tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169168413714158782024-02-02T03:37:33.679-05:00Aventura PanamericanaAventura PanamericanaTrevor and Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219802785850281900noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716916841371415878.post-49793352400640699682010-12-08T16:03:00.000-05:002010-12-08T16:03:48.889-05:00Journey to the end of the world / El viatge a la fi del mon<div class="MsoNormal"> We left Rio Grande on a cold and windy morning as temperatures had taken a major nose dive over the past few days. Having spent some time driving through pampas the further south we got we started to se more and more trees and the scenery got more mountainous. When we stopped to admire the view we met a nice chilean guy, Francisco, who has travelled from Alaska to Ushuaia on his BMW 1200GSA bike. As we were talking to him we noticed a lot of cloud up ahead in the Garibaldi pass, a mountainous and windy strech of road we had to take to lead us to Ushuaia, which we asumed it was a rain shower but only when we got into it we realised it was a snow shower! Wow, we have been driving through sand storms, torrential rain, scorching temperatures, and now snow to top it all off. The three of us had to stop again about 10Km up the road as the conditions worsen and it was imposible to see where we were going. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #1f497d;">Sortim de Rio Grande un mati fred i ventós ja que les temperatures han baixat considerablement aquests últims dies. Desprès d’haver conduit per la pampa uns quants dies quan tirem cap el sud comencem a veure mes arbres, mes verd i mes muntanya. Quan parem a veure les vistes ens trobem amb el Francisco, un noi Xilè molt simpàtic que viatge des de Alaska fins a Ushuaia amb la seva BMW 1200GSA. Mentre petem la xerrada ens adonem de que mes endavant cap el pas de Garibaldi, un pas muntanyós que porta fins a Ushuaia, tot està molt emboirat i sembla que ve pluja, però no es fins que ens hi apropem que ens adonem de que no es pluja sinó neu! Guau..., hem conduit a traves de turmentes de sorra, pluja torrencial, altes temperatures i ara per arrodonir-ho la neu!! Uns 10Km despres tots tres vam haver de parar ja que les condicions de conducció eren cada vegada pitjor i no veiem per on anàvem.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: #1f497d;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Parem per uns 20 minuts i quan la neu para continuem cap a Ushuaia. Quan hi arribem i passem la senyal que ens dona la benvinguda a la ciutat una sensació de gran satisfacció per haver arribat a la nostra destinació ens plena el cor de joia. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">The following day after we got to Ushuaia we drove the last 23Km to La Pataia in the Tierra del Fuego National Park, to the sign post that officially marks the end of Ruta 3, the most southern point you can drive to in the world and took the obligatory photos.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">El dia següent vam conduir els últims 23Km de la Ruta 3 cap a La Pataia dins del Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego, que es el punt mes austral del mon on un hi pot arribar conduint, i ens vam fer les fotos de rigor.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Once in this part of the world we decided also to take a 6 hours boat trip through the Beagle Channel were we visited a pinguin colony. Stunning scenery and loads of marine and bird life along the way. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Ja que som a aquesta part del mon decidim de fer un viatge de 6 hores amb vaixell pel Canal de Beagle per anar a veure una colònia pinguinera. Van poder disfutar de magnífics paisatges i de molts ocells i molta fauna marina durant la travessia.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">We met a few other people on bikes once we were here. Chris, an english hillbillie (as he calls himself) who made it from Alaska to Ushuaia in only 2 months, who seems to have sleeping outdoors and not paying for ferry rides down to a fine art!!! Ha, ha,haaa, fair play to you! Also met Anja and Holger, a german couple who is on the road with their BMW 650 Dakar’s for the brains of 3 years! Best of luck guys!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Mentre erem per aquest indret vam trobar a varia gent viatjant amb moto. El Chris, un hillbillie anglès (aixi es com ell parla d’ell mateix) que ha viatjat des de Alaska fins a Ushuaia en nomès 2 messos, i que de dormir a l’aire lluire i de no pagar en els ferrys n’ha fet un art!!! Ja, ja,jaaa, ben fet noi! També hem conegut a L’Anja i el Holger, una parella d’Alemanys que ja portem 3 anys viatjant amb les seves motos BMW 600 Dakar, molta sort nois!