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15 November 2025 So the truck was really nice, there were four of us in the cab. Three across the front and someone lying on the bed at the back. Someone hadn’t had a bath in awhile and the smell was interesting. With the top speed of around 50 km an hour And 670 km to suffer San Rafael it was gonna be a long night we finally got out of the Laurie park at 3 am and headed off along router 40. After about an hour and a half we pulled into some sort of shantytown on the side of

GOT the bike to choose Malal, we now had to think about how to get it fixed, or moved to BMW in Mendoza.The first order of business was to go to the local motorcycle shop whom we were reliably informed would be able to fix it. The first reaction was no way And there is no one here who can. So our next option was to try to find the parts ourselves and have a go. We managed to find the exact bolt that we needed for the suspension but upon inspection on the bike we also found t

Little did we know when we set off today what the day would bring. Today we are crossing back into Argentina via the.Pichachen Pass. This is a fairly remote board crossing that crosses around 100 km from Los Angeles. And goes around one of the volcanoes here and into Argentina over the top of the mountains. We had a good breakfast today, even got some fruit. And we set off out of the city through the rush-hour traffic having filled bikes to the brim. The road out of town was

We woke up in igloos, and had a nice breakfast and an even larger igloo with real fires. After all the rain of yesterday, we woke up to clear blue skies an amazing mountain view. Today is a straight run up the motorway to Los Angeles.The road around the lake was spectacular and filled with amazing Lakeside homes. But Tim and I thought this had very good purchasing potential. Rewrite out onto the motorway and headed to North and just kept going. Tiring volcanoes could be seen

Both of us were up early this morning, way before the hotel breakfast was going to stop. So we took a walk into town to see if we could find a coffee shop that was open. We had a couple of coffees, and walked back to the hotel just in time for breakfast. Today we are crossing back into Chile, and our original plan was to take the border crossing which enabled us to take a ferry for two hours across the lakes. However, this was going to be a long day, and the weather was not l

This morning we were up early, because we are going to change our tires at Moto rent Patagonia.Juan Zapata who owns this company, very kindly helped me seven years ago when I was here to get the tyres changed on my previous bike. We became quite good friends and have communicated and I have visited again over the years. So it’s great to be able to come back and see him and have a coffee and do the same job again. Tim and I got our bikes up on stands and remove the wheels, and

What a difference a day makes yesterday we woke up to gorgeous sunshine and today we woke up to the sound of rain on our roofs. It was coming down in buckets, as we had to load our bikes and make the 140 km move to Villa Angostura. Our tires are now six weeks old have squared off a lot and have very little tread left, and today we were carrying the new ties on the back of our bikes together with all of our usual gear. Which weighed down the back of the bike significantly and

We woke to a gorgeous morning with views over the beautiful pine trees, heading down towards the lake. Because the campsite was not open and neither was the restaurant we were on our bikes early and heading into Bariloche to find somewhere to eat. Tim had spotted somewhere the night before and so we followed the route to his restaurant. We had excellent coffee with avocado toast and media Luna with ham and cheese, then set off on a little tour around the lake District outsid

After a fairly dreadful night in the backpacker windowless hotel. Both Tim and I were up much earlier than normal and taking our bags down to our bikes. The only problem was we were locked in. And until someone came to open the hotel, we weren’t going anywhere. We finally got out and loaded our bikes and came to see what was being offered for breakfast. it was some fairly awful coffee and nothing that we thought was very edible. I ended up with a very small piece of apple cak

5th November 2025 We had eaten and packed the bags by 9 am and were on the road again. Today we had 80 km north on route seven, again through incredible alpine pastures flanked by to Snow capped Mountains with the rivers running through the valleys and crossing Orange metal bridges that this part of southern Chile is famous for. We then turned right onto the road to Puyuapi.This is a dirt road that winds its way through the Andrs and head back towards Argentina.. We skirted a

