“Travelling with the Dakar” – Adventure Bike Rider Magazine
This article appears in Issue 21 (March – April 2014) of Adventure Bike Rider Magazine: http://www.adventurebikrider.com This article describes my experience watching [read more...]
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Why We Ride – The Essence of a Road Trip
Over the many hundreds of hours spent in the saddle alone with my thoughts, I have come to the following conclusions: to travel is better than to remain in one place; to be [read more...]
Whips and Rain – Arequipa to Pisac
Arriving in Pisac on Friday afternoon, it felt that I had completed a major cycle in my journey. I am back at my most northerly point, the place from where I reversed the [read more...]
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...]
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...]
Bolivia – My Own Mini Dakar
Following the Dakar in Argentina had been straight forward. On arriving in Bolivia, this was about to change. The ride north from Salta to Tupiza was easy – 400km of [read more...]
Dakar Fever in Argentina
Dakar Fever has struck north west Argentina. Everyone has caught it, including me. I’ve been following the race for three days, yet it already feels like three weeks. [read more...]
Waiting for The Dakar
I’ve been making my way slowly north. The infamous Dakar Rally, the world’s longest and toughest motor race and a thing of legends, starts today. It will reach [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...]
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...]
Pisaq to Copacabana
After four relatively static weeks in Pisaq, I am on the road again – albeit temporarily. With only a few days remaining on my Peruvian temporary import document for [read more...]
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