Cerro Fitzroy
Cerro Fitzroy is perhaps the most photographed mountain in all South America. The soaring vertical granite spires tower menacingly over the tiny tourist town of El Chalten and issue their siren call to...
Author: Rex and Sally
Gravel Roads, Argentinian Barbeque and Pumas.
Today we get our first taste of the real Ruta 40, the historic trade route that links Ushuaia in the south with the rest of Argentina. It is the completion of the Trans American...
Butch Cassidy and the Bureaucratic Bungle
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (not their real names) were a pair of notorious outlaws in the USA around 1890 to 1900. Their lives have been glorified by Hollywood to the point...
Corruption and the Black Market in Argentina
Chile is a modern, prosperous and these days even relatively stable country. As a consequence prices are roughly equivalent to Australia. Argentina will be a new experience for us. We make our first border...
Volcanoes, Parades and Pisco Sours.
Today I climbed a mountain. Not just any old mountain but Quetrupillan, a wild and rugged, mostly dormant volcano in Chile near the Argentinian border in the Andes Ranges. Roisin and Paul join...
On The Road! (Finally)
It’s finally happening for real! We are heading south! It’s not all been plane sailing for all of us though. Poor Scott and Gina are stuck without their bike for a few days....
Hello Santiago!
From our hotel window! Everything is going to plan….so far! All flights were smooth and on time. We checked into our hotel in Santiago on Tuesday at about 3.00pm and were immediately greeted...
We’re Outta Here!
The day is finally here. We left Tassie this morning, well technically this afternoon, on the first leg of our journey to South America. We were delivered to Launceston Airport by our fabulous friends/house...
The Map!
Seven Days to GO! The map above is a rough outline of our intended route starting in Santiago, Chile and finishing 100 days later on the Caribbean Coast at Cartagena, Colombia. South America is...
Bye Bye Tiger
It is entirely possible to fly to just about anywhere in the world, hire a motorcycle, and have a fabulous time exploring new horizons. This is perfectly fine if you are prepared to...
