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Joseph Savant
- Sep 15, 2017
- 4 min
Looping the Landslide
2.12.2018 Despite crossing back into Chile being my destination that day, I still needed to get insurance for Argentina in Esquel before leaving if possible, since I'd be crisscrossing the border a few times. I hit 5 places, all closed for holiday of course, then gassed up and gunned it for the Futaleufu border crossing and praying I wouldn’t get stopped. I’ve heard consequences are severe if you are caught without it and Jules had just met two Chilean riders whose bikes had
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Joseph Savant
- Sep 13, 2017
- 8 min
Patagonia South
2.17.2018 The next morning we’d planned to ride together and take the road that looped Lago Gral Carrera, hitting Puerto Rio Tranquilo and Puerto Guadal, then to Chile Chico for the crossing back into Argentina again. The road was great, running through the national park of Cerro Castillo, just a superb ride. At one of the photo stops, I noticed an oil stain on the side of my rear tire and then saw where oil had begun to leak from the right side of my final drive. A sick feel
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Joseph Savant
- Sep 12, 2017
- 6 min
A Patagonian Icon
2.18.2018 The next morning Tom went north on his black Honda Africa Twin, while Charlie and I headed south for El Chaltén and the fabled Mount Fitz Roy. There was a 70 or 80 kilometer section of deep gravel ahead, heard about from several travelers, that featured foot deep sections. I was hoping the winds would be kind that day and let us through easily, but it was not to be the case. They started as we left town and increased steadily, until we reached the gravel section whe
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Joseph Savant
- Sep 11, 2017
- 9 min
Mountains, Glaciers and Seas
2.24.2018 The next day I awoke early and caught a glimpse of Mount Fitz Roy with the golden light of the sunrise on it. By the time I got outside its grey cloud had hidden the face again. Canuck and I decided to visit the glacier by boat like real tourists, taking the bus out to the launch. It was a very windy morning as the boat sliced across the water. You know you're in Patagonia when the stern flag is pointing to the front of a moving boat. As the boat neared the glacial
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Joseph Savant
- Sep 10, 2017
- 8 min
Tierra Del Fuego
2.25.2018 The ferry across the Strait of Magellan to Porvenir, provided by Austral Broom, was scheduled to leave at 9:30 am on this morning and I was up early to get there before 8 since the line could be long. It was cold and crisp outside and I caught the manager setting up the continental breakfast to ask him to unlock the parking gates of the hotel. I snuck a couple of rolls from the plastic wrapped platters and a couple of bananas for the road and rode the bike to the fr
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Joseph Savant
- Sep 9, 2017
- 3 min
The End of the World
2.26.2018 The town of Rio Grande was nice and clean and the hotel I stayed in was first rate. Got the bike loaded and plugged in my destination for the day, Ushuaia. It was a strange feeling and a bit of a rush to see it on the GPS. Again the day was beautiful, clear and sunny but a bit brisk. I was excited and nervous as the grassy plains along the Atlantic slowly turned into rolling hills with small scrub-like trees that reminded me of the juniper trees in the hill country
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Joseph Savant
- Sep 8, 2017
- 7 min
Ushuaia
3.04.2018 The town of Ushuaia was far more upscale than expected, the downtown being filled with outdoor clothing stores, a boutique Triumph Motorcycle shop and even a Hard Rock Cafe. It certainly has a lot of tourist traffic which makes complete sense of course, but it was enjoyable though expensive. It is the jumping off point for excursions to the Antarctic and research vehicles. The hotel I chose was based on another rider who said it was nice and relaxing, and that was t
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Joseph Savant
- Sep 6, 2017
- 26 min
The Final Leg to Buenos Aires
3.10.2018 From Ushuaia, I had planned to make Buenos Aires 2000 miles to the north in 4 days or so, knowing that the route was flat and desolate. Making 500 miles per day seemed reasonable enough... After the previous long day from Ushuaia to Rio Gallegos on the Atlantic coast, the road north the next morning was barren and windswept, the famous pampas of Argentina introducing itself immediately. The landscape was flat and treeless, the winds from the west being unbroken and
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