Early – Mid February 2023. Trevelin to Coyhaique had been an energetic nine day stretch with lots of long days, so we had a welcome rest break for three days…
Late January/early February 2023. Cycling from Trevelin to Coyhaique has been quite a poignant experience, because it was on this section in 2020 – although mostly via a different route…
Late January 2023. Continuing south within Argentina from Bariloche, long distance cyclists are faced with two main choices: the Ruta 40 to El Bolson, or the Patagonian Beer Trail. The…
Mid January 2023. This post covers just 180km of cycling, but also includes some unexpectedly social rest days and a hiking side trip to the spectacular alpine cirque of Laguna…
Late Dec 2022/Early Jan 2023. Since we crossed into Chile from Argentina via Paso Pichachen, the theme of the landscape and our journey has been defined by volcanoes. This post…
Late December 2022. Ever since we started cycling in South America back in January 2018 the famous Monkey Puzzle Trail had been on our radar. It's one of few bikepacking.com…
Mid December 2022. We long ago lost count of the number of times we have crossed the continental divide of South America, but it's easier to keep track of crossings…
Mid December 2022. In planning for this 2022/2023 leg of our Alaska to Patagonia odyssey we were faced with two choices: riding south from the latitude of Santiago, Chile, or…
Early December 2022. This is just a relatively brief post – a bridging post if you like – to cover a mostly off road connection we made between two several-day…
Early December 2022. Following on immediately from our last blog post, from El Sosneado our plan was to make a deeper dive into the Andes following a large portion of…
Thanks for visiting the blog of Mark Watson & Highlux Photography. Here, you can find the full account of our Alaska to Patagonia (2016–2020, 2022–2023) bikepacking journey, as well as our New Zealand adventures.