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Author: Peter Peresini

  • Huemul

    Villa o'Higgins to Cochrane

    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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  • Fitz Roy

    Hiking around El Chaltén

    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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  • Cycling around a lake

    El Calafate to El Chaltén

    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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  • Perito Moreno glacier

    El Calafate and Perito Moreno Glacier

    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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  • Ruta 40

    Puerto Natales to El Calafate

    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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  • Christmas asado

    Christmas in Puerto Natales

    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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  • Torres del Paine

    Torres del Paine trekking

    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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  • WInd-bent tree

    Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales

    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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  • Traject Porvenir

    Intermezzo - Porvenir and Punta Arenas

    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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