Gypsy Biker

My final ride on the first leg of my South American tour was as uneventful as the last few had been… Rather than take the coastal road and take a peek at Mar del Plata, the Argentinian version of St. Tropez, or in our case, Durban-by-the-Sea, we stayed on Ruta 3 and headed first to [...]

After eight hours of uninterrupted sleep, I was ready to ride again… By 6.00 am I had the Big Fella loaded and parked outside the front door of the hotel… I had to wait for the kitchen staff to get their day started, so that I could at least have a few cups of coffee [...]

All the people I had spoken to about Ruta 3, had but one thing to say: “It is flat, windy and boring…!! Towns and fuel stops are far apart, and when you reach them, there is no guarantee that you will find fuel anyway…!!” Armed with this knowledge, I set out from Rio Gallegos, planning [...]

Northbound…!! I left Ushuaia early this morning, and started out on the long road to the town of Dead Horse, Prudoe Bay, Alaska….!! The route that I had planned would cover almost 40 000 km and would hopefully see me up there towards the end of July… I had packed most of my gear the [...]

While the town of Ushuaia is marketed as the “End of the World”, and for many, reaching this destination, signifies the end of their journey to the southernmost point on the South American continent… You can however ride your bike or car to a point even further south, to a little hamlet known as Lapataia, [...]

Our ferry was due to leave Punta Arenas at 9.30am, and we still had to buy our tickets…!! If we missed this ferry, the next one was due two days later, and spending another a few days in Punta Arenas was not an option we were willing to consider…!! Our bikes were ready and loaded [...]