Chile
gravel at its finest.
Saturday, 12/16/2006 to Tuesday, 26/12/2006 ( 2nd Christmas Day - a public holiday here)
Some remarks on the trip from Oruro, although some was still in Bolivia. I had not assessed the pitfalls of the wrong ballast and not expect such a slow Vorwaertskommen. The villages are just a poor clay villages and you get at most a little to drink, eat or a lunch. "Sleeping With nothing is there. So my whole attention was directed to the evening enough water and have a few bread rolls, to be able nourish me (oatmeal, soups and sandwiches I had in my luggage). On the last day it was then a bit critical - I felt faster in the Benefit from the departure of 4,300 m altitude to 1,200 m altitude (Huara) to come - and I had to not before (a) Hunger (ast) to fall off the bike, the "iron reserve", a large tin of coffee cream and dry oatmeal to take me - that helped until I could take lunch in the redemptive Tarapaca.
three nights in the tent is nothing special, but it was only sandy, dirty rock base, halt once in Quebe (Chile), there were soft mountain Moss Lichen and a small stream in the vicinity (I have a precaution but the dishes washed in it). In the nights it was cold (I was cold but not in the sleeping bag) and when I Quebe in my tent packed up in the morning, ice was the night's rain on the tent.
washing was the three days / evenings luxury. And it was not only "normal" dirty, but the swirls on the road driving trucks and by speeding or oncoming bus every time a cloud of dust, one could conclude only the eyes open after a few seconds and looked at his skin further dust. This was preceded by three days so the dust and then sat down at the Innnenseite of the things that attracted you in the night or in the inner lining of the sleeping bag. could
So I was glad when I arrived in Huara (really wanted that day to Iquique), rent a nice room and I finally really warm shower and wash the dust of the last days of mine.
The next day (17.12.) Was then a recovery. Only 75 km went to Iquique with another 1,200 m elevation difference. The trip down to Iquique was a feast for the eyes (and just as I had was problems with the camera and this unique aspect of the seaside town not hold from the top of the image - camera will be OK). In Iquique then I let the bike the same care bestowed, as in me Huara. It is now fit for the last ..... one thousand kilometers.
That I'm gone, descending the 20,000 km to see so below.
Where I spend Christmas? I do not know yet. And where are my birthday (I hope to get many e-mails) - I know not yet!
20,000 km
(17.12.2006, 13:00 clock, 18 km from Iquique on a wonderful departure)
In his own behalf. 36th Wedding day (Sunday, 17 December 2006)
love Giselle, is now our 36.Hochzeitstag and I would like here in public sure to thank you for making me stand in all this time.
But I write it, especially here, because I am so grateful to you for your understanding that you can muster, so I can make this trip, for the fact that I can realize my dream. I know it's almost an imposition, the more I admire you. Even if you maybe do not understand that one can be so crazy, but you accepted it, even if it for some additional burden brought up and brings.
Whether I get the "pay back" ever do? I will try. I thank you endlessly for it. THANK YOU!
The small Greetings from Chile flowers to our wedding day. I embrace you!
Your Peter
desert. Again go "outside". Help from the tourism office. TV
Three days from Iquique to Antofagasta and only desert. Villages in between, these are just a few wooden huts. But restaurants one already has a good lunch. I camp for two nights before I'm A.. And I'm drove "foreign". I wanted to make it absolutely, Christmas to be in a city of which we can call out, so I had to create the stage today. Against the wind like crazy. After 2 hours I realized that there is nothing. There were still three days before Christmas Eve, but suddenly there were two "angels" in the form of drivers and invited me into their van one for the last 100 km to Antofagasta. Since can not refuse. A. Chañaral to the terrain and the wind was as and 420 km. A. It was very gradually but steadily uphill, "suddenly" was one of 1,200 m and the next day to over 2,000 m. This sometimes laughed cyclists heart - tailwind. Am 24.12. I fought to achieve Chañaral (the Christ child was as a special surprise, even a stiff wind - down 13 km / h when driving while standing - available as a "gift" in the last 20 km) and 17.30 clock (in Germany 21.30 clock), I finally had the - albeit very expensive - Christmas telephone connection to home.
