Forum: Ride reports
05-20-2013, 10:48 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-20-2013, 10:30 AM
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Thanks Everyone!
glad so many people enjoyed the report. i'll be continuing the blogging in future travels, but they may not always be entirely motorcycle related or posted on ADVrider. if you want to get in on...
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Forum: Beasts
05-18-2013, 10:24 AM
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Forum: Beasts
05-16-2013, 02:31 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-13-2013, 09:25 PM
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home
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Forum: Ride reports
05-11-2013, 06:25 PM
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the night before the return home
saturday, may 11, 2013 - final night in south america
the triumph and my rubber duck are now alone, both deep inside an enormous cargo ship docked in cartagena's port. they are destined for...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-10-2013, 11:41 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-08-2013, 09:13 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-07-2013, 03:27 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
05-07-2013, 02:10 PM
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PORKANDCORN: gear review / packing review
for those of you list geeks out there, here's my official post-adventure review of the gear that i used (and in some cases, never used.) would be happy to answer any gear-specific questions...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-06-2013, 07:00 PM
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playa blanca, colombia
monday, may 6, 2013
there were no motorcycle-shipment related tasks today, so i met up with hong & suzanne, and hong's sister and her boyfriend, and the five of us adventured down south of...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-05-2013, 10:36 PM
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gear list review
jack, it's on my to do list to review my gear list on this thread. sit tight, it's coming.
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Forum: Ride reports
05-04-2013, 02:39 PM
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the end of the road - cartagena, colombia
saturday, may 4, 2013
monday, i left medellín for cartegena, colombia on the caribbean coast. the 11-hour marathon ride left me at the finish line, where i now sit in a nice little hotel writing...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-01-2013, 10:16 AM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-30-2013, 09:22 PM
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medellín vs. atletico nacional
sunday, april 28, 2013
one of my main goals on this trip was to experience a football match (it's not soccer here) in a major south american city. because the season was not yet started when i...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-30-2013, 09:21 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-28-2013, 09:54 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-26-2013, 04:30 PM
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pablo escobar tour, medellín, colombia
friday, april 26, 2013
this morning, i took the "paisa road" pablo escobar tour (http://paisaroad.com). i was excited, having just finished the audiobook about medellín's most infamous son. we...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-26-2013, 03:41 PM
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medellín, colombia
wednesday, april 24, 2013
i've fallen in love with medellín. the mystery remains, but the fear is diminished. in the early 90's, when i was only in high school, this was the most dangerous...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-23-2013, 05:00 PM
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cali to salento to medellín, colombia
tuesday, april 23, 2013
sorry for the radio silence. a combination of bad wifi, no time, and generalized blogging laziness have conspired to create this lull in my reporting.
cali, colombia
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Forum: Ride reports
04-21-2013, 08:34 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-19-2013, 09:46 AM
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yeah man. if the rainy season lifts, the...
yeah man. if the rainy season lifts, the corderilla blanca will be epic... tallest concentration of peaks over 18,000 ft (33 of them) after the hymalayas. the city of hauraz, peru is the HQ to...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-19-2013, 09:42 AM
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yeah man. if the rainy season lifts, the...
yeah man. if the rainy season lifts, the corderilla blanca will be epic... tallest concentration of peaks over 18,000 ft (33 of them) after the hymalayas. the city of hauraz, peru is the HQ to...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-18-2013, 04:35 PM
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pasto, colombia to cali, colombia
thursday, april 18, 2013
day two in colombia. i rode the panamerican highway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway) from pasto to cali, colombia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cali)...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-18-2013, 04:22 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-17-2013, 07:04 PM
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oregonians are taking over the world...
nice to run into you fellows in baños! i hope you had a chance to burn your skin in the thermal baths like i did. happy trails and let me know if you need any input for your ride south of baños.
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Forum: Ride reports
04-17-2013, 06:55 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-15-2013, 10:54 PM
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cotopaxi, ecuador to baños, ecuador
tuesday, april 15, 2013
i woke up and decided i wanted to take in some more of the surrounding area before heading north into quito, ecuador. i mentioned an interest in seeing lagoa quilotowa...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-15-2013, 09:50 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-12-2013, 11:25 AM
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cuenca, ecuador to montañita, ecuador
friday, april 12, 2013
riding west out of cuenca, i come through the parque nacional las cajas. it's an area of high mountain lakes and ponds at about 13,000 - 14,000 feet. based on the map, i...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-09-2013, 11:03 PM
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loja, ecuador to cuenca, ecuador
wednesday, april 10, 2013
i'm really enjoying ecuador. it's quite different than perú and bolivia. it is easier to travel here. the roads are better - so far they have been actually paved in...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-08-2013, 11:00 PM
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máncora, peru to loja, ecuador
monday, april 8, 2013
well, my stomach is screwed again, my neck and back are killing me, and my hotel has roaches - but other than that i'm doing great here in ecuador! i've got most of my...
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Forum: Latin America
04-07-2013, 12:00 PM
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coming to colombia with my duck...
hola/hello,
i will be finishing my eight-country south american adventure in colombia. i will arive at the border near the last two weeks of april. i need advice on what roads and places to...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-07-2013, 10:37 AM
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puerto chicama, peru to máncora, peru
sunday, april 7, 2013
it was a 7 hour trip from puerto chicama to máncora, peru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Máncora). fairly uneventful, except i met some colombians taking a break under a tree...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-05-2013, 07:24 PM
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puerto chicama, peru
thursday, april 4, 2013
note: no wi-fi at puerto chicama for the last couple of days. i am still alive...
atop a hill, south of the main town is a short strings of hotels built for the...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-05-2013, 06:55 PM
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caraz, peru to puerto chicama, peru
wednesday, april 3. 2013
i woke up on the 'correct side of the bed' this morning and set off toward the coast. the last two days have been very full of both activity and emotion, and therefore...
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 06:32 PM
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Forum: Ride reports
04-02-2013, 03:55 PM
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lima, peru to caraz, peru
monday, april 1, 2013
lima, peru to huaraz, peru
i found my rear tire in a strange industrial area of lima that was about as sketchy a place as i would ever want to put myself in. i walked...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-31-2013, 11:41 AM
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lima, peru
saturday, march 30, 2013
if you can't say anything nice, you are not supposed to say anything at all… but that would make fore a pretty dull, even dishonest, blog. i'm observing and stating what...
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Forum: Ride reports
03-28-2013, 06:09 PM
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stop the presses: porkandcorn in the news!
KATU news channel in portland,oregon got a sizzling-hot tip that a man and his duck were on an exotic south american moto-adventure. now i'm like, famous, n' stuff.
KATU.com: Fritz Junker South...
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