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Money, Politics and Decisions in La Paz, Bolivia.
/0 Comments/in Bolivia, South America, Travelogue /by allanArmored bike cops in La Paz, Bolivia One of the problems we encountered when riding into Bolivia an hour before the border closed and in the twinkling of moonlight was getting Bolivian currency. We traded the last of our Peruvian soles at the border, but this was barely enough to pay for our room and […]
Making My Way To Lima.
/0 Comments/in Peru, South America, Travelogue /by allanConsistency. When you have it and it’s good there’s nothing better. But in things like golf, gambling and well.. take a guess, you never attain it. However when it comes to arriving in busy Latin American cities you can bet I always will arrive just as the sun is sinking to the west. In the […]
A Lost Post From Entering Peru
/0 Comments/in Ecuador, Peru, South America, Travelogue /by allanAfter hitting the snooze on the alarm a record number of times, I still managed to be packed and ready to hit the road by 7am. However the hotel in Macara received many more guests since I arrived about 5pm last night. My bike was blocked in the small subterranean garage of the Hotel Katrina. […]
Desolate Peru.
/1 Comment/in Peru, South America, Travelogue /by allanCruising the road into Peru put me into a dreamlike trance with visions of blue sky, warm weather and glorious roads. My eye is still killing me and I think of that doctor in Quito — absolutomente — well, he is wrong. There is something in my eye. Last night my the pain and irritation […]
Azogules to Macara. The Road To Peru.
/4 Comments/in Ecuador, South America, Travelogue /by allanThis morning I surveyed the scene of last night’s accident. Scouring the mud, sidewalk and berm for a bolt, washer or other parts that fell off during the low speed crash, I found one extra part to the grip weight. In the daylight, I noticed that my right front signal light had snapped. The minor […]
Later Quito. Crashed & Ripped.
/0 Comments/in Ecuador, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe plan was simple and hardly ambitious. Get an early start and take in the monument that marks the equator. Known as the Mitad del Mundo (middle of the world), I figured why not spend a couple minutes in the Northern Hemisphere and then see how the Southern Hemisphere feels. I could even straddle the […]
An Eyeful of Quito
/1 Comment/in Ecuador, South America, Travelogue /by allanQuito fascinates me. The city is divided into two parts. The historic colonial center and the bustling energetic modern downtown. With my bike safely nestled into the narrow corridor off the lobby of my hotel I set off to explore Quito at night. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, Colonial Quito is a […]