Yesterday after a bad sleep in the bus I tried to sleep more. Reading the book and see how the landscape is not changing that much. At nine we’re at the bus station in Bariloche. The first hotel room has…
Tracking Fitz Roy at alpine El Chaltén
Thursday 9 February. A quick stop at the store to buy breakfast and take the bus at 8:30 h to El Chaltén. The bus trip takes 5 hours and after 1 hour we cross the border with Argentina. Before entering…
A huge wall of blue ice
Tuesday 7 February. Early breakfast and then to the bus station. We’re there on time and go with the bus to El Calafate. Within an hour we arrive at the border. More stamps in the pass and further to El…
Tierra del Fuego, Land of Fire
Sunday 22 January. At 8:30 h I take the bus to Ushuaia. It’s a local bus, but still quite good. First part is still Pampas and sheep till we’re at the ferry. Here we cross the Strait of Magellan. It’s…
Endless Pampas
Thursday 20 January. At 14:30 h I’m ready to go by bus to Rio Gallegos. No bus. I ask and it’s delayed. After an hour it’s still unknown when the bus comes. It’s broke and in Puerto Madryn. The lady…
Jurassic World in Trelew
Wednesday 19 January. Trelew. There’s something interesting in this town. Museo Paleontológico Eglidio Feruglio shows the dinosaurs that were found in Chubut near Trelew. Life in Patagonia started at least 400 million years back with sea life and the dinosaurs…
Killer whale at Peninsula Valdés
Monday 16 January. Didn’t sleep that well in the bus. But the movies they show are quite new and entertaining, English spoken and Spanish subtitles. Landscape doesn’t change much. At first fruit trees and later endless nothing, just small bushes,…
Almost robbed in wine county Mendoza
Friday 13 January. Yesterday evening there was no water for the shower when I arrived from a day of Dakar dust. Had to wait, with a beer, for half an hour. But in good company it’s late before you know…
Dakar, incredible hot and so cool
Thursday 12 January. The wifi is not working, so no news. After breakfast and several attempts I get the password of the reception-wifi and that’s working pretty good. Thanks guys for not sharing before. The Dakar started this morning so…
San Juan – Dakar 2017 is almost here
Wednesday 11 January. It’s starting to get light. We drive along the highway between endless green fields of bushes and small trees. In the background some mountains. Occasionally a cow and a small farmhouse. Near San Juan there are wine…