Maranon River Ecuador La Posta Lago Atitlan Steps of Lapa Cartagena Laguna Colorado Bring on the curry! Haunchaco Riding the roof of the world Royal Enfield Banos Nicaragua Ancient Mayan cities O2 Mooney Falls Bienvenido a Colombia! Splash! Mas practica Floating Village 800 years later Hemis Monastery Jumping the Darien Gap Weeeee!!!! Rhotang La Iguacu! Visiting with Coco Baralacha La Los hijos de altiplano Laguna Verde Little bridges and big gorges Museo de las Momias Fill ‘er up! Canyon of the duck Tools Hanuman temple Carretera Austral Maggie Noodles! Taj Mahal Khardung La The walled city Quelap The world’s largest salar The lost city Todo sur The Estrada Real A stormy Torres del Paine Leaving the Altiplano El Maestro Srinagar marketplace El Amatillo San Vicente

Photo Roulette

Hemis Monastery

Essentially carved into the side of the mountain, the Hemis monastery has stood for almost 1,000 years. Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, India

September 10, 2009

Jumping the Darien Gap

Loading the SE onto the Stahlratte for our voyage through the San Blas Islands enroute to Colombia. Carti, Panama

August 3, 2010

Khardung La

Khardung La lays claim to being home to the “Highest Road in the World” and is the gateway to the Nubra valley. This was an exceptional riding day, one I won’t soon forget. Khardung La, Jammu and Kashmir, India

September 12, 2009

Maggie Noodles!

Our hosts prepare us a meal of maggie noodle casserole, a staple in the Himalayas. Pang, Ladakh, India

September 10, 2009

Rhotang La

Not the best riding conditions going up Rhotang La in the Indian Himalayas. Photo courtesy of Bob.

September 9, 2009

La Posta

legendary in the motorcycle travel world, you don’t come to South America without visiting La Posta. Azul, Argentina

May 2, 2011

Mas practica

Taking in the view of the historic centro (and studying!) from atop the Hostal Villa Colonial in my favorite city in Mexico. Zacatecas, Mexico

June 12, 2010

Leaving the Altiplano

After months of climbing some of the highest peaks in the Americas and being in a permanent state of asphyxia I’m exiting southern Bolivia and descending some 8,000 feet to the Atacama desert in Chile. Bolivia/Chile Frontera

February 4, 2011