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12,000 Feet In The Middle of Nowhere. Standing On The Salar – PodCast #18
/0 Comments/in Bolivia, Podcasts, South America, Travelogue /by allanWith lightning storms blazing the evening sky and the most impressive array of starts they’ve ever seen, WorldRider, Allan Karl and fellow motorcyclist Andy Tiegs, sit on the largest and highest in altitude salt flat in the world on the Bolivian Altiplano and discuss their respective journeys to this magical place by motorcycle. After traveling […]
Chile: Road Tested and Listening To The Wind.
/10 Comments/in Bolivia, Chile, South America, Travelogue /by allanSo stunned by the scenery, I forgot about the wind — and the road. Volcanoes thrust the landscape all around me. The vast white salt desert and oddly shaped mountains painted yet another unworldly panorama. Less than an hour ago I passed through the Chilean border and thus finally broke out of Bolivia. But what […]
Old Friends. And Finally — The Salar de Uyuni.
/2 Comments/in Bolivia, South Africa, Travelogue /by allanAs the sun sets behind the Andes, silhouetting a perfectly shaped volcano, Andy and I crack open a couple of cans of Pacena—the Bolivian beer from La Paz—and contemplate the scenery. The nearly full and brilliant silver moon casts an impressive amount of light which reflects upon the vast expansiveness of the largest salt flat […]
To Tour By Jeep or Moto: This Is The Question.
/5 Comments/in Bolivia, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe central plaza in Uyuni is a pedestrian walkway spanning two blocks in the center of town. The roads are dirt or cobblestone pavers and tour agencies and restaurants touting pizza and pasta line most of the plaza. One café blasts gringo music of The Doors, Bob Marley and others while withered backpackers down cerveza’s […]
Oruro to Uyuni – Taking The Night Train.
/4 Comments/in Bolivia, South America, Travelogue /by allanArriving in Uyuni at 3am with a motorcycle and more than a few handfuls of luggage was slightly problematic for me. First, while all the backpackers aboard the train claimed their luggage from the concrete platform at the Uyuni station, I had to wait for Doc to be unloaded from the cargo car. I had […]
More Bad Luck… All Aboard!
/4 Comments/in Bolivia, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe fist time I came through Oruro the experience was miserable. With no signage nor orientation from the main road to La Paz, we found ourselves running circles trying to find something to eat. Then we get hammered by the most fierce hail storm I’d ever experienced. The food we did find was miserable and […]
In Oruro, and in life, everything is possible.
/2 Comments/in Bolivia, South America, Travelogue /by allanMiguel was backing the Volvo out of the garage — which was simply a dirt yard securely fenced in and packed with trucks. As I climbed into the cab I almost plopped on top of another gentleman who occupied the seat that I had grown accustomed to for about 15 hours yesterday. I climbed over […]