Thursday, March 28, 2019
Friday, March 22, 2019
Various photos, drone videos and other videos from the trip
These are photos, drone videos and other videos taken by Bo and Dave during their part of the trip
Riding the coastal highway of Peru
Soccer ball donation in Puerto Eden, Chile 🇨🇱
Leaving the ferry in Puerto Montt, Chile 🇨🇱
Sheep and a Ferry in Chile 🇨🇱
Approach to Ushuaia and End of the Road, Argentina 🇦🇷
Soccer ball donation in Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷
Drone video of Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷
Getting closer to Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷
Mount Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Argentina 🇦🇷
Arriving in El Chalten, Argentina 🇦🇷
Riding on ripio in Argentina 🇦🇷
Things that fly
Video of Perito Moreno Glacier in El Calafate, Argentina 🇦🇷
Cool morning after an evening ferry ride in Chile 🇨🇱
View of the mountain range in Carretera Austral, Chile 🇨🇱
Carretera Austral, Chile 🇨🇱
Riding in Carretera Austral, Chile 🇨🇱
Futaleufu, Chile 🇨🇱 from the air
Garmin discussion
Soccer ball donation
Drone video of San Carlos Bariloche, Argentina 🇦🇷
Arriving in San Carlo Bariloch, Argentina 🇦🇷
Valdivia, Chile 🇨🇱
Pichidangui, Chile 🇨🇱
Drone "follow-me" arrival at the Hand in the Desert monument in Chile 🇨🇱
Riding in the northern chilean desert
Drone video of Chacabuco ghost town in Chile 🇨🇱
Somewhere in Peru 🇵🇪
Riding on the coast of Peru 🇵🇪
On the coast of Peru 🇵🇪
Riding the coastal highway of Peru
Soccer ball donation in Puerto Eden, Chile 🇨🇱
Leaving the ferry in Puerto Montt, Chile 🇨🇱
Sheep and a Ferry in Chile 🇨🇱
Approach to Ushuaia and End of the Road, Argentina 🇦🇷
Soccer ball donation in Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷
Drone video of Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷
Getting closer to Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷
Mount Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Argentina 🇦🇷
Arriving in El Chalten, Argentina 🇦🇷
Riding on ripio in Argentina 🇦🇷
Things that fly
Video of Perito Moreno Glacier in El Calafate, Argentina 🇦🇷
Cool morning after an evening ferry ride in Chile 🇨🇱
View of the mountain range in Carretera Austral, Chile 🇨🇱
Carretera Austral, Chile 🇨🇱
Riding in Carretera Austral, Chile 🇨🇱
Futaleufu, Chile 🇨🇱 from the air
Garmin discussion
Soccer ball donation
Drone video of San Carlos Bariloche, Argentina 🇦🇷
Arriving in San Carlo Bariloch, Argentina 🇦🇷
Valdivia, Chile 🇨🇱
Pichidangui, Chile 🇨🇱
Drone "follow-me" arrival at the Hand in the Desert monument in Chile 🇨🇱
Riding in the northern chilean desert
Drone video of Chacabuco ghost town in Chile 🇨🇱
Somewhere in Peru 🇵🇪
Riding on the coast of Peru 🇵🇪
On the coast of Peru 🇵🇪
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Monday, March 18, 2019
Day 81 - Vina del Mar to Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱
Spent most of the day in the picturesque city of Viña Del Mar bird watching and having unch by the sea. At the end of the afternoon made the 90 minute ride through the vine country into Santiago where we finished our Ride to the End of the World.
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Bird watching in Vina del Mar
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Bird watching in Vina del Mar
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Sunday, March 17, 2019
Day 80 - Copiapo to Vina del Mar, Chile 🇨🇱
Quite long ride of over 700 kms (460 miles) where we rode most of the day very close to the Pacific Ocean.
Copiapó has a quite a lot of artistic graffiti.
Temperatures swung a lot and we had to add and take out clothes a number of times. Got about 90 minutes of pretty heavy and cold fog.
Went to eat lunch by the sea in La Serena, Chile 🇨🇱.
Arrived in Viña del Mar already at dark dusk.
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Copiapó has a quite a lot of artistic graffiti.
Temperatures swung a lot and we had to add and take out clothes a number of times. Got about 90 minutes of pretty heavy and cold fog.
Went to eat lunch by the sea in La Serena, Chile 🇨🇱.
Arrived in Viña del Mar already at dark dusk.
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
Day 79 - Antofagasta to Copiapo, Chile 🇨🇱
There are two road options to do, one is the Ruta 5 through the desert and the other is the Ruta 1 by the coast. When we came north as we wanted to visit the Hand in the Desert we took Ruta 5. So this time we took Ruta 1 and were totally blown over.
We started at sea level at Antofagasta climbed to 6,000+ feet where we rode for an hour, came back down to sea level at Paposo, then climbed again at Taltal back to 2,000+ feet and then came down to sea level at Chañaral.
The views were breathtaking and I said “Wow” many times on these 500+ kms.
In my opinion, this day makes the top 5 for the whole trip, in terms of riding a motorcycle experience and scenery.
Enjoy !
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Bird watching in Antofagasta bay
Bird "attack"
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We started at sea level at Antofagasta climbed to 6,000+ feet where we rode for an hour, came back down to sea level at Paposo, then climbed again at Taltal back to 2,000+ feet and then came down to sea level at Chañaral.
The views were breathtaking and I said “Wow” many times on these 500+ kms.
In my opinion, this day makes the top 5 for the whole trip, in terms of riding a motorcycle experience and scenery.
Enjoy !
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Bird watching in Antofagasta bay
Bird "attack"
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Friday, March 15, 2019
Day 78 - San Pedro de Atacama to Antofagasta, Chile 🇨🇱
Before leaving the San Pedro de Atacama region, still visited the Mirador Piedra Del Coyote in Valle de la Luna. Saw the largest copper mine in the world in the distance. Arrival to Antofagasta is always amazing. We got a room with a view which during sunset was a beautiful bay with Peruvian Pelicans.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
Day 77 - San Pedro de Atacama Geysers Vale de la Luna, Chile 🇨🇱
Day 2 in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 🇨🇱.
Another tour with Flamingo Travel. This time it was a half day tour and they came and got us st 5 in the morning so we could get to the geyser field before sunrise and see it rise there.
Temperature was -4C when we got to the fields. The Parque Geotermico Geyser del Tatio is the third largest in the world after Yellowstone and one in Russia.
We also went up to 4,300 meters and I enjoyed a quick dip in the geothermal pool.
We saw lots of animals, which we loved and enjoyed s visit to a local town.
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Geyser activity
Vale de la Luna - Videos and photos
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Another tour with Flamingo Travel. This time it was a half day tour and they came and got us st 5 in the morning so we could get to the geyser field before sunrise and see it rise there.
Temperature was -4C when we got to the fields. The Parque Geotermico Geyser del Tatio is the third largest in the world after Yellowstone and one in Russia.
We also went up to 4,300 meters and I enjoyed a quick dip in the geothermal pool.
We saw lots of animals, which we loved and enjoyed s visit to a local town.
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Geyser activity
Vale de la Luna - Videos and photos
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Day 76 - San Pedro de Atacama Piedras Rojas Lagunas, Chile 🇨🇱
Today we did a day tour with Flamingo Tour Operator where we visited Piedras Rojas, Aguas Calientes, Lagunas Chaxa, Miscanti, Meñique and the villages of Toconao and Socaire and the Salar of Atacama.
It was a very nice tour that started at 7am and finished at 6pm with a very nice breakfast with amazing baguettes and lunch overlooking the Laguna of Miscanti.
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Video of Salar de Atacama
Dancing flamingo in Salar de Atacama
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It was a very nice tour that started at 7am and finished at 6pm with a very nice breakfast with amazing baguettes and lunch overlooking the Laguna of Miscanti.