4th November 2025 Woke up to the sound of bird song this morning. The hotel is on the outskirts of town and they set with a wonderful gardens and it was here that the birds seemed extremely happy. I’met Tim for breakfast for the usual selection of scrambled egg ,breads and cold cuts. And then we packed our bags jumped on the bikes and headed out of town. Today we were heading directly north en route seven and the scenery as we passed through the valleys and hillsides of th

3 Nov 2025 Tim was up early as always, and as we were sharing a two bedroom mezzanine apartment that for me I was up as well. I went outside as Tim likes to do Bike maintenance prior to the Sunrising so that he has lots to talk about over breakfast. The subjects are often tyres, chain cleaner and chain lube. Or where to buy water for the day. These are the three main priorities on this trip. The scenery take second place the location stake third place at any other sort of con

1st November 2025 Breakfast started at eight so we were there promptly on time. Today we are crossing the border back into Chile at Paso Bali. This is one of the more remote areas of the chilli Argentine border and it does not see very much traffic the road out of town headed back towards Route 40 but we turned off after 7 km and headed north on a properly unpaved road through a landscape very hard to describe mountainous desert like with lakes and endless views to the mounta

31 October 2025 We were up early today. We have 630 km route 40 to get to our next destination the stretch of road we are arriving today is the famous part of Route 40 because of it 200 km section of ripeo. It is also notorious for the wind that comes off the mountains . We had filled up the bikes yesterday. Our intention was to re-top of the tank at Tres Lagos before heading up an old section of the road. Our plans are changed when the fuel station was closed. After Tres Lo

This morning we were up early not because we had to be because we only have 280 km to go today up Route 40 to el Chalten. We are up because we have a few administrative duties to perform. For some reason Tim‘s insurance policy for Argentina did not go through correctly and we would need to renew this prior to leaving today. So we load up the bikes and headed into town to find the payment office for the insurance.We stopped and had a coffee and a cinnamon bun and then dropped

We awoke to another blue sky day. Our plan today is to ride out to the bPerito Moreno Glacier. it’s only 120 km in each direction there and back and we are staying in the same hotel again tonight. So we get to ride our motorcycles without them having to be fully loaded with all of our equipment. The glacier is one of the largest tourist attractions in Argentina. It stems from the Southern Patagonia ice sheet similar to the one on Lake Grey that we viewed a few days ago . The

Our time in Torres del Paine is over. We have had a fabulous three days in this amazing hotel and in this incredible national park. I can only say to anyone who reads this, you need to visit. We had our final breakfast and said goodbye to the staff who have looked after us unbelievably well. We packed our stuff and loaded our bikes again. It will be great to get back on the motorcycles. The weather today is incredible without a cloud in the sky and the massif is looking unbel

We are excited today. Along our 10 week journey we have booked to stay at four really nice hotels for a few nights. Most of our days are spent in wherever we can find accommodation. And whilst these are often quite nice, today we are going up a notch. Torres del Paine is one of the most important protected wilderness areas in Chile. It is located between the Andy’s mountains and Patagonia step. It has an area of 227,300 acres and comprises of the pain mountain range and it’s

We are leaving Punta Arena this morning to head to Puerto Natales. Puerto Natales is a port city on the Señoret Channel in Chile’s southern Patagonia. It’s the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park to the northwest, and the port for boats touring the Patagonian fjords. We went to our usual breakfast stop ,wake up., which we have found serves great coffee and avocado and poached eggs on toast. We got there just as they were opening at 7 am and got our usual window seat. I

Today we have to start early, we have to reach Provenir by 1 pm because we have a ferry booked to take us to Punta Arenas at 2 pm. So we were up at 6 am,packed the bikes in very cold weather and very strong wind and then marched fully dressed into breakfast to have the usual not very exciting offerings. We set off out of town encountering strong winds and made our way to the Argentina / Chile border. We did our usual paperwork exchanges and we’re back into Chile. We wanted to