The southernmost part of Route 40
After Antarctica, our route more or less follows Ruta 40 to the north. This old road is mostly paved today and passes some tourist highlights. We almost started the Ruta 40 at Rio Gallegos [...]
Renate and Bruno from Bern
5/12/19, Ushuaia, Argentina On the road with a MAN LE10 / 220, their Pepamobil Renate and Bruno have been traveling the world with their Pepamobil since 2000. In recent years mainly in South America. [...]
Many Overlanders
10.11. – 7.12.2019 Offroad and other tracks On the way from Puerto Deseado to Tres Cerros we didn't want to go back on the big street and chose a nice little side street on the [...]
Many daily hours of sunshine
We saw many animals on the southern coast of Argentina as well. Foxes came to visit us very often at our overnight locations and we were able to visit two very nice penguin species, [...]
The southern part of the coast of Argentina
The geographical aim of this travel section was clearly Tierra del Fuego. As far as possible and reasonable we have always tried to avoid the big Ruta 3 and drove instead over smaller dirt [...]
Small cause, big impact
I have made a small but consequential mistake. When filling the water tank, I did not open the exhaust valve due to inattention. The tank thereby got too much pressure and burst. The complex repair [...]
Likeable big fat collosus
7.10. – 9.11.2019 Put Globi into operation Well prepared, we arrived with a new alternator for our living cabin in our luggage. The Alternator luckily weighs only 13kg and per person we are entitled to [...]
Elephant seals are super cool
The drive along the coast was an animal paradise. In addition to sea lions, elephant seals, whales, penguins and guanacos, we were also able to observe seagulls and vultures. Most of the animals let [...]
The northern part of the coast of Argentina
The route from Gualeguaychú to the Valdés peninsula is not particularly exciting and is characterized by flat, straight roads. But south of Trelew starts the Routa Provincial No. 1 in Chubut, which completely pleased us [...]
Narrow mountain roads
Sometimes the police stop us because they need help. The roads in the backcountry of northeastern Argentina are beautiful, but not so easy to ride with Globi. Globi is definitely a bit fat on narrow, [...]