 Is it good to stay here and camp for a night? Buenos Aires in Argentina We've been here for the past few days sorting out some things and catching up with our video editing We have also decided that we will stick with our tires because have a look check them out So this is where we're at at the moment And you can see that they're actually still pretty good even though we have driven already 10,000 miles This is the Dunlop trail max mission tire and It's done really well so far. We've been really really happy with it actually so I think we just have to push it a Little bit further. So let me show you guys where we're heading today. So this is the best map we could find of Argentina so far It doesn't have any roads, but we'll try our best So we are up here in Buenos Aires and we are aiming To get down to the Valdez Peninsula, which is down here. So today we'll be riding as far as we can get South in this direction. Yes, it's time to head south into Patagonia The Valdez Peninsula is our next destination and this place is a mecca for marine life for wildlife So this is where we're going Penguin we're coming So the aim right now is to make it as far south as we can for today So we don't know exactly how far that will be and we don't know where we end up But it's already 7 30 and we have to pack a bumblebee completely So better hit the road. Let's go Those of you that have been following this series will know that we've had our fair share of audio issues in the past But little did we know as we rode off to begin our journey deep into Patagonia That this time both our helmet microphones had completely stopped working But did we check the footage? Of course we didn't we didn't find out until three days later So fellow motovloggers double-check your footage every day Luckily, we are now very skilled in saving our episodes with a well-written voiceover So let me tell you the story of our three-day journey from Buenos Aires to the Valdez Peninsula Our mission for the past few days had been to find a company that would issue us with the civil liability Insurance that was a requirement for riding in the country after searching Calling and visiting nearly every insurance company in the city We had a lot of trouble to find a policy that would ensure a foreign vehicle ridden by a non-Argentinian Nearly everyone we asked told us it was impossible But just before giving up we made a stop at an office of a company called la Segunda our last chance We were in luck They were able to issue us with an insurance for three months in the whole Mercosur region Including Chile, Bolivia and Peru and it cost us only 11 pounds So we were all clear to hit the road south First we had to get out of the city We just pulled off of the Highway to this little dirt road where it's a lot nicer and quieter and we put up the parasol Thanks, Chris The Sun is out and about and here are no trees around so it's the perfect thing to do Yeah, very very nice spot for a lunch. Let me show you what we have so yesterday evening. I boiled up some Potatoes So we have some boiled potatoes. I will have some raw Broccoli with it Mandarin We're well prepared And only get some waffles as well way for is the best I Prepared our dinner yesterday as well already is potatoes and eggs I tried to make it make a tortilla, but it didn't really work out. So like a mashed up tortilla Yes, but it still tastes really good. Yes. Wow. Look at that plate Restaurant quality we still wanted to tell you a really crazy thing about Argentina our host Fernando Told us that the best thing we could do is actually bringing US dollar into the country he said to us Oh, no, please don't pay in pesos pay me an US dollar and we were like, huh? Why what's going on? So it turns out that US dollars Actually have a street value here in Uruguay, which is nearly double The value of the dollar itself. It's got like a whole separate price They call it the blue dollar this whole thing happened because the currency the peso is Devaluing so much that basically everybody wants US dollars to keep their money safe Everyone wants dollars and everybody's willing to pay nearly double the price of a dollar For every dollar. So in Uruguay, they don't have this situation So we were advised by Fernando to take out US dollar from the cash machine Which is possible in Uruguay and then take it over the border to Argentina and exchange it So we actually withdrew five hundred dollars in Uruguay for the normal price We brought it over to Argentina and we exchanged it for 900 US dollars worth of Argentinian pesos. Can you believe that? I mean, this is absolutely crazy I have to show you we have three stacks around 150 individual thousand peso bills It's insane. Look at this. It's so much money. It's like so much paper $900 for $500 Not bad. We thought it is really interesting and to tell you as well in case you're on your way to Argentina Bring US dollars. Yes, we had made good progress into the Pampas the vast countryside plains of Argentina But we still had a long way to go to make it the 1,000 miles required to get to the Valdez Peninsula in three days We would have to ride our longest ride of the trip so far and try to break 300 miles in one day luckily the roads were straight and empty and with the cruise control set to 60 We let bumblebee fly and watched the vast countryside of Argentina pass us by Towards the end of the day we passed a real-life goucho moving his cattle by horseback The legendary goucho is renowned in folklore and has been celebrated by South American writers for hundreds of years Like the American cowboy these noble figures are greatly admired and are a core part of the cultural heritage of the region Finally after more than 10 hours on the road and with the Sun setting fast We decided to stop at a petrol station rest area. We had seen on I overlander to find a place to spend the night I key I don't touch it. Oh, yeah, I thought you're a kid. I thought you're a lot of them. I'm a little bit. Okay, which is gracias Good evening guys, we made it happy and alive another petrol station home And we got this beautiful canopy above us to protect us from There's absolutely no clouds, so there's no chance of rain, but to protect us from something and It feels like a home. It's very cozy. So we've got the tent set up Not a bad spot in the end that'll do for the night. It's 10 past 8 So that was a long long long day of riding on some very flat very very straight roads It was our longest day on the road by far We absolutely smashed our previous record by I think more than a hundred miles So we can be quite proud of ourselves. Yes. So we did at the end actually 350 miles which is about 560 kilometers. It's pretty cool because now we are already half way down to where we want to be In a few days. Yeah, exactly. We just need to cross this vast vast area So that we can get to the beautiful wildlife of the valdez peninsula. Oh, I can't wait Yes, so that's it for us today. We hope you enjoyed the episode If so, please give us a thumbs up subscribe to the channel share the video with your friend and family Comment below and we will see you next time Dinner time My sort of tortilla a mashed up tortilla covered in mayonnaise Not bad