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Buenos Aries -135Km (Total 2119km cycled)

Highlights: Warmshowers, America Embassy, Masa Criteria.

Day 111-127 – April 28 - May 14 : Changing plans
The last few weeks in southern Chile and Argentina have shown us that winter is fast approaching: lots of rain and often very frosty, humid n...

We toyed with the idea of going cycling on the free bicycles in Buenos Aires, or even to take one of the guided bike tours. But, it was simply way too hot and humid to even consider doing more than slow walking, or shuffling when it got really hot, for short distances.

free bicycles Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is built in a...

First of all, if you're wondering why there are no tales or photos of bicycles yet, it's because we're officially Being Tourists in Buenos Aires while acclimatising. The cycling won't start until we arrive in Ushuaia (so if we're boring you, you might want to wait until Thursday to hear about our ad...

We had breakfast in the hostel - some sweet little mini croissants called medialunas, tea (without milk as only hot was available - Peli deems this a serious situation, and a solution will be sought for future breakfasts) and bread with delicious "dulce de leche" (caramel milk, like the stuff at the...

We arrived at the airport with plenty of spare time thanks to the help - in the form of a chauffeur to Gatwick - of our good friends.

We needed that extra time to get my massive bike box (large as it's also containing the Extrawheel trailer) through the security checks since it would be too big fo...