Sunday, March 15 Our hostel room was very comfy and pleasant so despite our best efforts to be on the road early, we lingered a bit enjoying our breakfast of fresh berries purchased yesterday and finally rolled out around 10 am. We drove to Park Nacional Puyehue via a scenic road along Lago Puyehue and […]
Monday, March 16 It was a gray, wet morning when we awoke in Puerto Montt. We can’t remember who, but someone had recommended Puerto Montt to us at some point on the trip because it was circled on our map. In the morning drizzle, it had little charm and we were soon on the road. […]
Tuesday, March 17 Since this was going to be a long day’s ride, we awoke early and were on the road by 8:30. We were also trying to make it to the penguin sanctuary on the Islotes de Puñihuil, a rocky outcropping of islands on the Pacific coast west of Ancud. Two species of penguin, […]
Thursday, March 19 We got up at 7:30 am knowing that we had a long day ahead of us as we were crossing back into Chile. We realized that we had no Chilean money and the travel book mentioned that there are no ATMs in the 500 km stretch of the Carretera Austral, so after […]
Friday, March 20 It was a brisk 45 out when we woke up. I went outside to top off the oil in the bikes while Inna took advantage of the kitchen again to make us a tasty veggie and leftover chicken scramble. It was heaven to not have another miserly breakfast of coffee and stale […]
Saturday, March 21 We slept in until 8:45 as we had a breakfast appointment. When we had arrived yesterday, we had met an Argentinean couple who were coming north on a BMW 1200. They were extremely nice and offered to meet us at breakfast to go over the map and give us advice. We’d gotten […]
Sunday, March 22 We pried ourselves out of our cozy beds and had a passable breakfast downstairs. The owner, Gustavo, was very cheerful and showed us his little moto. It was his dream to travel on a similar trip. Once packed, we navigated through the town and filled up on gas. We were looking for […]
Monday, March 23 Since we had somewhat of a late night last night, it was hard to pull ourselves out of bed earlier than 8:30 am this morning. We ate a healthy breakfast of yogurt and fruit we purchased yesterday and were on the road before by 9:30 am. The border crossing was fast and […]
Thursday, March 26 We made another one of our famous early starts and enjoyed the standard south South American breakfast we so love, fortified with yogurts and fruits we bought at the store. Once we were packed, we rode around town to a few locations that had been recommended to us where we might find […]
Friday, March 27 Our first priority for today was to find a welder. With Inna’s right pannier split at the seams and caved in and my right side rack missing a support. Knowing nothing opened early, we availed ourselves of the opportunity to sleep in until 9 am. Our hostel, Casa Cecilia, had perhaps the […]