Category: Chile

In Peru, we frequently said “if this was in the US, it would be a National Park!”, for places that didn’t even have names. Chile, by contrast, has been much more active in designating National Parks, but there still seems to be little-to-no tourist infrastructure built into them. So although it’s surrounded by Vicente Pérez…

Yesterday’s near-90°F high had dropped to 58°F by morning, but the day was forecast to broadly be at least as hot. By the time we got on the road it was already warming quickly, but hopefully our ascent to the spine of the Andes, even if 11,000 feet lower than the passes in Peru, would…

The day started like a fall morning, with a pleasant cool bite in the air and crisp blue skies. That meant we were granted a second day with excellent views of Villarica volcano, so we took a little detour back to the waterfront on our way out of town so that Rett could get some…

Way back in Valparaiso, I had roughly plotted out a 33-day ride to Puerto Montt, including a detour across the Argentina border and back. It included a reserve of five off-days, a dangerously-low amount for us, since we’ll frequently burn through five days in a single town without much thought. We’ve already used up two…

With an extra six (uphill) miles to ride due to our AirBNB host’s location screw-up yesterday, we set the alarm for 5am, hoping we could beat the day’s headwinds. We must have been especially motivated, because we efficiently got ourselves out before 7am, and returned to Ruta 5. The legal way for vehicles to go…