I packed up my things and Neishya packed hers with out a large amount of thought. So much so, I wasn’t aware that I was meant to be bringing Neishya a tent (we had to stop of a by a $7 one from Target).
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The Lifts
We hopped on a train Saturday morning out from central to Mt Vic, of course there was trackwork and that was about our longest wait all trip. We got lifts within 15 – 30 mins in general. No wait longer than an hour and lift 7 pulled in after just a minute. We only hitched during the day although some […]
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Puerto Natales
Puerto Natales is a small little Chilean town with a lot of traffic due to its proximity to the TDP. It’s a lovely town with lot of hostels and camping stores. Like many places in Patagonia it’s a hiking town where walking boots to the pub is a standard. When I arrived I didn’t have plans to stay long in […]
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Five Things I Learned Doing Food For Three
The biggest planning difference of traveling in a group is food. I pretty much just multiplied everything by 3 for breakfast, lunch and dinner then alternated eating lentils and pasta smash, but as a vegetarian who isn’t bothered about tea or coffee I had to make a couple of adjustments.
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Overland Route
We planned to do it in 6 days, but allowed 7 days as Mum wasn’t such what to expect and we didn’t want to rush. Everything went to plan and we only needed the 6 days to get to Narcissus Hut, where we were going to catch the ferry over to Cynthia Bay. As we had the extra day we […]
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My Research
After I came up with the idea of doing this I did a lot of procrastinating when it came to research. I mainly relied on these two sources: TravellingTwo – These two provided a third route which I switch to for the second half of my trip. They provided good ideas for campsites and even take you off-road in the […]
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Touring 101
I knew nothing about touring before I started, I didn’t even know anybody who had done a cycle tour before. I was very much making it up as I went along. I do not claim to now be an expert, but as a beginner just winging it, here are some things I learned. Eat – I cannot emphasize this enough. […]
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Hitching Central Australia Photos
A lot of our trip was spent inside cars/trucks and with people. But here’s a few pictures of the lovely view along the way.
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TDP in Pictures
It is incredibly hard not to put up every photo. Patagonia is like natures annoyingly photogenic mate.
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