Well here we are guys at the end of the world ´fin del mondo´, Ushuaia, a hop skip and a jump away from Antarctica, where the Pacific ocean meets the Atlantic ocean. And what a journey it has been. Many of the roads and weather conditions (gale force wind and not always hard compacted gravel as promised) were challenging on the bikes but that only made it more glorious to reach the end of the road. We did it!
We had our last day on the bikes yesterday exploring the Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) National Park, taking us literally to the end of the road, as far south as you can go by vehicle.
This is the end of the Beagle Channel and the end of the southern most road in the world. We were fortunate enough to see a seal swimming around and witness a bird like duck species mating ritual.
Tomorrow morning we fly off to Buenos Aires for a few days of partying before Peru and our hiking adventure begins! The bars don´t even open until midnight in BA so I think we will be having a few nanna naps to keep up!
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Hey Just,
Don´t worry, there will be plenty of pic´s for the slide show!
Now that we are done with the riding we can tell you that there was 1 more spill on the bikes but all is well that ends well. Cate came off about a week ago while giving some ripio (dodgey gravel road) some what for. She is ok now but did spend 2 days in the support vehicle recuperating. A pretty badly bruised back, elbow and calf but bless, straight after the accident, knowing there was still 50kms to go and still out in the middle of nowhere, she managed to use the adrenalin and ride my bike into the next town and I road hers.
We can´t wait to hear Coop say motorbike.
Love to all, Si
Hey Mummy,
Yep, bums were sore but more so across our shoulders behind our necks from fighting against 100km/hour winds on the bikes, really had to lean in and push hard as the wind would easily carry us off to the other side of the road. But alas we are now done with the bikes and safe and sound.
Love you loads, Cate
Wicked photos guys .. especially those at the Torres del Paine .. absolutely AMAZING!
This blog thang is awesome .. I feel like Im there with you guys soaking in all those breathtaking views. Where are we going next again? :-)
Big Hugs,
Kon
p.s. Cate, I cant wait for you to get back to work .. all this jibbajabbering with Nancy is drving me CRAZY! ;-P
Hey Kon,
Time for the real party to start mate, Buenes Aires is the next stage of the adventure - bring it on!
Fairmuff about Nancy...she can go on can´t she ;) hehehehehe
Take care on the banana chair!
C
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