El Calafate, Argentina was again one of the huge markers for my trip. After setting off from Gobernador Gregores at first light, I got on my way for a pretty tough riding day on Ruta 40.
After leaving Gobernador Gregores, I hit dirt roads less than half a mile outside of town. The next 100 miles or so was all dirt. The dirt roads were a mix of good, bad and ugly. South American Governments have a crazy way of dealing with bad dirt roads – just throw a ton of crushed rock on them, making them in some cases unrideable.
The dirt roads were a mix of good, bad and ugly. South American Governments have a crazy way of dealing with bad dirt roads – just throw a ton of crushed rock on them, making them in some cases unrideable.
El Calafate, Argentina has a great reputation and is the gateway to the Perito Moreno Glacier a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west Santa Cruz Province. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Patagonia.
On the way, I ran into a few people including Robert and Sabine from Bavaria and Johnny the Italian, a nice guy who loves adventure.
Johnny had hired a bike from Santiago, Chile and they rented him a BMW 800 with a very loose chain, it was causing him all sorts of problems. We helped him out tightening it with Robert doing most of the grease work.
After about 45v minutes some more adventure riders rolled up, they had also hired bikes and were on their way to El Calafate also!