The Way We Roll 1
Some light entertainment…. Related Posts: Watch the other episodes in the TWWR series: The Way We Roll 2 The Way We Roll 3 The Way We Roll [read more...]
Chile
Back in Peru – Calama to Arequipa
The Suzuki conspired to keep us in Calama. When it finally decided to let us go, the Yamaha picked up the reigns, doing its best to prevent us from leaving Chile. After [read more...]
Going Nowhere in Calama
Calama has trapped us. Just as Santiago seemed to exert some form of gravitational pull on me – I kept returning, four times and for several months in total – [read more...]
Chapter Three – a Testing Start
At exactly 5.23pm yesterday, my journey around South America underwent a major shift in character. As I rolled out of a warehouse in the grubby port of Antofagasta and [read more...]
Farewell to Santiago…. Again
Yesterday I left Santiago and crossed the Andes to Argentina, for the second time. When I did the same trip in February, riding over the mountains through the night under a [read more...]
Poacher Turned Gamekeeper
After weeks of riding on the back of my Tenere, my amiga Paulina has decided she wants to become a motoquera herself. So she has bought a little Honda 125, a helmet and a [read more...]
Rapa Nui – a Pictorial
Motoqueros of Rapa Nui
On Rapa Nui, you won’t find wealthy businessmen cruising on their brand new BMW 1200s. Here, the motoquero is a very different breed to those in Santiago. The [read more...]
Rapa Nui – A Long Way From Anywhere
I am on Rapa Nui – or Easter Island, as it is known to most of the world. I arrived yesterday afternoon, after flying 3700km across the Pacific Ocean from Santiago. [read more...]
Without The Moto
The contrast between my life as a motoquero on the open road and my life as an urbanista here in Santiago has become even more pronounced. I am now without my bike, and thus [read more...]
Motoqueros of Santiago
Over the 10 months I’ve been on the road, I have met or passed many other motorcylists. Some ride in groups (often organised tours), many in pairs, numerous solo riders [read more...]
Santiago – a Culture Shock
After three months in Peru, spent mostly in the idyllic Sacred Valley, Santiago has come as a bit of a culture shock. It’s strange enough to be back in a city that was [read more...]
The Long Road to Santiago – Tacna to La Serena
Tacna to La Serena… about 1700km and a lot of desert. The Atacama Desert – the driest place on earth apparently – goes on, and on, and on. It took me [read more...]
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