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Vivi & Heiko on tour
Finally, we enlarged our family by one more R2150GS enabling Vivi and myself to ride the world together. As a small appetizer, we did a 3-day tour to the east of Switzerland, Austria and Italy. This was to test some old and new equipment, and moreover, to get familiar with the new ‘setup’. It all…
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Preliminary summary
You might wonder about the title of this blog, but there are good reasons to call it like this. 1. Being back in Europe since a couple of days now, I still do not perceive this journey as „finished“. Of course, I could say „Been there; done that!“, but this would not express the mode…
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Coming down
As already mentioned in my last post, I booked 5 nights at Casa Matte before leaving South America. This period was not completely chosen by chance but driven by several factors that impacted my plans for returning to Europe. For various reasons I definitely wanted to meet „Jaime“ in person before flying back. Yet, you’ve…
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The return to Santiago
As already mentioned the refuelling of my motorbike in El Chaten took quite a while. However, I did not want to risk running out of fuel on my way to Gobernador Gregores 🤪 After my stop in El Chaten, I had to pass the „73 Malditos de la Ruta 40“ These are know as the…
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El Calafate & El Chaten
When travelling further north from Puerto Natales where I left Eric and Marisa, I visited El Calafate, which is known for the Perito Moreno glacier. Honestly, I was not much motivated stopping there, because I am used to see glaciers in Switzerland. However, I was very much impressed; just give a look: When coming closer,…
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Back on track
Some of you probably have recognised that I was silent here for quite a while. The reason was neither idleness nor stopping somewhere without any internet, but some issues and challenges I had to solve. When I started the trip to Torres del Paine at the beginning of January, I was hit by bad news:…
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Con amigos en lugar de solo – Torres del Paine
Maybe you remember Eric and Marisa? I met them while I was waiting for the ferry in Hornopiren the week before Christmas. Thereafter, we’ve stayed in contact and exchanged a lot of valuable information, things we did and experiences we made here in South America. Last week, we met again in Puerto Natales and we…
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At the end of the year at the end of the world
I started my journey approximately 4 weeks ago. The initial idea was spending roughly three months in South America; without any particular aim and only enjoying the way every day. While travelling „solo“ in Chile and Argentina, I made countless experiences – good and less good ones – saw marvellous nature and spectacular landscapes, met…
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Always towards the South
Since I finished the Carretera Austral, I am travelling towards Tierre del Fuego. I crossed the Andes via Paso Roballos to Argentina, which offers you the greatest scenery of beautiful nature & marvellous landscape – pure Patagonia – you probably can’t even imagine. However, that was a 180 km ride on gravel, sand, rocks, mud…
My mantra: "Ride the world" 