I´m going from Santiago, Chile, over the Andes, through Argentina, to Montevideo, Uruguay, on my own, on a bike. I know what you´re thinking.

• Nigelball's Profile
• About this blog

About this blog

Thanks for coming to read about my big adventure. You must be curious to see whether I make it, given the "have you gone soft in the head" expression on most of your faces when I told you about my plan. Most of you seem to think that what I am doing is strange, which leads me to wonder if perhaps it is. Somehow that never occurred to me when I was booking the plane ticket.

• 1

  In the beginning, there was an airport   Santiago de Chile, Chile on Apr 18, 2006 2 pictures 3 comments
• 2

  Lost on a motorway   Colina, Chile on Apr 18, 2006 1 picture 2 comments
• 3

  Camping on an Andean restauranteur´s patio   Rio Blanco, Chile on Apr 19, 2006 6 pictures 0 comments
• 4

  The big climb   Puente de Inca, Argentina on Apr 20, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 5

  Downhill with a following wind   Uspallata, Argentina on Apr 21, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 6

  The most wonderful road in the world   Villavicencio, Argentina on Apr 22, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 7

  A really beautiful city   Mendoza, Argentina on Apr 24, 2006 9 pictures 2 comments
• 8

  Shakin' it down with the mozzies   Somwhere on the outskirts of Mendoza, Argentina on Apr 25, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 9

  Running dry in the desert   Pampas salinas, Argentina on Apr 26, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 10

  Carelessness costs kilometres   Between a rock and a hard place, Argentina on Apr 27, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 11

  The land before time   Parque Nacional Sierra de Las Quijadas, Argentina on Apr 28, 2006 1 picture 1 comment
• 12

  Pina Colada for the cold   Hopefully about 10km from Villa General Roca, Argentina on Apr 29, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 13

  Not THE San Francisco, silly!   San Francisco, Argentina on Apr 30, 2006 3 pictures 2 comments
• 14

  The only corner in town   Carolina., Argentina on May 2, 2006 3 pictures 1 comment
• 15

  Riding a wind-up toy   Las Chacras, Argentina on May 4, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 16

  Eyes were bigger than tummies   Villa Dolores (an appropriate name, you will see), Argentina on May 5, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 17

  A short story about gloves   Still Villa Dolores, chicos and chicas, Argentina on May 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 18

  It never rains, but it pours   *STILL* Villa Dolores!, Argentina on May 7, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 19

  Not the only one   Nono (no no, it's really called that), Argentina on May 8, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 20

  What battle rage inside my insides   Nono, not more, please, Argentina on May 9, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 21

  Crash parties, not bikes   Mina Clavero, Argentina on May 10, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 22

  Five below freezing   Parque Nacional del Condorito, Argentina on May 11, 2006 6 pictures 2 comments
• 23

  Revolutionary fervour   Alta Gracia, Argentina on May 13, 2006 2 pictures 3 comments
• 24

  A leisurely stroll   Cordoba, Argentina on May 14, 2006 2 pictures 1 comment
• 25

  Rehearsing my social skills   Miramar, Argentina on May 18, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 26

  Guidebooks for the blind   Santa Fe, Wild West, Argentina on May 19, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 27

  Full up   Parana, Argentina on May 20, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 28

  Cutting it close to the bone   Parque Nacional Pre-Delta, Argentina on May 22, 2006 2 pictures 1 comment
• 29

  Cyclist, madman, chef.   Victoria, Argentina on May 23, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 30

  Zzzzz   Rosario, Argentina on May 23, 2006 0 pictures 0 comments
• 31

  Rehearsing my social skills pt II   Rosario, Argentina on May 26, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 32

  Doing it the hard way   Rosario Bus Station, Argentina on May 27, 2006 1 picture 1 comment
• 33

  Banqueting richly upon units of distance   Rosario de Tala (a different Rosario altogether), Argentina on May 27, 2006 2 pictures 0 comments
• 34

  Tell me why I don't like Sundays   Basavilbaso, Argentina on May 28, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 35

  Attack of the Satanic Satsuma   Concepcion del Uruguay, Argentina on May 29, 2006 1 picture 2 comments
• 36

  It never rains, but it pours II   Colon, Argentina on May 30, 2006 4 pictures 1 comment
• 37

  V is for Victory   Parque Nacional El Palmar, Argentina on May 31, 2006 4 pictures 0 comments
• 38

  Corned beef   Liebig, Argentina on Jun 1, 2006 1 picture 0 comments
• 39

  Sod's law - a textbook case   Paysandú, Uruguay on Jun 3, 2006 0 pictures 2 comments
• 40

  A whole new country   Montevideo, Uruguay on Jun 5, 2006 5 pictures 0 comments
• 41

  Smashing photos   Montevideo, Argentina on Jun 6, 2006 0 pictures 1 comment
• 42

  Pesky tourists   Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on Jun 7, 2006 3 pictures 0 comments
• 43

  Big smelly city   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Jun 11, 2006 8 pictures 0 comments
• 44

  Big smelly city part 2   Buenos Aires, Argentina on Jun 13, 2006 14 pictures 0 comments