We arrive in Cartagena the day Colombia elects Juan Manuel Santos in the 2010 election. The event translates into a closed DIAN (customs) office and means offloading the bikes will wait. To pass the time I head to Casa Mara with a few of my Stahlratte shipmates to wage war on some cuba libres, a […]
The Pan-American Highway ends in Panama and if you want to ride to South America you need to contend with the logistics of the Darien Gap. The ~100 mile strip of undeveloped mountain rainforest and swamplands make it virtually impassible by motor vehicle. That leaves flying and sailing as available transport options for moto riders […]
I’m trying to figure out why the soldier is not responding helpfully to my queries for the location of the Rio Soreno border crossing. He asks for my papers and is visibly flustered as he flips through my passport. His fatigues don’t look like anything I’ve seen in Costa Rica. I crashed hard on a […]
I’m scheduled to set sail from Carti in less than two weeks and still in Nicaragua. Not especially good since I’m in no particular mood to leave San Juan del Sur. I didn’t want to leave Leon either but somehow managed to throw my leg over the bike and point it south. My hastened pace […]
