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The Carretera Austral
Yesterday, I returned from Villa O’Higgins, which is the end of R7 – also known as the Carretera Austral. I enjoyed so many sceneries, landscapes, endless gravel roads, fantastic views, … it’s difficult to describe all this in words. Probably, I took too many pictures and I’ll have to carefully select those for publishing here,…
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Driving home for Christmas
Today is Christmas Eve, when people are at home, have dinner with their family, celebrate, hand over gifts … I am not. I drove south, even further away from my beloved. Is that worthwhile? Yes! In order to understand, I have to start with telling you about my new travel mates; Marisa and Eric. I…
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Still alive – and short in time!
Those of you, following my blog, might have asked themselves “Why he is not posting anything at all?”. And here is my apology for not blogging anything for a whole week: other things had a higher priority! On Monday and Tuesday, I met some colleagues from the local pig industry and they treated me extremely…
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First weekend in Chile
After a relaxing night and a bit of re-organising my equipment on the motorbike, I started into the first tours on Chile‘s roads (and dirty roads!) When it became warm, the roads made me even more sweating 😅 In the afternoon, I arrived in Los Andes From here, you can enjoy a view to Aconcagua,…
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Emotions; going up, down, up …
Finally, I „landed“ in South America: after a very nice evening with Pablo, I woke up early – thanks to jet lag – and realised: I am here! If you ask yourself, what is meant with „here“, give a look to the pictures. That’s South America, and in particular Santiago de Chile 🇨🇱 This taste,…
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Departure day
This morning, I started „as usual“. I went for a ride with Narnia. It was cold, but nonetheless a pleasant hour together with my darling Thereafter, I finished my preparation and closed the door at home for the next 3 months or so. Believe me or not; that was a really strange feeling Anyway, I…
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Shipping the motorbike to South America
Yesterday, I started at home quite early – actually it was only 7 degrees and heavily raining. Not the best conditions to jump on a 1000 km ride! Anyway, my plan was fixed and there was no other choice: leaving at 07:00 in order to pick up my own bike after its last service before…
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Roads of Sardinia
If you want to see, why the rear tire did not „survive“, just give a look to the video!
My mantra: "Ride the world" 