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Somewhere Along the Forty

28/05/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Ruta 40, the forty, is dramatic – that’s an understatement if ever there was one. Stretching out to mirages, cutting through deepest Patagonia, dragging the snow capped Andes towards us. Like a cranky old man, it’s tarmac turns to wash board gravel at a drop of a hat, rerouted sections leave signs abandoned in the middle of the desert and getting fuel and water can be tricky. It’s entertaining too, signed junctions do their best to send you astray and […]

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY, WHERE'S ELVIS? • Tags: Argentina, Campervan, Career Break, Latin America, Patagonia, Photography, Ruta 40, South America, The Forty, Travel, Travelling, Wicked Van

“North to South”

27/05/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Road Music – Disc#5 Silent Alarm Remixed by Bloc Party With our legs aching and our bellies rumbling after a long day hiking, we jumped in the van and headed out of El Chaltén on Ruta 23. It was around 6pm and as we drove out the town our mirrors were quickly filled with a beautiful late day vista of Fitz Roy, resisting being wrapped in the advancing night clouds it wanted to salute our departure. As we headed east […]

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY, ROAD MUSIC, Uncategorized • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Bloc Party, Campervan, Career Break, Fitz Roy, Latin America, Patagonia, Road Music, Silent Alarm, South America, Spotify, Travel, Travelling, Vagabonding, Wicked Van

Ice ice baby

20/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Never have I seen something that looks (and sounds) like this. A gigantic slug of ice, which makes the huge valley it occupies look small and the ice trekkers on it like ants. When I first saw it emerge from behind a twisty Ruta 11 turn, I nearly drove off the road. It’s spectacular. I imagine a few people are reading that introduction and thinking, “come on Marco, it’s a big ice cube – it can’t be all that”. Well […]

Categories: Argentina, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Argentina, Backpacking, Career Break, Glacier, Ice, Latin America, Patagonia, Perito Moreno Glacier, Photography, South America, Travel, Travelling, Wonder of the World

A window of opportunity

15/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

As we summited the main view-point of Torres Del Paine with virtually clear blue skies and bright sunshine we realised how lucky we had been. Before our arrival the park had been closed due to horrendous conditions on the mountain passes and as it transpired would close again 3 days later due to heavy snow. With little planning, and without really knowing, we had a window of opportunity and we made the most of it. With its unmistakable cathedral-like spires, […]

Categories: Chile, FOOTSTEPS, PHOTOGRAPHY • Tags: Backpacking, Career Break, Chile, Hiking, Latin America, Mountains, Patagonia, Photography, South America, Torres Del Paine, Travel, Travelling, Trekking, Vagabonding

“Tell me lies… Tell me sweet little lies”

13/04/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

Road Music – Disc#3 Greatest Hits by Fleetwood Mac. We had already seen some amazing wildness in Southern Patagonia but it was about to get really special as we headed out of Puerto Natales on Ruta 9 – destination Torres Del Paine. As we departed, the new year excitement and an anticipation of life to come on the road caused me to flick through my iPhone to choose some road music. I don’t no why but my finger landed on […]

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It begins… La Cuarenta

16/03/2014 by Footsteps of a Tree

And so to the magical and mystical Ruta 40 – or just ‘La Cuarenta’ according to the locals. When you look at map of Argentina there’s a road that starts south of Rio Gallegos on the east coast and seems to randomly head west towards the Andes and then wiggle it’s way north to the very top of the country on the Bolivian border. That’s the 40. Che Guevara wrote about it his motorcycle diaries with both love and distain […]

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