After I got my visa, we first traveled from the border of Bolivia to the city of Rio Branco in west Brazil through to Porto Vehlo. Our intentions here are to prepare ourselves for riding north on the BR 319. An unmaintained road technically no longer in use through the Amazon to Manaus. When I think Amazon, I immediately visualize lots of green jungle, water, big...
After traveling the last few days with Petar, my desire to ride again is very strong. Back in Cusco, James finally shows up! About 1 month later than expected, but hey.. I’ve had a good time waiting and riding around with Petar. I can forgive James especially now because he came back from London bearing gifts.. New mascara! (He did his research with a female...
KTM’s on the loose! Petar and I have two different objectives. He wants to continue his South American adventure by traveling through Bolivia. I don’t want to go back to Bolivia for anything, however it was the shortest distance for me to travel to renew my Peruvian visa. Petar worked long and hard to convince me to travel with him to Bolivia, I can...
Ok.. side trip number 2 with young Petar! And we are heading to Manu National Park. When people come to Cusco and if they want to experience a bit of the Amazon, this is the park they head to. Our goal is not to head into the Amazon, but to experience the famous sunrise there. I’ll explain more below. Out of Cusco we came to Pisaq. There was NO WAY around...
I really needed to find a place to stay in Cusco where I could have my motorcycle with me. Too many sleepless nights in the other place worrying about whether my bike survived another night 2 blocks away. So after scouring the entire town, I found a place where the owner (who hit and damaged my bike pannier.. and then fixed it no worries) was so kind to give me a...
Heck, where do I start about Cusco Peru? The idea for me here is to take time off. It’s been a really hard core few months.. Lots of long distance riding from North America, through Mexico and Central America and nearly to the bottom, the Chilean Adventure, Kevin, Bolivia, etc. If I could go down to Ushuaia and finish South America, I would. But it’s...
On the road from Ollantaytambo to Pisaq, and it’s another beautiful day in Peru! One thing I’ve noticed about Peruvians, is that they are always walking down the road carrying something on their back. This one was so bad, I hardly recognized what it was until I saw the small human legs sticking out beneath this stash. Not only do they carry crops, but...
Welcome to Ollantaytambo Peru! We didn’t take the time to check out this town and another amazing set of ruins when I stayed here with Barton and Dean on the way to Machu Picchu. But when I rode back through on my motorcycle, I knew I wanted to stop and stay here for a couple of days. There is nothing that can out-do Machu, but this place is drawing me in...
The three of us ride our motorcycles into Cusco with no intentions of hanging around other than getting some super desperately needed laundry clean. I will return to Cusco later. We are so close to one of the main reasons for being in this part of the world. Machu Picchu !!!! We all have been trying to figure out for ages how to RIDE the motorcycles to Machu. Kevin...
The night after backtracking to Coroico, La Paz, and then north to Peru, we stayed the night on the border. This is usually avoided, never a good choice to stay in a border town. And it turned out to be the case again. They are dirty, loud, disorganized, etc etc. After searching and searching and searching on dirt roads in the dark for a place to stay, we finally...