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A warm welcome to Argentina. Storms. Bike back in one piece. On the road again. Villa General Belgrano. More storms. Big Spiders. Argentineans love their music … loud! Short hop days. Loads of BM’s. Patagonian winds. Invaded by kids!! Parrots. Parrots!!!!!! HUBB Meeting. Whales. Breakdown. Wales. Heavy riding days. Fin del Mundo. Happy Christmas. Night out on the town. Happy New Year. Meet up with old friends. Head North. Chile Down again! Caught up by cyclists! Torres del Paine. More wind! Argentina I hate this wind!!!! I hate this wind more!!!! Perito Moreno. New and old friends. Did I mention the wind? Ruta Cuarente. Very strong expletives!!!!! Glad to get to Siberia! Good sign. Dust Monkeys. Teasing tarmac. Made it through. Long time between updates!! Chile More wind and now rain! Carratera Austral. Great roads. Argentina Things come to a head!! Catching up with Nick & Markus. Two crazies pulling a trailer! Nick. Missed the bus! 7 lakes, great ride, mostly! Chile Smoking mountain. 1943 Harley. Broken bike. More trouble for Nick. Nice run up the coast. Change of route plan. Stopped by the cops!
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Date: 25/10/09 - 25/03/10 And : 07/10/10 - 00/00/00 |
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Aaarrgghh… more crap ripio!! Cops again! Arrive at John & Annettes. Farming. Overdue service. Chile earthquake. Valle Grande. Leave Argentina :-( UK Get sorted. Get a job. Fix the house in France. Argentina Hola again Argentina. Chile 27 hairpins. Police escort. 3 days laid up. Stargazing. Waiting for Paso Agua Negra to open. More stargazing. Agua Negra closed!! 4,726 Mtrs Above Sea Level. Argentina Downhill back into Argentina. Flamingo’s. Dusty Cafayate. Parque Nacional Cordonnes. Salta, Breakdown! On holiday!
22 hours on a coach. Brazil & Paraguay Iguazu. Argentina Iguazu. Another 22 hours. Sand storm in Tilcara. Humahuaca, touristy!! Paso de Jama. Adios Argentina.
Chile Cold riding on the Alti Plano. San Pedro de Atacama, Touristy! Cops again! Most boring road. Sea level again .. Woohoo!! Mummies. Volcanoes. Bye Bye Chile. Bolivia
Hello Bolivia. The Real Sth. Am. Mining. Clutch burning. Mining again! On the Salar. Victor. Sucre. Tarabuco. Ruta del Che. Off again! Quiet Christmas. Cloud forest.
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Another breakdown! Meet up again with Skip and Rachel. Happy New Year. Trout. No room at the inn! Crappy boat trip. Peru Street market. Expensive fuel!! Warm at the coast. Skip & Rachel. Kev & Trev’s great adventure begins. Colca Canyon. Condors. Cold. Lago Titicaca again. Hail storms, inside the restaurant! Rip off hostel. Fiesta de la Virgin de la Candelaria. Cusco, steps!! Broken Dommy. Hunt for parts. Australian Cyclone. Ripped off in Urubamba. Ollantaytambo. Machu Picchu. Inca circles. Salt pans. Dommy playing up again. Bloody cold! Back into heat. Early morning dip! Nasca, not the racing. Graveyards. Police again. Bad haircut! Bad tour! Miraflores, very American. So long Skip & Rachel. Corrupt cop! Duck River Canyon. Surfer Ville. Chan Chan. Huaca’s Esmerelada and Arco Iris. Huaca’s Del Sol y Luna. More bent cops! Did the earth move for you too? Ecuador Sleepy Border town. Sleeping with the ducks. Lots of rain. Lost in Loja. Banos - was it worth it? Volcanoes, where? Mitad el Mundo. Intinan. Not long in Ecuador!
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Colombia Drug Lords and Murderers. Lots of rain. We’re not talking. Cops. Blues and Two’s through the streets of Bogota. Bogota, easy to walk around .. A nightmare to ride!! Sailing date changed. Crowded boat, crap food. Hasta Luego America Sud. San Blas Islands & Panama 5 days at sea .. Holiday!!! Crap food and cramped. Paradise .. Not! Canal. Bent cops again. Mad monkey. Costa Rica & Nicaragua Wrong exit out of Panama. Dodgy Border. Crappy campsite & crabs. Not happy in CA. Ripped off by money changers. Nick Sanders. Re-union on Ometepe. Getting ready for the corrupt cops in Honduras. Honduras Entering corrupt cop country. Hard work at the border. Armed car park attendants. Bad micro brewery! Just another waterfall. Tela, disappointing. Amazing ruins at Copan. Not one bribe by the cops. El Salvador & Guatemala There should be a ferry here!? Noisy tin roof apartment. Volcanoes. Bike playing up again. Tikal. Great!! Another fellow traveller gone.
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