"We just returned last night from Rio de Janeiro where we spent the last week of our vacation. Our motorcycle trip was an incredible adventure. I have learned that riding on gravel can have many different meanings. Just when I thought I was getting really good at that, I had an intimate experience with an Argentinian ripio !
On our last day , on our way to Torres del Paine I had my first flat tire! We had covered 5400 km riding on some of the most beautiful roads on Ruta De Los Siete Lagos, Carretera Austral, Ruta 40 and Fin del Mundo to Ushuaia .
We started in Temuco, then went to San Martin de Los Andes, Bariloche,Trevelin,Puyuhaipi,Coihaique,Perito Moreno, Gobernador Gregores, Rio Gallegos, El Calafate, Perito Moreno Glacier,El Chalten,Puerto Natales, Porvenir, (stop to visit to King pinguin colony), Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego then Cerro Sombrero and back to Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine.
In addition to riding beautiful roads , seeing hundreds of guanacos, rheas ,flamingos and condors we have also met so many interesting people and learned so much!
This is just a quick note from me, Hal will send you more feedback as well as some photos ( I'm sure you have seen that before ). I have made my favourite video clip while waiting for a herd of cows to pass by .
It was a fantastic experience and your detailed notes and suggestiond made it all so much easier
Thank you
Natasa Koller"