Uncategorised - A long way from home

January 10, 2023

Day 37-38 Top of Patagonia

For many Patagonia is just a brand for trekking clothes, but I think I now understand why they took the brand. Just having spent…

January 8, 2023

Day 36 Red and black rocks and gravel

Now almost touching the large southern region of Southamerica called Patagonia – I still needed another day heading south. Goal was Chos Malal just…

January 7, 2023

Day 35 Cañon del Atuel

Now moving into the lower 3.000km of Argentina and still following Ruta National 40, but took a detour to vist the Cañon del Atuel…

January 7, 2023

Day 34 Mendoza and wine

One day as a tourist not mounting the bike – so started early with a trek in the Park General San Martin to reach…

January 6, 2023

Day 31-33 Heading south to Mendoza

Alright – Argentina is looooong and I needed to cover some ground so these three days was mostly a transport stretch with around 500km…

January 3, 2023

Day 30 Into Argentina

Every night before entering a new country, both here in Southamerica and elsewhere, I have always been wondering what the new country could bring…

January 1, 2023

Day 26-29 Happy New Year

Despite many attempts that failed to plan for a meeting here in Southamerica with Josephine and Mads, it actually succeded. Driving from Calama to…

December 29, 2022

Day 25 Into Chile again via the Ollegüe border

It wasn’t really my intention to do a blog on this “transport” stage – but what was intended to be an easy and perhaps…

December 28, 2022

Day 22-24 Change of plans, Uyuni and going south

In light of the situation in Peru, a lot of the travellers on motorcycles that came with my container from Europe and the ones…

December 24, 2022

Day 19-21 Copacabana and X-Mas

Leaving La Paz was a nightmare of traffic – 10km in about one and a half hour – just to get out of the…

December 21, 2022

Day 18 Entering Bolivia and La Paz

So finally the day came for my first border crossing in Southamerica – from Chile into Bolivia via the Ruta 11 in Chile into…

December 20, 2022

Day 16-17 Putre, Lago Chungará and Chucuyo

The days in and around Putre in the most northern Chile was very impresive – and a good warm-up for the higher grounds in…

December 18, 2022

Day 14-15 Geysers and almost into Peru

Leaving San Pedro de Atacama with many good experiences and a safe feeling of the area, now heading further north reaching the borders of…

December 16, 2022

Day 11-13 San Pedro de Atacama

Four days and three nights in and around San Pedro de Atacama – to be a tourist and to reflect on whether Peru is…

December 13, 2022

Day 9-10 The Atacama region

News of troubles in Peru came today, and demonstrations have started so the new President has issued a State of Emergency, shutting down internal…

December 12, 2022

Day 7-8 Earthquake, first 600km and stars

04.26 I woke up and the bed and house was vibrating – my first ever earthquake. I must admit it took some minutes to…

December 10, 2022

Day 5-6 Finally the pickup of the bike

After a day just relaxing at the pool, reading e-books and planning the first couple of travel days, Friday came and it was time…

December 7, 2022

Day 2-4 – Santiago, Valparaiso and being tourist

So after the first relaxing day at the hostel meeting new friends and drinking a few beers, Monday it was time to be tourist…

December 4, 2022

Day 1 – getting to Chile

December 3rd I left Copenhagen, via Helsinki and Miami to touch down 24 hours later in Santiago, Chile. Two short stop-overs so just a…

October 9, 2022

Transport to Chile

The coming days will be a challenge – my bike will leave Denmark with direction Poland where the small company Motobirds will pack and…