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Video of Salar de Atacama
Dancing flamingo in Salar de Atacama
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Day 75 - Chanaral to Mano del Desierto to Antofagasta to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 🇨🇱
Rode most of the day in the Atacama desert with temperatures from low 50F to high 90F.
Highlights of the day were the Hand in the Desert, Antofagasta which is a beautiful town by the sea with very large dunes behind it and arrival in San Pedro Atacama.
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Mano del Desierto
Riding around in the desert
Star Gazing in San Pedro de Atacama
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Highlights of the day were the Hand in the Desert, Antofagasta which is a beautiful town by the sea with very large dunes behind it and arrival in San Pedro Atacama.
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Mano del Desierto
Riding around in the desert
Star Gazing in San Pedro de Atacama
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Monday, March 11, 2019
Day 74 - La Serena to Chanaral, Chile 🇨🇱
We rode most of the day in the Atacama desert and one of the highlights was a visit to a well known beach resort town called Bahia Inglesa.
We enjoyed riding in the desert with the ocean just next to us and it reminded us of riding in Namibia 🇳🇦.
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Bahia Inglesa
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We enjoyed riding in the desert with the ocean just next to us and it reminded us of riding in Namibia 🇳🇦.
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Bahia Inglesa
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Sunday, March 10, 2019
Day 73 - Vina del Mar to La Serena, Chile 🇨🇱
Really enjoyed the morning by the sea in Viña Del Mar and surrounding areas. Had lunch in Concon surrounded by pelicans.
Then it was onto the road for nearly 250 miles in Ruta 5 to La Serena, Chile 🇨🇱.
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Encounters - Bertha and Bruno and makeshift ramp to load motorcycle
Sunset with Third Millennium Cross on the background
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Then it was onto the road for nearly 250 miles in Ruta 5 to La Serena, Chile 🇨🇱.
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Encounters - Bertha and Bruno and makeshift ramp to load motorcycle
Sunset with Third Millennium Cross on the background
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Saturday, March 9, 2019
Day 72 - Santiago to Valparaiso to Vina del Mar La Sebastiana, Chile 🇨🇱
The way from Santiago to Valparaiso was on highway. Lots of traffic as it was a Saturday and both Valparaiso and Viña Del Mar are favorite weekend spots. Quite a lot of vineyards on the way.
Loved the colors and the large inclines in Valparaiso which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here we also visited La Sebastiana and its artistic surroundings. At the end of the day rode by the beaches of Viña Del Mar. It was a day where we probably saw the most diverse scenery. We were even given a front row seat in a forest fire where they needed helicopters to contain the flames.
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Visit to La Sebastiana (Panlo Neruda´s house) in Valparaiso
Sunset in Vina del Mar
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Loved the colors and the large inclines in Valparaiso which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here we also visited La Sebastiana and its artistic surroundings. At the end of the day rode by the beaches of Viña Del Mar. It was a day where we probably saw the most diverse scenery. We were even given a front row seat in a forest fire where they needed helicopters to contain the flames.
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Visit to La Sebastiana (Panlo Neruda´s house) in Valparaiso
Sunset in Vina del Mar
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Friday, March 8, 2019
Day 71 - Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱
“Surprising, cosmopolitan, energetic, sophisticated and worldly, Santiago is a city of syncopated cultural currents, madhouse parties, expansive museums and top-flight restaurants. No wonder 40% of Chileans call the leafy capital city home.
It's a wonderful place for strolling, and each neighborhood has its unique flavor and tone. Head out for the day to take in the museums, grand architecture and pedestrian malls of the Centro, before an afternoon picnic in one of the gorgeous hillside parks that punctuate the city's landscape. Nightlife takes off in the sidewalk eateries, cafes and beer halls of Barrios Brasil, Lastarria and Bellavista, while as you head east to well-heeled neighborhoods like Providencia and Las Condes, you'll find tony restaurants and world-class hotels.
With a growing economy, renovated arts scene and plenty of eccentricity to spare, Santiago is an old-guard city on the cusp of a modern-day renaissance.”
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Planning our day n Santiago
Videos of Santiago
Demonstration in Santiago on the Day of the Woman
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It's a wonderful place for strolling, and each neighborhood has its unique flavor and tone. Head out for the day to take in the museums, grand architecture and pedestrian malls of the Centro, before an afternoon picnic in one of the gorgeous hillside parks that punctuate the city's landscape. Nightlife takes off in the sidewalk eateries, cafes and beer halls of Barrios Brasil, Lastarria and Bellavista, while as you head east to well-heeled neighborhoods like Providencia and Las Condes, you'll find tony restaurants and world-class hotels.
With a growing economy, renovated arts scene and plenty of eccentricity to spare, Santiago is an old-guard city on the cusp of a modern-day renaissance.”
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Planning our day n Santiago
Videos of Santiago
Demonstration in Santiago on the Day of the Woman
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Thursday, March 7, 2019
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Day 69 - Cunco to Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱
Our second longest ride during our trip, where we did over 450 miles (725 kms) mainly on highway. There were three common things on this trip, interesting bridges, vast areas of different type of farmed goods and lots of different vehicles carrying these farmed goods towards Santiago for consumption by the over 6 million people who live in the capital city.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Day 68 - Cunco National Park Conguillio, Chile 🇨🇱
We visited the beautiful Parque Nacional Conguillío, Chile 🇨🇱 with a guide.
Helmut was great and drove us around (more than 200 kms) and showed us the nicest sights.
We walked over 7 miles (11 kms on the day)
It was an amazing experience that we will treasure forever.
The main highlights were Rainbow 🌈 Lake, Llaima Volcano and the beautiful araucarias (or monkey puzzle) trees, but there were many other amazing sights.
“Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, or Chilean pine) is an evergreen tree growing to 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft) in diameter and 30–40 m (100–130 ft) in height. It is native to central and southern Chile, western Argentina. Because of the longevity of this species, it is described as a living fossil. It is also the national tree of Chile. Its conservation status was changed to Endangered by the IUCN in 2013 due to the dwindling population caused by logging, forest fires, and grazing.”
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Picnic lunch
Waterfalls
Rainbow Lake
Reflex of the Llaima volcano on the water of Lake Captren
Some of the best photos of the day
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Helmut was great and drove us around (more than 200 kms) and showed us the nicest sights.
We walked over 7 miles (11 kms on the day)
It was an amazing experience that we will treasure forever.
The main highlights were Rainbow 🌈 Lake, Llaima Volcano and the beautiful araucarias (or monkey puzzle) trees, but there were many other amazing sights.
“Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, or Chilean pine) is an evergreen tree growing to 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft) in diameter and 30–40 m (100–130 ft) in height. It is native to central and southern Chile, western Argentina. Because of the longevity of this species, it is described as a living fossil. It is also the national tree of Chile. Its conservation status was changed to Endangered by the IUCN in 2013 due to the dwindling population caused by logging, forest fires, and grazing.”
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Picnic lunch
Waterfalls
Rainbow Lake
Reflex of the Llaima volcano on the water of Lake Captren
Some of the best photos of the day
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Monday, March 4, 2019
Day 67 - San Martin de los Andes, Argentina 🇦🇷 to Cunco, Chile 🇨🇱
Rode on the Parque Nacional Villarica with beautiful views of the Lanin Volcano and saw many araucaria trees. Crossed the border from Argentina 🇦🇷 to Chile 🇨🇱 at Paso Mamuil Malal. Made a wrong turn and did some difficult ripio to get to our destination which was a cabin in a rural setting.
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Sunday, March 3, 2019
Day 66 - San Carlos Bariloche to Vila Angostura to San Martin de los Andes, Argentina 🇦🇷
Today was a short ride, 190 Kms (115 miles) that took us nearly six hours to do as we kept stopping to look at the scenery and take pictures.
We saw many motorcyclists as there was an Harley Davidson event and there was the Round One of the Motocross World Championship in La Angostura.
This is known as the Camino de los Siete Lagos (Road of the Seven Lakes) which crosses two national parks (Nahuel Huapi and Lanin). There are many lakes in the area but the seven most well known and which give the name to this road are:
Correntoso, Espejo, Escondido, Machónico, Falkner, Villarino and Lácar.
