Article archive

08/19/2009 03:44

The most striking blue sky ever, welcomed me to Argentina all the way from Jama......

I crossed to Argentina yesterday at noon.......one month and four days after leaving Calgary on Sunday July 12th , the ride from Jama to Jujuy was surrounded by mountains, llamas, vicuñas, frozen lakes, salt deserts, and the most incredible blue sky you can imagine...only crossed by few white...

Read more

—————

08/15/2009 16:51

Heading to Jama …..

  Arica is a port town, near the sea the morning started covered with fog, it looked like cold but I believe it was the humidity that made things worst.   I decide to test the heated vest and the connection with the dimmer. I know it worked in Calgary but with all the stuff that happened...

Read more

—————

08/14/2009 20:26

Leaving Peru......

I couldn't fill the site yesterday because the Hotel Internet did not worked properly, sorry. Today I loaded the pics of the two days (you can see now two additional titles under Peru) and I will summarize the riding comments.   First I have to mention that I crossed to Chile yesterday...

Read more

—————

08/13/2009 18:04

The Nasca lines

 Today it's been a month since I left Calgary !!!!!! After leaving Ika under the fog, the sun start shining and I rode long and empty roads again....this is what I mean for long and empty roads …...   Then I hit a long plane extension.....the site of the Nasca lines, I watch them from...

Read more

—————

08/12/2009 04:44

Crossing Lima

I left Huacho under a foggy morning, it was cold and I have to wear some warming cloth, I'm not paying more attention to local forecast that calls for 31 Celsius when is 8......in any case a good piece of advice for a rider is this....keep always a nylon or plastic liner with you to wear on top,...

Read more

—————

08/11/2009 05:06

Peru the challenge.....!!

No doubt that Peru is one of the most challenging Countries to cross, a complete desert with small towns and only few important cities. It forces you to be careful in the planing of the ride as you can't find places to sleep  and the time between different towns are difficult to...

Read more

—————

08/10/2009 04:31

Peru the land of the wind.....!!

  I crossed to Peru yesterday morning, customs took more than expected (two hours) and I'm glad I didn't try in the evening I got there. Here is a rule : never cross borders late !!!!! they are not predictable. In this case the problem was me and not the bike, they took forever to stamp the...

Read more

—————

08/09/2009 05:58

Alausi a town hiden in the mountains !!!!!

 I couldn't work on the site yesterday, there was no INTERNET available in the hotel in Alausi; as I go down south the hotels are cheaper, this is the good news (Alausi was 12 U$S/night), the bad news are that the services available are also limited. Don't take me wrong, the hotel was fine,...

Read more

—————

08/07/2009 17:30

Quito the doors of the Andes....

After 10.000 Km I arrived to Panama and flew to Quito. My bike arrived yesterday morning and I spent most of the day to release it from customs, there were some minor damages (mirror broken and windshield with a small fracture) that shows there was some issues in the transportation.   While...

Read more

—————

08/06/2009 05:05

Panama is amazing.....!!!

Panama is a booming country as far I see, I have not read much about it's economy but you see construction everywhere, I would guess that 50 % of the super buildings in Panama City are under construction as we speak. The avenue you see in the picture was inagurated ...a month ago !!!! and build...

Read more

—————


 The best advice for an obsessive rider 

 

 ".....Do not use any maps.......do not plan.......the only important thing is to travel light, then, just ride, ride down south, Argentina is at the end of the continent, there is no way you'll miss it....." 

Juan, a chilenian friend that did this same trip three times