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Tierra del Fuego
... Puerto St Julian, first of all to the isolated National Park of Monte Leon, which according to the publicity is full of penguins, guanacos and pumas. It was isolated and very windy, and historically pumas hate the wind which is why we saw 'nada’ (Spanish for nowt). Also a grain of human behaviour which I fail to understand is why have a town like Puerto Santa Cruz where you can walk along the beach and virtually have to toe end penguins out of ...
Last city before the end of the World!!
... br> recognizing this locality as the "Agricultural Colony of Río Grande".
In the beginning, the land was subdivided among a few families, owning large estates until the agrarian reform of 1925. Cattle raising became one of the most important economic activities in the area.
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Estancia Viamonte
From Punta Arenas, we went further south onto Tierra del Fuego. This involved crossing the Magellan straight at its narrowest point, which took about half an hour on a car ferry. The wind seemed to funnel between Tierra del Fuego and the mainland and made for a boisterous crossing. For a big boat with high sides, an awful lot of water seemed to come crashing over the edges onto the loading bay. We were calculating whether we'd be able to swim to the shore ...
Ushuaia - Rio Grande
... beschlossen wir fuer den Rest des Tages gemeinsam zu fahren und fanden an diesem Tag ebenfalls nahe der Strasse ein kleines gruenes Fleckchen fuer unsere drei Zelte. Nach 60 zurueckgelegten Kilometern fiel ich nach einer grossen Portion Nudeln mit Tomatensosse schon um 18 Uhr in einen tiefen Schlaf und erwachte erst um 06:30 Uhr am Morgen. Der nun folgende Tag sollte der haerteste der bisherigen Tour werden. Der Wind immer von ...
A bike in the wind
... later. Heavy rain and strong wind. It was not the most pleasant ride but still ok. Around 11:00am, the rain stopped and the sun appeared out of nowhere. As we were exhausted, we rested in an area away from the wind and soaked some sun rays while it lasted. 20 minutes later, the clouds were back and were we, on the road fighting the wind. The wind was so powerful by moment that we were pushed off the road. To make matter worst, the road was long, ...
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