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...
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...
While in Gocek, the always helpful Doug Wothke sent me a message saying he has a friend in Kas, south Turkey, if I happen to be going that way. I looked it up and I was only 150 km away! Sent his friend a message, who so quickly replied at 7 in the morning.. saying to come visit! Yay! I always love to meet people on my way who knows the area, as...
It’s not sunny, but it’s not raining either….Hallelujah! Let’s Ride!!!!!! It’s Croatia in the Mountains today… whew hew!! Meet Rakela, Ivan and you already met Anton, my host! The day before this it was raining hard so I went into Split, just 20 km down the road to wander around the historic old city. When I was...
I wasn’t looking much forward to getting on the road from Tomtor, because the road into town was so gravelly.. I didn’t like it. But I was pleasantly surprised that the road was good for a really long time! There had been a bit of rain, gravel was gone, and it was more like compacted hard mud. Very easy, and I was cruisin’!! Walter stops at one point to check...