Portugal II: En-Douro
It didn’t feel much like an occasion for celebration but August 21st marked the one year anniversary of our leaving Peru. On the other...
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Route 1 - Presidio Texas to Torreón Coahuila
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Oct 29, 20219 min read
Portugal I: The Reluctant Homesteaders
“It’s not all about you, y’know”, my 8-year nephew once informed me. The little squirt was of course right but if anyone out there has...
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Jul 10, 20219 min read
Spain: The Soviet Patient
There’s something about arriving in a new country that makes you feel you’re on holidays, even when you’re not. This is reinforced by...
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Apr 26, 20217 min read
Italy II: Pferdi Takes The Pferry
I like the nomadic life. It’s got the freedom of an orphan but without the ache of absent parents. My happiness with that state had crept...
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Jan 12, 20218 min read
Italy: Down Appian Way
After three years roaming the Americas, I must admit, I’m enjoying the comforts of European life. There’s a lot to be said for hot water,...
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Nov 5, 20206 min read
Pinch Me Pancho
On the coast just north of Dublin I went straight into quarantine. It was in a place I’d only ever seen from the window of a train. At...
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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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Nov 24, 20196 min read
Colombia IV: Cartagena & The Elusive Helena
We left Mompox early for the drive to Cartagena but found a surprise ferry crossing on the way. Long, narrow wooden boats were carrying...
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Nov 3, 20196 min read
Colombia III: The Impossible Dream
We arrived in the colonial town of Villa de Leyva on a Sunday which was a good day for leaving the city but bad here because it was full...
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Sep 30, 20196 min read
Colombia II: The Business Of Living The Dream
Reuniting with Pferdi after the beach, I noticed one of the bars connecting my sidecar to the bike was no longer connecting my sidecar to...
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Sep 1, 20198 min read
Colombia I: The Land of "Oh"
There are entrances that make a statement and there are entrances so common they pass unnoticed. And then there’s sneaking in the back...
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Jul 22, 20195 min read
Darién: The Rat In The Gap
"There is a road to the left from Llanos which leads through the San Blas jungle. At the entrance to their territory there’s a checkpoint...
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