Riding to Patagonia

[DarkMonster620]

I was just thinking that ....

What camera did you have?

it was a Ricoh no zoom camera . . .

[koko64]

Do we Paypal Carlos and he buys and sends the camera as he's closest?

[DarkMonster620]

Do we Paypal Carlos and he buys and sends the camera as he's closest?

Sadly, where he is, import duties would be as much as the camera itself . . . As does most of South America . . . Also, he's without a phone that was his secondary camera . . .

[Speeddog]

There's more than one way to solve this problem.

[koko64]

Carlos rides down there and gives him the camera

[eric]

I haven't been on this forum for over a year... honestly had forgotten about it for a bit. Was in the middle of planning a trip to Patagonia with the wife (the airplane/car/bus way) and feeling wistful that it was only half of the goal I set for myself five years ago--to one day get from here to there on two wheels--when I remembered the forum. Popped back in and what do I see at the top? This thread! Haven't read through all 27 pages so forgive my ignorance but, GW did you do it?!?

[Howie]

To continue documentation of 1.21GW's incredible journey those of us who chip in could cover duty too. 

[koko64]

Yeah!

[Speeddog]

Perhaps it would be better if 1.21GW purchased a camera locally?

Wouldn't money get to him quicker and more reliably than a package?

Perhaps here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iquique

[koko64]

Yeah!

 

[Howie]

Perhaps it would be better if 1.21GW purchased a camera locally?

Wouldn't money get to him quicker and more reliably than a package?

Perhaps here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iquique

Even better!

[1.21GW]

Hey all, thanks for the support.  Really, you guys are great!


Yeah, it's disappointing. Really stupid move on my part, but not worth recounting.

I'm going to be passing through a pair of cities in northern Argentina in a week or so will check out electronic stores there. If nothing works or they're too expensive, I'll buy some online in the US and have family ship it to be.

So I'll eventually get something, just not sure when.  Anyway, the point is there'll be a gap is photos here. I don't want to leave a captive audience.

[1.21GW]

I haven't been on this forum for over a year... honestly had forgotten about it for a bit. Was in the middle of planning a trip to Patagonia with the wife (the airplane/car/bus way) and feeling wistful that it was only half of the goal I set for myself five years ago--to one day get from here to there on two wheels--when I remembered the forum. Popped back in and what do I see at the top? This thread! Haven't read through all 27 pages so forgive my ignorance but, GW did you do it?!?

Hey Eric, good to hear from you.  If I recall, you're SR2 trip to Alaska was one of the first inspirations I had for ADVing and, ultimately, this trip.  I couldn't imagine a monster on some of these roads, though.


To answer your question, No, not yet.  In Tupiza, Bolivia right now (near where Butch and Sundance met there end!) and crossing into Patagonia tomorrow.  Have to wait out the winter so won't be getting to Patagonia until probably November.  But I'm still alive, the bike is still running (recently refurb'd starter!), and all is well.

[1.21GW]

Ok, playing catchup with remaining pics:

Where was I?  Oh, Huacachina and Nasca. So from there I rode back across the country through the canyons and into the altiplano, my fourth such time cutting through canyons.  Basically in Peru, going North/South, you can ride flat desert wastelands along the coast or curvy mountainside roads along the Andes.  But to go East/West, you ride up along some kind of canyon or riverside path that runs from the Andes to the sea.  The thing about the altiplano is that: 1) it's cold at 4000m+ above sea level; 2) it's generally flat and wide open; 3) it's largely unpopulated; and 4) llamas and alpaca are everywhere.  Vicunyas too, but they only travel in small groups and are very skittish and camera shy.  Llamas, the biggest of the three, don't give a shit about you or your goddamn bike.  I had more than one John Wayne-style standoff with a llama laying claim to the middle of the highway. 

[Monsterlover]

At least you didn't have to fight an Alpaca