Photo Essay: Cycling Patagonia
A journey which began with an trusting conversation about probable honeymoon destinations resulted in a 2,700km cycle journey up Patagonia. Beginning in Punta Arenas, Chile, we fast crossed in to Argentina as well as spent dual months along a Ruta 40. The forlorn main road follows a Andes northward, zigzagging in between a tiny towns which dot a Patagonian Steppe. Although a popular motorcycle route, venturing by bike allows a senses to absorb every sound, taste, as well as perspective which creates up this legendary region.
1. The Strait of Magellan marks a finish of a South American mainland in Punta Arenas, Chile.
2. Wooden fences as well as thick vegetation are often a usually protection from relentless westerly winds in southern Patagonia.
3. Pedaling away from a Andes as well as onto a Patagonian Steppe outward El Calafate, Argentina.
4. A small borrowing owl lingers during a morning in Parque Nacional Los Glaciares.
5. Perito Moreno is one of 3 Patagonian glaciers which continues to advan! ce despi te global climate change.
6. The arid Patagonian Steppe is often interrupted by sensuous valleys as well as trout-filled rivers.
7. Rugged as well as removed conditions proved too fatiguing for a right away deserted Austral Felix Aguilar Observatory in Santa Cruz.
8. Unpredictable Patagonian weather results in occasionally snowstorms in both winter as well as summer.
9. A lone horse grazes freely along a Rio de las Vueltas in El Chalten, Santa Cruz.
10. Wind-protected camping is a outrageous find, but it isnt always pretty.
11. Lush immature forests replaced dry campo in Parque Nacional Los Alerces.
12. Luxury B&Bs as well as teahouses introduce visitors to a Welsh birthright near Trevelin, Chubut.
14. The gigantic Magellanic woodpecker is a special steer in a Patagonian forest.
15. Autumn arrived early in northern Patagonia after an scarcely short summer.
16. Another way to give a horse its many needed exercise.
17. Red volcanic rock as well as conical peaks symbol a finish of Patagonia as well as a beginning of Argentinas Cuyo region.
18. After one last descent in to a Caon del Atuel, a journey finished in San Rafael, Mendoza.
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