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">After reaching the turning point of our trip we started to head north for Buenos Aires throught the flat Patagonian pampas, on a never ending 3000Km straight road and where the main highlight was the cruel patagonian wind which nearly blew us off the road on quite a few occasions. Thankfully the wind started to decrease and the temperature started to increase the closer we got to Buenos Aires. It was nice to leave behind the stuffed teddy bear look and start wearing t-shirts again.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Un cop ja hem assolit el punt de retorn del nostre viatge comencem la escapada cap a Buenos Aires a traves de la pampa Patagònica, un viatge per 3000Km de carretera plana i recta inacabable, i a on l’estrella es el fort vent Patagònic que quasi ens treu fora de pista ens algunes ocasions. Gracies a deu el vent va de baixa en quan ens anem apropant a Buenos Aires i la temperatura comença a pujar. Aixi que deixem enrere el look ‘osito de peluche’ per les samarretes de màniga curta.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Vam planejar de entrar a Buenos Aires en un diumenge ja que després de viure-hi 4 mesos, abans de començar el viatge, ja sabíem que la conducció aquí es una mica boja, però ens trobem que desprès d’haver experimentat la bogeria dels països de l’Amèrica Central així com Perú i Bolívia ens trobem que el tràfic aquí no es tan dolent com recordàvem! Vam anar cap a Dakar Motors, una garatge/hostel a uns dels barris de la perifèria de la ciutat, a on el Javier i la Sandra ens van obrir les seves portes i ens van ajudar a organitzar l’enviament de la moto cap a casa.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Back home now, so this is the end of our Aventura Panamericana, 4 and a half months of great experiences, amazing places and lovely people along the way. An experience to remember for years to come. We would like to mention and thank a few people:</div><div class="MsoNormal">First of all we would like to thank Marie-France and Brian, you were an inspiration to us and a great source of information, your blog was like a bible to us and accompanied us along the way. Best of luck with your future sidecar adventure! To Dan Toporosky, a kind and generous man who gave us a helping hand and most of his free time when we visited San Diego, Dan is a fountain of wisdom on Mexico and Guatemala,as he has travelled extensevely in this areas by motorcycle himself. Thanks a lot Dan, regards to your lovely wife Teresa and say hi to the ‘unemployed and underemployed’ members of the BMW owners club in San Diego, we enjoyed breakfast with you! To Jorge Neira in Iquique, Chile, for pulling off a logistical miracle by organising to get two tires from Iquique, in Chile to La Paz in Bolivia for us where were seriosly stuck, and for his trust and his good advise on Chilean and Bolivian routes and tracks. To Marta and Kurt, for a lovely evening spend in a local restaurant in Monticello, Utah, lovely to meet you and hopefully your dream visit to Ireland will become a reality soon. To Denis in Seattle, thanks for a great laught at the BMW Motorrad in Seattle and for the great tips on routes in Washington state. To Hanna, our favourite ciclist, a pure spirit if there ever was one, lovely meeting you in Panama, we will be following your wonderful pictures and stories on your way down to the end of the world. To Mauricio and his team at Ruta 40 BMW Motorrad in Medellin for their assistance. To Socorro and Rodolfo, the amazing ‘abuelos’ (granparents) that travel the America’s on a 4X4, you are a real inspiration, we admire your spirits and we love to see you over in Europe some time. And finally to all of you, friends and family for following us along the way and giving us your thoughts and love. In the meantime, we wish you all a wonderful Christmas and we will see you in the next trip!!!!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Ara ja som a casa i aquest es el final de la nostra Aventura Panamericana, mes de 4 mesos de grans experiències, magnífics paisatges i gent meravellosa durant tota la travessia. Una experiència que recordarem en anys. Ens agradaria de mencionar i fer agraïments a certa gent:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Primer de tot a la Marie-France i el Brian, heu estat una inspiració per nosaltres i una magnifica font de informació, la vostra pàgina web ha estat com una bíblia per nosaltres. Us desitgem molt bona sort en la vostra futura aventura amb sidecar. Al Dan Toporoski, un home generós i agradable que ens va ajudar i regalar el seu temps lliure quan vam passar per San Diego, el Dan es una font de coneixements sobre Mèxic i Guatemala a on ell ha fet incomptables viatges amb la seva moto durant anys. Moltes gràcies Dan i records a la teva esposa Teresa i a els amics del club de motos BMW de San Diego, vam