reis – blog – travel
Our van is reaching 370.000km. As usual, every 10.000 km the oil and the filter is changed, but this time some more work was needed. The last major work was done in Chile: the rear axle was partly re-welded (it started leaking at the leaf spring supports) and we got … Read more
So, there we were, just north of Concordia, the citrus capital of Argentina. This whole area is quite flat but also completely developed into agricultural land, so my first impression was that it would not be that interesting to cycle around, unless you like to stick to the main asphalt … Read more
From Argentina we travelled to Paraguay. We had to cross the river Rio Paraguay. The country is thus named after the Paraguay River, whose name is explained in several ways: in most cases a combination of terms from the indigenous Guaraní language is proposed that connects “river” and “sea”, thus … Read more
We drove the Catamarca Altiplano in the north-west of Argentina. We spend about a week in this area; 3 days at the altiplano. It was our toughest, most challenging drive yet. It started relaxed while driving from Fiambala to Las Papas, passing the dunes of Taton. After Las Papas we … Read more
Esquel, a place where we stayed two times: first on our way south to Ushuaia, and then again on our way up north. It is a really nice area where you can ski in the winter, and have a really good mountain biking experience in the summer. A sign indicated … Read more
This is a very nice but not so technical loop around the Cerro Chacay. I found this suggestion by chance on i-overlander. But this trip I will always remember because I did it twice: the first one was just before I heard that time was running short for my dad, … Read more
Although I did not yet travel all of Argentina, it seems quite a good country to do some mountain biking. At the time of writing we’ve only travelled in the south of Argentina, between San Martin de los Andes and Ushuaia, in Patagonia. El chalten is famous for walking and … Read more
With 347000km on the clock and long stretches of difficult mountain roads, desert and high altitudes, the van has to work hard in less-then-ideal situations. So when we arrived in Chile it was time for some maintenance again. Rear Axle First point of attention was the rear axle. It started … Read more