The route to Copiapo was "only" 170 km long, but I had forgotten my air pump, 8 kilometers away again, turned back, but I had to drive 1.5 days, which once again slammed the defect witch 8 km from Copiapo ( Pitter on a glass of extra marked cycle path, which I used no longer).
In Copiapo, which I knew well from my stay in 2003, I had a good line to the travel agency. They helped me some ferries and buses for the way back out. Tonight we will sit still, eat together (and drink).
Ach so, das chilenischen Fernsehen war auch da und ich musste ueber meine Tour (in englisch) berichten. So wird man "weltberuehmt".
Die naechsten Etappen fuehren mich erst noch weiter durch die Atacamawueste, die sich ueber den gesamten Norden Chiles erstreckt, nach Santiago der Chile, wo ich am 1. oder 2. Januar 2007 (schon wieder ein Jahr rum) sein moechte.
Freunde in Copiapo . "Fernsehstar". Silvester. Wieder hilfreiche Polizei
Mittwoch 27.12.2006 bis Dienstag 02.01.2007
Am Morgen des 27. geht es nach dem Together with tourism chief of Copiapo away a bit later (only 9 clock) than usual, the 10 km-long rise from Copiapo is managed on average of 11 mph. And I get about a couple from Japan, on the same route as I am on the road since May 2005. Of course, is a hip and fun we share experiences, but for the next trip, we split up again.
the next four nights is again tents to date, with some very bad ground, but also good solid Wuestensand. There are no other places to stay. Enough bread and water are the main foods that you need to get (and fuel for the stove), other things (sausage, cheese, jam, Butter) you have in your luggage. While butter is very soft on the day, but in the relative cool of the night (7-15 º C), it regains a reasonable consistency. The fourth night I campiere on a Kraftfahrerstuetzpunkt and I can finally shower wash again properly. On 28
If there are two increases of 18 km and 15 km at an altitude difference of 1,214 m, annoy me.
forces after the first increase in the fatigue me to get off your bike and go to sleep for the first time min 45th After the second rise suddenly a car stops: "I saw yesterday on TV, but they go to Patagonia, I drive a lot of wheel". Brief conversation with his wife and for some Christmas cookies me (which I am having a pleasurable evening Tasse Kakao zu mir nehme).
Die gesamt Strecke vor Santiago ist vom staendigen Auf und Ab gekennzeichnet. Die Anstiege sind nicht sehr lang, aber an jedem Abend sind es auch ueber 1.000 Hm, die sich summiert haben.
Silvester verbringe ich in einer Kleinstadt (La Calera). Vorher geleitet mich die Polizei bzw. faehrt mich durch einen 2,6 km langen Tunnel, der fuer Radfahrer gesperrt ist. Ich spare so einen 400 m Anstieg !
Silvester ist wie ein normaler Wochentag, Geschaefte haben am Abend noch offen, nur von vier Hotels haben drei geschlossen. Bin ich froh, dann eines gefunden zu haben. Essen oder Feiern in einem Lokal - Fehlanzeige. Was bleibt mir uebrig. Ich kauf mir eine kleine Flasche guten Wein und Schokolade und feiere fuer mich allein. Kurz before midnight, I'll go out again. There is not much going on. A few bangers, happy people here and there on the road and turned stray dogs. A church was closed in committing the other, the believers of the year in their own way. Midnight drives (this) a (e) police car through the city and announced in 2007 by a special signal. All look awesome on a big cross with bulbs installed on a mountain. That was New Year's Eve in La Calera.
New Year - and that's the advantage of that day and also on New Year's Eve afternoon - is not much going on in the streets and I can freely (allows for cyclists - in nice wide shoulders) on the highway driving.
In Santiago, I get a relatively inexpensive and not bad room. I make my flight back and enjoy the perfect atmosphere of the city.
morning we continue heading south. Bariloche in Argentina is the next fixed point, there I shall biggest (?) Chocolate business in the world to celebrate my birthday and me chocolate (hopefully not) about eating.
Finally> 200 km. Would-be spa visit.
