South America in 125 – Last rounds of the wheels for Bornes In America! –

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Last rounds of the wheels for Bornes In America !

South America in 125 - Last rounds of the wheels for Bornes In America! -

And There you go. It’s the end of the trip for PE and Beru, our two adventurers from Bornes in America, who arrived in Buenos Aires on their Yamaha 125 YBR after 23,979 km, 169 days and seven countries crossed. 21st episode: the end !

This Tuesday, June 23, 2009, we leave Colonia (read episode 20,), located only 50 km from Buenos Aires crossing the Rio de Plata.

We could have returned by one of the many daily boats, but we had no desire to cut short the trip let alone arrive in the center of Buenos Aires by sea … A detour of 600 km s’ therefore offers to us to reach the Argentine capital.

We walk along the Rio Uruguay and land in a municipal campsite. We enjoy a last magnificent sunset, then fall asleep a few meters from the Rio. When we wake up, we are only a few inches from the water which has risen so damnably, transforming this so charming point into an island. So we hurry off before getting stuck !

Wednesday, we go near Fray Bentos, still in Uruguay. To spice up our last roads, we try a few detours leading us in tracks in the middle of the fields while rolling the balloons. The thirst for speed ends with a nice slide for PE, after a few bends already quite limited! Well done, we were driving too fast … Not a scratch, not a scratch, a good laugh and we left more careful.

We put back the splendid sunset and the campsite on the banks of the Rio at the end of the day. On the other hand, we also have a great asado (barbecue) and around the fire, with a few bottles of local wines, we re-travel day by day until late at night: it is our penultimate evening…

The next day, the mission of the day is to cross a closed border: impassable according to the locals! After hearing everything and anything about the reasons, we now know that the border itself is not cut: the administrations are open. But a few kilometers further, a dam has been erected and has not allowed anyone to pass for two years … In question: a new super polluting paper factory (Botnia) contaminates the Rio (drinking water) in very high doses and damages ecological would be enormous … Everyone discourages us and advises us to make the detour of 200 km by the North. At the border post, surprised to see us, we are told "see you later" or that it is a waste of time…

But you have been following us for 6 months now – and it’s also the right time to say a huge thank you for your great comments and your enthusiasm which have always boosted us during the trip and for keeping our episodes up to date. – for 6 months so, you know us you know well that nothing stops Bornes In America … So even if it was not easy at all to discuss with the "blockers", we discovered people mobilized against ecological recklessness and meaningless economic development. "Si a la Vida, fuera Botnia": here is the site for more information: .

Thus, at the end of the afternoon, we arrive in Gualeguaychu. We are back in Argentina after having indeed passed the dam. At nightfall, turned back by the police and gendarmes, we fall asleep on the side of the road.

Friday June 26, 2009: last day on the road to reach Buenos Aires. We are going from two to six lanes, the traffic is heavy, the landscape is urbanizing. The only diversion of the day: a police check that stops us three quarters of an hour and asks us a € 223 fine for wacky reasons without proof … We rebel, we get a little excited and we leave quite revolted by this attempted corruption.

We arrive at Buenos Aires Congress Square at 3:03 p.m. local time (8:03 p.m. at the Site offices)…

23,979 km, 169 days, seven countries crossed, two punctures, two falls, five spokes changed, 5 chains consumed, a transmission axle changed, a lighthouse and a speedometer remained in a Bolivian bend later: the loop is complete !

A word from the editor

So ends the soap opera Bornes in America, this crossing of South America undertaken six months ago and nearly 24,000 km by two young people barely out of their business school, with equipment kindly lent. by Tucano Urbano, Givi and Nolan.

The editorial staff of Site, as well as the entire site team, would like to salute the two heroes of this adventure: PE and Beru, aka Pierre-Emmanuel Loncan-Rigoir and Hubert Hamy. Their thirst for discovery and their vision of things immediately seduced us this winter, when they presented their project to us on a corner of a bistro table. Their courage, the quality of their texts and their photos, their punctuality, their will and their "demerditude" in general have particularly convinced us.

Well done guys, and thank you! A new life awaits you now and given your great qualities, we do not doubt for a single moment that you will know how to make yourself a sunny place. !

PE and Beru

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