Monday, February 23 Waking up was hard to do. Our only motivation was to catch breakfast before it closed at 10 am. We made it over just before the cutoff, and Stefano was already long gone. We ate languidly, and tried to decide what we wanted to do for the day. Being gluttons for punishment, […]
Sunday, February 22 There were not enough hours in the night to allow us to rest from the previous days in Bolivia. Checkout was at 10 am and we slept as late as possible and the hour time change made it really 9 am body clock time. We struggled out of bed and went to […]
2 falls Inna 3 falls Matt 2 license plates fell off (both) 1 subframe bolt (red) 1 turn signal fell off, destroyed (blue) 1 turn signal fell off but fixable (red) 2 cracked fairing pieces (blue) 2 lowbeam headlight bulbs (both) 1 fuse (red) 1 KLR toolkit fell off, recovered (blue) 3 license plate reflectors […]
Saturday, February 21 – Villa Mar to San Pedro de Atacama We woke up at 7 am anticipating the day to be much longer and harder than yesterday. After a cup of instant coffee and a few power bars for breakfast we loaded the bikes, suited up and headed out. A lustrous morning light was […]
Friday, February 20 – Uyuni to Villa Mar We woke up early today hoping to be on the road by 8 am. As always, the packing took a little longer, the breakfast service was extremely slow, and by the time we said goodbyes to Lauren, Martin and Pedro it was already 9 am. On the […]
Saturday, February 20 We reluctantly pulled ourselves out of bed and went to search for a big breakfast. As we were heading out, we ran into Martin, Lauren and Pedro. We were all looking to ride the Salar de Uyuni today, so we agreed to meet up after breakfast and head out together. We managed […]
Friday, February 18 We had one of our better breakfasts in a long time to start the day. Since entering Peru the typical breakfast everywhere was coffee, juice, and some rolls with butter and jelly. Today we had a vegetable omelette, which judging from the flavor, was cooked in pork lard. A strange but tasty […]