The highlight of a very long day. Hitching a ride north to the border station at Avaroa, after a crash, and the truck’s battery gave up the ghost. I am convinced the optimism of these kids is what resurrected this truck, I wish we could bottle this stuff. Middle of nowhere on the altiplano in […]
I feel trapped in San Pedro but I picked up a nagging cough in Bolivia and need to rest up before riding over Paso Sico to Salta. I pass the time with my friend Paul, who I met in Uyuni, and another friend, Stefan, who’s on a 990 heading north. I convince Stefan he needs […]
Still on a wave of euphoria from the salar experience I head south for the lagunas the following morning. I ride with a German friend of mine who is on a well set up airhead GS. He has no interest in riding the more remote route through the south so we will part ways in […]
Sucre is an oasis of culture, Mediterranean weather, and easy breathing, and it pains me to leave. I have a passport that is expiring in the coming weeks and the weather down south will deteriorate soon so I need to be moving on. The consolation is the next leg of my journey will take me […]
