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Author: Peter Peresini
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Posted on
Jan. 25, 2017, 2:19 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 8 minutes.
My first part of Carretera Austral -- the "south road" in Chile which was finished only about 20 years ago --- goes from Villa o'Higgins to Cochrane. You can immediatelly see a big change from pampa as this part is really green. Of course, there is a reason behind things being ...
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Posted on
Jan. 24, 2017, 12:58 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 7 minutes.
My next bigger destination is Villa o'Higgins. If you don't see a road from El Chaltén to Villa o'Higgins than you are right -- the is none. The way is actually quite adventurous border crossing which involves two boat rides and one 6 km long pushing section on ...
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Posted on
Jan. 14, 2017, 12:44 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 5 minutes.
El Chaltén is basically an Argentinian equivalent of Torres del Paine for hiking. Except that it is much easier -- all the campsites are free and most of the hikes can be done from the village in one day. The only exception is the 4-day trek through Paso del Viento for ...
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Posted on
Jan. 13, 2017, 9:35 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 4 minutes.
The next stretch of a road I need to take is 210 km of paved road through pampa to another touristy place - El Chaltén. Unfortunately, the second part of the road goes directly against the headwinds. As such, I am looking up the wind forecast and plan my stay in ...
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Posted on
Jan. 13, 2017, 7:14 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 4 minutes.
I am staying in El Calafate for two days instead of one. This is because I want to visit the famous Perito Moreno glacier and I want to have a good weather there. Mostly because I am not willing to pay for the trip if I won't get the ...
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Posted on
Dec. 31, 2016, 11:31 a.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 11 minutes.
My plan from Puerto Natales to El Calafate was quite easy. First of all, I decided to change the original route (which went through the Torres del Paine) because it is a worse road (ripio in the park), it is longer, it is very hard to schedule camping correctly (the ...
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Posted on
Dec. 31, 2016, 12:09 a.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 1 minutes.
I am staying in total 6 nights in Puerto Natales. The first two are before my Torres del Paine trek and the remaining 4 afterwards -- while I originally wanted to go earlier, the weather and the place itself make me stay.
As I probably mentioned in the previous posts, I ...
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Posted on
Dec. 24, 2016, 9:12 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 10 minutes.
Introduction
Torres del Paine, as the name states, is a national park in Chile with a lots of pain points this year. To be more precise, the number of visitors to the park just exploded a pas few years and what used to be "arrive to a free campsite and ...
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Posted on
Dec. 24, 2016, 4:43 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 7 minutes.
Introduction
Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales is a good stretch of the paved road with a bit more traffic than necessary. For this reason I decided to make a small detour on gravel roads and visit Rio Verde.
December 10
In the late morning I am telling goodbye to everybody ...
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Posted on
Dec. 15, 2016, 3:53 p.m.
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Peter Peresini
Read time: approx 1 minutes.
December 8
Because there is no bike shop in Porvenir (at least, the hostel manager doesn't know about any), instead of staying two days in Porvenir I am moving to Punta Arenas.
In the morning it was raining but it stopped pretty quickly and there is sun again. I ...
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