Google says it should take one hour and forty-five minutes. It took us much longer and we loved every minute of it. And yes, we did eat chocolate in some of them.
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Encounters - Willy, Fla and Margui from Darle la Vuelta
Lunch on the Road
Videos and photos of the lakes
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We saw many motorcyclists as there was an Harley Davidson event and there was the Round One of the Motocross World Championship in La Angostura.
This is known as the Camino de los Siete Lagos (Road of the Seven Lakes) which crosses two national parks (Nahuel Huapi and Lanin). There are many lakes in the area but the seven most well known and which give the name to this road are:
Correntoso, Espejo, Escondido, Machónico, Falkner, Villarino and Lácar.
Google says it should take one hour and forty-five minutes. It took us much longer and we loved every minute of it. And yes, we did eat chocolate in some of them.
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Encounters - Willy, Fla and Margui from Darle la Vuelta
Lunch on the Road
Videos and photos of the lakes
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Saturday, March 2, 2019
Day 65 - Futaleufu, Chile 🇨🇱 to San Carlos Bariloche, Argentina 🇦🇷
We traveled again with Joerg and Rainer and the first 10kms to get to the border were very beautiful. Futaleufú is indeed a very special place. We met a number of foreigners who live here.. came a long time ago, fell in love with the place and settled here...
A Brazilian owns the hostel where we stayed, italians own the restaurant we had lunch yesterday when we arrived, and an American from Austin owns the restaurant we had dinner last night.
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Encounters - Argentina fighters in Malvinas/Falkland war
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A Brazilian owns the hostel where we stayed, italians own the restaurant we had lunch yesterday when we arrived, and an American from Austin owns the restaurant we had dinner last night.
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Encounters - Argentina fighters in Malvinas/Falkland war
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Friday, March 1, 2019
Day 64 - Puyuhuapi to Futaleufu, Chile 🇨🇱
Some more kms on the Carretera Austral with some ripio and a very nice asphalt road as we approached Futaleufú.
We rode with Joerg and Rainer and it was fun to have company.
They like to travel at a slower pace which we enjoyed. They also like to stop for coffee and chocolate which we will, from now on, copy paste.
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Encounters - Joerg and Rainer
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We rode with Joerg and Rainer and it was fun to have company.
They like to travel at a slower pace which we enjoyed. They also like to stop for coffee and chocolate which we will, from now on, copy paste.
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Encounters - Joerg and Rainer
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
Day 63 - Coyhaique to Puerto Aysen to Puyuhuapi, Chile 🇨🇱
Left Coyhaique just before lunch and rode on the Reserva Nacional Rio Simpson. Great change of scenario as we rode in a very green valley which we hand not seen for a while. Then went a bit off-route to visit the Bahia Acantilada and have lunch in Aysen. The ride to the Bahia was off-road with great scenery. The Bahia was very beautiful and peaceful.
As we left Aysen it started to rain and we did over 50 kms of quite wet and muddy ripio. Not for the weak at heart. Very impressed with Continental TKC70 tires and Enduro mode on the GSA, which made what could have been very difficult quite doable. The town of Puyuhuapi is by the lake and very picturesque.
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Beautiful Bahia Acantilada
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As we left Aysen it started to rain and we did over 50 kms of quite wet and muddy ripio. Not for the weak at heart. Very impressed with Continental TKC70 tires and Enduro mode on the GSA, which made what could have been very difficult quite doable. The town of Puyuhuapi is by the lake and very picturesque.
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Beautiful Bahia Acantilada
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Day 62 - Puerto Rio Tranquilo to Puerto Aysen to Coyhaique, Chile 🇨🇱
In the morning we visited the marble caves and left after lunch. Still a lot of ripio on this route. Actually, the Carretera Austral (Ruta 7) has been mostly ripio which makes the tourist business not so strong. Very different in Argentina 🇦🇷 where they have invested heavily in asphalting the Ruta 40. On the last hour we rode together with a couple from California who just got married and this is how they decided to spend their honeymoon. How cool is that ?
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Videos and photos of the marble caves
Encounters - Sascha and Kerstin
Encounters - Mauro the unicycle rider
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Videos and photos of the marble caves
Encounters - Sascha and Kerstin
Encounters - Mauro the unicycle rider
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Day 61 - Los Antiguos, Argentina 🇦🇷 to Chile Chico to Puerto Rio Tranquilo, Chile 🇨🇱
Although we are still in Patagonia, we exchanged the Argentinian pampa by the Chilean colorful lakes and ice-capped mountains.
Outstanding scenery, one of our best so far on the motorcycle, on the most difficult road we have done.
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Outstanding scenery, one of our best so far on the motorcycle, on the most difficult road we have done.
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Monday, February 25, 2019
Day 60 - El Chalten to Los Antiguos, Argentina 🇦🇷
Today focus was all on lots of miles (over 400 miles) and we did get a long day of riding, over 9 hours, with some wind and a 70 km off-road section.
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Sunday, February 24, 2019
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Day 58 - El Calafate to El Chalten, Argentina 🇦🇷
Another beautiful ride as you ride parallel to the Andes mountains on the left and then the approach to El Chaltén is magnificent as you get closer to Mount Fitz Roy.
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On the Ruta 40
Lunch at La Leona on the Ruta 40
Ride from El Chalten to Lago El Desierto
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On the Ruta 40
Lunch at La Leona on the Ruta 40
Ride from El Chalten to Lago El Desierto
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Day 57 - El Calafate, Argentina 🇦🇷
El Calafate, the name of the town is derived from a little bush with yellow flowers and dark blue berries that is very common in Patagonia. The berry, once eaten, guaranteed your return to Patagonia. We have had Pisco with Calafate and plenty of Austral beer with Califate so we will be back for sure.
We decided to stop a couple of nights in this beautiful town and walk the streets enjoying mingling with the local and many tourists that stop there.
Loved the mountain town feel, the many specialty shops and the coffe place we found at the end of the day with amazing local chocolates.
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Horses in Patagonia
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We decided to stop a couple of nights in this beautiful town and walk the streets enjoying mingling with the local and many tourists that stop there.
Loved the mountain town feel, the many specialty shops and the coffe place we found at the end of the day with amazing local chocolates.
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Horses in Patagonia
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Thursday, February 21, 2019
Day 56 - Puerto Natales, Chile 🇨🇱 to El Calafate, Argentina 🇦🇷
Our ride from Puerto Natales, Chile 🇨🇱 to El Calafate, Argentina 🇦🇷.
Very beautiful sunny day where in the beginning of the day we rode most of the time bordering the Torres del Paine national park. We arrived at El Calafate towards end of the afternoon and hurried to see Perito Moreno Glacier inside the Los Glaciers National Park.
The ride was beautiful but it all got eclipsed by the visit to the Glacier which is jaw-dropping.
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Videos of the Perito Moreno Glacier
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Very beautiful sunny day where in the beginning of the day we rode most of the time bordering the Torres del Paine national park. We arrived at El Calafate towards end of the afternoon and hurried to see Perito Moreno Glacier inside the Los Glaciers National Park.
The ride was beautiful but it all got eclipsed by the visit to the Glacier which is jaw-dropping.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Day 55 - Torres del Paine Puerto Natales, Chile 🇨🇱
Today we went to National Park Torres del Paine and visited Grey Lake and the Grey Glacier.
The park is very beautiful and the glacier and lake are amazing. The color of the lake is grey because of sediments that do not allow sun to go into the lake ... this means no plants or animals survive in the lake.
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Bad conditions on the road today
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The park is very beautiful and the glacier and lake are amazing. The color of the lake is grey because of sediments that do not allow sun to go into the lake ... this means no plants or animals survive in the lake.