Wednesday, 03/01/2007 to Thursday, 01/11/2007
On Wednesday I leave Santiago and, after training over 22,000 km on a flat track with tailwind (is not art) finally got my first (and probably only) route Over 200 km of driving. It accompanied me on the left (east), the partially snow-covered mountains of the Cordilleras (of the past in Argentina a few more than 4,000 m). The small creeks and rivers carry large amounts of water from the summer snow melt in the mountains. Long distances in vineyards and the mountains in the background on the second day to determine the trip to Santiago. In front of Talca I admire the modern university buildings in a generous system and the beautiful parks in the city. In an Autobahn Brazilians give me a spontaneous T-shirt as they hear about my trip.
prevented the visit of a national park and a spa
on the map I had the National Park Conguillio chosen as a target. I wanted to drive it, but again not reckoned with the gravel roads. A German innkeeper from Berchtesgaden showed me a shortcut, because I had gone too far, but when I got a half-hour wheel had flayed pushing uphill, I decide to turn around and go back to the car track. From there I wanted the next day a thermal bath (according to map) to visit. BUT, it was again a flop, because the bathrooms were far away from the place designated in the mountains. Luckily I had previously asked but already 25 km in Villiarca and has closed the day even with a wonderful swim in the lake of the same.
invitation to a farm
Es rollte wieder ausgezeichnet und ich war am 9.1. gerade dabei zu ueberlegen, ob ich heute wieder einen langen "Kanten" fahre, denn es war noch frueh am Abend (es ist bis 22 Uhr hell) und Rueckenwind, als ein Auto hielt, mich nach dem "Wohin ?" fragte und mir dann anbot auf seine Farm zu kommen. Ich akzeptierte und nach der Wegbeschreibung nahm er mich dort nach 1 ½ Stunden in Empfang. Es folgte ein opulentes Abendmahl in einer 60 km weiter entfernten Gaststaette zusammen mit zwei US-amerikanischen Freunden aus der Finanzbranche, die am uebernaechsten Tag eine Vulkanbesteigung vornehmen wollen.
Warum mich Ion - so hiess er - einlud: er ist selbst ein begeisterter Radfahrer (hatte zu Hause zwei tolle Rennmaschinen are), because he had to invite such a "crazy" cyclists easy. He is from England and is about 8 years ago haengengeblieben in a tour with his wife in Chile, has purchased a farm and breeds today cows, horses and sheep. Of his bees, he gave me a big jar of honey.
I lived with him in a great house all to myself.
The ride to the border has on Thursday (11.1.) Into itself. 1,621 Hm, with 900 meters incurred after the Chilean border control and the Argentine is only 42 km, it is one of the most stressful. But even on the short downhill section I dive - which can detect I just - a fantastic in a rocky landscape one. It is dark and there is no accommodation on the border. What to do? Half 11 at night, I'm finally at a campsite. Helpful Argentine Camper help me putting up the tent, they also provide for adequate lighting. I eat only two Honigbroetchen and drink tea with them before I tired to death in a sleeping bag and disappear by 5 clock wake up again.
later I have to go to Chile twice, because of the somewhat complicated border line, the geography and my tour schedule (return flight).
Stats
Chile: 3416 km (+16 km), 17 393 Hm, 201:35 hours (254:50 hr)
24 Tage, 3 Ruhetage
142 km/Tag, 16,9 km/Std., 714 Hm/Tag, 509 Hm/100 km
Tourverlauf :
Pisiga (Bolivien)/Colchan (Chile) - Quebe - Huara (155) - Iquique (5,1) - Antofagasta (1, Kuestenstrasse) - Chanaral - Copiapó - Valenar - La Serena (5) - La Calera (Autopista 5; fuer Radfahrer erlaubt) - Santiago de Chile - Chillán - Victoria (5, Autopista) - Curacautin (89) - Manzanar - (zurueck nach) Curacautin - Lautaro - Freire (5) - Villarrica (119) - Loncoche - Los Lagos (5) - Malihue - (zurueck nach) Los Lagos - Osorno (5) - Anticura - Grenze (215) - San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentinien) (231)
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