San Carlos de Bariloche is one of the most touristic destinations in Argentinian Patagonia, alongside with Ushuaia, Calafate and El Chaltén. In the view of a biketourer, heavy tourism usually means…
Temperatures were rising day by day. Nights were still mostly below zero, but the strong sun warmed up the Big bag, El Bolson, between two mountain ranges often to temperatures above…
Crossing Patagonia in winter with a low budget had been hard. Even though I had greatly enjoyed riding on snow, not being able to sleep indoors when I needed or wanted…
A day after leaving RaúI and Elena, who had generously offered me a place to stay during a snow storm, I crossed to Chile at Carrenleufú. It took the Argentinian border…
More adventurous riding on the roads without any traffic seemed to be behind me, at least for a while. It seemed that I would stay on more used roads, maybe not on…
It rained, rained and rained. Combine it with a warm wind and you have a recipe for turning a white scenery into brown within 24 hours. After resting in the village…
It snowed, snowed and snowed. The local highway, Carretera Austral, was empty and the tiny village of Villa Amengual was silent. Everybody stayed put in their houses waiting for the snow…
I was only at 300 meters, but still the temperatures stayed well below freezing and the snow accumulated during a two day snow storm. My planned route went up and down…
Winter had arrived. Snow covered all the mountains around me and night time temperatures started to freeze solid all the unprotected water I had. Still I wasn’t willing to change my…
After making it across Rio Paso Mayer the plan was to stock up food, get more cash and use wifi in Villa O’Higgins. Despite the off season, I assumed that the…
