which side of the Andes?
jalapeno
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OK, looking ahead to the end of the year I shall be a free spiriti once again, the extent of my planning is to get myself and back to Ushuaia and start pedalling north. Wondered whether to take the argentian side of chilean side. The argentinian side up as far as Mendoza and San Juan sounds attractive and I could then cross over to Chile from there and head on up towards the Atacama. I know lots of folk on here have done something similar so welcome your thoughts on the topic.
cheers!
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enjoy the trip
route 40 Argentina up to Los Antiguos , Chile Chico, then into Chile up the Careterra Austral to Chaiten
then either
across to Chiloe
or carry on up to Puerto Montt
Or if you like a challenge look at Lago del Desierto, the sendero ( footpath) is just bogs etc, this goes from el Chalten (Arg) to Villa O'Higgins (Chile), when I went this was a must do!!!
On the Argentinian side there is just pampas, not much else apart from maybe Esquel, Bariloche.
there is so much more on the Chilean side:
Above Puerto Montt is the Lake region with Pucon, Villarica and many other places, beautiful lakes mountains and volcanoes
The first town/village after Ushuaia, Tolhuin has the best cake shop in the world, Panaderia del Union in the middle of the town, so dont eat at the petrol station you will see on the main road
and you should go to Torres del Paine in Chile and Perito Moreno glacier near Calafate.
have a good one
Tailwinds ( no way down there they are always in your face)
george0 -
hi, cheers for the thoughts, Have been hiking in Torres del Paine already but wouldn't mind another visit. I guess with the number of border crossings I can hop back and forth to a degree between argentina and chile0
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Mike if you are planning to do all that in 8 weeks all on a bike, good luck
I have seen from your site that you have been to rough places before so the state of roads should be no problem But there is so much to see and do.
take time and savour the place
Torre Suiza in Villarrica Chile is a cyclists place, the owners have cycled around the world ( almost)
http://www.torresuiza.com/english/hostel.html
There are loads of borders, and they all go over the Andes, great fun
Tailwinds
george0 -
jibi wrote:Mike if you are planning to do all that in 8 weeks all on a bike, good luck
8 weeks? where did that come from? I have 6, 8, 12 months - whatever really.0 -
MIke
from your websiteCampagnolo I've taken my Thorn Nomad across the Himalayas, North Africa as well as shorter trips in Europe, plans are on the table for 8 weeks in Bolivia and Chile soon. The competitive streak has been satisfied on and off road with regional TTs, cyclosportifs and MTB events.
Have a great tour
george0 -
jibi wrote:MIke
from your websiteCampagnolo I've taken my Thorn Nomad across the Himalayas, North Africa as well as shorter trips in Europe, plans are on the table for 8 weeks in Bolivia and Chile soon. The competitive streak has been satisfied on and off road with regional TTs, cyclosportifs and MTB events.
Have a great tour
george
oops, that's way out of date, thanks for the reminder. Change weeks to months and you're about there... ;o)0 -
No problems MIke
If I wasn't going to OZ I would love to be there again. I loved it
Chilean people are so friendly
I will read your blog and be there with you in spirit
Don't have too many Pisco Sours
cheers
george0 -
ha ha, cheers. Re Pisco Sours... mmmmm, I found a bottle of Pisco in my local off license recently, a rare find in Cornwall, suffice to say it didn't last long. Santé!0
