Brazil: Sweet Mysteries of Life
We entered Brazil at Chuí, the country’s southernmost town. There were shops selling clothes and household items, enticing the population...
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Route 1 - Presidio Texas to Torreón Coahuila
Route 1 - Presidio Texas to Torreón Coahuila
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Nov 76 min read
Uruguay: "Everything but the Moo"
The ferry left Buenos Aires in a heavy drizzle and the grey Río de la Plata merged with a leaden sky. Landing on the opposite shore,...
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Oct 98 min read
Argentina II: How the West was Fun
Halfway across the international bridge we entered Argentina for the second time. Coming into the border area at Posadas, there were...
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Sep 179 min read
Paraguay: Never Fern from Heim
Half the window was covered-up so most of the light came from the choir. A maté gourd with its silver straw sat beside the computer...
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Sep 75 min read
Argentina I: Fiscal Fumblings
In Villazón, Bolivia ended at a small bridge with a sign in the middle splitting the two countries. Immigration was a messy affair with...
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Jul 2910 min read
Bolivia: It's a Gas
No matter who we talked to, or when, they all agreed on one thing: Bolivia was a pain in the ass. The trouble was fuel there was...
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Jun 289 min read
Peru VIII: The Edge of the World
The Huaquillas – Tumbes border was hardly recognizable. It was almost empty. Last time, the lines were three-deep and snaking all the way...
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Jun 76 min read
Ecuador II: Helping Hans and Other Acts of Rescue
In 2019 there was a series of protests and riots in Ecuador due to the introduction of austerity measures and more importantly,...
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May 187 min read
Colombia VIII: Easter Rising
When we were young the week before Easter was more of the same: plain Lenten denial, except now there was an end in sight. We were still...
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Apr 126 min read
Colombia VII: Between a RUNT and a Hard Place
If you want to drive in Colombia, in a Colombian vehicle, you must have a RUNT. This involves getting registered in a national database...
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Mar 216 min read
Colombia VI: Prelude
THE DECISION It was as far back as the second big lockdown, in late 2020, that we first thought seriously about buying a bike in South...
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Sep 22, 20208 min read
Peru VII: Leaving Lima
It was a little bit like war, those last days in Lima: long periods of boredom interrupted by short bursts of terror. Terror is an...
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Aug 10, 20208 min read
Peru VI: Out Of The Frying Pan?
If you want to give God a laugh, make plans. Wise words from my uncle’s kitchen table in Michigan in October 2017. We’ve driven 43,000 km...
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Jul 25, 20207 min read
Peru V: Tempus Fugit
If I had to choose a painting that best describes our current life under the great Covid cloud, it would be Dali’s timeless dreamscape...
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Jun 3, 20208 min read
Peru IV: The Wurst Of Times
It’s May, winter is coming and lockdown mornings rise under a cold, white sky. Sometimes there’s fog on the dunes. After freezing over a...
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Apr 23, 202010 min read
Peru III: Lockdown Beneath The Visiting Moon
Lima was our halfway point and we spent a week there in a small apartment in Barranco. It was very bohemian with leafy streets and...
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Apr 7, 20208 min read
Peru II: Echoes Of Distant Flutes
The following post covers the weeks leading up to Peru’s State of Emergency. The resulting lockdown will be covered in the next...
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Mar 17, 20209 min read
Peru I: Gettin' High
It was pouring rain when we drove across the international bridge that connects Huaquillas in Ecuador to Aguas Verdes, Peru. At 8 AM we...
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Feb 16, 202012 min read
Ecuador: How To Miss The Equator And Still Land On Your Feet
At 4:40 AM the Ipiales border was so dark and quiet our exit from Colombia felt almost as clandestine as our entry had 6 months earlier....
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Dec 15, 20199 min read
Colombia V: High Times & Misdemeanors
The little town of Camarones was our last stop on the Caribbean. In the Los Flamencos Sanctuary we rented a room in a place that was more...
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