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Route 1 - Presidio Texas to Torreón Coahuila
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Denmark: The Danish Archipelago
There was a checkpoint with little sentry boxes entering Denmark. The line wasn’t long and we were waved through, US license plate and...
Mar 5, 20236 min read
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Northwestern Europe: High Points In Low Countries
IRELAND It was 1986 when I’d last been on a motorbike in Ireland. And the same could be said for Fran. The amount of water that’s flowed...
Feb 5, 20238 min read
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Spain II: The Winds of Shame
It would be like old times, the three of us, back on the road. We thought we’d be on the new Honda but at the last minute Portuguese...
Dec 28, 20227 min read
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Portugal III: Rebirth / Renewal / Reunion
Even in the olden days, when having a cup of tea and a Jaffa Cake with your mother wasn’t a potentially deadly pastime, the stretch...
May 15, 20227 min read
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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...
Jan 29, 20227 min read
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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...
Oct 29, 20219 min read
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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...
Jul 10, 20219 min read
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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...
Apr 26, 20217 min read
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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,...
Jan 12, 20218 min read
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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...
Nov 5, 20206 min read
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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...
Sep 22, 20208 min read
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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...
Aug 10, 20208 min read
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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...
Jul 25, 20207 min read
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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...
Jun 3, 20208 min read
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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...
Apr 23, 202010 min read
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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...
Apr 7, 20208 min read
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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...
Mar 17, 20209 min read
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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....
Feb 16, 202012 min read
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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...
Dec 15, 20199 min read
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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...
Nov 24, 20196 min read
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