The Forgotten Continent Expedition

[dhackney]

The Watching Waters

28 February 2008

We heard of a place, faraway; a place of lakes, mountains and mystery.

Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/chile/docs/watchingwaters.pdf

 

[dhackney]

The Land of Towers

7 March 2008

The Land of Towers held many wonders.

Including waterfalls

Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/chile/docs/landoftowers.pdf

 

[dhackney]

The Duck

8 March 2008

We did our first bit of Ruta Cuarenta (Route 40) today. Surprisingly, a short section was paved, but more than a hundred miles was its normal washboard, dirt, gravel and rock.

Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/chile/docs/theduck.pdf

 

[viter]

your pictures and stories are more than amazing!!! thank you very much!!!!!
I think you should write a book, in case you are not writing one already!

 

[dhackney]

Bad Roads

23 March 2008


“Bad roads bring good people.” – Mama Espinoza.

That’s the most famous quote from the most famous woman of Baja California, a land of some pretty bad roads.

Ruta 40 (Route 40) in Argentina is a long, and in many places, at least by urban standards, bad road. By one measure it is 4,332 kilometers / 2,692 miles long, most of it across the steppes along the eastern flank of the Andes.

For the rest of the story, click here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/argentina/docs/badroads.pdf

 

[dhackney]

Firsts

22 March 2008

This has been a week of firsts.

Some were invigorating, others interesting and a few downright spooky.


For the rest of the story, click here:

Part One: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/argentina/docs/firstsp1.pdf

Part Two: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/argentina/docs/firstsp2.pdf

 

[grahamfitter]

I'm jealous beyond belief. Thanks for the great words and pictures, Doug & Steph. Hopefully it will be my turn someday...

Cheers,
Graham

p.s. The link to firstsp2.pdf is pointing at firstsp1.pdf - but the 2 file is there and is a great read!

 

[articulate]

“Bad roads bring good people.” – Mama Espinoza.

Word.

:campfire:

 

[kcowyo]

Part Two: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/argentina/docs/firstsp2.pdf

Love the First Frost photo. And so many others...

Thanks for the FOD tip. Hopefully good karma will come back your way for helping out those young'ns on the road.

Check in more often. We won't mind. :lurk:

 

[dhackney]

The link to firstsp2.pdf is pointing at firstsp1.pdf - but the 2 file is there and is a great read!

Thanks for the heads up on this. I just fixed it.

We are headed back off the grid tomorrow, so this was good timing.

(Brought to you via Inmarsat BGAN)

 

[Ursidae69]

I love getting caught up on this thread. :bowdown:

 

[dhackney]

2008 Jan & Feb Photos Posted

Photos from Jan & Feb 2008 are posted at: http://www.hackneys.com/gallery/v/travel/

I hope to have March up in the next week or two.

 

[dhackney]

Route Map

I added a route map to the web site here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/index-routemap.htm


New and updated Google Earth and Garmin GPS waypoints and track files are here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/index-gpssawaypoints.htm

 

[dhackney]

Service Log

I added our maintenance/service/repair log to the route map page. You can click on the link at the top of the route page or scroll down for the log.

Route map is here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/index-routemap.htm

 

[dhackney]

Route Waypoint Photos

You can get an idea of the places where we are camping by viewing the photos on the route map waypoint markers.

I added 800 pixel size photos to the route map waypoint markers to make the photos more useful.

To see the large photos:

1. Access the route map here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/index-routemap.htm
2. Click on a South America waypoint marker
3. If there is a thumbnail photo displayed in the info window, click on the thumbnail photo
4. The large photo will open in a new window. You may need to expand the window to see the full 800 pixel size image.

We’ve got photos in almost all of the South American waypoint markers.

There are also a few on the route from San Diego to the Houston Docks.