Elizabeth arrived in Chiclayo the day after I did. She had had an awful time at the hostel in Mancora and left as soon as she could. I told her all about running out of gas and let her know to get fill up on gas well before she thought she needed it. Thankfully she arrived in one piece and without running… Read more →
Category: Road Trips
Catch-Up, Part 2: Crash Into Me
We felt that we had learned all the right lessons from our border crossing into Ecuador. Do all the exit paperwork in the country you’re leaving Get your entry paperwork sorted for the country you’re entering Go through the process of importing your bike Do a happy dance, because you’ve crossed the border! It turns out that we were wrong.… Read more →
Goodbye, Josh
Josh was trying to figure out a way to get Mancora, Peru, in a minimal amount of time. He works as a programmer and his job expects him to keep pretty regular business hours. They kind of don’t know that he’s on this trip. He works remotely, so as long as he has an Internet connection, it doesn’t really matter where… Read more →
Bronchitis in Baños
Josh and I arrived in Baños this past Sunday, March 13th, driving separately, and it’s been a pretty great visit. The Drive from Tena The drive from Tena, though, was absolutely miserable. It was raining, and in spite of my reluctance to ride in the rain and risk getting sick again, I did it anyway because I was tired of Tena. It… Read more →
Short update: We’re all alive
Hey there. I was working on a post for a couple of days, but then we had to leave Banos in a hurry. I’ve been traveling for the past three days straight and finally have the time to relax. I’m writing from Chiclayo, Peru. T-Mobile doesn’t play nicely with any of the popular cell networks down here, and the wi-fi… Read more →
Air
I was riding my motorcycle in Quito the other day. I was on my way to my hostel, and was zipping back and forth between lanes, as one does. My bike was in the middle lane, behind a slow-moving car. I noticed that the right-hand lane was completely empty, so I pulled to the right and prepared to pass. And then… Read more →
Border Crossing
I want to be sure that I don’t spend the entire trip writing about the trip, so I’ve taken the last several days off in order to focus on some other projects. Currently, we’re in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Getting here meant dealing with our first border crossing. Nothing Beats Experience Reading about something is a lot different than… Read more →
Separation
Saturday Night Josh and I checked in to the Kokiri Hostel around 9pm. I was just glad that they had empty beds for us to use, but the guy checking us in asked if we were interested in staying in an apartment. It was $40 for a night, which is outrageously expensive for Colombia. If Josh and I split the… Read more →
The long, hard ride to Pareira
Brace yourself, folks. This one is a novel. We set out…or try to It was Saturday, February 20th, and Josh was still sleeping. Elizabeth and I were not thrilled. We had both gotten up early so we could hit the road by 7:30 or 8am and be in Salento by 4 or 5pm. It was by now around 9:30, and… Read more →
The drive to Medellin
12pm, Saturday We were almost ready to leave Bogota. Elizabeth and I had spent the majority of the past few hours trying to fit everything onto our bikes, and making it secure. I had several bungie cords and some elastic bungie netting. My first attempt was awful; it had way too much slack in it. My two bags would shift every… Read more →