gaudir d’un esmorzar molt agradable amb tots vosaltres! A Jorge Neira, un Xilè de Iquique per aconseguir el miracle logístic de enviar dues rodes per la nostra moto des de Xile fins a La Paz,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a Bolívia quan estàvem perduts i amb les rodes pelades, i per confiar en nosaltres sense haver-nos conegut abans. També ens va donar molts bons consells sobre rutes per Bolívia i Xile. A la Marta i el Kurt, per un sopar molt agradable a un restaurant del poblet de Monticello, a l’estat americà de Utah, va ser un plaer coneix-se’ls i esperem que el seu viatge somniat a Irlanda es faci realitat aviat. Al Denis, gràcies per la xerrada que vam petar a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>la tenda de BMW Motorrad de Seattle i també per els consells sobre les millors rutes a l’estat de Washington. A la Hanna, la nostra ciclista preferida i un esperit pur com els que no es fan. Va ser un plaer haver-te conegut a Panama i et desitgem el millor en el que et queda de viatge, esperem les teves magnifiques fotos i et seguirem en el que et queda de viatge. Al Mauricio i el seu equip de mecànics a Ruta 40 BMW Motorrad a Medellín, moltes gràcies per la vostra assistència. A la Socorro i el Rodolfo, los abuelos peregrinos que viatgen en 4X4 per totes les Amèriques, sou una inspiració total per nosaltres, els admirem i esperem veure’ls per Europa algun dia. I per acabar moltes gràcies a tots vosaltres família i amics que ens heu anat seguint durant tot el viatge deixant-nos missatges i comentaris. Us desitgem a tots un molt bon Nadal i ens veiem a la propera aventura!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Vam pasar la nit a Villa Angostura i desprès vam tirar cap a Bariloche i els seus bonics voltants, a on vam tenir la oportunitat de conèixer per primer cop el famós vent de la Patagonia. Vam pasar mes dies dels previstos a Bariloche ja que a Eva va enganxar un virus gastrointestinal que ens va fer parar 2 dies mes. Un cop recuperada anem tirant cap el sud a El Bolsón i Trevellin i creuem cap a Xile novament per fer un tros de la espectacular Carretera Austral xilena, el que serien quasi 900Km de vies de muntanya. El recorregut ens va encantar des de el primer moment: llacs d’aigües d’un blau cel, salts d’aigua, rius i montanyes nevades, com una postal, el mitllor de Xile sens dubte!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Hem sentit històries terrorífiques sobre aquest tram de carretera com motoristes els quals se’ls ha emportat volant el fort vent Patagònic. Tota la carretera esta coberta de graveta, a uns trams mes espessa que d’altres i el que es mes dificultós per les motos es el mantenir la roda dins dels carrils creats pels vehicles de quatre rodes que van empenyent la graveta i les pedres cap al centre i costats de la carretera creant muntanyes de pedra. Això es fa mes difícil en quan de sobte aquests carrils nomes tenen uns 30 o 40mm d’amplada i el fort vent et va constantment empenyent cap a la part on hi ha mes pedra, llavors no fa gaire gràcia la cosa!! I el pitjor es quan la màquina ha passat esborrant tots els carrils i deixant la graveta estesa per tot arreu, llavors sembla que condueixis sobre l’aigua però en sec! Aquest dia vam fer 665Km (el dia de conducció mes llarg des de que vàrem començar el viatge) però gràcies a deu 250Km eren asfaltats. Quan vam arribar a El Calafate 12 hores desprès vam arribar tan contents que teníem ganes de celebrar-ho però desprès d’un sopar ràpid vam caure al llit rebentats, però feliços.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Prop de El Calafate hi ha un dels pocs glacials del mon que segueixen creixent, el Perito Moreno, un gegant blau de 5Km d’amplada i 75m de alçada sobre el nivell del llac!! Una meravella de la natura, indescriptible en paraules, esperem que les fotos i el video facin mes justicia. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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A couple of days ago we got back into Chile, to the town of Puerto Natales where we spend two nights and visited the Torres del Paine National Park.<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Avui hem finalment arribat a la provincia de Tierra del Fuego i avui pasem la nit a Rio Grande. Demà anem cap a Ushuaia, ja os contarem!