Packing List & Emergency equipment
November 6, 2011, 19:20
Five days left. As most of the equipment is in the bike box. Not much left to do.
Anyway as we travel together on one bike the major issue of the transport is the restriction of the luggage. As south America has a wide variety of climate zones we have to be prepared for minus 15 °C as well as windy rain and warm dry desert climate. With the spare parts, a tent, sleeping bags and cooking equipment the available space for clothe is restricted. So we looked for some advices how to save space:
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/fernweh/0,1518,788939,00.html
So we took a saw and shorten our toothbrushes and cut our sleeping bags in the middle. ;-)
As Germans sometimes are a little more focused on the negative side of what could happen, we discussed what could happen when I travel alone in the rural areas of the north of Chile. The first idea was to rent a satellite telephone. Not taking into account that while the trip the Rallye Dakar is taking place. http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKde.html There are no phones available for a reasonable price. After a little search in the forums I found the following little gadget:
http://www.findmespot.eu/gm/
It works through a satellite system and needs no GSM signal. The funny thing is that you could join my trip.
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=07AQTaukgGxYeruVpgTSp2qDMl7rz8zO7
I will update my location whenever possible.
Some nice pictures of the area we will visit could be found here:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-58241.html
Anyway as we travel together on one bike the major issue of the transport is the restriction of the luggage. As south America has a wide variety of climate zones we have to be prepared for minus 15 °C as well as windy rain and warm dry desert climate. With the spare parts, a tent, sleeping bags and cooking equipment the available space for clothe is restricted. So we looked for some advices how to save space:
http://www.spiegel.de/reise/fernweh/0,1518,788939,00.html
So we took a saw and shorten our toothbrushes and cut our sleeping bags in the middle. ;-)
As Germans sometimes are a little more focused on the negative side of what could happen, we discussed what could happen when I travel alone in the rural areas of the north of Chile. The first idea was to rent a satellite telephone. Not taking into account that while the trip the Rallye Dakar is taking place. http://www.dakar.com/index_DAKde.html There are no phones available for a reasonable price. After a little search in the forums I found the following little gadget:
http://www.findmespot.eu/gm/
It works through a satellite system and needs no GSM signal. The funny thing is that you could join my trip.
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=07AQTaukgGxYeruVpgTSp2qDMl7rz8zO7
I will update my location whenever possible.
Some nice pictures of the area we will visit could be found here:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-58241.html
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Preparation, Paperwork and Transport
November 5, 2011, 16:35
The decision between renting a bike or ship the own bike to south America was rather easy. The rental bike was pricewise equal if you have a three week trip. For 2 1/2 month the own bike is "cheaper".
The Shipment was organized by
http://villakunterbuntvalpo.blogspot.com/
and the http://www.seafairgroup.com/
The wooden transport box was found - as a used one - on the
http://forum.touratech.de/index.php
On the return of the summer vacation I took the box from Erding to Franconia to fit my bike in it.
(the left bike is mine)
3rd party insurance:
For outside the good old Europe the 3rd party insurance does not work. As some of the countries request a insurance police I found Gisela María Speiser in the Internet. The company she works for does Insurance contracts. The price is reasonable and much cheaper than the penalty from the Argentinean police.
If you are looking for a insurance: http://www.speiserseguros.com.ar
You can communicate with Gisela in German as well...
More or less - right now - all is done. So all I have to do is look for my Ship if it will be in Valparaiso when I am there.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/de/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=636091054
A special thanks to the WEBSITE http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/ here the amount of informations is unbelievable but as in most of the forums - you have to find the info first.
--- SAFETY ADVICES ---
To ensure that nobody speaks Spanish to us I marked the wind shield
;-)
Because sometimes the local police request a fire extinguisher according to the "Ley Nacional de Transito # 24.449" it might be helpful to have a translation with you...
http://www.mhoey.eu/basic/DOCS/Fire_Extinguisher_ARG_Law.pdf
The Shipment was organized by
http://villakunterbuntvalpo.blogspot.com/
and the http://www.seafairgroup.com/
The wooden transport box was found - as a used one - on the
http://forum.touratech.de/index.php
On the return of the summer vacation I took the box from Erding to Franconia to fit my bike in it.
(the left bike is mine)
3rd party insurance:
For outside the good old Europe the 3rd party insurance does not work. As some of the countries request a insurance police I found Gisela María Speiser in the Internet. The company she works for does Insurance contracts. The price is reasonable and much cheaper than the penalty from the Argentinean police.
If you are looking for a insurance: http://www.speiserseguros.com.ar
You can communicate with Gisela in German as well...
More or less - right now - all is done. So all I have to do is look for my Ship if it will be in Valparaiso when I am there.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/de/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=636091054
A special thanks to the WEBSITE http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/ here the amount of informations is unbelievable but as in most of the forums - you have to find the info first.
--- SAFETY ADVICES ---
To ensure that nobody speaks Spanish to us I marked the wind shield
;-)
Because sometimes the local police request a fire extinguisher according to the "Ley Nacional de Transito # 24.449" it might be helpful to have a translation with you...
http://www.mhoey.eu/basic/DOCS/Fire_Extinguisher_ARG_Law.pdf
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PreambleNovember 5, 2011, 15:20
ON THE LEFT SITE THERE IS A "CHAPTER" BUTTON, THERE YOU COULD CHOOSE THE DIFFERENT TRAVEL DAYS!
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Thanks to a hand full of TOP Management guys my decision to quit the job was quite easy. Therefore I now have some month time to travel through south america on my little bike. After a short planning period of 2 month i shipped the bike from Hamburg to Valpariso CHILE.
(C) Scott Adams
The schedule gives me four weeks to explore the north of CHILE, the north west of Argentina, the south west of Bolivia and the south of Peru.
Over Christmas we plan to visit Patagonia and look for some penguins.
More to come...
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Thanks to a hand full of TOP Management guys my decision to quit the job was quite easy. Therefore I now have some month time to travel through south america on my little bike. After a short planning period of 2 month i shipped the bike from Hamburg to Valpariso CHILE.
(C) Scott AdamsThe schedule gives me four weeks to explore the north of CHILE, the north west of Argentina, the south west of Bolivia and the south of Peru.
Over Christmas we plan to visit Patagonia and look for some penguins.
More to come...
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