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A little bit of an update from the capital of Argentina about what I’ve been up to the past week. Last week, about 30 miles from Ushuaia, I ran into some cyclists, but not just any cyclists!  Over three years ago I had been reading a handful of blogs of folks biking or going to [...]

[Yes, that is me, holding up the cast iron skillet I've been hauling along the whole way] At around 3:00pm local time I got to Ushuaia, after almost 21 months since departing from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Right now the fact that I’m done with this trip is only starting to sink in. As far as [...]

17500 from Matt Kelly on Vimeo.

17000 from Matt Kelly on Vimeo. Made it to 17,000 miles (27,400 km) on the odometer yesterday.  Why am I shouting?  It was so windy and I wanted to make sure I could be heard. And it really was that difficult to hold the camera still. “Hello, welcome to 17,000 miles.  It is windy out [...]

Surprise, greetings from Perito Moreno, Argentina (see map to the right)! A not so slight change in course. How did I end up here? By bike of course (and a ferry ride across Lago, South America’s second largest lake). But what made me decide to come this way? On my way out of Coyhaique, I [...]