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My trip from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia to New York. Ruta 40 was hell, the soft gravel and ruts combined with the ferocious side winds made staying vertical virtually impossible.

Crisscrossing between Argentina and Chile from Los Antiguos on Lago Buenos Aires, south along Route 40 through the seemingly endless semi-baron pampa; bedding down at delightful ‘Estancias’ supplying refuge by way of warm fires and generous patagonian hospitality on my way to El Califate, on Lake Argentino, and the beautiful Los Glaciers National Park including the spectacular Perito Moreno Glacier. From here, the howling Patagonic winds sweeping off the southern ice-sheet and snowcapped peaks of the Cordillera del Paine are relentless, making the perilous journey to Torres del Paine National Park and Puerto Natales an extremely cold, slow and unforgettable experience. Finally the road ends in the pioneer town of Punta Arenas, where a ferry is required to continue the journey onto Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, or ‘Big Island of Land of Fire’ - and the Atlantic coast for the final push to the world’s southern most city: Ushuaia - known affectionately by the locals as ‘Fin del Mundo’, quite literally, ‘The End of the World’. Again, the ceaseless hospitality and customary friendliness of the locals - in particular my good friends Rosario and Roberto -, rearranged my travel plans and extended my original 3 nights hotel-stay, to a 2 week home-stay. Simply: they wouldn’t let me leave!

After 5 years of planning, Nance & Brent leave for a one year a "maturity" leave from their jobs to travel through North, South and Central America

4 years, 38 countries, a broken BMW, a 'new' Suzuki and still the ride goes on...

The blog for our journey in Latin America. Two Romanians in late twenties on a BMW F650GS traveling from Los Angeles to Ushuaia and back.

I will be keeping a journal of this year´s trip (2010) from Toronto to Florida and then across to Utah.
Also, last year's blog can be read - following Route 66 and then up to Nevada and the Extraterrestrial Highway and The Loneliest Road in America - HW50

Travel/ride experiences on a Honda TransAlp in the Western Cape province of South Africa, mostly solo.

The story of my trip across Canada, and my new adventure into Mexico as it unfolds, falls apart & gets taped back together and boldly advances.

I quit my job to travel on my V-Strom. Texas to Alaska is the first leg. That should leave me plenty of room to head south for a while.

Original travel stories and historical motorcycle research written by moto-journalist Ken Aiken.