Another beautiful morning in the Galapagos! Vamos a la isla! We are now on the southwest side of Isabela Island. Link to Galapagos Islands Map This morning we take a dinghy to shore for a hike around a volcano (Volcan Sierra Negra). This photo is from the lower elevation before we begin the hike up to the edge of the caldera. Looks like it might rain...
Welcome to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador!! I will have to say right up front that the Galapagos Islands has been one of the most AMAZING places on the planet I’ve ever been and so incredibly LUCKY to see. Making it in one or two blog posts will be impossible. I imagine it will be divided into at least 4 different posts, if not more. I am going to go...
Our time in Quito is finished and we pack up the bikes to move on. Patrick goes before us. He has a different agenda to getting south and a goal to meet his Canadian girlfriend shortly. So he’s off and running before us. My goal is still to get to Chile soon myself to meet Walter and the Husaberg Adventure Team. We’ve already checked out of the...
Time to leave Ipiales Colombia and cross another border.. this time to Ecuador. The weather is not looking too good but we’re not interested in hanging around this border any longer than we have to. The boys need to do a bank run. Kevin gets the man with a million questions in Spanish. His Spanish is getting better but I enjoy listening to the...
The lake we intended to visit is called Laguna La Cocha. While packing up the bikes this morning, we fell in love with the resident German Shepherd. Kevin is asking what that noise is and I tell him the dog is on the roof. It’s only plastic, and I’m afraid it will break through! It surprisingly did not! Granted it did leave a few holes. That dog loved...
Welcome to the very WHITE city of Popayan Colombia! Sorry this photo is going to bleed outside of the margins, but it’s a panorama, and I like it.. Since we came into town late last night, we decided before getting on the bikes today to take a very long leisurely stroll around town. It would have been a shame to just get on the bikes without getting a better...
Waking up on a cold mountain in hot Colombia!! After our late night discovery in the little wooden lifeless shack of Hosteria Las Brisas, we found it to be quite the bustling wooden shack full of life in the morning! I would have never imagined this to be a major depot for the mountain! Early morning warm sun feels so goooood….The owner made us a wonderful...
Time to leave Medellin.. However! Kevin is still playing with that new camera. Dude! “Wait.. if I take a photo on this setting it looks like this..” Great…ready yet? “Nope…. if I take a photo on this other setting it looks like this..” You can see how thrilled I am as I’m trying to go out the door.. 😉 C’mon...
My motorcycle is still in the shop getting a mechanical make-over. So today we decide to check out the local drug scene… literally! More appropriately, we took the Pablo Escobar tour…a most famous or infamous Colombian Drug Lord. If you haven’t heard of him, here’s a little tiny background. Pablo Escobar Born December 1, 1949Rionegro...
My second day in Medellin was full! I actually have a lot to accomplish while here. And since James and Mark have been in town for a while, they know where EVERYTHING is! First stop was to the KTM Moto Shop to organize a gigantic much needed service. I need a haircut, banking, normal life stuff. The boys take me on my errands. While out we went to their favorite...