Into the west: wind, mountains and glaciers

The „Petroleum-Road“

From Caleta Olivia to Pico Truncado, Las Heras to Perito Moreno

  

  

Perito Moreno and Los Antiguos

  

  

  

 

Cueva de las Manos

  

  

  

  

 

El Chalten

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

On Route 40 to El Calafate

  

  

  

  

Gravel roads, sidewind and heavy packed with water… This was a bit to mucht for the rear carrier…. I know, I shoulden’t have choosen the cheap one…

 

El Calafate: Pelicans and the Glaciar Perito Moreno

  

  

  

  

 

On Route 40 to the Chilean border (Paso Internacional Rio Don Guillermo)

  

There I am going……………………………………………there I came from
A bit slow going with all the wind…..

  

Gravel from now on (if you don’t take the detour to Esperanza).
Should this guy be a warning for all the cyclists passing by?
Go on! I just hope the tire nicely waiting on the side of the road is not one out of Rubber but just a piece of „automobilistic street-art“….

  

  

The little „windshield mountain“ is not much use, when the wind is changing direction during the night. My luck the winds other than from west normally are not very strong.

  

Chile is coming into sight an with it a glimps of the mountains of the Torres del Paine National Park. Adios Argentina!

 

 

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The Patagonian coast

From Puerto Madryn to Caleta Olivia

 

On the road to Punta Tombo

  

  

  

You sure can’t deny: you’ve been warned! The road is not going straight no more…

  

  

  

  

Who is hiding there in the bushes?

 

On the way to Punta Rasa

  

  

  

Welcome to Punta Rasa! I’m the boss here….

  

  

  

  

  

To Camarones and Cabo Dos Bahias

  

No, nothing with swimming here….. no water in sight! („Baden“ German for „to bath“)
„badén“ in spanish means a ford is coming (if there would be any water..)

  

  

  

 

A fast track to Caleta Olivia

  

 

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Argentina on the fast track

From Iguazu to Peninsula Valdez

Buenos Aires

Not many pictures… I had to brush up my spanish here 😉

  

 

  

 

Iguazu Falls

 

  

  

  

  

 

  

  

 

  

 

Puerto Madryn

  

  

 

Peninsula Valdes

  

  

  

  

 

Punta Ninfas

  

  

  

 

Trelew

 

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Off to New Shores

Here comes the “Monte Azul”, my ride from Miami to Buenos Aires.

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Santos

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Ever been bow wave surfing? The two guys seemed to have some fun by it.

Parking” the vessel in the Port of Santos. The right flag is set, so everything O.K. So say hello to our new neighbor the “Temo”!

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On our way again.

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Going South

Sorry folks, I mean on the map…of course…
Heading south to the land of water, mangroves, birds and gators. And a bit to the east to the sun, beaches and wind of the Miami coast.

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Everglades

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Fort Lauderdale

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Fortunately I didn’t meet Matthew. “He” (or his strongest winds) went just past Fort Lauderdale but hit the coast further north in Orlando and Jacksonville.

 

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Music Road

Austin

 

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Lafayette

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New Orleans

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Memphis

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Nashville

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New Mexico, sun-baked adobe, thunderstorms and aliens

Santa Fe

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Passing through Wyoming, Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado

Dinosaur, National Monument

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Phospate Mining

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Flaming Gorge

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Lakes, mountains and hot springs

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Devils Tower, National Monument

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Mount Rushmore, National Memorial

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Nebraska

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Colorado: From grassland through mountains to sand dunes

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Rocky Mountain National Park

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Great Sand Dunes National Park

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Utah, the land of contrasts

Bonneville Salt Flats

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Arches National Park

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Idaho, a surprising State

 

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