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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</span></div></div>Trevor and Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219802785850281900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716916841371415878.post-13562804304738620542010-11-02T18:47:00.000-05:002010-11-02T18:47:51.098-05:00Bolivia and El Salar de Uyuni / Bolivia i El Salar de Uyuni<div class="MsoNoSpacing">We finally left Peru after 3 weeks but not before encoutering another crooked cop at the border crossing. Once we had all the paperwork cleared to continue our crossing over to the Bolivian side of the border there was a chain across the road blocking all access, a chain wich is opened by the police once you are cleared to go. When we explained to the policeman guarding the chain that we had been cleared by immigration and customs he made Eva a sign to approach him quietly. He then asked for a ‘donation’ as the police were building an extension to the back of the cop shop, and they were asking for the co-operation of the people passing by!! (Another one filling his retirement fund!!!). But not with our money this time. So off we went to Bolivia. The drive from Copacabana, very close to the border, up to the Lake Titicaca crossing was stunning, a mountain drive wich eventually brough us up above a hill over Lake Titicaca, with views of the lake at either side of the road and snowed cap peaks on the horizon, really beautiful! The road started to descent down on to a small coast town where small ferries take people and vehicles across the lake, more like rafts than ferries as you will see on the video below.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">Then we headed for La Paz, the highest capital of the world, 3660m above sea level, the most breathtaking location, you approach the city by the altiplano and then all of a sudden there is a huge bowl with the city spread out inside in it, and to get into the city you have to use near vertical streets with hairpin bends every couple of hundred meters, and with the worst drivers on the planet! We decided to come here as we had to pick up a set of new tires suitable for the rougher roads that were ahead. Thanks again to Jorge Neira, from Iquique (Chile) who organized all that for us, as well as giving us routes and details of what was to come.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;">Desprès de la travessa vam anar tirant cap a La Paz, la capital a mes alçada del món,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;">3660m sobre el nivell del mar, situada en un lloc inesperat, en quan t’apropes a la ciutat per l’altiplano de sobte et trobes amb un gran sotrac en forma de bol i allà sota trobes la ciutat, i per baixar-hi has de pasar per carrers amb pendents quasi verticals i corbes de sifó cada pocs metres, i amb els pitjors conductors del planeta! Vam decidir de venir-hi per que havíem de recollir unes rodes per la moto mes adequades per les carreteres que havien de venir en els següents dies. Donem les gràcies a Jorge Neira, de Iquique (Xile) que ho va organitzar lo dels neumàtics i ens va donar idees per les rutes a seguir en el nostre viatge.</span><br />
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</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After 2 nights we changed the tires and left for Potosi, the highest city in the world (as oposed to capital city) 4090m above sea level. Needless to say that at that altitude with the lack of oxigen and the high pollution took a toll on us, so we were happy to be leaving the city at last. From there we headed to Uyuni, the base town to visit the Salar de Uyuni, the biggest salt flat in the world (12000km2). This is where the really rough road started, wich turned out to be quite difficult with the 2 of us on the bike plus all the luggage. After a tough day we eventually got to Uyuni, booked into a hotel and met Richard, a swiss guy with Bolivian origins who burst the back shock of his 1200GSA coming down the road that we initially decided to take to come down to Uyuni, so we did quite well all things considered! We wish him the best and hope he got it sorted and he's back on the road. After a quick reconnaissance trip by Trevor out the road that we suposed to take the following morning, we decided that Eva and the luggage were safer to travel on a jeep as far as the salar and Trevor would drive the bike on his own. After a few hours we arranged to meet again at the island of Inkawasi, situated in the middle of the salar, a peculiar rock and coral formation covered with giant cactuses, and from wich you could climb and get stunning views of the salar area.</div></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;"> Desprès de pasar-hi 2 nits vam canviar les rodes i vam tirar cap a Potosí, la ciutat a mes alçada del món, 4090m sobre el nivell del mar. No cal a dir que tanta alçada, amb la falta d’oxigen i l’alt nivell de pol·lució ens va deixar molt tocats, fins el punt de que vam ser molt contents de marxar d’aquell lloc d’una vegada. Des d’allà vam anar cap a Uyuni, que es el poble ‘base’ pels que volen visitar el Salar de Uyuni,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;">les salines mes grans del mon (12000Km2). Aquí es on la carretera es va tornar ben difícil, especialment amb tots dos i tot l’equipatge a sobre.