Hi folks,
I joined this forum as I've recently gotten back into Motorcycling, and just spotted this wee section. I know there are a lot of folks who have been to, and even more that would like to travel though South America so I thought I might share a few memories with you all. My wife and I traveled there in 2012 till 2014. All i can say is that it was fantastic, and that I would love to go back again on 2 wheels.
We traveled in our 4x4 motorhome/truck/tractor. I think we may well have the record for the slowest machine in South America, even the Honda 50 brigade were passing us out. Even getting there took a while as we sailed over from France to Uruguay on a transporter ship on a voyage that took a month. When we were in South America we covered 44,983 kilometers, and averaged 64km per day.
Anyway, this was our little lady, less than the price of 2 1200GSA's and bought off ebay.
This is how we got to South America, the Grande San Paolo.
These ships handle a mix of contains and some roro traffic, and will allow (for a fee) up to 12 passengers to go with them. Seemingly if you have 13 or more passengers, you need to have a Doctor on board. More info on the crossing on our blog.
Once we got there, we decided to head north, to Iguassu falls. Quite a bit of our travel was determined by the weather, and we wanted to be in Ushuaia for Christmas (best weather of the year, about a 2 to 4 week window where it's good). We quickly learned that we could plant our discreet camper in town squares if we parked late enough, right outside the town halls. Brilliant overnight spots as there was usually free wifi that would reach our truck
The advantage of going slowly is getting to see more stuff. We stopped off at “Esteros del Iberá” on our way to the falls.
Even the birds had to be wide awake...
And when we did try to go into some of the official camp sites, we had to watch the height restrictions, nearly got caught a few times.
I was tempted, but I did'nt get my hair cut here.
Next stop, the falls.....
I joined this forum as I've recently gotten back into Motorcycling, and just spotted this wee section. I know there are a lot of folks who have been to, and even more that would like to travel though South America so I thought I might share a few memories with you all. My wife and I traveled there in 2012 till 2014. All i can say is that it was fantastic, and that I would love to go back again on 2 wheels.
We traveled in our 4x4 motorhome/truck/tractor. I think we may well have the record for the slowest machine in South America, even the Honda 50 brigade were passing us out. Even getting there took a while as we sailed over from France to Uruguay on a transporter ship on a voyage that took a month. When we were in South America we covered 44,983 kilometers, and averaged 64km per day.
Anyway, this was our little lady, less than the price of 2 1200GSA's and bought off ebay.
This is how we got to South America, the Grande San Paolo.
These ships handle a mix of contains and some roro traffic, and will allow (for a fee) up to 12 passengers to go with them. Seemingly if you have 13 or more passengers, you need to have a Doctor on board. More info on the crossing on our blog.
Once we got there, we decided to head north, to Iguassu falls. Quite a bit of our travel was determined by the weather, and we wanted to be in Ushuaia for Christmas (best weather of the year, about a 2 to 4 week window where it's good). We quickly learned that we could plant our discreet camper in town squares if we parked late enough, right outside the town halls. Brilliant overnight spots as there was usually free wifi that would reach our truck
The advantage of going slowly is getting to see more stuff. We stopped off at “Esteros del Iberá” on our way to the falls.
Even the birds had to be wide awake...
And when we did try to go into some of the official camp sites, we had to watch the height restrictions, nearly got caught a few times.
I was tempted, but I did'nt get my hair cut here.
Next stop, the falls.....