Markus and Karin, have asked us to pick up some parts for their bikes and bring… Read More ›

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Guatemala Border Crossing

Heather Once The Hulk was fixed (cleaned) we had to tear ourselves away from the Overlander Oasis. Life there was […]

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Riding into Chile

We ride the last few miles of Bolivia, maybe 5 or so, on an actual highway.  It’s a dusty one and I’m coughing and sneezing as we pull up to the border. My buff has been getting extra workouts the… Read More ›

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Crossing into Bolivia

It’s the usual drill really, crossing from one country to another.  The only difference we notice today is the huge numbers of people traveling by bus who are crossing from Peru to Bolivia and back the other way.  Oh, yeah,… Read More ›

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Riding into Peru

We get to the border late in the day and I check my watch while we work on paperwork and see its 4pm. Yikes. We were hoping to ride all the way to San Ignacio tonight just to get away… Read More ›

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The long last day in Ecuador

Vilcabamba is the last place we stay in Ecuador, and it has been gorgeous. We’ve heard from friends who have gone on ahead of us that the road ahead, which is largely dirt to the Peruvian border, is a nightmare… Read More ›

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“Sittin’ at the dock of the bay… “

We knew we had crossed the border from Sudan to Egypt when the beautifully-lit temple of Abu Simbel turned up on the Western bank of the Nile. Together with the crowd of Sudanese and Egyptians on the ferry, we watched…

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