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Route 1 - Presidio Texas to Torreón Coahuila
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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...
Nov 3, 20196 min read
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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...
Sep 30, 20196 min read
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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...
Sep 1, 20198 min read
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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...
Jul 22, 20195 min read
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Panama: Life On The Isthmus
At the Sixaola border crossing, we paid our exit taxes in a funny little shop reached by a small bridge. A bit further on, we and the...
Jun 21, 20197 min read
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Costa Rica: ¿Pura Vida?
We met our first sidecar checking out of Nicaragua, a German couple on a yellow BMW. We were very excited. Toshi and I queued-up for...
Jun 2, 20198 min read
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Nicaragua: The Underworld Was In Full Swing
We were a bit concerned about the political situation in Nicaragua but we had friends who knew a family in Matagalpa and put us in touch....
May 15, 20195 min read
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Honduras: Hard Borders, Soft Landings
Big bad Honduras. It was hard not to think of all the negative publicity surrounding that country. It was the birthplace of the migrant...
Apr 24, 20196 min read
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El Salvador: Hola Hola Hola
We left Antigua early and after hitting fog in Guatemala City we said goodbye to Danilo. After that it was an easy ride to El Salvador....
Apr 10, 20195 min read
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Guatemala: The Way Way to Huehue
It took over an hour to check the bike out of Mexican customs. There was only one window and a problem case in front of us. We were...
Mar 21, 20196 min read
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349 Days Later
Back on the road with two new wheels we stopped in Tehuacan. Nestled in a valley and surrounded by hundreds of spindly cacti, we visited...
Feb 7, 20196 min read
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¡Grounded!
There are two things I don’t care for being back on the road. The first is eating out every day, and wondering will the hotel have coffee...
Dec 6, 20186 min read
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Medicos, Maggots & Monos Malos
It was a hot, crowded Sunday our first day back in Merida. The goal was to find a house, settle down for a few months and pretend to be...
Oct 24, 20186 min read
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To Belize Or Not To Belize
We had to leave Mexico. Our tourist cards expired on July 16th so we decided to go to Belize. After living in shorts and bare feet it was...
Aug 16, 20187 min read
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The Nanny States
Winston Miera was born on the same day as his English namesake. He had the bald head and spoke English but the similarity ended there....
Aug 2, 20185 min read
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The Shaming of Pancho
Coming over the mountain into Tehuacan, Fran realized there was oil all over his shoe. Inspection on the shoulder revealed a damaged...
Jul 5, 20186 min read
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The Big Lie
The days were flying by, I’d no idea how we got to May so suddenly. We were getting closer to Mexico City, that big bad place on the...
Jun 14, 20185 min read
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Garden Of The Gods
After a week in the city of San Luis Potosi, we headed off again to the Huasteca region in the eastern part of the state (also named San...
Jun 4, 20185 min read
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Stone Face, Silver Heart
After a loud night of revelry we left Mazatlan on Easter Saturday. It sounded like it would have been more fun growing up in Mexico on...
May 3, 20184 min read
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Pata Salada
Mazatlan became home for a month and a half. We had to stop; we hadn’t had a hearth to call our own since August. During our stay, we...
Mar 30, 20184 min read
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