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We have created this site so that family and friends can follow us during our bike expedition from Quito to Ushuaia! We hope you enjoy following along online as much as we'll enjoy every day of this adventure!
Nous avons créé ce site afin que nos familles et amis puissent nous suivre au cours de notre expédition VTT de Quito à Ushuaia! Nous espérons que vous aimerez lire nos aventures en ligne autant que nous allons en profité!


29 November 2008

Patagonia

We have reached the milestone of 10,000 kilometers and are now in El Calafate!! The past 9 days have been "quite easy" as we had more tailwind than we expected. We reached speeds of over 60kmph on off-road downhill without even pedaling! But we also had some tough sections where we cycled for many hours into a strong headwind averaging only 13 kmph...and spent 3 hours digging sand with our hands to get the truck with our bags unstuck from a dry river bed with deep sand! Enjoy below a few pics from our last week below!

Nous avons atteint les 10000kilometres a notre arrivee a El Calafate!! Les 9 derniers jours etaient "assez faciles" car nous avons ete chanceux avec le vent. En effet nous avons eu le vent dans le dos la majorite du temps, atteignant des vitesses de plus de 60k/h sur chemin dans les descentes!! Mais la semaine a ete bien evidemment remplie d'evenement car nous avons bien evidemment eu egalement le vent de face de temps en temps diminuant notre vitesse a 13 k/heure... ou egalement passe 3 heures a sortir notre camion de support du sable dans lequel il etait enfonce! Quelques photos ci-dessous!


Tremendous number of dead trees along the roads due to a fire in 1970 that went on for 8 years.
Un nombre incroyable d'arbres morts le long des routes cause par un incendie qui a ravage la Patagonie pendant plus de 8 ans (1970-1978)


Peaceful countryside of the Chilean side of Patagonia
Paysages de campagne de la Patagonie chilienne





Ferry from Puerto Ibanez to Chile Chico, crossing the lake Buenos Aires (2nd largest lake in South America after lake Titicaca)
Bateau de Puerto Ibanez a Chile Chico, traversant le lac Buenos Aires (2eme plus grand lac d'Amerique du Sud apres lac Titicaca)













Very self-explanatory signpost on la Ruta 40 in Patagonia!
Panneau tres explicatif sur la route 40 de Patagonie!


Another beautiful sunset...
Un autre superbe coucher de soleil...


One of our numerous bushcamps in wild and desert-like Patagonia
L'un de nos nombreux camps sauvages dans le "desert" de Patagonie


Happy Bike-Dreamers on the shore of Lake Viedma!
Des cyclistes ma foi bien contents au bord du lac Viedma!


Sean & Edson on their way to the lake!
Sean et Edson en route pour le lac!


With "los Gauchos" Emilio & Jose in Tres Lagos
Avec "los Gauchos" Emilio et Jose a Tres Lagos




2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yo homies, looking good! Almost at destination. Fab pics...although it looks like Mick needs a shave! What's that we see attached to your chin?!? Weather looks great but I'm sure it's cold...feckin' baltic over here! How are uz enjoying the argentinian and chilean wine-we've been supporting you this end by drinking nothing else! BTW, we heard Las Vegas is shit at Xmas...apparently there's a great spot called Cloone where we're heading! Maybe see uz there. Marko & Bronagh

Anonymous said...

Wow.. I think 8th of December is only a few hours away.. and if I'm not mistaken that means your adventure is ending! I can not believe you've done it. Somehow I think it may be a bit of a struggle to get back into a 'normal' daily routine ;) You're probably already planning the next trip!!!
Hoping to see you very soon and hear all the stories. The blog has been fab but nothing beats a good story over a nice dinner and glass of wine I say.

Hugs,
Yvonne