The ferry ride from across the Strait of Magellan took around 3 hours. The ship was old and packed with passangers, trucks, cars, cargo and of course the bike. The conditions didn´t end up being a bad as most had expected, which was a good out come as a couple off us were expecting to spend a decent amount of the trip hanging over the side rails. I think we all enjoyed having some time off the bikes and kicked our feet up and took in the great surroundings of the Magellan...unfortuately we didn´t catch a view of any whales.
The western side of this, the largest island off the extreme south of South America, belongs to Chile and the eastern side to Argentina. Here the Andes codillera runs from west to east, so that the north of the island is flat, covered with vast sheep farms, while the south has moutains, glaciars, lakes and forests. This distant island off the southern tip of South America seemed so far away at the start of our journey, to finally reach it provides a great sense of achivement.
Given the title of the land of fire, this area is everything but. We all agree that a more suited name would be the land of wind! Wind speeds here exceed 100km which provided us with a few days of interesting riding, with the bikes being pushed all over the road. Matteo and Kate even switched off their bike and stilled managed to move along at 30km/h with a strong tail wind.
Arriving at the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia was a true highlight, and was something everyone had been looking forward to. Ushuaia is postitioned on the northern shore of the Beagle Channel, which is named after the ship in which Darwin sailed here in 1852. The town itself is a little overpriced and the weather very unpredictable, with alot of rain...this wasn´t ideal for us as we had all decided to camp!...Anyway we are about to head north now which will see us hitting some less windy and much warmer areas...we can´t wait!
The western side of this, the largest island off the extreme south of South America, belongs to Chile and the eastern side to Argentina. Here the Andes codillera runs from west to east, so that the north of the island is flat, covered with vast sheep farms, while the south has moutains, glaciars, lakes and forests. This distant island off the southern tip of South America seemed so far away at the start of our journey, to finally reach it provides a great sense of achivement.
Given the title of the land of fire, this area is everything but. We all agree that a more suited name would be the land of wind! Wind speeds here exceed 100km which provided us with a few days of interesting riding, with the bikes being pushed all over the road. Matteo and Kate even switched off their bike and stilled managed to move along at 30km/h with a strong tail wind.
Arriving at the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia was a true highlight, and was something everyone had been looking forward to. Ushuaia is postitioned on the northern shore of the Beagle Channel, which is named after the ship in which Darwin sailed here in 1852. The town itself is a little overpriced and the weather very unpredictable, with alot of rain...this wasn´t ideal for us as we had all decided to camp!...Anyway we are about to head north now which will see us hitting some less windy and much warmer areas...we can´t wait!
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