25/ 10 /13 went to the parque nacional nice ride out went to the end of ruta 3 took the usual photos the park is outstanding and a plus the man on the gate did not charch me 130 pasos just waved me in met coulpe from holand with there 2 kids been here for 6 months and 2 bikers from Salta up north
26/ set off back north to get the ferry to the main land the wind was over the top
trying o blow you and your bike off the road realy bad the ride from hell dont want to do that one again when i got to the ferry there was a big que so as bikers do i went to the front there were the bikes i met the day befor there as well any way 5 hours later when the wind died down the ferry came also met geraldo and elined his wife from brazil all us then went to reo gallegos and found a cheap hotel we then went to get somthing to eat but could only drink coke as it was election weekend and nowhere can sell alcahol on election weekend the next day my new brazilien friends and i headed for el calfate found noice digs and met paulie and pablo to biker drom argentina who invited us to there hotel for dinner we all got pissed good night next day we went out to the glazier at the park what a day outstanding
realy good day saw lots of condors and the views were fantactic monday headed up the routa 40 its all that people say it is what a road if you can call it that loaded up with spare fuel cans ect nice tarmac then nothing but cravel dirt and sand for the next hundred miles hard going but the wind was only blowing abit first day did 507 mile to perito moreno tuesday it was that bad 8 hours 297 miles
and my back tyre is like a slick so much for meterlerz karoo 3 3500 mile and shot it was shot after 3000 still on to bariloche got ther thursday lunch time spent the rest of the day finding a tyre and geting some one to fit it back tyre £230 what a joke then i did an oil change on the bike , still have a small electric problen will try sort that out on friday thats all for now