Argentina Archive

  • “She doesn’t look good.” “I’ve never seen her like that.  Just collapsed on the side of the road and refused to move.  I had to drag her back on to her bike.  Force her to pedal.  I told her she’d die of exposure if she...

    The Hard Way Round

    Posted on April 7, 2011 | 16 Comments
    “She doesn’t look good.” “I’ve never seen her like that.  Just collapsed on the side of the road and refused to move.  I had to drag her back on to her bike.  Force her to pedal.  I told her she’d die of exposure if she...

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  • Stunning.  Jaw-dropping beautiful. Amazing.  Awe-inspiring. There’s something quite spectacular about the varied landscapes of Northern Argentina that words can’t quite capture. Arid and peaceful at times, brooding and pensive when a storm rolls across the Andes.  These is a world of weathered-landscapes, gentle valleys and...

    Photo Essay: Northern Argentina

    Posted on March 21, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Stunning.  Jaw-dropping beautiful. Amazing.  Awe-inspiring. There’s something quite spectacular about the varied landscapes of Northern Argentina that words can’t quite capture. Arid and peaceful at times, brooding and pensive when a storm rolls across the Andes.  These is a world of weathered-landscapes, gentle valleys and...

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  • Flooding.  We hadn’t expected it in on the Puna.  But this was a La niña year, said the locals.  Clima loco.  Crazy weather. In this part of Northern Argentina, undulating Ruta 40 and the other minor roads we bounced along crossed dozens of (normally dry)...

    Flooding and other Assorted Fun

    Posted on March 8, 2011 | 5 Comments
    Flooding.  We hadn’t expected it in on the Puna.  But this was a La niña year, said the locals.  Clima loco.  Crazy weather. In this part of Northern Argentina, undulating Ruta 40 and the other minor roads we bounced along crossed dozens of (normally dry)...

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  • Curva 3 and already I was short of breath.  Gasping and gulping in precious oxygen. I reckoned we were at just over 2,000 meters.  That’s nothing in the Andes.  La Paz, the highest capital city in world lies at around 3,400 meters (10,600 feet). In...

    Humbled by the Andes: 29 switchbacks…and then came the hard part

    Posted on March 2, 2011 | 6 Comments
    Curva 3 and already I was short of breath.  Gasping and gulping in precious oxygen. I reckoned we were at just over 2,000 meters.  That’s nothing in the Andes.  La Paz, the highest capital city in world lies at around 3,400 meters (10,600 feet). In...

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  • Cycling Patagonia: a South America bicycle touring video

    Posted on February 7, 2011 | 4 Comments

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  • 10,000 kilometers and six months biking South America without seeing a single cyclist.   Now we’re surrounded by seven of them hanging out in the same campground In Calafate, Argentina. Patagonia is swarming with cyclists.  If there’s a bicycle touring mecca, Patagonia must be the place. ...

    On the Beaten Path…and liking it!

    Posted on December 30, 2010 | 2 Comments
    10,000 kilometers and six months biking South America without seeing a single cyclist.   Now we’re surrounded by seven of them hanging out in the same campground In Calafate, Argentina. Patagonia is swarming with cyclists.  If there’s a bicycle touring mecca, Patagonia must be the place. ...

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  • The ferocious Patagonian winds fought hard to keep us from reaching Tierra del Fuego.  They tossed us about, knocked us off our bikes, attacked us from all sides.  They humbled us.  They angered us.  They brought us to tears. But eventually we beat them.

    New Beginnings at the end of a Continent

    Posted on December 19, 2010 | 9 Comments
    The ferocious Patagonian winds fought hard to keep us from reaching Tierra del Fuego.  They tossed us about, knocked us off our bikes, attacked us from all sides.  They humbled us.  They angered us.  They brought us to tears. But eventually we beat them.

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  • We travel because we’re bored with the familiar.  We’re fed up with spotting a Starbucks on every street corner.  We can’t take another day of banal office gossip around the photo copier.  We’re tired of seeing  the same old big box shops springing up in...

    Why travel? Gauchito and other Argentine oddities

    Posted on December 7, 2010 | 6 Comments
    We travel because we’re bored with the familiar.  We’re fed up with spotting a Starbucks on every street corner.  We can’t take another day of banal office gossip around the photo copier.  We’re tired of seeing  the same old big box shops springing up in...

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  • Wonderful things happen when we open ourselves up to serendipity and chance.  Embracing the out-of-the-ordinary often lands us is the most amazing of situations. And so it was last Friday evening on Argentina’s Ruta 3.  The windiest road on the planet.  A road that stretches...

    The serendipity of cycling

    Posted on November 29, 2010 | 8 Comments
    Wonderful things happen when we open ourselves up to serendipity and chance.  Embracing the out-of-the-ordinary often lands us is the most amazing of situations. And so it was last Friday evening on Argentina’s Ruta 3.  The windiest road on the planet.  A road that stretches...

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  • Patagonia at last!  Gone are the rolling hills and pine trees, the small towns with their delicious factura-filled bakeries and quiet parks.   Patagonia is a windswept land of wide-open spaces, hardy sheep and long, lonely roads.   The glaciers and lakes and natural beauty for which...

    Pedaling to the end of the world

    Posted on November 22, 2010 | 14 Comments
    Patagonia at last!  Gone are the rolling hills and pine trees, the small towns with their delicious factura-filled bakeries and quiet parks.   Patagonia is a windswept land of wide-open spaces, hardy sheep and long, lonely roads.   The glaciers and lakes and natural beauty for which...

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