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| Lima to Ushuaia |
After almost 4 months I have made it to the end of the continent. Ushuaia is known as "El Fin del Mundo" (the End of the World) because it is the Southern most city in the world. Population 64,000. I did not ride the entire distance from Lima to Ushuaia as I took a few buses and a long ferry ride from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales although used the bike as a primary mode of transportation traversing the Andes mountains, Bolivian Altiplano, lowlands of Argentina and barren windswept landscape of Southern Patagonia.
The final leg of the Journey from Puerto Natales to Ushuaia took me about a week, was lucky to have mostly good weather and tail winds and enjoyed some fantastic landscapes along the way. I met up with a young American guy Gabe in Punta Arenas and we rode together for a few days. From Punta Arenas we took the ferry to Porvenir and rode on dirt roads to the Argentina border at San Sebastian. From the border it took 3 days of riding straight south to reach Ushuaia. If I could afford the $8,000 cruise to Antarctica I would do it but I think I have reached the end of the road, can't go much further south with the bike. Now I need to figure out how to get to Buenos Aries?
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| camp ground at ski resort Ushuaia |
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| having some fun climbing chair lift tower at campsite |
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| leaving Puerto Natales |
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| finding a perfect campsite for the night sheltered from wind |
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| journalist took my photo for local newspaper |
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| WTF? |
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| hostel camping Punta Arenas |
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| Brazilian bike travelers |
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| two-wheeled travel |
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| Gabe walking the steep dirt road |
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| meeting some fellow travelers on the road |
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| border crossing, entering Argentina |
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| Danish bike tourist battling the wind |
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| another nice campsite, sheltered from the wind |
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| almost there |
