goes after some rest in a reasonably comfortable accommodation is further north.
Nature is beautiful and brings a lot of variety, and reminds us very much of Europe. Only the Carretera Austral we can not have much time for watching, a little too long gekuckt in the rearview mirror or to the left or right - and yet another pothole, shake that my old GS does.
book arrived in Chaiten we ferry the next day before we are in the Casa Hexagon . Quartered This 'wrong' order makes it impossible for us to stay a few days in this idyll. The Oregamikünstler Stefan has built here after a long and careful planning of the site choosing a really great house with guest rooms, entirely of wood, in the hexagon around a tree trunk.
We were then confronted the next morning to the next challenge. After the five ferry sailors with their various statements concerning fixing our bikes could not agree, we bucked on my GS on the center stand. And then, suddenly, I was looking for something to put under, the shock was suddenly a lot of oil themselves. So it has to the fork seal, who has acknowledged a few days ago his ministry, also caught the rear suspension. Obviously the more than 1000 km of gravel (and potholes) and the odometer reading of 105,000 km is not without consequences.
But perhaps was the shock and the last accident has already been broken, either a Touri from Santiago with or hired a local man has probably the Carretera Austral mistaken for a rally track and thresh out in far translated 'speed curve tapping and soon in the opposite ditch - that is on my side - to the blind curve. I had left just under a severance in the green stuff and Steffen had so come by his effort on skidding Chevrolet Corsa.
Fortunately grad came a cyclist (a German carpenter on tour) over and helped us to recover my old cow. Luckily he was not in my place or another car or a truck .... the battered ribs (this time it is one on the left ....) but still makes regular attention to himself ...
on the island of Chiloé, where we hinbrachte the ferry, we could not accomplish much on motorcycle repair, and we enjoyed a further recommended Chilenian Hostal 'pan full of mussels and fish (ever eaten Baracuda ?!?). Meanwhile
We in Puerto Varas (about 100 km south of Osorno) 'quartered' and the purchased by Steffen before leaving ebay strut is already in transit with DHL Express. Puerto Varas is for Chilean conditions very touristy - and expensive. Every day we meet German and Swiss, come here to hike. Currently the weather but so that we do not yet see the Osorno volcano could. It's always pretty wind and it rains again. So we pretty lazy around and finally find the time, our travel photos from Peru to Ushuaia time to look at rest. Now and then the wireless Lan works from the hostel and we will overcome, 'us ;-) again to give a sign of life and look us mail.