Heading towards the Argentinian border south of Lago Gral Carrera the road led along turquoise blue lakes and climbed up into a vast open landscape with red rock formations that reminded of the Monument Valley. The road itself though was another gravel road with those bumpy cross ruts combined with very strong wind gusts. We crossed the border at a really small border post in the middle of nowhere at Paso Roballos. The border guards were really friendly and it was like sitting down with a few friends for a chat. Entering Argentina with the bikes and us feeling totally rattled to pieces we set up camp in the midst of the surreal landscape next to a river.
Having crossed into Argentina with no ATM in sight (and having no Argentinian pesos in our pockets) we pulled into the next gas station at Baja Caracoles. This place was literally a few houses and a fuel pump – like so many “towns” in the Argentinian pampas as we later learnt. With only a few dollars, which they didn’t want to accept or change because they where folded before, we were stuck out in the pampas! The next town with an ATM and fuel was over 240 km away. Eventually a group of Brazilian riders paid for our fuel and saved our day, thanks guys!
Back on the Ruta 40 we headed south, our goal of reaching Ushuaia, the most southern point of the Americas coming closer by the day! Riding through the pampas we encountered miles after miles of just straight roads and an endless horizon. After spending the night camping behind a gravel hill off the Ruta 40 we visited the Perito Moreno Glacier. It was really impressive and incredible to see the glacier up close and to watch part of it crash down into the water. This is one of the few advancing glaciers worldwide!
