Friday 5 January 2007

Here at last

Arrived here in Ushuaia on Wednesday evening and have spent the last couple of days assembling my bike and relaxing.

For those of you who don´t know, I had an interesting last couple of days in the uk cos I managed to break my bike! Of all the places to come off it, it was on the High Street in Kendal. I came round a corner in the rain and the wheels slipped. Somehow, without hitting anything, the frame bent, possibly from my hip hitting it cos it was a bit bruised. So I bought a new bike on Saturday and had a couple of hectic days preparing it for the journey.

The flights here went well and all my luggage including my bike arrived in one piece. The final flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia stopped in one of the Welsh settlements, Trelew, which was a little bizarre. Flew into Ushuaia during a storm. When I left the terminal, it was pretty hard to stand up, especially with the bike box flapping around. I wasn´t too sure about camping, but thought I couldn´t wimp out this early on. It worked out well though cos the campsite had some sheltered pitches in the woods, but it was still a bit of a wild night.

I´m going to try and put some photos on but may struggle cos the blog is now in Spanish´? The format of the blog may be a bit dodgy also cos I don´t know which of the buttons to press??

Anyhow, I´m planning to set off to Tolhuin, 100km to the east tomorrow. The wind is from the west, so shouldn´t be too bad, but lets not speak too soon....

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great to hear from you bennyboy! Looks like an amazing place - you lucky thing! Make sure you get those legs warmed up! Really looking forward to hearing your next installment. Han & Dan x

Unknown said...

Oh no!! Your poor bike! Oh well, at least you got it kind of sorted out and all is well. Keep up the great posts!

Will give Emma a text next week to see if she's up for a drink or so. Take care of yourself!

Anonymous said...

glad your there! it must have felt like a long time on that flight!
Good luck with the first installment of the ride! Katie & Tim x

Anonymous said...

Jan and Gareth are following your progress with interest! good luck Ben. May you have favourable winds all the way!

Claude said...

Wow the pictures look amazing. Bummer about your bike, what are the chances, hey. Hope your making good progress.

Been bouldering last week at AR2 which took a little getting use to especially with all the instructions on the boards as to what you can do and not do!

All the best
Claude