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;">Desprès d’un dia dur de viatge vam arribar a Uyuni, vam buscar un allotjament i vam conèixer a Richard, un suís amb orígens Bolivians al que se li acabava de trencar l’amortiguador de la seva BMW 1200GSA a la carretera per la que inicialment pensàvem agafar per arribar fins allà però vm canviar d’idea a l’últim moment, així que malgrat les circumstàncies a nosaltres no ens va anar tant malament! Desprès de que el</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f497d;">Trevor anés a fer una ullada de reconeixement de la ruta que havíem d’agafar a l’endemà vam decidir de que la Eva i l’equipatge anessin fins el Salar amb un jeep i el Trevor portés la moto sol fins allà. Desprès d’unes hores ens vam retrobar a la illa de Inkawasi, situada al mig del Salar, una curiosa formació de roca i corall ple de cactus gegants, des de on es podien veure vistes magnifiques de la zona del Salar.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div>Trevor and Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219802785850281900noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716916841371415878.post-28607302359749970212010-10-26T10:01:00.000-05:002010-10-26T10:01:32.303-05:00Colombia, Ecuador and Peru / Colòmbia, Ecuador i Perú<div class="MsoNormal">With a fully serviced bike we headed off in the general direction of Ecuador. Colombia was a lovely surprise for the 2 of us, fantastic scenery and the nicest of people we met in this trip. </div><br />
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Batteries recharged we headed down the coast towards Lima, a big long expanse of desert and dune land everywhere you look. Here we got introduced to the worse driving we experienced on this trip so far, none of wich was amazing but the Peruvians take it to a whole new level!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br />
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In Nazca, Peru right now hoping to make it to Cusco and Machu Picchu in a couple of days, more to follow soon!<br />
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</o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Initially we had in mind to fly ourselves and the bike from Panama to Colombia (Medellin) as there is a strech of jungle between this two countries about 100miles wide (The Darien Gap) that is impossible to cross by land unless you are a coke smuggler or some other kind of bandido. To our surprise prices had gone up madly in a short space of time, and after hearing the possibility of crossing over by boat we decided to save a few bop and explore that route. We got in contact with an Austrian guy called Fritz-the-cat wich crosses from the small the port of Carti in Panama to Cartagena de Indias in Colombia on a catamaran. The trip took 5 days, the first 3 exploring the almost deserted tropical islands of San Blas in Kuna Yala territory of the coast of Panama and then 1 day and half sailing to Colombia. The Kunas aret he native people of this region of Panama, which still leave in this mountainous region and also in some of the islands and are a self-contained autonomous society, with their own rules and culture. The road to the little port of Carti went thought a preserved Kuna park with a rollercoaster tipe of road, surely not for the fainthearted but beautiful. At the start of this road we met a lovely Swedish girl, Hanna who is doing the same trip as us but on a bicycle and started in Vancouver over a year ago, tough woman, that was not an easy drive on a motorcycle, nevermind without a motor! Loaded the bike onto the catamaran and took off to the paradise islands. This trip slowed our progress but it was nice to get time to relax and see something totally diferent. As you can see from the photos the islands where idilic, white sand, turquoise cristal clear warm water, loads of palm trees and peaceful.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Vam arribar a Cartagena 5 dies desprès,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>una ciutat amb una centre estil Colonial molt bonic. Desprès de passar tot un dia per aconseguir papers per la moto a la duana vam tirar cap a Medellín. Sortir de la ciutat va ser tota una experiència, una iniciació pel que haurà de ser la resta del nostre viatge per carreteres Colombianes. Sobre el mapa semblava una ruta fàcil, d’uns dos dies fins a Medellín però va acabar sent una ruta difícil amb dos dies ben durs de viatge, especialment en quant vam començar a pujar les muntanyes. Ens va xocar de veure les condicions en que molta de la gent viu per aquí i ens fa apreciar mes el que tenim a casa. La qualitat de conducció en el nostre viatge ha baixat notòriament des que som a Colòmbia on s’hi necessiten 14 ulls per mantenir tots es angles coberts. Es un país meravellós amb una gent de bon cor allà on