Forum: Ride reports
05-14-2013, 08:45 PM
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Hey Kelly, it was so nice meeting you guys,...
Hey Kelly, it was so nice meeting you guys, Vasile talked a lot about you! Thank you so much for everything, and please give a big thanks to your sister-in-law. It was so nice of her to let us stay...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-11-2013, 06:28 PM
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Leaving the beautiful South America
We got to our last destination in South America – Bogota. From here we shipped the bikes to Miami. I contacted Lynn Cargo (Veronica) to get some quotes, and Miami was the cheapest one: around $700...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-30-2013, 07:21 PM
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Galapagos Islands
We entered Ecuador and as it was late we stopped in the first town right after the border, Macara. It was dark, we were tired, and we were looking for a hotel. But first, we had to find an ATM and...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-17-2013, 09:24 PM
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Sometimes things don't turn out as planned
The next day we changed plans: instead of going to the beach in Peru, we decided to go straight to Ecuador and find a nice place on the beach there and stay for a few days. We left Jaen around 10 am...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-17-2013, 08:56 PM
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The amazing Amazon jungle
From the oasis we went first to Lima to find a rear tire for Vasile. We found the KTM store (another one, not the one we went to on the way south) and Vasile was impressed. The shop was huge and they...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-14-2013, 09:29 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-11-2013, 07:54 AM
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Salar de Atacama
We got to San Pedro de Atacama (now we were down to 2440 m altitude) and we were pleasantly surprised: a nice little town with narrow dirt streets and beautiful old style buildings. We checked in a...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-10-2013, 07:36 PM
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Last days in Argentina
Before we left Salta we stopped by a mechanical shop, as Vasile needed to do some welding on the side stand. The side stand relocating bracket was broken, and it needed to be fixed.
The guy there...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 01:26 PM
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Iguazu Falls and Salta
We left Uruguay and crossed back into Argentina through the border north of Salto, crossing over a long dam.
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 01:07 PM
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Little Switzerland of South America
The ferry took us to Colonia del Sacramento, the oldest town in Uruguay, on the banks of Rio de la Plata. I followed the advice of a friend, who told me that Colonia was one of the most beautiful...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 11:22 AM
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The ride through the great nothingness
When we left Ushuaia it was 2 degrees C and pouring. I decided to put my GoreTex gloves, even though they were really bulky and I could barely reach the clutch and throttle with them. It was so cold...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 11:12 AM
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The end of the world
As we headed south from Torres del Paine the weather got harsher. The temperatures dropped substantially and the rain started.
We rode to Punta Arenas where we were supposed to take the ferry...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 11:03 AM
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Torres del Paine National Park
We left El Calafate in the morning and headed south, towards the Chilean border. The ride was again a very boring one most of the time, in the wind, and to top it off, with some showers. It looked...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 10:51 AM
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Los Glaciares National Park
As we left Bariloche the whole landscape changed. The mountain view faded making room to the steppe-like plains.
As we were riding straight on the Ruta 40, the sky got covered in clouds. Ahead of...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 10:36 AM
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Santiago to Bariloche
We left our new friends in Santiago and we headed south again, as we have a mission: we have to get to Ushuaia*before it snows.
The road south was beautiful, some paved and some really loose...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 10:24 AM
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Boys gone wild
Here's the guys little Chilean adventure in Vasile's words:
We got to Santiago late in the day and we were looking for a place to stay, when the adventure pulled right next to us on the KTM 950...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 10:20 AM
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New friends and new adventures in Chile
Once in Chile we found ourselves stuck in a humongous line of cars and commercial trucks, as there was only a one lane road. They are building a highway, so for now only one lane is open, and...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 09:59 AM
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Short overview of Argentina
The border crossing from Bolivia to Argentina was pretty fast and easy. Both immigration offices were in the same place, so we did not have to walk or drive from one to the other. And once in...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 08:50 AM
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Amazing rides in Bolivia
In the morning we jumped on the bikes, happy to leave the crazy traffic in La Paz. The ride to Oruros was pretty fast, despite the thick traffic heading that way for the carnival. Bikes can always...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 08:30 AM
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El Camino de la Muerte - The Death Road
In Bolivia I kind of entered with my left foot. At some point on the left lane there were some big commercial trucks stopped, so all the traffic was deviated onto our lane. And even though they saw...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-04-2013, 08:29 AM
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El Camino de la Muerte - The Death Road
In Bolivia I kind of entered with my left foot. At some point on the left lane there were some big commercial trucks stopped, so all the traffic was deviated onto our lane. And even though they saw...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 06:20 PM
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Last days in Peru
Once back to Cuzco Vasile realized his clutch had problems. He saw some symptoms while riding to Machu Picchu, some hard shifting in the gear box, but he was concerned that there might have been...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 06:03 PM
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One of the Seven Wonders of the World
We got to beautiful historical Cuzco, with its narrow one way cobblestone streets. The riding through this city was a nightmare though, we were always finding ourselves on the wrong way :lol3
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 05:41 PM
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From the sand dunes to the high mountains
Peru turns out to be an amazing country. It's got it all: from the sandy desert to the beautiful green mountains. And I love the traditional Peruvian outfits that everyone is wearing.
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 05:26 PM
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New landscapes in Peru
The first image of Peru was very disappointing to us, after the green beautiful Ecuador. From the border south on the coast it's all desert, nothing really to see, just very poor villages and a whole...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 05:11 PM
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Last days in beautiful Ecuador
We stayed for the night in Loja, with the idea of riding to the border the next day, and crossing to Peru. Loja is a beautiful town, the cultural capital of Ecuador.
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 05:02 PM
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Adrenaline junkies
From the beginning of this trip I kept saying that this trip is not about riding. It's about exploring, meeting people and getting to know new cultures. The fact that we were doing it on bikes was...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 04:53 PM
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Middle of the world
Here we are in Ecuador, middle of the world. The landscape is somewhat different, but beautiful, and the roads are incredibly good. Lots of highways with two, three or four lanes on one direction,...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 12:27 PM
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So long mi Colombia querida
The highlights/ events of the ride from Medellin to the border with Ecuador, ride done in 3 days:
1. Said goodby to Al *and Frank at Shamrock and off we go.
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 12:16 PM
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Columbian KTM riding club
Vasile has met some KTM riders in Medellin and they promised him to take him onto some really nice rough roads. So while I was chilling in Medellin, Vasile went for a ride with his new friends. The...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-01-2013, 06:48 PM
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Cartagena to Medellin
After a couple of days of relaxation in the beautiful colonial city of Cartagena, it was time to move on again. So the morning of the 2nd, we all woke up early, went to find the insurance place and...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-01-2013, 06:34 PM
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Crossing the Darien Gap
As most of you know, from Panama to Columbia there is no road, so the only two options are to take a flight, or a boat. We opted for the second one. At that time, we read on the boat's website that...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-01-2013, 06:18 PM
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04-01-2013, 06:12 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-29-2013, 06:28 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-29-2013, 05:54 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-29-2013, 05:51 PM
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Thanks for the feedback. My pictures might be a...
Thanks for the feedback. My pictures might be a bit too big. I will try to reload them smaller, when the internet will allow me (unfortunately I don't have very good internet where I travel). Going...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-29-2013, 06:54 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2013, 07:36 PM
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Panama
We hardly made a mile into Panama, when the road was blocked by a fallen tree.
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Forum: Ride reports
03-27-2013, 07:23 PM
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Costa Rica
The border crossing from Nicaragua into Costa Rica took forever. There were kilometers of trucks on the line on both sides. So we used one of those guys at the border who, for a tip, help you with...
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