Category: Chile
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Section 9, part 5: The Final Section
Day 125: Punta Arenas to Bush Camp, 120k and a ferry We left the hotel around 7:30 am to head to the ferry terminal. The wind was strong already and our fingers were crossed that it remained eastwardly. Rain showered down while we waited to load the ferry yet the sun was still shining…
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Section 9, part 4: The Carretera Austral
Day 122: Torres del Paine to Puerto Natales, 65k It was a drizzly and grey morning to start. We took our bags to the trucks and waited for the rider meeting before going back to our hotel for breakfast. We were on the road by 8am, about 30 minutes after everyone else. The rain had…
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Section 9, part 3: Carretera Austral
Day 118: El Chalten to Le Leona,109k The wind was gusty and strong leaving El Chalten, as it had been all three days we where there. Everyone joked about not even needing to pedal the whole day since the wind was behind us, literally pushing from behind. About 4k out of town, we reached the…
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Section 9 part 2: The Carretera Austral
Day 112: Coyhaique to Villa Cerro Castillo, 109k My legs hurt as soon as I started pedaling. I did not sleep well on the rest day and didn’t seem to recover at all. The ride out of Coyhaique was hectic with traffic, I haven’t seen so much traffic since Puerto Montt. Yesterday morning seemed like…
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Section 9, Part 1: Carterra Austral
Day 106: Puerto Montt to Hornopiren, 46k, a ferry, 56k The first day of the last section! I am ready to be finished, but now we get to ride through Patagonia which is what I was most excited for on the trip. We will be riding along the Carreterra Austral, the only road that travels…
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Section 8, part 2: The Lake District
Day 99: Concepcion to Renaico, 131k It was a grey and humid morning. Leaving a major city is always stressful, luckily today was not too bad. There was a network of bike lanes on the major roads, which made navigating much easier. We crossed over the Bio Bio River and then road along side it…
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Section 7, part 4: Across the Andes
Day 88: San Juan to Sana Clara, 117k The ride out of San Juan was pretty easy. We circled around a few plazas and continued on the same road for 25k. We watched the city dissipate into suburbs then into rural roads. The further we went the more narrow the road became. The last 10k…
The Nations Abroad 