Bad endings in Santiago

My adventure ended in Santiago, Chile. My KLR was in bad shape, tires shot, both sprockets shot, chain stretched beyond saving, and etc. It was also very pavement-worn from being down so much, (darn)...01/24/02 THE TRIP ENDS FOR ME My adventure ended in Santiago, Chile.

Zion and Grand Canyon

I wasn't able to post the pics for the entry last night, so here you go. Zion National Park

Packing and Repacking

Round one of "essential items!!!!. Needlless to say could not fit into panniers. Have managed to reduce to 40kg's over two and panniers and one bag, will remain a work in progress as still far to much.

Note that the handbag is not mine and is not part of the lugguage!.

Burkina Faso and Niger

In the last six days I’ve ridden thirteen hundred miles that’s from Timbuktu in Mali to Dongondutchi in Niger crossing Burkina Faso along the way. So I’ve mainly seen life in this part of Africa form the seat of my motorcycle, which is an excellent way to observe life. It’s easy to tell if there is a market in the next town, often I’ll pass or see coming in the opposite direction dozens of; people carrying things on their heads, bicycles loaded up, carts being pulled by donkey or cows or cars with animals on the roofs.

Being Boiled

5.11.05. Tete, Mozambique.

Not much money

Just before the bridge over the mighty Zambesi, there's a campsite called "Jesus e Bom"; "Jesus is Good" in Portuguese. Now then, Jesus may well be very good indeed - who am I to judge - but his campsite is a shithole, so I decide to check into the air-conditioned $20 magnificence of the "Hotel Zambesi" instead.

Alberobello

The capital city of the trulli - odd white cone shaped Italian houses.

Nice place, also close to Castellana cave complex. Guided tour in Italian was of course very helpful....

Ooty

We don’t think too much of Ooty itself but it’s the road leading to it that makes visiting the area worthwhile. The terraced tea plantations are definitely worth to see.

Terraced Tea Plantations

In Ooty, which is a highly elevated town, we feel cold again after a long time of warm temperatures. We find a nice spot on the lake, an abandoned guesthouse with a garden, where we want to set up our tent.

Tanner - Day 27

we got a big cowboy hat. then went down the devils back bone then got a cabinand played with some kids gave them a soccer ball and some pencils and sticers .Then hotel room on a ferry then got to the baja a day early. Then got a old old spin top. Then evry thing got very very very boring flat and straight.

No.4.Hungary. Gateway to Eastern Europe.

Thursday 18th August.

Rain. Bloody rain. 'Central Europe enjoys hot summers and cold winters' or so I'd been led to believe. Well, at least I was seeing the road stretching out East again albeit through a misted up visor.

The border crossed, I pressed on towards Budapest. I'd stay for a day or two. A boat ride up the Danube to the medieval village of Szentendre perhaps, then on to the vine growing regions and the Romanian border. Excellent.

Paraty-Rio de Janeiro 3448km

The road to Rio~

Update

ADDENDUM #2

Jomson Road

Jomsom Road is the main road through the Annapurna National Park. We are told it’s fairly manageable by motorbike. After a nice breakfast, we leave for the National Park. The entrance to the Park is located in Beni, about 80km from Pokhara. Here, we refill the bike and have lunch because we were told that everything in the Park is more expensive. Short after entering the park we notice the road is not much better than the impossible road but the vistas are again beautiful and make it worthwhile. Occasionally we do see snow peaks up to 7 km high and we also see a large waterfall.