31/03/11
Story 1: After being in Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil I decided to cross over to Argentina to continue my trip to Uruguay by taking a shortcut that would save me money km and the border with Argentina in this area is very popular with tourists as they cross the side Argentina to enjoy the falls, get to the border and the processed output and input was quite easy to just stamp your passport and was all I had to do to enter this country, and then output to Uruguay I They asked that did not have my entry form of the motorcycle which I explained that I did to get going from there and not taking it as a joke that the customs of Iguazu Falls did not know what had to be done, from the people San Ignacio where there are some Jesuit ruins dating back over 500 years a magical place full of history, a people for a good quiet time, there I stayed in a hostel of the same chain of Foz do Iguaçu, nice people I got all the information on how to visit the ruins. The next day continue to Uruguay, to meet the Uruguayan coast and return in about 8 days to Argentina.
Story 2: I returned to Argentina the entry process was again very easy, just fill the form was so he could enter the adventurous and the passport stamp, then traveled 400 km comes to Buenos Aires where I stayed to do with Paula My contact in the capital in the Obelisk monument a very famous and emblematic of the city, after making several outstanding search had to be done as a part of the bike and among other things, because I will not be long in capital the issue of bad weather in Ushuaia that would make the journey too risky. After having spent several days in Buenos Aires to enjoy the company of my friend Paula and going to walk in different neighborhoods of the capital, continue my way to Bahia Blanca, passing through the city of La Plata, where the night was the group U2, that day it started to rain in the morning for a 3 hours ago it seemed that the rain would return was that Dolores decided to stay in a village in the middle of the road and so to-morrow go to Bahia Blanca. Sguiente day reaches Bahia Blanca, where I stayed to see my good friend Alejandro biker in the city, upon reaching his house I met his daughter and later met his wife a very kind people who opened their home as if was mine own, at night were other biker friends to tell various anecdotes, jokes and be eating dinner. Alexander thank you very much for your hospitality, the next day continue my journey to Puerto Madryn.
Story 3: I went out to Puerto Madryn to cold weather which then change something hot to get to Puerto Madryn I began to feel very bad and at night I had fever and headache two days so I could not do anything because no I felt good to ride the bike, two days after being bedridden I could get to know one way valdez peninsula 300 km of land to go to see sea lions, penguins, llamas, ostriches and hope that you could see a killer whale in the end I could not see any, a quite funny way along the coast of the peninsula. The next day continue to Punta tombo a place to have a large penguin colony where they make a very beautiful place to enjoy, after being in such a beautiful place to continue my route south to stay at rest in a city Caleta Olivia 700 km from Rio Gallegos where it will be my next stop before crossing to Ushuaia.I have come to Rio Gallegos and the weather is getting colder here I decided to stop and not continue my journey further south as there is much snow as I have said so I'm hoping that something better time to go where you lived encuenta Calafate Perito Moreno Glacier. Followed over time becoming very cold and snow in the area, so continue on my way to the cities found in the mountains, returning to Caleta Olivia wherein at temperatures of 2 degrees and windy I had to stay in a place called 3 hills where so there is a service station, a hotel where I stay and face it Alcazar to see 3 mountains after mountains to reach the patagonica was that so visit Esquel, Bariloche, Villa La Angostura and San Martin de los Andes, where I day meeting today, the best landscapes I saw in Argetina could say that was the route of the 7 Lakes.
Story 4: After spending a few days in the Patagonian Andes Neuquen continue my way, continue through San Rafael and Mendoza, the capital of this region where the three cities are very clean, some tourist because in this area we can find wineries most famous of the region, after having been about 6 days for this region continue my way to the border with Chile to visit the Aconcagua being the highest mountain in South America and also to visit the Inca Bridge a spectacle for the eyes, Al night came back from Aconcagua to stay at the Inca Bridge, a very small hostel but people only, you get a very good service that makes you feel like you're at home, and the people I met who was staying became very good friends . Siugiente day continue my way to the border where I will be 10 days in the neighboring country and return to Argentina to continue my journey northwards.
Story 5: He returned to Mendoza, after having been over a week and a half in Chile, on my way to Mendoza came back to go through the Aconcagua, Puente Inca Uspallata among other places, almost to Mendoza on a dirt road the bike slipped I fell on some rocks and not going farther, but a suitcase that was bent by a stone hit him good size so I stayed a day in Mendoza to fix what had happened to the adventurous running like new, the next day I left bound for San Juan to begin to approach the valley of the moon passing before by Palmira to visit my friend Maria Quesada injured his leg by an accident he had with a car. Rodeo I am now in a village in the province of San Juan and then follow Step Blackwater and the Valley of the Moon.
Story 6: Sali Villa Union en route to the final step because Blackwater was impossible to reach because the road was closed, so I headed to this small village, when he arrived he breathed a quiet and silence captivated me queandome a couple of days and then continue to the valley of the moon, reaching the valley I was lucky to be at the exact time it began a tour of the same, a beautiful place in the Triassic era dating back 250 million years ago, after spending a couple of hours I headed to San Salvador de Jujuy where it would be my next place to rest, she met Miguel Angel motorcyclist of many years who gave me housing and a very warm welcome in the company of his family, the following Jose day arrived a young Venezuelan who is turning to South America on a motorcycle of cylinder 125, there lived experiences share the same journey, after a couple of days decided to follow my way to Chile, but which would be my surprise that the would have a morning television interview of Jujuy, after being interviewed and talk a while with friends in the television we Miguel and Jose in the bikes for me to continue my journey, thank you very much for Miguel Angel and his family who treated me extremely well , after driving a while we said goodbye and continue my journey with a stop in Humahuaca a remote village in northern Argentina with mud brick constructions, some movement of tourism, the climate is cold desert night and some heat for the day, arriving at a hostel I stayed a little cheap having my own room.
Story 7: In the morning left for Chile by step Jama, a beautiful road with many peaks and some volcanoes that made something fabulous landscape, reaching the border with the neighboring country.
Thank you very much to everyone who made my time in Argentine, a unique experience.
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