vagis, fins i tot es policies son amables i servicials. Ens assembla que la gent està bastant contenta des que el president Uribe va entrar al govern, amb la eliminació gradual del conflicte amb les guerrilles i<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>l’arraconament de es mateixes cap a les parts mes remotes i selvàtiques del país. Ahir mateix la noticia de que havien capturat a un dels caps mes sanguinaris dels FARC va omplir televisions i ràdios a tot arreu, on la gent ho celebrava amb alegria. Vam tenir la oportunitat de parlar amb un policia-militar (aquí es quasi el mateix) i ens va explicar que no gaire enrere nosaltres no hi podíem passar per aquell lloc de la carretera on érem (amb molt alt risc de ser secuestrat) o fins i tot per a ells (eren uns 6 o 7 policies armats) de ser-hi allà tots sols. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGsHbde2zyeB8PJv5jqMsbA6gvkUYPL-xmahiZHdrw0WN1smf6YRLKMTVZiP-YSOcEHqI2DHvtpMhLWgTmCzeHsLiXGh51RkKJJScEYHESq2yA05yp-VJOa1ayDVfBh3HtfrsHn0_BUE/s1600/IMG_1340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGsHbde2zyeB8PJv5jqMsbA6gvkUYPL-xmahiZHdrw0WN1smf6YRLKMTVZiP-YSOcEHqI2DHvtpMhLWgTmCzeHsLiXGh51RkKJJScEYHESq2yA05yp-VJOa1ayDVfBh3HtfrsHn0_BUE/s320/IMG_1340.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">Quan vam arribar a Tehuacan a Mèxic vam canviar el nostre nom oficial a the (un)Easy Riders ja que el nostre seient de la moto es una miqueta mes confortable que seure’ns a sobre d’un rastrell en punta. Havíem de fer alguna cosa <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ja que acabàvem baldats i ens treia el divertiment del dia. Vam arribar a un punt en que a partir dels primers 75Km del dia els nostres el dolor anava a mes fins que acabàvem molt adolorits al final del dia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vam trobar un tapisser al poble de Tehuacan (Tapiceria Anita) que des de llavors s’ha fet anomenar com l’home que literalment<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ens va salvar els darreres! (nota pels catalans: emmm...,aquest petit acudit fa gràcia en anglès però perd tota la gràcia al traduir....sorry). I ara gràcies a deu tenim els culets mes feliços de tota l’Amèrica Llatina.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back in full health we motor on zipping through the Central american countries until we get to the border with Honduras yesterday, the most expensive horrible border crossing we had to deal with to date. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Honduras being a a narrow country down south we decide to cross it in a few hours and try getting to the other side into Nicaragua that evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were about 15Km to exit <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honduras when we hit a pothole about the size of Milltown, and ended up with a big bubble on the side of the front tire, to our luck it did not burst or damage the wheel, but <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>quite dangerous to keep driving wih it. Took it handy enough, crossed the border into Nicaragua (thankfully a lot more civilised border crosssing) and drove 90Km onto the town of Chinandega. Just to complete our ‘perfect day’ the skies opened up,and a big wall of water fell on us for about 20 minutes before our destination!!! The perfect end to the perfect day!!!! Today we spent most of the day trying to organise a tire being sent to anywhere near us, and as we speak we are going to meet with a local couple we met on the street who own a truck and might be bringing us and the bike over to the border with Costa Rica where a tire will be waiting for us sent by BMW Motorrad in San Jose de Costa Rica. Fingers crossed this will be the last of our tire problems, it’s getting to be an expensive pass time... </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span>Trevor and Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219802785850281900noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716916841371415878.post-38263742215579210992010-08-23T23:32:00.000-05:002010-08-23T23:32:59.807-05:00Beautiful jalisco! Que lindo es Jalisco!