Month: January 2011
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Day 115 – River Rafting (Futaleufu, Chile)
Vadim rode his motorcycle in the morning around Futaleufu and Gintaras spent his time on Skype with a friend. At 2:30pm we went to on Futaleufu River to river raft. This is the 3rd best river in the world for water rafting. We rode 45 minutes up the river and received a 10-minute training. There were…
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Day 114 – End of Paved Road (Futaleufu, Chile)
We picked up our laundry at 9am and left the hotel around 10am. The ride was beautiful – lakes, twisty roads, green trees, and beautiful mountains. . About 30 km before the Chilean border, the paved road turned into unpaved road. This is the beginning of Caretera Austral – the stony road – that we…
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Day 113 – Beautiful Bariloche (San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina)
We spent the day walking around the town and beach front. Vadim lost his tire cap on the rear wheel so we had to stop by a local bicycle shop that gave us a plastic cap, which worked for us. Later in the afternoon, we went to our pebble beach and layed enjoying the sun…
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Day 112 – Back to Argentina (San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina)
Spent over one hour at the Chilean border to check out of the country – long line of people. Beautiful ride – lakes, mountains with snow on top, twisty road with many trees. . Upon arrival to Bariloche, we had some wonderful chocolate at a place called Mamuschka (Russian name, by the way). Our hotel…
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Day 111 – Island Chiloe (Puerto Montt, Chile)
Gintaras took a bus to island Chiloe and Vadim rode his motorcycle. The ride was about 45 minutes to the ferry. It was raining during this time and Vadim rode onto the ferry all wet. . Vadim visited the town Ancud (north of the island) where he visited Fuerte San Antonio (fortress). . He later…