We (Gareth , Dave and me) stood in the old town waiting for a bus that supposedly went passed the canal locks BUT ended up somewhere else after a hour ride. A lady on the bus told us we couldn’t get off as we were in the “wrong” area of town and it is “very danger” […]
It was a saga beyond anything we had previously experienced, but we thought we had the bikes into a freight plane and left for Panama to wait for their arrival. Dave met us at the airport, looking a bit glum as he had just discovered his bike was in Miami, we smiled and told him […]
Usually we have been pretty lucky with our travels but I’ve been done for the second time this trip. Firstly my $1000 stash of US dollars was taken either from the hotel room in Houston when we were at breakfast or when the luggage was handled at the airports Houston / Quito. Hidden deep in […]
We started in Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, French Guiana, Suraname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, and finally Ecuador. We had a couple of breaks home to cuddle grand-babies and mow the lawns. What a huge continent, and an epic adventure. We have been lucky to have our youngest off-spring, Ruby, along for the last […]
Well I thought I should let you know how great it is to be back on the road. Gareth has Ruby on the back of his bike and I have his huge waterproof bag. Ruby and I are sharing the absolute minimum of clothes and we have everything on in the cold of these high […]
Well we are early on the road to get to Bogota and sort the end of trip stuff that has to be done. Bike storage, getting luggage cleaned and boots scrubbed for immigration and agricultural checks back into NZ. All seems well and our GPS route matches the road signs today, a pleasant change. Heading […]
We awake in a great little Spanish town of Barichara, at 2600m. We had stayed in a posada selected mainly because it could fit the bikes with-in the walls, for our night security. The small double bed touched three of the walls and when you opened the wooden shutters for light you looked out on […]
This is a gorgeous old spanish style town. We had Saturday evening promenading with the towns folk, and even an invitation to stay with Christina , a local school teacher. Doors are open, church bells are constant and frantic, the hotels don’t have armed guards, concerts in the street, welcome to Colombia. We are up […]
We set off early from Merida in Venezuela to wind down a great road to the valley floor. Lots of curves and an increasing number of trucks make the riding interesting and then the temperature was back up to 30 degrees as we hit the lower valley. My Gps maps didn´t want to make things […]
We have cut a gentle arc across Venezuela, some great highways and many hectic, narrow truck filled roads. Pot holes and washouts are ever present so total vigilance is needed, and the use of blinkers and ¨emergency flashers¨ is as variable and unpredictable as the driving. A truck head-on collision that we could skirt around […]