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Bad conditions on the road today
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Day 54 - Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales, Chile 🇨🇱
We woke up to a very rainy day but saw that there was a 3 hour window that the wind would blow the bad clouds away. We got a glorious sunny day for our short ride of 250 kms (155 miles). It was quite cold and there was lots of wind as most of the ride is through the Patagonia pampa.
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Monday, February 18, 2019
Day 53 - Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷 to Punta Arenas, Chile 🇨🇱
Good day’s ride. Over 400 miles (650 kms).
Highlights were the ride through Paso Giribaldi as we left Ushuaia, the ferry crossing and our first longer ride in Chile as we rode next to the Strait of Magellan.
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Highlights were the ride through Paso Giribaldi as we left Ushuaia, the ferry crossing and our first longer ride in Chile as we rode next to the Strait of Magellan.
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Sunday, February 17, 2019
Saturday, February 16, 2019
Day 51 - Rio Gallegos to Ushuaia, Argentina 🇦🇷
Long day as we had over 200 miles (500 kms) to cover plus 2 borders and a ferry ride. We did make it to Ushuaia towards the end of the day but still had time to go to the National Park and take some photos, specially the ones at the End of the Road.
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WE MADE IT TO THE END OF THE WORLD !
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WE MADE IT TO THE END OF THE WORLD !
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Friday, February 15, 2019
Day 50 - Perito Moreno to Rio Gallegos, Argentina 🇦🇷
Today our ride was from Perito Moreno to Gobernador Gregores to Puerto Santa Cruz to Rio Gallegos, Argentina 🇦🇷
Our longest ride at just over 500 miles (800 kms) through the plains of Patagonia. Beautiful sunny day all the way with very strong winds.
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Encounters - Colombia couple on a scooter
Motorcyclists in Gobernador Gregores
The "beginning" or "end" of Ruta 40 in Punta Loyola
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Our longest ride at just over 500 miles (800 kms) through the plains of Patagonia. Beautiful sunny day all the way with very strong winds.
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Encounters - Colombia couple on a scooter
Motorcyclists in Gobernador Gregores
The "beginning" or "end" of Ruta 40 in Punta Loyola
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
Day 49 - Esquel to Perito Moreno, Argentina 🇦🇷
Beautiful, immense Patagonia with lots of wind.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Day 48 - San Carlos Bariloche to Esquel, Argentina 🇦🇷
Very nice photo opportunities from the Cerro da Catedral and then we were given a gorgeous sky towards the end of the day which enabled Paula to take some of the best photos yet.
Patagonia is very beautiful ...
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Video at Cerro Catedral in San Carlos Bariloche
Riding the cable car to Cerro Catedral
Lunch at Bahia Lopez
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Patagonia is very beautiful ...
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Video at Cerro Catedral in San Carlos Bariloche
Riding the cable car to Cerro Catedral
Lunch at Bahia Lopez
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Day 47 - San Carlos Bariloche, Argentina 🇦🇷
Beautiful city,that is very different of any other city in Argentina (and South America for that matter) and that reminded us of Switzerland. Very much worth a visit.
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The Stations of the Cross inside the Cathedral of San Carlos Bariloche
Street performers
Watching the sunset
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The Stations of the Cross inside the Cathedral of San Carlos Bariloche
Street performers
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Monday, February 11, 2019
Day 46 - Catriel to San Carlos Bariloche, Argentina 🇦🇷
Some serious scenery as we got within 160 kms (100 miles) of Bariloche. The 237 is in very good condition and we rode close to a number of dykes of the Limay river. Great day of riding with temperatures around 60-65F (15-17C) and sunny.
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Lunch on the road
Ferry on the road
Made it to San Carlos Bariloche
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Lunch on the road
Ferry on the road
Made it to San Carlos Bariloche
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Sunday, February 10, 2019
Day 45 - Mendoza to Catriel, Argentina 🇦🇷
Today it was all about doing many miles in the shortest time possible as we needed to ride in two days to San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 🇦🇷, so we chose the fastest way. Lots of straights, not very great scenery as all concentration was needed to push the average speed up.
We did enter Patagonia.
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We did enter Patagonia.
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Saturday, February 9, 2019
Day 44 - Famatina to Mendoza, Argentina 🇦🇷
Highlights were the Quebrada of Miranda, hundreds of kms of “badenes” (like a valley on the road so that rivers may wash through), riding with the Andes mountains ever present on the right and the city of Mendoza.
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In Ruta 40
Enjoying the end of the day in Mendoza
Watching the sunset in "our private" vineyard
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In Ruta 40
Enjoying the end of the day in Mendoza
Watching the sunset in "our private" vineyard
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Friday, February 8, 2019
Bo, Dave and Tim arrive in Ushuaia
We had a few bumps along the way, but we still made it within our allowed time frame. I got sick in San Christobal, Mexico. Armando had to go hire a doctor to come to the room to treat me. It cost us a day extra there. I fell through a staircase at a remote tribe on the Rio Napo river in Coca, Ecuador and hurt my leg. Armando had to wheel me into a military hospital in Coca and get me x-rayed (the hospital was straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.) That cost us another day, and about 2 weeks on crutches. I crashed on Ruta 40 in Argentina in some rocks and hurt the other leg. That didn't cost us any time, just some embarrassment. Dave's bike got hit by a drunk at 4 am in El Calafate. That cost us another day, but it was repairable (temporarily). Other than small stuff, we're trucking along. No worries.
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Day 43 - Cafayate to Famatina, Argentina 🇦🇷
Today’s ride from Cafayate to Famatina, Argentina 🇦🇷 on Ruta 40, which is “the longest route in Argentina and one of the longest in the world alongside such routes as U.S. Route 66, Canada's Trans-Canada Highway, and Australia's Stuart Highway, more than 5,000 kilometres (3,100 mi) long.”
290 miles (460 kms) in five and half hours.
Long straightaways as we rode most of the time in the valley. Good views in some areas of interesting color mountains.
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Walnut Farm
Sunset at the farm
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290 miles (460 kms) in five and half hours.
Long straightaways as we rode most of the time in the valley. Good views in some areas of interesting color mountains.
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Lunch on the road
Walnut Farm
Sunset at the farm
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Thursday, February 7, 2019
Day 42 - Salta to Cafayate, Argentina 🇦🇷
Today we did a short 3 hour ride from Salta to Cafayate, Argentina 🇦🇷 .
But what a ride it was. It is in the Ruta del Vino so we of course saw many wine plantations but the most striking part of the ride was the Nature Reserve Quebrada de las Conchas where rocks of different shapes and colors dressed up for our viewing pleasure.
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Lunch on the road
Quebrada de las Conchas Nature Reserve
La Garganta del Diablo
Seeing a show and listening to Argentinian music
Argentinian young tap dancers
Beginning and end of evening in Cafayate
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But what a ride it was. It is in the Ruta del Vino so we of course saw many wine plantations but the most striking part of the ride was the Nature Reserve Quebrada de las Conchas where rocks of different shapes and colors dressed up for our viewing pleasure.
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Lunch on the road
Quebrada de las Conchas Nature Reserve
La Garganta del Diablo
Seeing a show and listening to Argentinian music
Argentinian young tap dancers
Beginning and end of evening in Cafayate
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Wednesday, February 6, 2019
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Day 38 - Salar Uyuni, Bolivia 🇧🇴
In the Salar during the rainy season the most magic part to see is the reflex of the on the shallow water that covers the salt.
It is an amazing site and one we would highly recommend everyone experiences.
Enjoy ...
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Hotel Playa Blanca in the Salar
Salt processing plant close to the Salar
Fuji XT1 camera photos in the Salar
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It is an amazing site and one we would highly recommend everyone experiences.
Enjoy ...
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Hotel Playa Blanca in the Salar
Salt processing plant close to the Salar
Fuji XT1 camera photos in the Salar
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Saturday, February 2, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Day 36. - La Paz to Road of Death to Coroico, Bolivia 🇧🇴
The Death Road is between La Paz and Coroico, Bolivia 🇧🇴.
But before you get there you have to cross La Cumbre which is the highest point on the road between these two cities. It is at 14,783 feet (4,506 meters).
