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Let the journey begin...

  • Start blog
  • 07 May 13, 24K Completed
  • Mapimi, Durango
  • In Mexico
  • Guanajuato, MEX
  • Hola
  • May 27-28 2013
  • May 22-25 2013
  • Belize
  • May 31 - Jun 04
  • Antigua, Jun 05
  • Leaving Guatemala
  • El Salvador
  • El Tunco Beach
  • Nicaragua 2013
  • Heading for San Juan Del Sur
  • Jun 18, 2013
  • San Juan Del Sur
  • San Juan Del Sur
  • San Juan Festival
  • Costa Rica
  • Iron Butt Rally 2013
  • Costa Rica July 02-05
  • San Jose
  • Nicoya, CR
  • Riding again!
  • Panama
  • Peninsula del Osa
  • Cerro Punta July 19
  • Boguete
  • Santa Catalina July 24, 2013
  • Santa Fe
  • Gatun Locks
  • Leaving the North American continent!
  • Colombia !!
  • Guatape
  • Guatape to Bogota
  • Bogota 22 Sep 13
  • New Tires!
  • Sep 24-25 2013
  • September 26, 2013
  • Lake Tota
  • On the road to Salento
  • Salento 02 Oct 13
  • Salento 03, 2013
  • 04 Oct 13
  • Just riding
  • Back at it!
  • Movin on!
  • Venezuela 31 Oct 13
  • November 14, 2013
  • Venezuela to Brazil
  • Manaus, Brazil
  • Guyana
  • 21 November 2013
  • Heading to Suriname
  • Riding to Kourou
  • Going to Saint Laurent du Mironi
  • Salvation Islands
  • Up the Amazon!
  • Saint Georges to Macapa
  • Getting to Manaus
  • Back in Venezuela
  • Venezuela Dec 2013
  • Back in Colombia!
  • Kicking around Colombia
  • Tequendama Falls
  • Neiva to Popayan
  • Popayan to Ipiales
  • Ecuador 27 Jan 14
  • January 28, 2014
  • January 30, 2014
  • January 29. 2014
  • Canoa, 31 Jan 14
  • Febuary 01, 2014
  • Quilotoa
  • Banos and Tena
  • Lake Quilotoa to Banos
  • Canoa - Puerto Lopez
  • Tena to Coca
  • Off to Limoncocha
  • Head back to the mountains
  • Valcano Antisana
  • Chimborazo
  • Febuary 20, 2014
  • Back in Banos
  • Banos
  • Banos 02 Apr 14
  • One Year
  • Back on the Trail :)
  • Ecuador to Peru
  • May 17-19, 2014
  • Update
  • May 21-22, 2014
  • May 23, 2014
  • Huaraz, Peru
  • Hauraz to Yanama, Peru
  • Yanama to Huaraz
  • Huallanca to Huanuco
  • Hauraz to Huallanca, Peru
  • Huanuco to Pucallpa
  • Villa Rica to Tarma
  • Pucallpa to Villa Rica
  • Tarma to La Oroya
  • June 04, 2014
  • Lunahuana to Concepcion
  • Concepcion to Ayacucho
  • Onward to Cusco
  • Machu Picchu
  • Cusco to Santa Teresa
  • Back to Cusco
  • La Rinconada June 25, 2014
  • Lake Titicaca
  • Cusco, Nazca, Lima, Arequipa
  • June 23-24, 2014
  • Around Puno
  • Onward to Bolivia!
  • July 06 & 09, 2014
  • La Paz to Santa Cruz via Trinidad
  • Salar de Uyuni
  • Bolivia to Paraguay
  • I'm back in Brazil!
  • Along the Brazil coast
  • Continuing up the coast
  • Riding inland Brazil
  • The Interior
  • Back on the coast
  • October 08-09, 2014
  • Brazil to Uruguay
  • Uruguay Oct 14-18, 2014
  • Argentina Oct '14
  • Argentina to Chile
  • Ruta 40, Esquel to Rio Mayo
  • Chile
  • Chile to Argetina
  • Update
  • Gbr Gregores to Puerto Natales
  • Puerto Natales to Punta Arenas
  • Punta Arenas to Rio Grande
  • Around Ushuaia
  • Ushuaia!
  • Heading North
  • December 12, 2014, Update
  • April 10, 2015
  • Arriving South Africa!!!
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland to Lesotho
  • Ride to Cradock
  • South Africa to Namibia
  • Aus to Luderitz
  • June 14, 2015
  • May 31-Jun 01
  • June 16, 2015
  • June 07-10, 2015
  • Botswana, Chobe NP
  • I'm still going strong!
  • Update 16 Sep 15
  • October 06, 2015
  • The Wild Coast
  • November 23, 2013
  • Onward to Tanzania '15
  • Zimbabwe November 2015
  • Zambia December 2015
  • End of the Year, 2015
  • Uganda - Jan 15, 2016
  • Rwanda Jan 06-08, 2016
  • Gorillas, Jan 11, 2016
  • Uganda - Jan 17-21, 2016
  • January 23, 2016
  • Queen Elizabeth NP, 22 Jan 16
  • Uganda Jan 25, 2016
  • Murchison Falls
  • Uganda to Kenya
  • Kenya Feb 2016
  • Kwaheri Kenya
  • Spain to Morocco
  • Morocco April 28, 2016
  • A Morocco weekend
  • April 24, 2016
  • April 29, 2016
  • Morocco May 01-02, 2016
  • Morocco April 30, 2016
  • May 04, 2016
  • Back in Europe, May 2016
  • Jun 03-04, 2016
  • May 25-28, 2016
  • May 29 - Jun 2, 2016
  • June 06-10, 2016
  • June 11-16, 2016
  • Poland June 2016
  • Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia
  • Croatia to Montenegro
  • Bran Castle
  • On to Romania!!
  • On to Bulgaria
  • Turkey to Georgia
  • Georgia to Russia
  • Kazakhstan Jul 09-11, 2016
  • Russia July 2016
  • Ulgii to Khovd
  • Khovd to Altai
  • Lake Teletskoye
  • Update
  • Russia July 2016
  • Mongolia July 28, 2016
  • Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Still trying to figure out the new blog format
  • Entering China
  • Still trying to figure out the new blog format
  • Somewhere in China
  • Held up in Cambodia
  • Another test
  • Still in Poipet
  • Moto Issues Jakarta
  • Indonesia to Timor-Leste
  • Testing: one, two, three
  • Australia
  • Departing OZ, Chile bound!
  • Northern Chile to Argentina
  • On to Bariloche
  • Carretera Austral, Ruta 7
  • Onto Villa O'Higgins and then Chile Chico
  • Ushuaia, Fin del Mundo
  • North on Ruta 3 Argentina
  • I'm still riding!
  • Untied States of America
  • Iowa to Illinois
  • A Life Long Dream, Completed

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