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...
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...
I’ve studied my maps, I’ve looked at what I want to see on the way down, and I really need to keep on the move. There is always something I need to get to, a goal to meet. This one is to be to Chile by March 5 to meet up with the Husaberg Adventure Team.. I know it’s a long way off, but it’s also a long way from here! ...
Death Valley here we come!! Wait a minute! The road is closed..!! (Screw that! 😉 We’ve been on paved park roads long enough now.. NO idea why the road is closed.. it’s not going to snow anytime soon. It’s not water logged.. there’s nobody around to ask, and it looks like far more fun than the average paved road the masses of...
Finally! I’ve made it to Haines. Being here was a big goal, as I know from this point, the threat of a big early snow (which I have been warned plenty about) is not likely and even if it did, it’s where the port is to catch the inside passage ferry which means it can snow all it wants now! I didn’t get snow, but I kind...
Yellowstone National Park.. has been on my list for years!! But first a little lead in to it.. Traveling west from South Dakota, I stopped for the night outside the park in Cody Wyoming. Named after the all too famous William “Buffalo Bill” Cody. A bit like Elvis, could swear I actually saw the guy alive and well walking down the street...
Just a little blog post I would have liked to have included to finish up Portugal on the last one, but ran out of time. Back on the road again north of Porto, I get a text message from Miguel asking where I am.. I told him I was heading back into Spain shortly. He said wanted to show me more of Portugal first. Mmmm.. should I? I was feeling I moved too...
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...
The ferry from Santorini to Kos, Greece is a midnight ferry. The port is right down the serpentine cliff road.. and here I wait.. all on my lonesome. Well, except for a really cute stray dog that wouldn’t leave my side. If I sat in a chair, he sat IN the chair next to me.. If he heard a noise, he perked up and growled.. how cute to have my own...