It is the starting point for many of the bicycle tours that eventually do the Road of Death.
The views are amazing ...
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Ride from La Paz to La Cumbre
La Cumbre
The beginning of the death road
San Juan waterfall
Tricky water crossing
Stones coming down the mountain
Made it
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But before you get there you have to cross La Cumbre which is the highest point on the road between these two cities. It is at 14,783 feet (4,506 meters).
It is the starting point for many of the bicycle tours that eventually do the Road of Death.
The views are amazing ...
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Ride from La Paz to La Cumbre
La Cumbre
The beginning of the death road
San Juan waterfall
Tricky water crossing
Stones coming down the mountain
Made it
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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Day 35 - Copacabana to La Paz, Bolivia 🇧🇴
Most of the time we were around Lake Titicaca on the Bolivia side.
Rain all the way and nearly 2 hours to get to hotel once we arrived at the outskirts of the city.
Traffic was very heavy and condition of the roads in the rain makes it very tricky.
But ...
Any of that was nothing compared to the crossing of the Strait of Tiquina. The rain changes the game because it wets the wood and makes life much tougher.
La Paz, Bolivia 🇧🇴 with its 2.3M people in the metropolitan area is a pretty big city
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Crossing of the Strait of Tiquina
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Cable car ride in La Paz
Into the fog - cable car ride in La Paz
From the fog - cable car ride in La Paz
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Rain all the way and nearly 2 hours to get to hotel once we arrived at the outskirts of the city.
Traffic was very heavy and condition of the roads in the rain makes it very tricky.
But ...
Any of that was nothing compared to the crossing of the Strait of Tiquina. The rain changes the game because it wets the wood and makes life much tougher.
La Paz, Bolivia 🇧🇴 with its 2.3M people in the metropolitan area is a pretty big city
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Crossing of the Strait of Tiquina
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Cable car ride in La Paz
Into the fog - cable car ride in La Paz
From the fog - cable car ride in La Paz
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Day 34 - Puno to Uro Islands, Peru 🇵🇪 to Copacabana, Bolivia 🇧🇴
We are in Bolivia 🇧🇴.
Crossed the border in Kasani, Bolivia 🇧🇴 in less than one hour (very efficient) and rode about 15 Kns to Copacabana, Bolivia 🇧🇴 where we will be staying.
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Visit to the Uros Islands
People of the Uros Islands
Hasta la vista baby, Uros Islands
Leaving the Uros Islands
City of Copacabana
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Crossed the border in Kasani, Bolivia 🇧🇴 in less than one hour (very efficient) and rode about 15 Kns to Copacabana, Bolivia 🇧🇴 where we will be staying.
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Visit to the Uros Islands
People of the Uros Islands
Hasta la vista baby, Uros Islands
Leaving the Uros Islands
City of Copacabana
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Day 33 - Ollantaytambo to Puno, Peru 🇵🇪
Started with a ride through the sacred valley and then went through the “altiplano” again but this time only reached 14,200 feet (4330 meters). Amazed to see the ice peaked mountains and also had the good fortune to see a large gathering of llamas.
Finished with great view of Lake Titicaca.
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Arrival in Puno and Lake Titikaka
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Finished with great view of Lake Titicaca.
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Arrival in Puno and Lake Titikaka
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Monday, January 28, 2019
Day 32 - Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu, Peru 🇵🇪
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard
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Boarding of the train in Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblo (or Aguascalientes)
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Arrival in Machu Picchu Pueblo (or Aguascalientes)
Bus from Machu Picchu Pueblo to Machu Picchu
Arrival at Machu Picchu
Our first view of Machu Picchu
Photo in Machu Picchu
Videos of Guide explanation of Machu Picchu
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Saying bye to our guide
Lunch in Machu Picchu Pueblo
Organic farm videos
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Boarding of the train in Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu Pueblo (or Aguascalientes)
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Arrival in Machu Picchu Pueblo (or Aguascalientes)
Bus from Machu Picchu Pueblo to Machu Picchu
Arrival at Machu Picchu
Our first view of Machu Picchu
Photo in Machu Picchu
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Saying bye to our guide
Lunch in Machu Picchu Pueblo
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Sunday, January 27, 2019
Day 31 - Cusco to Sacred Valley to Ollantaytambo, Peru 🇵🇪
Today was a lot of riding backwards and forwards to visit different places in the Sacred Valley, Peru 🇵🇪
We did a walking tour of Cusco and then visited Sacsayhuamán. We then rode and went for lunch at Urubamba and then visited the salt mines on Mara, the Inca ruins in Moray and finished the day at Ollantaytambo, Peru.
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Paula meets a friendly alpaca
Plaza de Armas, Cusco
Our visit to Sacsayhuamán in Cusco
Panoramic view of Cusco
Sacred Valley
Lunch in the Sacred Valley
Maras salt mines
Inca ruins in Moray
Encounters - Jofin Lorance
The railway station in Ollantaytambo
Our dinner in Ollantaytambo
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Saturday, January 26, 2019
Day 30 - Arequipa to Cusco, Peru 🇵🇪
Another epic riding day as we crossed the high plains.
The most amazing thing is how many different sceneries we rode through in this day.
It was also the day we went over 15,000 feet and saw vicuñas in the wild.
We encountered many different climate changes and even had a bit of frozen rain.
The road was in the vast majority in great condition but we did catch a number of parts that it was rough.
All of these components put together made it a day not to be forgotten where we were able to take some emblematic photos.
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Breakfast view of the 3 volcanos in Arequipa
Vicuñas in the high plains
Altitude record (15,671 feet or 4,776 metres) on the GSA
El Descanso, Peru
Coca leaves
View of Cusco from hotel
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The most amazing thing is how many different sceneries we rode through in this day.
It was also the day we went over 15,000 feet and saw vicuñas in the wild.
We encountered many different climate changes and even had a bit of frozen rain.
The road was in the vast majority in great condition but we did catch a number of parts that it was rough.
All of these components put together made it a day not to be forgotten where we were able to take some emblematic photos.
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Breakfast view of the 3 volcanos in Arequipa
Vicuñas in the high plains
Altitude record (15,671 feet or 4,776 metres) on the GSA
El Descanso, Peru
Coca leaves
View of Cusco from hotel
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Friday, January 25, 2019
Day 29 - Camana to Arequipa, Peru 🇵🇪
Short ride from Camana to Arequipa, Peru 🇵🇪.
We arrived early afternoon and still had opportunity to have lunch in Arequipa.
Lunch in one of the most well known restaurants in Arequipa
Photos of Arequipa
Walking in Arequipa
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We arrived early afternoon and still had opportunity to have lunch in Arequipa.
Lunch in one of the most well known restaurants in Arequipa
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Walking in Arequipa
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
Day 28 - Pisco to Huacachina to Nazca to Camana, Peru 🇵🇪
Another fantastic day on the road (on the top 3 in my opinion). It was over 12 hours riding through some majestic terrain.
In the morning our objective was to get to Nazca and see the famous Nazca lines.
After lunch in Nazca, we made our way towards the coast where the road cuts through huge dunes with the sea on the side for hundreds of miles.
It is the way trucks transverse the country so you overtake and cross hundreds of them. Every maneuver is different and you have to be on top of your game all the time as one mistake can cost dearly.
It is an epic ride.
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Drone video of the oasis in Huacachina
Video at ground level of oasis in Huacachina
Riding along
Tunnel crossing
Bo riding along
On the platform in Nazca
Evening on the plaza in Camana
Bidding farewell to Bo and Dave as they go south and we go east and then north
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In the morning our objective was to get to Nazca and see the famous Nazca lines.
After lunch in Nazca, we made our way towards the coast where the road cuts through huge dunes with the sea on the side for hundreds of miles.
It is the way trucks transverse the country so you overtake and cross hundreds of them. Every maneuver is different and you have to be on top of your game all the time as one mistake can cost dearly.
It is an epic ride.
