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Motorcycle trip

Day 69 - Arica to Iquique

Allright!! Moving forward again!! But first an update from last night… we ran into two Argentineans who were leading a motorcycle trip around this area… they were the guides of a g…

Mario Kart

Heheh… totally unrelated video to this blog at this moment but had some time to kill this morning and found this video… cracked me up! MARIO KART (REMI GAILLARD) by nqtv …

Chile

I am loving this country and as I said previously it’s the “civilized” country of South America… and maybe a bit too “civilized”. Check out their Coats of Arms: Por la razon o la …

Videos, photos and comments updated!!!

Well still missing yesterday’s video but we finally got good and solid internet so I updated the videos - check on the posts below for them. From Motorcycle NY to SP …

Motorcycle trip

Day 68 - Arica

I guess we were tired from yesterday - we slept till around 10am today! Around 11:30 Carlos stopped by to pick us up and go to “Marcela” - his garage/beach house where we… well… hi…

Motorcycle trip

Day 67 - La Paz to Arica

Ok - this was probably the most eventful day so far. Started out of La Paz OK - we saw Jorge, an Argentinean on an old (1979) Kawasaki 660 - he’s on his way back from a “short” rid…

Motorcycle trip

Day 66 - Puno to La Paz

We are unstoppable! Woke up at 6 and went over to the bike and saw two more problems totaling 4. I had found 2 severed wires last night leading to the voltage regulator - that mean…

Motorcycle trip

Day 65 - Cuzco to Puno

Calm day riding… easy road… no traffic… soothing scenery… frequent gas stations… all good. Puno is on Lake Titicaca - the highest navigable lake in the world at 4000 meters (12,000…

Motorcycle trip

Day 64 - Ollantaytanbo to Cuzco

WOW - Machu Picchu was definitely worth the trip. The geographical setting of the place, the train ride, the energy there and the mystery that shrouds that place is phenomenal. Thi…

Motorcycle trip

Day 62 - Nazca to Abancay

Wow - for me it was a majestic day of riding! Finally the scenery changed into something more dramatic and interesting. At the start of the day we ran into Jessie, a New Yorker rid…