Month: January 2011
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Day 105 – Parking Garage Police and Another 700km hike (Mendoza, Argentina)
In the morning, we went to get our bikes from the underground parking garage that was across from our hotel. We wanted to go down the ramp as it was a quick way to get to our bikes but were told that we had to go around the building to get into the garage. We…
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Day 104 – Trying to Sell our Bikes (Cordoba, Argentina)
In the morning we went to a local BMW dealer to see if we can sell our bikes here upon completion of our trip. The dealer that told us to come was not there. We spoke with him on a cell phone and he sent us to a nearby BMW repair shop to run computer…
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Day 103 – Accident, Police, No Money for Toll (Cordoba, Argentina)
It was a long day down twisty roads. In the morning, as we were descending the mountains, a pickup truck in front of Vadim was passing the one-lane bridge. The truck almost passed the bridge when an Indian in an old Ford truck in the opposite lane aggressively wanted to get on the bridge as…
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Day 102 – El Esteco (Cafayate, Argentina)
We got up late today and went to the El Esteco winery, which is the biggest winery in the area specializing in the premium wine. . We took a tour which was very informative. Right next to the winer, there was a beautiful luxury hotel property. We went inside to take some pictures. For lunch,…
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Day 101 – Quebrada De Cafayate – a Beatiful Canyon (Cafayate, Argentina)
We rested in the morning and made reservations for a hotel in Cafayate for tonight. Vadim called a travel agent in Buenos Aires about a tour to Antarctica at the beginning of February. We hope that there will still be availability to visit Antarctica before our trip is over. We left Salta around 1pm and…