- 6 days ago
- 5 min
Buenos Aires and the Presidential Election
I ride off the ferry with Carolyn and Eric, the bikers from Australia that I met on the other side, and we complete immigration and get...
- Nov 26
- 3 min
Uruguay
After refreshing my bike’s temporary import permit at the border, I spend the night in a basic Mendoza hotel. It’s a nice enough city,...
- Nov 19
- 3 min
Argentina Again
After transiting in Santiago, Chile, I arrive in Mendoza, Argentina and am welcomed back to the B&B I’d stayed at previously. It’s...
- Nov 13
- 2 min
Return Home
It feels great to be home and in the arms of my beautiful wife once again. Scenery that is so familiar becomes spectacular again after an...
- Aug 27
- 8 min
Paraguay and Argentina
Paraguay isn’t such a large country. I crossed from Brazil into the border city of Ciudad Del Este. The border officials were efficient...
- Aug 13
- 5 min
Olá Brazil
I leave Colombia and enter Ecuador. Not far from the border I am stopped at a military roadblock. They pull me out of the traffic...
- Jul 30
- 5 min
Back on the Road Again
Two weeks of fluffy pillows, good food and Kathy’s company had left me in a better frame of mind. I pulled the cover from my bike in the...
- Jul 22
- 6 min
Colombia
Riding away from the border with Ecuador, it’s not long before I encounter my first military roadblock. It will be the first of many in...
- Jul 4
- 4 min
Ecuador - skiing, anyone?
The difference between Peru and Ecuador is stark. Once across the border everything changes. The potholed road is now concrete highway,...
- Jun 20
- 5 min
Heading North to Ecuador
From the arid Nazca area it’s back into the Andes. Temperatures plunge and it’s not long before my heated grips are back on again. There...
- Jun 11
- 4 min
Living Like a Local in Nazca
Leaving Puno behind we climb high into the Andes again, surrounded by snow-capped peaks and active volcanos. The roads are a...
- Jun 4
- 5 min
Hola Peru!
I awaken early in Cocacabana with a little knot in my stomach because today is border crossing day. My last day in Bolivia and my first...
- May 31
- 4 min
The Death Road and the Amazon Basin
During my stay at Colibri I want to ride the Bolivian Death Road, an infamous gravel track that was once the only access from La Paz,...
- May 29
- 4 min
Heading towards La Paz
I head from Uyuni to the metropolis of Sucre. The route is mainly on the Altiplano, with a few high passes just to keep things...
- May 20
- 5 min
Hola Bolivia and Solar de Uyuni
After leaving San Pedro we begin the long climb into the Andes. The higher we climb the more the bike and I suffer from the altitude. The...
- May 17
- 2 min
San Pedro de Atacama
Climbing away from the coast and back into the Atacama, I’m headed for San Pedro, a small mud brick town in the shadow of Vulcán...
- May 14
- 4 min
First taste of the Atacama Desert
Leaving Vacuńa early, I head for La Serena and hook up with Pan American, Ruta 5 and head north. The Pan American is a beast. The world’s...
- May 12
- 3 min
Dirt under my tyres at last
First day out on the bike and I decide to take a look at a mountain pass I’d been studying on the map, just an hour or two north of...
- May 6
- 3 min
Hola South America!
Following on from my Northern RTW trip with my friend Ingo in 2019, I was keen to explore more of Russia/Mongolia and follow the Silk...
- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
The last leg
The journey back across Newfoundland is a long haul in one day, and I sleep soundly in my ferry seat most of the way back to Cape Breton....