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Drone video of the oasis in Huacachina
Video at ground level of oasis in Huacachina
Riding along
Tunnel crossing
Bo riding along
On the platform in Nazca
Evening on the plaza in Camana
Bidding farewell to Bo and Dave as they go south and we go east and then north
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Day 27 - Huaraz to Pisco, Peru 🇵🇪
We passed through Lima, Peru 🇵🇪 which is the capital and it is a nightmare to go through it as there is no bypass of this very busy city so the heavy traffic transversing the country passes downtown Lima. It can take up to 4-6 hours if you hit at the wrong time of the day. It took us 2.5 hours.
The rest of the ride was “tranquilo” as we enjoyed entering the south of Lima section where there are many beach towns with high concentration of holiday resorts.
Riding in the south of Peru is in my opinion much nicer than the north and it seems to be a different country where it is much less poor.
The city of Pisco, Peru 🇵🇪is one of the more colorful and picturesque we have seen.
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Riding along and crossing tight toll booths in Peru
Beautiful Valley
Pisco Family and GSA photo
On the beach in Pisco
Riding on the beach in Pisco
Our hotel in Pisco
Tuk-Tuk riding in Pisco
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The rest of the ride was “tranquilo” as we enjoyed entering the south of Lima section where there are many beach towns with high concentration of holiday resorts.
Riding in the south of Peru is in my opinion much nicer than the north and it seems to be a different country where it is much less poor.
The city of Pisco, Peru 🇵🇪is one of the more colorful and picturesque we have seen.
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Riding along and crossing tight toll booths in Peru
Beautiful Valley
Pisco Family and GSA photo
On the beach in Pisco
Riding on the beach in Pisco
Our hotel in Pisco
Tuk-Tuk riding in Pisco
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Day 26 - Chimbote to Canon del Pato to Lagoons to Huaraz, Peru 🇵🇪
The Bride´s Veil waterfall in Cañon del Pato
Amazing Cañon del Pato
Video in the Cañon del Pato
Disappointment for Bo and all of us
Lunch on the Road
Visit to the high plain lagoons
The Llanganuco Lakes
Dinner in Huaraz
Dancing Caporales in Huaraz
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Monday, January 21, 2019
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Saturday, January 19, 2019
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Thursday, January 17, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Day 20 - Coca, EC 🇪🇨
Getting ready to go to the Amazon
Starting Amazon tour
Video of our Amazon tour
Amazon Indian Hosts for lunch
Animal trap demonstration
Dave eating Cocoa
Don't mess with Bo
Paula´s Shaman treatment
Armando´s Shaman treatment
Dave´s Shaman treatment
Finishing touches of lunch
Lunch anyone ?
Our lunch with the Kichwa tribe
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Day 13 - Liberia to Uvita, CR 🇨🇷
Today we rode the all day in the same country and one that we enjoyed a lot.
We wanted to get to Uvita quite early so we could still enjoy some time in the beach so we had an early breakfast and were on the road at 7:30am.
Riding in Costa Rica is a true pleasure as the vegetation is so varied and you are constantly surrounded by beautiful mountains and some volcanoes.
Our first stop was at Jaco beach, which is defined as a beautiful, energetic beach town is known for its carefree party atmosphere. We arrived quite early for the party going crowd so we did not see a lot of people. We stopped the bikes close to the beach and went to a cafe where we had a mid-morning snack and also took some photos.
We then rode the rest of the way very close to the ocean and now and then were presented with beautiful sea views.
We still stopped at Diminical beach but found it a bit too wild of a scene for us.
We eventually found an hotel and took a dip in the pool to cool down as we had reached quite high temperatures.
We then went to the beach which is part of a national park and spent the afternoon flying the drone (Bo), swimming (Dave) and walking (Armando).
I did not like the color of the sea water so decided not to go for a swim, however, my walk through the park was outstanding as had the forest on one side and the sea on the other. Also enjoyed watching people of all competences surfing.
Took hundreds of photos. Some of which are attached on this post.
That evening the dinner was surprisingly very good specially the pasta with seafood.
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Jaco beach in Costa Rica
Drone fun in Uvita beach in CR
Drone video of walking Uvita beach in CR
Drone video of Playing in the Water
Drone video of Uvita beach
Surfing in Uvita, CR
Dinner in Uvita, CR
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We wanted to get to Uvita quite early so we could still enjoy some time in the beach so we had an early breakfast and were on the road at 7:30am.
Riding in Costa Rica is a true pleasure as the vegetation is so varied and you are constantly surrounded by beautiful mountains and some volcanoes.
Our first stop was at Jaco beach, which is defined as a beautiful, energetic beach town is known for its carefree party atmosphere. We arrived quite early for the party going crowd so we did not see a lot of people. We stopped the bikes close to the beach and went to a cafe where we had a mid-morning snack and also took some photos.
We then rode the rest of the way very close to the ocean and now and then were presented with beautiful sea views.
We still stopped at Diminical beach but found it a bit too wild of a scene for us.
We eventually found an hotel and took a dip in the pool to cool down as we had reached quite high temperatures.
We then went to the beach which is part of a national park and spent the afternoon flying the drone (Bo), swimming (Dave) and walking (Armando).
I did not like the color of the sea water so decided not to go for a swim, however, my walk through the park was outstanding as had the forest on one side and the sea on the other. Also enjoyed watching people of all competences surfing.
Took hundreds of photos. Some of which are attached on this post.
That evening the dinner was surprisingly very good specially the pasta with seafood.
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Jaco beach in Costa Rica
Drone fun in Uvita beach in CR
Drone video of walking Uvita beach in CR
Drone video of Playing in the Water
Drone video of Uvita beach
Surfing in Uvita, CR
Dinner in Uvita, CR
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Day 12 - Chinandega, NI 🇳🇮 to Liberia, CR 🇨🇷
After our long day at the border entering Nicaragua 🇳🇮, we felt it would be wise to leave early as we still had many miles to travel, go through Managua and also exit the country.
As we approached Managua, things started to change radically and we could not believe our eyes. There were nice houses now on the side of the road, there was a lot of activity happening with cars, buses, taxis, motorcycles and people all around. The quality and size of gas stations improved considerably and we felt we were in a different country. There is clearly a major difference of rural and city Nicaragua 🇳🇮. Much more than any other country we had been to.
We did not go to downtown Managua but the little we saw we liked.
The way from Managua to the border we made it on a road that was very close to Lake Nicaragua and we stopped a couple of times to take photos and have lunch.
The lake has a very strong wing that blows from East to West and large amounts of the land bordering the lake is filled with windmills of the electrical kind.
Being on the south side of the lake and looking at the two islands with volcanoes in the middle of the lake will be a memory I will keep forever.
We also had the opportunity to interact with some locals as we asked Maria to cook us a typical Nicaragua meal which she did (fried chicken with yuca and cheese). We also gave a ball to a very nice boy and played some soccer with him.
We would have loved to just stay there, overlooking the lake, longer but we still had to cross the border to Costa Rica 🇨🇷.
Leaving Nicaragua 🇳🇮 was a long process with a new twist which was authorization from the police to leave the country. They took our passports away and we had to wait for about 20 minutes at which time he came back and said everything was ok.
After 90 minutes (new record to leave a country) we moved towards Costa Rica 🇨🇷 and here we had to do immigration (easy), customs (long as usual) and buy insurance (also long process). Eventually we made it out and had one hour of riding time before the sun set so we opted to stay in Liberia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 at a very nice hotel called Villa Hermosa. Here we were able to interact with Costa Rica people and we liked it a lot. Very friendly. In this specific case the hotel belonged to a family that worked together (Dad constructed it, Mom cooked and son managed it) to make our stay very nice. For dinner we had a Mom cooked meal and there was even selection of different breakfast meals. One of my favorite things during this stay was to sit on a hanging chair, stroking Tiara the resident dog and catch up on the internet while sipping a beer.
