michael - A long way from home

August 28, 2024

Internet on the border to Himalaya

A little quiet from me – the internet connections the last two days has been – well – challenging. So you have to have…

August 26, 2024

Punjab og Himajab Pradesh provinsen

Alexander the Great returned his eastgoing quest in the Punjab region of India a “few” years ago where he met the great challenges of…

August 25, 2024

New Delhi and north to Chandigarth

Arriving very early in the morning before even the Sun had eyes in the sky, New Delhi welcomed us with 27degr and a fairly…

August 24, 2024

Departure Copenhagen

With kind assistance from MC Asien owner and guide the team of 14 so-ready have now checked in at CPH with a stop in…

July 23, 2024

Planning for Himalaya

In August 2024 I will be traveling to Himalaya – only for a 2 week trip and not solo, but with good friends. Himalaya…

February 16, 2023

Day 75 Bye bye Southamerica – I’ll be back

So I took the morning bus from Valparaiso to the airport in Santiago and have checked in for my KLM flight to Copenhagen. I…

February 15, 2023

Day 70-74 Final days and shipping bike

The last 500km – and with a slow route towards Valparaiso and Pontoval B&B where I had the first days waiting for the motorcycle…

February 12, 2023

Short status – where have I been so far

This is now the final route taken. Just for your curiosity, this is a set of fotos from the papermaps I keep as backup…

February 9, 2023

Day 66-69 Pucon, vulcano and wildfires

Arriving in Pucon on the Chilean side of the border was almost another culture shock – this is where everyone owning a Ford F-150…

February 6, 2023

Day 63-65 Goodbye Argentina

Now with less than 10 days left of the adventure in Southamerica, I headed further north and was about to do the final border…

February 3, 2023

Day 60-62 Long way up …

Besides being a known title of another blog by some known celebrities, this was also what the last three days have been doing –…

January 31, 2023

Day 57-59 Fin del Mundo – Ushuaia

After Punta Arenas the final 500km was targetting the end of the world or Fin del Mundo – what is better known as the…

January 28, 2023

Day 54-56 Magellan Strait and Punta Arenas

Moving from Puerto Natales to Punta Arenas was moving from a small tourist based town to a 200.000 inhabitants city with industry, harbour with…

January 25, 2023

Day 52-53 Torres del Paine

One of the most fameous and must-see places in South America is the national park in Patagonia called Torres del Paine. From El Calafate…

January 23, 2023

Day 51 Glacier blues

Some 77 km west of El Calafate is the largest glacier area in South America – and it covers ice in both Chile and…

January 23, 2023

Day 48-50 Continuing south, but left or right ?

Going further south the weather provided me with options – wet/cold or re-plan the route. So it was looking into three cold days at…

January 19, 2023

Day 47 Marble caves in Rio Tranquillo

This little special post is to give a bit more of the amazing marble caves in Lago Buenos Aries near Rio Tranquillo. Up very…

January 19, 2023

Day 45-46 Carretera Austral part 2

After a few relaxing days in Coyhaique and a needed haircut, next was 450km gravel/dirt on the last parts of the Carretera Austral for…

January 16, 2023

Day 42-44 Carretera Austral part 1

Leaving Chiloe Island by ferry early in the morning with Chaiten as target – only one quarter of the ship full, so calm and…

January 13, 2023

Day 39-41 Service and towards Carretera Austral

Passing into Chile again for service and tire change of the motorcycle – and also a re-pack and cleaning of the rider and equipment….