Arriving at the Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City one cannot notice the Nascars parked by the track and the roaring of the engines that fill the air. We immediately head to a large camper marked Rusty Wallace Racing Experience and Marius is welcomed by a sexy girl (So comically racing) that is charmed […]
Tag Archives: 2014
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May
May
Sipping a glass of red wine with great friends around the table our day ended while we watched the sunset over the Olympics and the Hood Canal in front of us. We had an early start to our day as we headed out to the small village of Seaback, for a day visit to our […]
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May
May
Marius leans his head against his arm trying to block out the screeching sound of steel against steel as the train speeds between stations. We are in the subway below Buenos Aires on our way to our next destination. The graffiti on the subway actually brings colour to the old dull trains but the noise […]
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May
May
“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 […]
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May
May
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. […]
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May
May
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 […]
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May
May
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. […]
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May
May
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 […]
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May
May
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 […]
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May
May
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 […]