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Day 126 – GOAL REACHED!!! (Ushuaia, Argentina)
We reached our trip’s destination today! At 18:45 local time, Vadim arrived to Ushuaia in Tierra Del Fuego (Land of Fire) – the most southern part of Argentina that is considered “The End of the World”. Gintaras came in an hour later due to rain that started during the last hour of our trip. This…
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Day 125 – Attempt to Sell the Bikes (Punta Arenas, Chile)
We rode from Puerto Natales in order to meet a few potential customers we were able to find through personal contacts. The reason we chose Punta Arenas is because it is a tax-free zone (Zona Franca) meaning the buyer does not have to pay approximately 20% of bike value during the importation process. We met…
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Day 124 – Disappointing but Right Decision (Puerto Natales, Chile)
It rained all night since we went to bed. Around 9am it started to drizzle so we decided to have a quick breakfast and head to Torres Del Paine national park. We really wanted to see it as all people we talked to said that it was the most beautiful park they have seen in…
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Day 123 – Going Toward Torres Del Paine National Park (Puerto Natales, Chiles)
In the morning, we talked to Alberto, one of our contacts in Punta Arenas who may be interested in purchasing our bikes upon completion of our trip. We agree to return to Punta Arenas in two days to show our bikes. We left Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales around 10 am and were in our…
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Day 122 – Rest Day (Punta Arenas, Chile)
We slept until 9am as we were exhausted from our long day in Antarctica yesterday. We had a nice breakfast at the hotel and went to wash our motorcycles from all the dirt from Ruta 40 gravel road. It was nice to have our bikes clean again. We went to a local newspaper in the…
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