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April 17th, 2012 | Ecuador

Into Ecuador…!!

Tom and Fabio were up as early as I was, ready for what we expected to be a long ride up to the resort town of Montanita on the Ecuador coast…

Tom and I went for a quick swim in the flat and clam waters of the Pacific, which was barely 50 metres from our […]

April 14th, 2012 | Peru

Houston…?? It’s us again…!! The Birthday Ride…

As far as birthdays go, this one has to rate as the most eventful I can remember…!!

As I sit here in Cali, Colombia, trying to catch up on the last ten days, thoughts of that day are still swirling around in my head…!!

Breakfast on the upper floor of the Churup Guest […]

April 13th, 2012 | Peru

Pasto Ruri Glacier…

The tour bus took us back the way I had come the previous day, and then turned off the main road and began an 80 km crawl up into the mountains on a winding dirt road…

Winding our way up to the car park at the base of the glacier….

There […]

April 12th, 2012 | Peru

Leaving Lima and the ride to Huaraz…

I left Lima early the following morning, heading for Huaraz, the jumping off point for hikes and climbing in the Cordillera Blanco Mountain Range…

Lidia and Freddy of Casa San Martin, bid me farewell as I prepare to exit Lima… They had been extremely helpful during my stay…!!

The Casa San Martin staff […]

April 9th, 2012 | Peru

BMW Lima and the 150 000 km Service…

It took almost an hour to ride the 10 km to Commercial Gildemeister BMW Motorrad… Monday morning traffic in Lima is murder with a capital “M”…!!

Up on the lift for a thorough going over…!!

This was the very same model and colour of my first BMW… Brought back so many […]

April 8th, 2012 | Peru

The Biker Brotherhood…

Just as I was leaving Nazca, I received an email from Adrian and his wife Diana, who were stuck in Puno…

His rear tyre had punctured so badly, that he was unable to repair it… He was arranging for a truck to take them and their bike to Arequipa, where he hoped to get his […]