Feature image is of a very large Buddhist Monk Monastery, really in the middle of nowhere, really. For miles, nothing around that could distract any Monks or the like. Nestled comfortably in the middle of the Himalayas. I really was not going to write about todays hike because it was really short but it did […]
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Feature Image today is a take on our beloved (before the Kaepernick bullshit) Nike brand here in Nepal. We call it “Fashion” shoes which just happen to have a similar swoosh. Of course you can find everywhere “The North Fake” brand (also known in the west as The North Face) and others. No brand police
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Feature Image is of a real cool boulder that you will find all over Nepal during the treks which has some kind of script hand carved and then painted in black and white — generally surrounded by tablets of scripture hand carved as well — I just love it. You should always go around the
Feature image is of view outside my window in our 16 seater prop airplane from Kathmandu to Lukla, Nepal — traveling through the Himalayas — often the altitude of the plane is only a few hundred feet higher than the mountains surrounding our path. Bumpy but fun ride — somehow I know that the pilot
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Feature image is of the entrance to the buddhist Monkey Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Its our first real look at the colorful flags that we expect to see everywhere in Nepal. It’s been real hard to get to my journal. The last few days have been packed with either touring Dubai for a second
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The feature image is from a toy store in The Dubai Mall, UAE. Let me assure you, although I never really got into some serious intelligence on Dubai before coming. As I said, its against my best judgement for almost any trip I’ve ever taken — I just like to wing it. But that’s
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Feature image is yes, another boring long empty road in Patagonia just leading nowhere for hundreds of miles. But for me, it’s strategic to remember the weeks of riding through this magnificent countryside with wild lamas, sheep, cows, and horses littered throughout. Not to say that Patagonia is also no huge mountains, glaciers, snow-capped peaks
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Feature image is of the Eg3 Gas Station and Mini Mart — located in the middle of nowhere, Patagonia, Chile. Yes, I did drop a Iron Monkey Butt sticker there — check at the end of this post to find out where… Riding Days: Puyuhuapi, Chile — Cerro Sombrero, Chile, 9 days in between — 2,000
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Feature image is of my lovely bike parked on the side on an aggressive gravel road on Route 7 (Carretera Austral) in Chile, Patagonia. Riding Day: Esquel, Argentina — Puyuhuapi, Chile (265 km) — 8 hours — Border Crossing Well, today was different and while we are nearing the end of this adventure, I feel
Featured image is a sign of the famous Patagonia Region and our stop at El Bolson — along Ruta 40. Riding Day: San Martin de Los Andes — El Bolson, Argentina (325 km) — 7.5 hours. So being a big person, I admit that I was wrong. Big mistake. I was hasty in my last
Feature image is of our first Patagonia sightings along the Famous Patagonia Route 40. This catchy sign about the store is in the town of San Martin de Los Andes and it’s a chocolate shop. Riding Day: Pucon, Chile — San Martin de Los Andes, Argentina (200 km) — 4 hours. — Border Crossing Day
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Feature image is of at least 30 switchbacks — on the ride down the really steep hill called the Los Caracoles Pass — just after crossing the Chile border from Argentina. Most of the turns had no rails for protection so it was a bit daunting — but should have been fun. Riding Day: Mendoza,
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Feature image is of the not so famous Cuesta de Lipan, the 17km Argentinian version of the very famous Stelvio Pass in Switzerland. I could have taken a hundred pictures, but I had to ride it too. So sick! Riding Day: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile — Purmamarca, Argentina — 411 km — 9 hours
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Feature image is of a great road ahead while I navigate on my BMW GS. Scenery went from worst to best — and a hard day. Riding Day: Colchani (Uyuni), Bolivia — Calama, Chile (447 km) — 10.5 hours. — Long Day Today was to be a long and hard riding day. It had been
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Feature Image is of Ollie replacing my motorcycle tires with new biting K60 Scouts. So excited for a new life with hard core treads to eat the mud and gravel Riding Day: Calma, Chile — San Pedro de Atacama (aka Chilean Atacama Desert) — 220 km — 12 hour day Arriving and then staying overnight
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Feature image is of a Manfred eating me on the Bolivian Salt Flats — Now lake because its rainy season. Riding Day: Sucre, Bolivia — Colchani (Uyuni), Bolivia (370 km) — 8.5 hours. Yesterday was a long day riding from the Capital of Bolivia, Sucre which really makes no sense since it is not much
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Feature image is of a rainy sign which says “Welcome — Death Road — Keep Your Left”. Oh, on the picture to the left here are a bunch of wet people on motorcycles — including me. Riding Day: La Paz, Bolivia — Coroico, Bolivia (200 km) — 7.5 hours. Definition: Sleep Deprivation… sleep dep·ri·va·tion — noun — the
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Feature image of an Inca medicine man — or a man representing himself as a direct descendant of an Inca medicine man. Again, I call bullshit — but it’s fun. I took the picture and of course the guys hand comes out for cash. I gave him a few pennies and he was pissed. Oh
Feature image is of Oliver, our guide who came out of a mountain restaurant with a Goats Head. I asked him to place the head over his head and it turned out perfect. Riding Day Nazca — Chalhuanca (370 km) — 8 hours. Today was dreamy awesome in one sense and another, sucked. If I
Feature image is taken of a bench supporting concrete wall with Nazca figure of Vulture carved out, in Nazca, Peru. Riding Day: Chincha Alta — Nazca (240 km) — 7 hours. Not sure if I’m going to yak or not? Just got off a small Cessna plane with Will, Bernt, Manfred and Oliver — first
Feature image is of my bike high up today at over 16,000 feet up in the Peruvian Andes — called the Pastoruri Glacial Mountain Pass. Incredible vistas of the Andes where other glaciers are over 19,000 feet. Video: https://youtu.be/zKs_CdZUEws Video-2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jYkGEqO408&feature=youtu.be Riding Day: Huaraz — Barranca (255 km Plus a Bonus 60 km of Hell) — 8
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Feature Image is of a truck carrying sugar cane — barreling down a dusty gravel road through a small Peruvian town we stopped and visited today. Riding Day: Chiclayo — Trujillo (242 km) — 8 hours. I’ll keep this short and sweet and just bomb you with some images of a small town we visited
Feature Image is of a confused sign off the PanAmericana Highway just east of Chiclayo, Peru. I think maybe about 100 cars per day pass this sign but the owners seem to have tried various advertising campaigns over its useful life. Riding Day: Piura — Chiclayo (218 km) — 6 hours. You know when
Feature image of me in the Peru Customs Office typing on computer my motorcycle information. The Peru official is next to me. He typed with one finger so I took over and I had a good laugh while he was trying to tell me what to do. Cant imagine doing this in the USA. Riding
Feature image today is of the off-road path carved into the mountains today. We rode for a good 50km off road — either rutted or with lose gravel on sand and as high at 8,000 feet and some good altitude declines as you can see in the image. Riding Day: Cuenca — Loja (216 km)
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