<div class="MsoNormal">It’s been a while since we wrote last, a few miles have gone by since. We decided to leave real early the morning we headed for the Mexican border at Tijuana in order to avoid the queues. We arrived at the border crossing about 7am, no cars, no queues, no nothing, fantastic!! We passed the police control, no one stopped us, great!! We were expecting someone to stop us next to get our paperwork but since we heard that some crossings have the immigration separated from the police check by a few metres or sometimes Km we kept going and before we knew where we were we found ourselves driving around downtown Tijuana, the one place on the planet we were trying to avoid, especially with no tourist visa for ourselves and with no temporary import permit for our bike. As is the custom here in Mexico there were no road signs to be seen anywhere so ended up lost in Tijuana while trying to find the American border to allow us to start all over again. When we eventually found the way back to America the queue was aprox 3km long...great. When we got to the check point the Us border guard asked us where were we going and how long were we in Mexico, and he did not find it a bit funny when we told him about our trip to Argentina and that we have been in Mexico for an hour trying to find America and now we are on our way back to Mexico again!!! (hey, some guys don’t have a sense of humour....). To make a long story short we did get our papers sorted the second time around (Dan, you must be proud of us, ha,ha!!).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Off we went for Baja, a 1500Km of dirty hot desert! We rushed on our last day in Baja to catch a ferry from La Paz to Mazatlan (main land Mexico). When we checked on the net it was a 12hour crossing so we thought we would get ourselves a cabin on board to chill out. We were told there was two ferrys available, one of them nicer than the other and they sail every other day. As it turned out we got the other, a cargo ferry and our 12 hour journey turned into a wet and stormy 16 hour crossing. Can’t beat getting woken up out of your sleeping bag at 2am by thunder and lightning and thumping rain on top of you. So much for chillin out! Stayed in Mazatlan for 2 nights to re-charge our batteries after the hot trip throught Baja. We met a lovely Canadian couple with their son riding 3 bikes to SouthAmerica for a year, hi to Michael, Jing and Sean if you are reading this (...and good news for you: it’s gradually getting cooler and greener over here!). Also we met Jason, a young English guy who is doing the same trip as us but with a slight little difference: he’s cycling it!!!! A real adventurer and a great inspiration to us, fair play to you Jason, best of luck!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Now we are in the beautiful region of Jalisco, and as the Mexican song says it’s really beautiful here, pretty towns, wonderful countryside but still no f*****g sign posts to be seen!!! One thing we have to mention is that after so much bad press on Mexican violence and drug related incidents we have felt really safe and welcomed all along and enjoying every bit of it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Trevor and Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219802785850281900noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716916841371415878.post-26856211782528445052010-08-13T00:26:00.001-05:002010-08-13T00:28:53.445-05:00From Bears to Cowboys // Dels ossos als Cowboys<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"> On our way to Monument Valley since the last time we posted we passed down through Utah, a fabolous state full of natural wonders, one of them being the Canyonlands National Park. We decided to stay in Monticello, a small mormon town (...5 minutes into the checking in process in a motel they tried to convert us!!), from where we did a 4 hour hike to into the National Park. The walk was absolutely amazing, a pity that we ran out of water of the way back so what it started as an idillic but hot adventure walk between gorges and canyons ended up as something out of the french foreigh legion, all we were missing was some crazy french officer screaming<br />
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</span></div>Trevor and Evahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219802785850281900noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716916841371415878.post-50537300235899333902010-07-26T23:50:00.000-05:002010-07-26T23:50:43.864-05:00Day one on the road! Primer dia de viatge!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Hi lads, after so much preparation we finally made it on the road! Picking up the bike and clearing customs in Vancouver was a lot easier tan we thought it was going to be, all done in one afternoon! Bike arrived in one piece and started on first pick, whewwww!!! Spend a few days getting the last few bits and pieces we needed and we packed and unpacked 3 times to keep the weight on the bike as little as possible. Finally today at lunch time we left Vancouver and took a ferry to Vancouver island. Camping here tonight and tomorrow heading to the Pacific coast side. Weather is fabulous, warm but not too hot. Vancouver city blew us away, is probably one of the nicest cities we were ever in (feckin expensive though!!!!). Crawling into the tent in the next few minutes, for the first time of many....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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