Category Archives: Argentina

Buenos Aires and Shipping to Madrid!

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Sara

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Getting to bed late at 11 pm we were kept up all night by the outdoor concert in town that was still going strong when we set out for the ferry terminal at 4 30 am. At the dock you must stop at the gate and show your ticket.… Read the rest

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North to Iguazu falls

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Sara

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Leaving Bella Vista we were escorted to Gualeguaychu in 223 km by Pia and Ramiro. This is a nice town on the river that in February is THE spot for Carnival in Argentina.

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From here we headed north again to Federacion after 256 km.… Read the rest

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Buenos Aires and Palermo

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Sara

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After a week of partying in Salvador we head south again to BA.

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The bikes finally see the light after 4 months in Martin’s garage.

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Thanks so much also to Pia and Ramiro!

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We rented a place in Palermo for a few days so we could all enjoy the city.… Read the rest

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Buenos Aires

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Sara

Ramiro and Pia live on “ the Delta” and their house is only accessable by water. They took us for a tour on the river and canal system.

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Today we took the train the bus and the subway in Buenas Aires.… Read the rest

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Headed south and finally to Buenos Aires

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Sara

Now it is time to just ride south to BA! But first Dan needed to ride the 4 meter section of the 9 one more time!

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We had a nice time with our new friend Martin as well. Thanks so much for the hospitality!… Read the rest

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South for the flight home!

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Sara

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Now its time to head back south to get a flight home from BA June 19. What we found out about the still continuing road blockade is that they are protesting a lack of public transportation. The blockade started ironically on the same day that the new 250 million dollar cable car system from this area El Alto to the center opened.… Read the rest

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The border to Bolivia and getting to Uyuni!

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Sara

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Today we are in for a big day with crossing the border to Bolivia (country number 16) and 210 km of dirt to Uyuni.

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In the morning we were up at 630 to make it to the border early as we expected a huge line up after the closure the day before.… Read the rest

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North to the border of Bolivia

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Sara

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Today we are headed to the border of Bolivia. The border town of Yavi is 391 km north from Salta.

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Gassing up on the way out we took this picture of the very cute gas girl to add to Trevor Angel’s collection of cute gas girls.… Read the rest

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Salta & Cachi

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Sara

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The road north from here is 189 km to Salta is amazing on the RN 68.

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It looks a lot like Utah with the red rocks.

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We saw 4 tour busses pulled over on the side of the road so we checked it out.… Read the rest

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Santa Maria & Cayfate

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Sara

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The plan from here had been to head OFF OFF road and drive on the Salar de Antofalla (the longest salar in the world), camp out, and then make it back to the dirt road 300 km north on the RP 51.… Read the rest

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