Two Moto Kiwis Arctic To Antarctic May 2012...

Heya Joel

Thanks for your props, makes it worth while for us knowing other are enjoying it too.

And yes we are lucky to be living our dreams

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And a nice city it was, we ended up staying 5 days, relaxing and taking the place in.

We are not normally city dwellers but Arequipa had a very welcoming feel including having some nice things like a propa coffee shop, it also has starbucks.

An alleyway in town



Anna Maria invited us for a Sunday breakfast setting us up for a city tour walking and looking around, very nice indeed.

While in town we were lucky enough to watch a festival parade



This girl was very into it, nice to see the youngs ones involved



While in Arequipa we had the pleasure of meeting Ben (Breechi) who rocked into town for a day while we were there, coffees all round, awesome.

The plaza at night



Some industrious thinking here



Road 34 C was in the middle, see next report so the next day was a relaxing one again.

Time to leave, Colca Canyon calling with Condors to see.

Yeah I was looking for that


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The sprinkler is special.....I could see that being sold all around the world


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Oh, my.

Holy macarrrrroni! glad no one was seriously hurt from the collision...

Andi, you look huge and towering over my Peruvian compatriots I'm sure they were pretty scared of the 'giant gringo in his giant bike' ... that should teach them to stay on their lane!

FANTASTIC stuff E&A Naomi and I are heading to Peru in a few weeks for some mountain adventures on 2 wheels... too bad you will be on your way south by then.

700+ days on the road already! .... unbelievable.
Cheers,
Alberto.

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We were both impressed with the ingenuity, given us so "eco" ideas for home

...I didn't notice her either ... but Ellen pointed her out so I had to look

Heya Alberto, great to hear from you mate.

Yeap he was a little smaller than me ... so he was little

Yeap lucky no one or no bikes were injured, a good outcome.

Bum we will miss you, we are heading into Chile from here, then looping back to Bolivia in the dryer season.

Yeah 700 days, we are meant to be home now .... nother year and a bit and we will be....how do we fit back into society?? :eek1

Have fun here, which part are you playing in?

Hi Andi and Ellen .
Nice to se you heaving fan in the sand .
Arequpa is in my plan .we chest got into San Ignacio.after crossing at Balsa from zumba Ecuador .
Regards Norbert

Heya Norbert, great stuff, be careful of the drivers here as they have different take on road rules or lack thereof here.

We are in Cusco heading south again next few days.

Head to Chile then back up to Bolivia when Salar drys out +/- April Mayish

Cheers Andi

Likewise great to see you "heaving fan in the sand". I can imagine a few expletives there (or maybe just my uncultured response). Just did a quick whip around the block to Nelson and back thru the Rainbow with the missus so had you guys in mind when grappling with the rock gardens two up! Her response "we are going to die, so Ill just close my eyes"! Got stung beteween the eyes and lost my $500 cellphone-the joys of Adv riding eh.
Some outstanding photos of yours along the way. A selection worthy of National Geographic. ("I'd include the Coke girl for local color too).

Norbert,

You are now just 5 to 10 days out from Huanuco, depending on how much time you decide to take. Come stay with us at our B&B as Andi & Ellen did, and we will show you around!

Cheers! Toby & Sara

Hey TMK


We are finally headed back north in your direction! Need to meet again .
What are your plans we will be in Northern Argentina for a while from mid March. We plan to get to the Solar and South east Peru in June and July.

SP

Heya Mark, great to hear from you mate, ...yeah sand .... I still haven't learnt

The Trumpy would have eaten the Rainbow road easy wouldn't it even two up, the SE is great on gravel with the long wheelbase ... it mask my bad riding

Man stung between the eyes is not good, better than being stung on the eye though ... and losing your phone :eek1

Thanks for your props on the pics, Coke is my favourite drink too

Yeap Toby and Sara coming highly recommended guys, they have helped us with parts and things too with local knowledge etc.

Huanuco is central to all the "good bits" too.

Heya Sara and Dan

Yes we have seen the ice pics ... awesome to say the least

Meet again... definitely, land of vino tinto too.

We are exiting Peru next week or so ish down to Chile towards Santiago, then across to Mendoza and back up into Bolivia Mayish when wet season has finished.

That is Plan A, Santiago is a given to visit amigos, pick up a new Heidy etc before hitting Bolivia

......game on!!