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Cycling in
Latin America
My name is Paweł Stefanoff, 43. After having finished a job and before starting a new one, I decided to go for a bicycle tour in Latin America. I am going from south to north along the Andes mountains, during approx. 7 months. Later, I will decide whether to continue and in which direction. I keep this blog mostly to keep my family and friends informed about my current position so they do not worry about my safety. But it's open for anyone interested. I usually check in once daily.


Arrived in Villa Amengual
The sun is back! Well, the strong wind is back too... This part of the 'carretera' is really nice, with many forests, deep valleys and...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 13, 20161 min read


I arrived at Villa Maniguales
In the morning I checked for the possibility of booking a ticket from Puerto Cisnes which is about 170 km more to the north, to Quellon....

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 12, 20161 min read


I came to Puerto Aysen by mistake
Finally back on the road! There is a very strong wind, but it does not bother me as much as it did in Argentina. There is a lot of hills...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 11, 20161 min read


It was a nice afternoon
I stayed one more day, I just could not get up in the morning. I thought that there should be a reason why my body is still tired and I...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 10, 20161 min read


I made some important decisions
I decided to stay one more day to celebrate and rest a bit more from the sun... I sent some postcards, rested, ate, and rested more, and...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 9, 20161 min read


A well deserved rest
With >30 degs and burning sun I wanted to spend most of the day indoors uploading my pictures to a cloud storage service and just...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 8, 20161 min read


Arrived in Coyhaique
This night was very cold. It could be expected at 980 meters altitude, but still the difference between hot days and freezing nights is...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 7, 20161 min read


Arrived at Laguna Chiguay
Distance 37 km (cum. 2973 km); Ascent 960 m (cum. 13,048 m). Arrived at Laguna Chiguay, which is a natural reserve of a certain frog -...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 6, 20161 min read


Villa Cerro Castillo
Today I stayed in Villa Cerro Castillo and I went to a 10-hour hike to the National Park. It was hard especially that I don´t have...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 5, 20161 min read


Arrived in Villa Cerro Castillo
Yesterday I spent most of the day going up in the valley of Rio Murto and today after passing a mountain range I started to descend in...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 4, 20161 min read


Arrived in Puerto Rio Tranquilo
Distance 53 km (cum. 2,815 km); Ascent 850 m (cum. 10,630 m). Arrived in Puerto Rio Tranquilo. We met with Miroslav and thought that we...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 3, 20161 min read


This is true what they say
This is true what they say about the constantly changing Patagonian weather. Yesterday there was a burning sun on cloudless sky, in the...

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 2, 20161 min read


Cycling slowly along the amazing Rio Baker
There is a plan to build a tame and hydroelectric plant, opposed strongly by local communities and ecologists... Distance 62 km (cum....

Pawel Stefanoff
Jan 1, 20161 min read


Today we will celebrate the New Year!
I spent another day on charging my batteries, doing the laundry, buying supplies. I also went for a walk to Reserva Natural Tamango with...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 31, 20151 min read


An amazing coincidence!
A day of rest and fixing the bicycle. An amazing coincidence! At the camping I found five people with whom I was stuck at the border of...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 30, 20151 min read


Finally the sun appeared
Distance 18 km (cum. 2,700 km). Finally the sun appeared when I was getting ready for the road. Unfortunately this day was not too...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 29, 20151 min read


You can really see the difference
Not fun! I woke up after all night of rain, with all my cycling clothes wet. It seems it will rain few more days... After a short 7 km...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 28, 20152 min read


I started on the famous 'Carretera Austral'
After buying supplies and a good sleep in Villa O'Higgins, I started on the famous 'Carretera Austral', a mostly unpaved 1200 km road...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 27, 20151 min read


We arrived in Villa O'Higgins
Distance 7 km (cum. 2,570 km). After 3 hours in the ferry and a 7 km ride we arrived in Villa O'Higgins. Time to say good bye to the 10...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 26, 20151 min read


Everyone is tired of waiting
We are full of hope that the ferry will arrive tomorrow! Everyone is tired of waiting and slowly gets out of food. We are filling the...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 25, 20151 min read


Today is Christmas!
I'm a bit sad I cannot call my family and send wishes to my friends... Frank, the Dutch guy, have a satellite phone and kindly proposed...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 24, 20151 min read


Big disappointment!
We learned that the ferry will not come due to bad weather. The weather was actually really nice, but probably some storms were coming...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 23, 20151 min read


The way here was very challenging
After crossing Lago del Desierto we went through the Argentinian border control and started the famous crossing to Lago O'Higgins: first...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 22, 20151 min read


Arrived on the Lago del Desierto
Distance 36 km (cum. 2,540 km). Arrived on the Lago del Desierto, last spot in Argentina. We started quite late as we could not decide...

Pawel Stefanoff
Dec 21, 20151 min read
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