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Leaving Chinandega, NI
By Lake Nicaragua with Concepcion volcano on the background
Entertainment on the road in Managua, NI
Lunch on the road in Nicaragua
Soccer ball donation
Smiling faces after soccer ball donation
Dinner in Liberia, CR
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Monday, January 7, 2019
Day 11 - San Miguel, SV 🇸🇻 to Choluteca, HN 🇭🇳 to Chinandega, NI 🇳🇮
We left early from San Miguel as we had to do 4 borders and cross an entire country (Honduras).
All the roads we travelled in El Salvador are in great condition and in general we have found the country in better condition than we expected.
We also liked the people who are quite friendly and humble.
We stopped at the border and the exit from El Salvador 🇸🇻 was quite easy but we met the more pushy “helpers” so far in this border. They kept saying we needed them as the process in Honduras would be very difficult. We kept pushing them away.
As we arrived at the Honduras border we were able to park the bikes very close to the immigration and customs building and lucky for us, in the shade.
The immigration process was very fast and uneventful but the customs was a nightmare. I am sure someone defines the most complex process they can think of and then they give it to 10 other people to make it even more complex and that is what becomes the final process.
I am sure the customs officer entered our names and bike information into 4 different forms (we also had to supply 2 different sets of photocopies). And then when I thought she was finished she enters all of it again in a computer. We took over two hours. And we still had to travel through Honduras, and reach what we expected to be the most difficult border, Nicaragua 🇳🇮.
We traveled fine through Honduras 🇭🇳, on a much better than expected road and as we were nearing lunch time we looked for a place to eat. We were close to the capital Choluteca and just outside town we saw this beautiful hotel where we stopped and had an excellent meal. We were the only people there and had the fortune of seeing a number of iguanas 🦎 that roamed the grounds. The iguanas mating on a coconut tree 🌴 photo I took will probably be one of the most interesting ones we have taken so far.
Being there was also an opportunity to speak to some locals and I liked their sympathy and empathy with strangers (very different from the neighbors on the south).
Although we were having a lot of fun on a gorgeous day at a beautiful hotel, we needed to get going.
After a number of hours riding we arrived at the Honduras 🇭🇳 and Nicaragua 🇳🇮 border.
Leaving Honduras 🇭🇳 was lengthy (just slow and drawn out process) but straight forward.
The first interaction we had with Nicaraguans was at the fumigation station. This is another part of the process in some borders where they spray your vehicle with some type of chemical. Of course you have to pay something and wait some more in line for them to enter info about your bike, sign in triplicate and give you a paper.
During this interaction I asked the guy in the office if he could throw away some unnecessary papers I had with me. He looked at me and said no. I just stood there, speechless. After I processed what has never happened to me before, I turned around and thought this will not be an easy country to visit. There were other occasions where I interacted with Nicaraguans and my overall feeling is that they are by far the most aggressive and abrasive people of the countries we have travelled so far. They are also the poorest and it is the country where I was riding much more attentive to things that were happening around us.
The process through the border was complex and slow and officers were in general not courteous.
It was the only country where we had to open every single bag for them to look through and no, we could not park the bikes in the shade while we did this. And yes, we were told numerous times, the process has to be done between an officer and the specific individual so no, I was not allowed to give the documents of Bo and Dave to the officer even though they were standing just next to me. They had to hand them themselves.
Bottom line, we spent another 2 hours, had one more process than other borders so far which was getting insurance for the bikes and left the border with about one hour of sun left in the day.
That meant we needed to find an hotel fast and a town quite close. We opted for Chinandega and made our way there.
Riding on the road just after the border is very different from our experience later through Managua (the capital). Here people live in very bad conditions (by far the worst we encountered). There are no houses and they live in shacks made from zinc or even pieces of trees. It felt similar to riding through the poorest areas of Africa. In other countries in Central America there are buses, and taxis as well as motorcyclists that take people around. Here there are only bicycles that have been fitted with some type of a seat where the rider can take a passenger.
Every where we passed people stopped doing whatever they were doing and watched us. We usually lift our hand as a form of saying hello. We got few responses back.
The sun was dipping fast, the dark was getting stronger so we pushed on.
We arrived at our hotel already at night and were able to put our bikes in safety of a closed parking lot in the nick of time.
That night we asked them to make us food at the hotel and bring some from restaurants near by. We just did not feel comfortable to leave the hotel.
The hotel experience was very nice as our rooms were on the ground floor just next to where we had our dinner and WiFi speed was good. We were also taken care of very well by three ladies that helped us choose our food and made it themselves in the hotel.
The food was very tasty and the beer helped us relax of a long and eventful day.
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Lunch in Choluteca, HN
Iguanas in the wild in Choluteca, HN
Sticker in Honduras
Explaining the border process after exiting the Honduras border
Sticker in Nicaragua
Dinner in Chinandega, NI
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All the roads we travelled in El Salvador are in great condition and in general we have found the country in better condition than we expected.
We also liked the people who are quite friendly and humble.
We stopped at the border and the exit from El Salvador 🇸🇻 was quite easy but we met the more pushy “helpers” so far in this border. They kept saying we needed them as the process in Honduras would be very difficult. We kept pushing them away.
As we arrived at the Honduras border we were able to park the bikes very close to the immigration and customs building and lucky for us, in the shade.
The immigration process was very fast and uneventful but the customs was a nightmare. I am sure someone defines the most complex process they can think of and then they give it to 10 other people to make it even more complex and that is what becomes the final process.
I am sure the customs officer entered our names and bike information into 4 different forms (we also had to supply 2 different sets of photocopies). And then when I thought she was finished she enters all of it again in a computer. We took over two hours. And we still had to travel through Honduras, and reach what we expected to be the most difficult border, Nicaragua 🇳🇮.
We traveled fine through Honduras 🇭🇳, on a much better than expected road and as we were nearing lunch time we looked for a place to eat. We were close to the capital Choluteca and just outside town we saw this beautiful hotel where we stopped and had an excellent meal. We were the only people there and had the fortune of seeing a number of iguanas 🦎 that roamed the grounds. The iguanas mating on a coconut tree 🌴 photo I took will probably be one of the most interesting ones we have taken so far.
Being there was also an opportunity to speak to some locals and I liked their sympathy and empathy with strangers (very different from the neighbors on the south).
Although we were having a lot of fun on a gorgeous day at a beautiful hotel, we needed to get going.
After a number of hours riding we arrived at the Honduras 🇭🇳 and Nicaragua 🇳🇮 border.
Leaving Honduras 🇭🇳 was lengthy (just slow and drawn out process) but straight forward.
The first interaction we had with Nicaraguans was at the fumigation station. This is another part of the process in some borders where they spray your vehicle with some type of chemical. Of course you have to pay something and wait some more in line for them to enter info about your bike, sign in triplicate and give you a paper.
During this interaction I asked the guy in the office if he could throw away some unnecessary papers I had with me. He looked at me and said no. I just stood there, speechless. After I processed what has never happened to me before, I turned around and thought this will not be an easy country to visit. There were other occasions where I interacted with Nicaraguans and my overall feeling is that they are by far the most aggressive and abrasive people of the countries we have travelled so far. They are also the poorest and it is the country where I was riding much more attentive to things that were happening around us.
The process through the border was complex and slow and officers were in general not courteous.
It was the only country where we had to open every single bag for them to look through and no, we could not park the bikes in the shade while we did this. And yes, we were told numerous times, the process has to be done between an officer and the specific individual so no, I was not allowed to give the documents of Bo and Dave to the officer even though they were standing just next to me. They had to hand them themselves.
Bottom line, we spent another 2 hours, had one more process than other borders so far which was getting insurance for the bikes and left the border with about one hour of sun left in the day.
That meant we needed to find an hotel fast and a town quite close. We opted for Chinandega and made our way there.
Riding on the road just after the border is very different from our experience later through Managua (the capital). Here people live in very bad conditions (by far the worst we encountered). There are no houses and they live in shacks made from zinc or even pieces of trees. It felt similar to riding through the poorest areas of Africa. In other countries in Central America there are buses, and taxis as well as motorcyclists that take people around. Here there are only bicycles that have been fitted with some type of a seat where the rider can take a passenger.
