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El pingüino en la frontera

Mon, 25/10/2010 - 12:00

Terlingua - Ghost Town, looking towards Mexico

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Two Pegs to Patagonia, The 3 Americas

  • The 3 Americas - Got to start the ball rolling somewhere
  • Plans are made so they can change
  • A digression , a big day for an old bike
  • Pannier preparation
  • La Hipoteca
  • Pre trip breaking, and you can have too much knowledge
  • Why isn't everything ready ?
  • Garage is Full
  • La Cocina
  • EL Taller
  • Garage is Empty
  • El pingüino
  • The Pegasi have landed
  • That will be $1432 please sir
  • Mi nueva casa
  • I'm not looking for a New England ..
  • El Malo
  • Yee hah !
  • El primer vuelo
  • Flying
  • El pájaro de fuego
  • Thunder at the beach
  • El caimán grande
  • There is a house in New Orleans....
  • And then the next day....
  • An arm and a leg later
  • Texas is green after all
  • El helado
  • El Contestador
  • Texas, bigger than France
  • Texas - Still here
  • El pingüino en la frontera
  • Its a Bend and its Big
  • Mexico - bigger than Texas !
  • Mexico -ups, downs, canyons and roads
  • El cactus graffiti
  • El turisto
  • Cuidad De Mexico
  • On the road again
  • What ? Rain ?
  • Belize - Smaller than Wales
  • La moto y la selva
  • Five must be the magic number
  • El viaje a las cuevas
  • School's Out !
  • La banda de marimba
  • Come on in
  • El pingüino y los surfistas
  • You meet the nicest people at gas stations
  • Empty Nest
  • Bogged down in Bogota
  • El viejo y lo nuevo
  • La pared de graffiti
  • Bogged down Part II
  • El jardín de Edén
  • Las señales de tráfico
  • Line crossed
  • Many climates, in one day
  • Decisions, decisions, decisions
  • From the Andes to the Sandes
  • Peru Peru, Salut Peru
  • Pass the salt please
  • Las rutas de tierra y asfalta
  • Boivian Blockade
  • Who stole all the gas stations ?
  • Las llamas y los senales
  • You meet the nicest people (reprise), on the internet.
  • Captain's Blog
  • La vida marina de la Patagonia
  • El fin de los Andes
  • Two Pegs IN Patagonia
  • Los monumentos del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins
  • La nueva casa de Pengy
  • Idle, and expensive, days in Patagonia
  • (Muéstrame) La Via De Volver A Casa.
  • Don't mention the war
  • Jean's big day out
  • Down Again
  • Useful equipment
  • Two down, one to go
  • Las Dos Ciudads
  • Yesterday it was autumn, today it is spring
  • Bonjour, Yo parle Franole ahora
  • Cooeee, we're home !
  • Getting ready for the road again
  • Packing
  • Back over the Andes
  • Progress, at last
  • First break down.
  • Crossing the Andes
  • En busca del mar perdido de Bolivia
  • A bit of Argy Bargy
  • 2nd Breakdown
  • Drug Runners
  • Then and Now
  • Please sir, can I have some gas ?
  • Football, as an insult
  • We think the bike has had enough of the Altiplano
  • It's not for you, Peru
  • Clipped Wings
  • A quiet New Year
  • Saying good afternoon to Ricardo
  • Si, yo hablo Espanol, pues yo no hablo Chileano
  • Filling in some more gaps
  • South, to the cold(ish) and wet
  • The dictator's road
  • Missed the boat
  • No Hay Dinero
  • End of part 1
  • Walking in the clouds

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