One Man Goes to Argentina

Book 3 of the Antarctica trilogy

By: Ketan Joshi

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

One Man. One Motorbike. And a 15,000-kilometre race against a closing world.
Think 'Notes from a Small Island' meets 'The Motorcycle Diaries'—if the traveller was a bumbling 'Amigo' trying to outrun a global lockdown while dressed for a polar blizzard in the middle of a subtropical rainforest.
Having survived the 40-metre waves of the Drake Passage, Ketan Joshi is back on dry land in Ushuaia—the southernmost port in the world. But getting home isn’t as simple as catching a flight. Between him and his front door in India lies a rapidly shifting landscape of COVID-19 complications and a final, 15,000-kilometre mission to see the best of South America before the world shuts its doors.
With no proper riding gear, Ketan does the only sensible thing: he flies from the 'Paris of the South', Buenos Aires, to the thundering, tropical Iguazu Falls, before heading to the ancient Inca heartland of Salta. There, in the high Andes highlands, he boards the legendary Tren a las Nubes (the Train to the Clouds)—climbing to a breathtaking 4,220 metres.
But the real challenge begins when he hires a 250cc Honda Tornado to tackle the high Andes alone. Dressed in his heavy Antarctica parka, thermal gloves, and trekking shoes, he looks less like a biker and more like a lost astronaut as he races against time and the Omicron variant.
Inside the final solo adventure of the Antarctica Trilogy:

• The 15,000km Gauntlet: Navigating a global puzzle of travel 'bubbles' and PCR tests at every stage, from the tip of Argentina to the high-tech marvels of the Dubai Expo.
• The World's Highest Train: Reaching the clouds on the Tren a las Nubes, where the engineering is as spectacular as the altitude sickness.
• Andes & Asphalt: Trading the ice for the 'Painter’s Palette'—mountains so colourful they look like God wiped his hands there after colouring the rest of the world.
• The 'Space Suit' Rider: Discover why riding a motorcycle through the high-altitude deserts of the Inca homeland in a polar jacket is the ultimate test of human endurance
• The Global Dodge: A 'Wodehouse-esque' sprint from Argentina to New York, then to the Dubai Expo 2020, before finally landing back in India.

Described as 'the P.G. Wodehouse of India,' Ketan Joshi delivers a refreshingly honest and hilarious finale to his most ambitious solo journey yet.