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    Day 17 – Winding down in Santiago

    Friday, January 17th Distance – 0km This is it. The trip is almost over. All we have left to do is hang out and get our flights home. The lads are leaving around 5:30pm this evening. I’m hanging out until 6am tomorrow. For those of us who have not yet…

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    Day 16 – Puerto Varas to Temuco

    Thursday, January 16th Distance – 354km This is it, just 300 or so clicks of pavement left to go, getting us back to the KTM dealer, Roland Spawater, in Temuco. Martyn was supposed to be up and out early for his 1000 clicks back to Santiago. We are flying the…

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    Day 15 – Hornopiren to Puerto Varas

    Wednesday, January 15th Distance – 165km, 50% ripio Ferry – 30 minutes Some of the lads were up and about early and sorted breakfast for us. Martyn, Simon, and I were moving a little slower. George had got Martyn a cool, little iPhone speaker for Christmas. We’d spent a late…

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    Day 14 – Chaitén to Hornopiren

    Tuesday, January 14th Distance – 75km, 100% ripio Ferries – 30 minutes, 4 hour In this area of Los Lagos, the Carretera Austral becomes discontinuous and your transportation becomes bi-modal. There are sections of road connected by ferries. Today, we have two ferry rides to enjoy, a short one of…