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 […]
Tuesday, February 17 We were happy to get moving again, and were looking forward to Bolivia with a mixture of nerves and anticipation. We knew that in Bolivia we would be on the most remote roads of the trip. The road south from Puno was an easy ride along the west coast of Lake Titicaca. […]
This is an out of sequence entry for a status update. After a week off the grid in Bolivia, we passed through the corner of Chile and are now in northern Argentina. Bolivia was beautiful but very challenging riding. We have a backlog of written posts as far back at Machu Picchu which hopefully we […]