New Photos, Videos, Questions and a Best Of by Marc!!
New videos for days 54, 55, 56 and 57 have been uploaded!! New photos for days 55, 56, and 57 have been added!! Questions for those avid readers of this blog: 1. Has the text becom…
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Day 57 - Mancora to Chiclayo
It was great waking up with the ocean right at the doorstep of the room. Went out early in the morning to take some pictures and a quick dip in the ocean then the swimming pool - f…
Day 56 - Riobamba, Ecuador to Mancora, Peru
LOOOOOONG day - started at 9am and ended at 9pm! Good riding this morning along the mountains of Ecuador - quite chilly - and high up - we could notice that the bikes had a lot les…
Day 55 1/2 - Quito to Riobamba
Marc’s bike got ready around 3pm. We geared up and hit the road. Initially the weather cooperated but then the grey clouds covered the entire scenery and drenched us to the bones, …
Day 55 - Quito
Went to the dealer really early and got them to start working straight away. The “automatico” of the starter - I’m guessing it translates to the induction coils - got burnt. Fortun…
Day 54 - Ibarra to Quito
Day started well with the hotel guys cleaning our bikes and us getting Marc’s starter to work. We looked at the starter and the wire casings were all melted leaving the metal expos…
Day 53 - Popayan, Colombia to Ibarras, Ecuador
Another amazing day - congratulations Colombia!! Morning was a little wet but then we started climbing up and up and up and around and around around! The scenaries were breathtakin…
Day 52 - Manizales to Popoyan
A LOT of miles today - made up for the relatively small amount of miles we did yesterday. This morning coming out of Manizales I was ecstatic with the road and the scenery - Colomb…
Day 51 - Medellin to Manizales
Another WOW day of riding… but first we went to the BMW dealer to get Marc’s bike which had brand new tires on. Leaving Medellin we took a wrong turn but looking at the GPS it seem…
Day 50 - Bogota to Medellin
Great roads today - tons and tons of winding mountain roads - made for a long day though - from around 11am to 7pm riding pretty much non-stop. This morning we were on a quest to f…