Tag Archives: motorcycle travel

Back in Canada

Posted on May 21, 2012 by greg

Adjusting to life back in Canada has been interesting. I landed on April 2nd and sometimes it feels like I never left and yet other days everything feels strange. I get familiar products from familiar stores even though I live … Continue reading →

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The Final Ride

Posted on March 28, 2012 by greg

The Final Ride …. In South America anyway ….  for NOW!! It was cold the morning backed my bike out of the hostel and on to the street in Buenos Aries. As I was attaching the panniers on the bike … Continue reading →

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La Boca, Argentina

Posted on March 25, 2012 by greg

“Don’t go there its dangerous”  – stranger on the street when I told them I was going to La Boca. I am so tired of hearing this “Don’t go there its dangerous”  and then the rants of all the bad … Continue reading →

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Into the Wind and Rain, and Floods, and Wind and Wind

Posted on March 14, 2012 by greg

I left El Calafate early as I wanted to make good time on what would be the first day of many before reaching Buenos Aries. The weather co-operated most of the morning, not too cold, reasonable winds for Patagonia and … Continue reading →

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Fire, Ice and Fruit

Posted on March 6, 2012 by greg

Tierra del Fuego – Land of Fire After leaving Ushuaia I headed for the border with Chile to cross Tierra del Fuego.  I should have stopped writing about how easy border crossing has become as this one was about to … Continue reading →

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Reaching Ushuaia

Posted on March 1, 2012 by greg

When I woke up on the morning of February 27th in Rio Gallegos, Argentina I had the original plan of taking 2 days to do the 600 kilometers to Ushuaia. For me, 600 kilometers is not far, but I also … Continue reading →

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Argentina – Country #14

Posted on February 24, 2012 by greg

Border crossing have become somewhat routine and uneventful and Argentina, my 14th country was no different.  Line up and fill out a form, stamp,  another line and another stamp: welcome to Argentina. Wanting to get south I just started to … Continue reading →

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Stuck in Chile

Posted on February 17, 2012 by greg

The ferry in Chile was not quite what I was expecting; it felt more like a cargo ship than a ferry and smelled like one as well. The ferry was cheap and was going to get me around much of … Continue reading →

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Mile 0, for the Second time

Posted on February 13, 2012 by greg

It was a cold, overcast day on August 5th, 2011 when I arrived in Dawson Creek, Canada and had my photo taken at Mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway. 192 days, 42,060 kilometers later on another cold and overcast day … Continue reading →

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Southern Chile & memories of Home

Posted on February 9, 2012 by greg

I woke up to the sound of what can only be described as an air raid siren, like the ones I remember from watching WW2 movies with my Dad. Was it possible that the Nazi’s were bombing Chile? I didn’t … Continue reading →

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