Category Archives: Chile

“Crazy Gringos” is the way people referred to us in the Port city of Valparaiso. After drinking great wine in the city of Mendoza, in the park out of plastic glasses, we took the bus across the Andes to the beautiful port city of Valparaiso. This picturesque artist town would be our home for the […]

We decided to head out on Friday the 14 February 2014 to Pichilemu from Valparaiso on our Motomel Surfers. The gear: 2 x Motomel 125cc Surfers, 2 x Alltop full face helmets, 2 x Off-road protection jackets, 1 x 6-litre water bottle with extra gas, 2 x Notebook and camera gear bags and 2 x Deuter 40L +10 backpacks. […]

We left La Boca towards Pichilemu on a misty and chilly morning. All gear fastened and secured we headed through the city of Navidad, Rapel and then started southwards via Litueche and El Peumo at Las Dama. The environment was changing rapidly and from almost no trees the hills came alive with rich forests and […]

Talca is a large city situated inland on Ruta 5, a highway connecting the north to the south of Chile. Rather than taking the easy and long coast route we opted for the more direct route, a 100km dirt road experience via La Pampa, Paredones, Lolo and eventually back on the tarmac at Santa Cruz. […]

A travel story always begins at the beginning but today our story begins at a volcano a waterfall and two travellers. Being geared for cold weather the Trip Turbine team headed out to the Parque Nacional Laguna de la Laja, located 98 kilometres outside Los Ángeles, Chile. The 2-hour bus ride took us to the […]

Driving into Temuco, which is our next destination from Los Ángeles, the weather starts becoming colder and the cloudy sky looks ominous against the Andes mountain backdrop. -A sight not often seen in Temuco, how on earth did it get in here in the middle of the city? Seeing that I forgot my phone in […]

Luckily it is a sunny day as we depart from Pucón and make our way towards the city of Valdivia located in the river district of Chile. Valdivia is not a coastal town but lies in-between rivers on the Pacific coast of Chile. On our way to Valdivia, I had to make an emergency stop as […]

Our uneventful trip from Valdivia became a lot more exciting as we passed the city of Osorno, our bikes running very low on gas it made the journey seem so much longer as we turned our hope to find a gas station across the next hill. On our way to Osorno, we decided to change […]

So far we have been extremely fortunate with the weather as we slowly make our way further south down Chile. Our next destination is the Island of Chiloe, located on the southwestern side of Chile and it is only accessible via ferry. – Our magnificent view every morning over the port of Castro Passing through […]

Our planned visit to the lovely town of Castro turned out to much longer than expected. Come Monday morning all strapped up and ready for our trip to Puerto Varas (So selected because it is only a 20min bus ride to Puerto Montt and extremely beautiful) we just could not get my bike started. After […]