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Reginaldo?
Que estrada vai passar no Brasil?
¡Hola!
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Fotos somente na volta!
Irei voltar pela BR 101, pelo litoral, é mais rápido!
Abracos de Cochrane,
Reginaldo.
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Hi reganaldo

Thank you for the advice and invitation.

We are now on Chiloe island. The ferrie is delayed and will leave tomorrow morning. We plan not to go as far as Villa O Higgens. I want to avoid too much bad roads, as I'm carrying an extra spare tire on the back of an already overloaded bike, and my carrier is broken and held on with onlt cable ties. Anyway, we've met another traveler (Gert) in Santiago who told me that the part around the lake is nice scenery, so we just go around the big lake and cross over to Argentina.

Not sure if we will have time to come tp Brazil, as we fly out of South America by end July.

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The ferry has been delayed due to bad weather, will now leave tomorrow morning. We plan to stay the night in Coyhaique. That is monday the 4th.
Not sure where, will look for a hostel when we arrive. Maybe we can meet up for dinner or something, have a chat or whatever. Always nice to chat with fellow bikers. Let me know here, and how to contact you and I'll check when we arrive in town.
It's raining here in Quellon now, hope it will clear up a little when we have to ride again.
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¡Hola!
Robson,

Fotos somente na volta!
Irei voltar pela BR 101, pelo litoral, é mais rápido!
Abracos de Cochrane,
Reginaldo.
Que pena, poderíamos tomar umas aqui...
Mas fica para a próxima então...
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Hi Renaldo
you left just at the right time.
We had to turn around due to heavy snow.
We left Coyahaique on 6th of May and drove south. Clear day temp below 6 deg C. Stayed two nights near Pto Rio Tranquille. 50km north of Cochrane the snow got too thick and our bike was starting to slide all over the road. Temp was -1. We decided to give it it a miss and turned around and spent the night at Puerto Guadal. The morning of the 9th (May) we woke up and the town and surroundings were white. We still decided to get out of there and left in the snow towards Chile Chico along the stunning lake. It got better, but all day tempratures were below 3 deg C!
About 50km before Chile Chico we saw a group of bikers (about 8) going the oposite direction. I wonder if they knew what they are heading for!

There you go, we still enjoyed it and the white snow made the scenery stunning.

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Hi Renaldo
you left just at the right time.
We had to turn around due to heavy snow.
We left Coyahaique on 6th of May and drove south. Clear day temp below 6 deg C. Stayed two nights near Pto Rio Tranquille. 50km north of Cochrane the snow got too thick and our bike was starting to slide all over the road. Temp was -1. We decided to give it it a miss and turned around and spent the night at Puerto Guadal. The morning of the 9th (May) we woke up and the town and surroundings were white. We still decided to get out of there and left in the snow towards Chile Chico along the stunning lake. It got better, but all day tempratures were below 3 deg C!
About 50km before Chile Chico we saw a group of bikers (about 8) going the oposite direction. I wonder if they knew what they are heading for!

There you go, we still enjoyed it and the white snow made the scenery stunning.

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Hi Johan,

A snowy Carretera Austral must be a beautiful and unforgettable landscape.
I am back in my city (Curitiba/Brazil) since last saturday.

Have a nice ride,
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Hi, thought you might like to see the photo evidence what it looked like when we were cought in the snow.
And sure it was extremely pretty and one of our most memorable experiences on the journey.




Unfortunately no picture of Charmaine (my wife) in the snow, as she was the one taking all the pictures.
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Hi JC,

Nice pics from Carretera Austral with snow, only some weeks later than I rode there, it´s another landscape.
I intend to go there and Ruta 40 next year during the winter, but with a 4WD car.

Have a nice ride!
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