Welcome to my blog! This is the story about my bicycle journey across South America 2009/2010! More →
From Forests To Steppe
It feels great to be on the road again! I continued north from Bariloche through the Seven Lakes District and enjoyed sunny days without any wind while cycling through dense forests, glassy lakes and rivers with plenty of trout.
Read more →One Month In Bariloche
Hi again! I have now been in (and around) Bariloche for over a month, waiting for the inflammation to disappear completely. I’ve had a great time and this place feels now like my second home! Bariloche is a touristic city placed at the shore of Lago Nahuel Huapi, a beautiful lake with crystal clear water [...]
Read more →The Beginning (And End) Of Carretera Austral
After having spent more than 1 week off the bike in El Calafate to give my knee some rest, I felt very excited about starting again! I took the bus back to El Chaltén and slowly began pedalling on a sunny day with the birds singing in the valley. I had agreed to meet with [...]
Read more →Round-Trip To El Chaltén
Surprise, surprise – I’m back in El Calafate! But first, let’s start where I ended the last time. Leaving El Calafate and starting off with a lovely tail-wind, me and Juan easily covered 40 km before noticing that something was wrong with his rear wheel. It turned out that a spoke was broken on the same side as the cassette!
Read more →Ice Ice Baby
As I mentioned in my last post, I met a Spanish cyclist on the New Year’s Eve in Puerto Natales. Juan (www.panamerikana.org) is going to do the whole Pan-American Highway all the way up to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska! He calls me El Sueco Loco, but I wonder who of us that is crazy… On [...]
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Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