Every where we passed people stopped doing whatever they were doing and watched us. We usually lift our hand as a form of saying hello. We got few responses back.
The sun was dipping fast, the dark was getting stronger so we pushed on.
We arrived at our hotel already at night and were able to put our bikes in safety of a closed parking lot in the nick of time.
That night we asked them to make us food at the hotel and bring some from restaurants near by. We just did not feel comfortable to leave the hotel.
The hotel experience was very nice as our rooms were on the ground floor just next to where we had our dinner and WiFi speed was good. We were also taken care of very well by three ladies that helped us choose our food and made it themselves in the hotel.
The food was very tasty and the beer helped us relax of a long and eventful day.
Make Life a Ride !
Lunch in Choluteca, HN
Iguanas in the wild in Choluteca, HN
Sticker in Honduras
Explaining the border process after exiting the Honduras border
Sticker in Nicaragua
Dinner in Chinandega, NI
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Sunday, January 6, 2019
Day 10 - Guatemala City, GT 🇬🇹 to San Miguel, SV 🇸🇻
Today we travelled 230 miles (370 kms) and did a border post where we had to leave Guatemala and enter El Salvador.
We had a very nice breakfast where we able to see once more the enchanted view. There was no fog so it was very beautiful.
The road to the border is in very good condition and our intention was to do El Salvador in one day. But as we have started to learn the process in these Central American borders are not very simple and we take hours to get through and this is with minimal traffic as there is an agreement between 4 of the countries (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua) and people from these countries have free access to the others. The biggest time consumer is at customs where we have to get the temporary importation authorization of the motorcycles. They have to fill the same information multiple times in a plentitude of forms.
We eventually made it through and entered El Salvador where we were impressed by the American influence in the country. The large American household names are very well represented and we stopped in a food court type of place where we had the Burger King whopper and I also had a strawberry milkshake from Boston Company.
The road was in excellent condition and we made good time to San Miguel, SV where we decided to spend the night. Finding an hotel was not easy and we ventured into some shady neighborhoods but eventually we found a taxi driver that gave us a good and affordable hotel name and we parked the bikes. The hotel had a pool and a siting area where we drank dome beers and spoke about the day’s ride.
But before arriving at the hotel we donated a soccer ball (offered by Teague and Lindsay Griffin) to Rene, a young Salvadoran. He had his sister and his dad with him and we took some pictures to remember each other.
For the evening we went into a barbecue place where Bo had the beef, Dave the chicken and I had the prawns.
We went back to the hotel and caught up with the daily messages and social network updates.
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Lunch on the road
Arriving in El Salvador
Arrival in San Miguel, SV
Giving a soccer ball in San Miguel, SV
Giving a soccer ball in San Miguel, SV II
Walking the streets and dinner in San Miguel, SV
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We had a very nice breakfast where we able to see once more the enchanted view. There was no fog so it was very beautiful.
The road to the border is in very good condition and our intention was to do El Salvador in one day. But as we have started to learn the process in these Central American borders are not very simple and we take hours to get through and this is with minimal traffic as there is an agreement between 4 of the countries (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua) and people from these countries have free access to the others. The biggest time consumer is at customs where we have to get the temporary importation authorization of the motorcycles. They have to fill the same information multiple times in a plentitude of forms.
We eventually made it through and entered El Salvador where we were impressed by the American influence in the country. The large American household names are very well represented and we stopped in a food court type of place where we had the Burger King whopper and I also had a strawberry milkshake from Boston Company.
The road was in excellent condition and we made good time to San Miguel, SV where we decided to spend the night. Finding an hotel was not easy and we ventured into some shady neighborhoods but eventually we found a taxi driver that gave us a good and affordable hotel name and we parked the bikes. The hotel had a pool and a siting area where we drank dome beers and spoke about the day’s ride.
But before arriving at the hotel we donated a soccer ball (offered by Teague and Lindsay Griffin) to Rene, a young Salvadoran. He had his sister and his dad with him and we took some pictures to remember each other.
For the evening we went into a barbecue place where Bo had the beef, Dave the chicken and I had the prawns.
We went back to the hotel and caught up with the daily messages and social network updates.
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Lunch on the road
Arriving in El Salvador
Arrival in San Miguel, SV
Giving a soccer ball in San Miguel, SV
Giving a soccer ball in San Miguel, SV II
Walking the streets and dinner in San Miguel, SV
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Saturday, January 5, 2019
Day 9 - Huehuetenango to Guatemala City, GT 🇬🇹
Today it was a short day in terms of miles, about 150 miles (250 Kms) but very long as we rode in rural Guatemala 🇬🇹 where the quality of the roads is not very good and a lot of times we rode on packed dirt.
What a beautiful day it was, one of my favorites as we rode away from the beaten path and visited places majority of tourists do not go to. It was a day of constant ups and downs with amazing photo opportunities with the sun shining just right and roads that snaked into themselves so I could stay a bit behind and take pictures of Bo and Dave from above.
We had the opportunity of stopping in a small rural village with about 5 houses that also sell stuff and interact with a local family. Bo took out his drone which was a hit and brought a number of curious people from their to the street to see it hover and film.
We were also able to view Guatemala City from afar and plot our way through the city which actually was easier than we thought. As there were not a lot of town with good hotel coverage from Guatemala City to the border we decided to stop early in a nice hotel just out of the city.
We were intrigued by its name (Vista Encantada which means Enchanted View) and chose it over others.
The hotel is actually inside a closed community and because of the high walls you cannot see any view until they open up the big gates so it was actually a surprise.
The view is magnificent with a lake (Amatitlan) surrounded by a town and with a number of volcanoes (Water, Fire, Acatenango) on the background.
The hotel is run by a very nice lady and her grown children and that evening she made us an home made chicken soup that we will remember for a long time.
I still had a lot of adrenalin from the day’s ride and wanted to see the lake up close so hot back on the bike and went down the hill to see the town and lake. Very nice.
Still had quite an adventure doing some heavy-duty off-roads up the hill at night in the way back but that is a story for another day with some beers. Let’s just say there was some panel beating of panniers the next morning.
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Off-road riding in Guatemala
Lunch on the road
View of Guatemala City
Enchanted view from our hotel in Guatemala City
Enchanted view II
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What a beautiful day it was, one of my favorites as we rode away from the beaten path and visited places majority of tourists do not go to. It was a day of constant ups and downs with amazing photo opportunities with the sun shining just right and roads that snaked into themselves so I could stay a bit behind and take pictures of Bo and Dave from above.
We had the opportunity of stopping in a small rural village with about 5 houses that also sell stuff and interact with a local family. Bo took out his drone which was a hit and brought a number of curious people from their to the street to see it hover and film.
We were also able to view Guatemala City from afar and plot our way through the city which actually was easier than we thought. As there were not a lot of town with good hotel coverage from Guatemala City to the border we decided to stop early in a nice hotel just out of the city.
We were intrigued by its name (Vista Encantada which means Enchanted View) and chose it over others.
The hotel is actually inside a closed community and because of the high walls you cannot see any view until they open up the big gates so it was actually a surprise.
The view is magnificent with a lake (Amatitlan) surrounded by a town and with a number of volcanoes (Water, Fire, Acatenango) on the background.
The hotel is run by a very nice lady and her grown children and that evening she made us an home made chicken soup that we will remember for a long time.
I still had a lot of adrenalin from the day’s ride and wanted to see the lake up close so hot back on the bike and went down the hill to see the town and lake. Very nice.
Still had quite an adventure doing some heavy-duty off-roads up the hill at night in the way back but that is a story for another day with some beers. Let’s just say there was some panel beating of panniers the next morning.
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Off-road riding in Guatemala
Lunch on the road
View of Guatemala City
Enchanted view from our hotel in Guatemala City
Enchanted view II
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