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Interview with Entertainment Radio Network

Alisa — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:10:51 +0000

Well sweet!

Just had a GREAT interview with Entertainment Radio Network. I’m so honored that they contacted me.

The segment is on Adventure Motorcycling–and guess who they interviewed–ME! I love taking about the sport from the female adventurer’s perspective.

http://www.ernlive.com/ is Entertainment Radio Network’s web site–not sure when the interview goes live but I’ll post again when it does.

~MAG (Alisa)

Sept/Oct Adventure Motorcycle Magazine

Alisa — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:50:47 +0000

Adventure Motorcycle Dual Sport News? (http://www.adventuremotorcycle.com/)

If so, this is a must-subscribe magazine, and not just because I have three articles in the Sept/Oct 2011 issue.

In this issue I write about Mystical, Magical Colombia. Gosh I loved traveling in that Colombia. I can’t wait to go back. (Lap # 2 of South America?!?)

I’m told that the The November/December issue of ADVMoto Magazine is coming to over 300 Barnes and Noble bookstores around the US. Also included are the Barnes and Nobles College Bookmaster locations as well as some more adventurous independent stands near you!

Dakar Starts Today (Jan 1) – Go Jonah Street!

Alisa — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 16:07:53 +0000

Jonah Street is a really cool guy, very down to earth and a terrific rally racer. I was lucky enough to interview him last month and since the Dakar Rally starts today, RumBum.com posted my interview with him.

There is still time to support Jonah Street’s bid for the 2011 Dakar–and grab a little piece of history. Touratech USA still has Limited Edition Jonah Street 2011 Dakar Rally T-Shirts for sale HERE.

100% of sales dollars will go to Jonah’s 2011 Dakar Rally race efforts. Be a part of this great success story and support America’s #1 rally racer in the Dakar Rally… the hardest motorsports race in the world.

Happy New Year and GO JONAH!

This pic was taken by ©Nate Blaylock of Klim USA.

Here’s the link to my RumBum.com Article:

http://rumbum.com/1578-ready-to-rally

This pic was taken by ©Nate Blaylock of Klim USA.

Enduro360.com Interview

Alisa — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:22:09 +0000

This week Chilly White of Enduro360.com interviewed me about my Mexico-Central-South America Ride. Click here for the full interview and see the pictures below. [Oops, he still has not published the article, yet I do not want to remove from my posts and have a non-working link}

Many of them are new and never published.

MotoAdventureGal's last leg in the USA...riding to the border at Presidio

All the parents dressed their children up in the *campesino* costumes and had them blessed at the local Church

Lunch Break

There sure were a lot of signs for them, but I never actually saw one crossing the road

Overloaded bike, soft beach sand...what did I *think* was gonna happen? (El Salvador)

Igorshen, MotoAdventureGal and Mad4Bikes

Stone Face at the Copan Ruins

No way was I able to eat all that, but what I *did* eat sure tasted good.

You better like rice & beans and fried bananas if you spend any time in Nicaragua...

Slow down for monkeys, dogs and kids crossing

Photo Credit: Igorshen

Tourist PicPhoto Credit: Igorshen

The Bike Lands in Bogota, Colombia

Bike Porn

Middle of the World, Mitad del Mundo

Painting on a Wall at Mitad del Mundo, Quito, Ecuador

Can you imagine that in the USA? (Ecuador)

Monkey Sanctuary (Baños, Ecuador)

Monkey Sanctuary (Baños, Ecuador) Yeup, that's Monkey Pee on my shirt.

Ecuador

Riding from paracas (Sea Level) to Cusco (8,000 ft) I crossed the Andes, and almost reached 15,000 feet on the DR650

Markets are so full of color and fun and good things. I love them.

Oh-My-Goddess Scenery

Local Color at the Ecuador-Peru border (Peruvian Side)

A local feeding the pelicans at sunset in Paracas. Afterwards he asked me for a "tip"

Cañon del Pato

I stopped to take a picture and this boy came running out of nowhere. Then his sister came along. He asked me for a "tip", presumably for enhancing my photo. I gave them each a piece of candy.

No, I did not eat one of the "coy" (guinea pig) that were running around the place.

The trip was not without injury...but you *can* choose to have a sense of humor about it.

How do you ride with a broken hand? Zip tie your fingers together and hope for the best.

No, I did not eat one of the "coy" (guinea pig) that were running around the place.

Waiting at the Bolivian side of the Peru - Bolivia Border for my paperwork to be finished

Bolivian Immigration

What goes up, must go down...and around, and around and around...

Rick on the Edge of the World

Off-Street Parking in the Bolivian Desert

Road Signs on the Way to the Bolivian Salt Flats

Fill-Up in Copacabana, Bolivia (Lake Titicaca area)

Dedication to all the women, more courageous than I, who have battled against Breast or Ovarian Cancer

Scammed by Argentinian Police looking for a bribe

First Flat Tire of the Trip (Note to self: Make sure you put the bike on HARD PACK instead of sand before removing the rear tire...)

Parilla, or BBQ, Argentinian Style

Taken at the Lujan Zoo outside Buenos Aires, Argentina

New RumBum.com article Up! (Lions and Tigers and Bears (Oh My!) )

Alisa — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:06:24 +0000

http://rumbum.com/1208-lions-and-tigers-and-bears-oh-my

Last RumBum.com Article Up – Coming Home to Culture Shock

Alisa — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:24:13 +0000

http://rumbum.com/1234-coming-home-to-culture-shock

New RumBum.com article Up! (End of The Road)

Alisa — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:03:09 +0000

http://rumbum.com/1193-the-end-of-the-road

New RumBum.com article Up! (Robbed In Paraguay)

Alisa — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:02:07 +0000

http://rumbum.com/1172-robbed-in-paraguay

New RumBum.com article Up! (The Bolivian Road of Death)

Alisa — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:58:22 +0000

http://rumbum.com/1158-the-bolivian-road-of-death

Packing Up and Going “Home”

Alisa — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:38:29 +0000

May 18, 2010

Wow. Return day is finally here.

How do I feel?
Nervous, excited, ready.

There’s a momentum that is created when you travel and you sort of get caught up in it. I’ve been going through the motions of coming home without thinking about how I *feel* about it too much.

Mentally I’ve been “done” with this trip the whole time here at Dakar Motos. I’ve been on the internet lots reconnecting with old friends, catching up on the blog, and making arrangements, connections, and plans for once I am back in the USA.

I booked an overnight flight may 18th, which gets me into Seattle Wednesday the 19th at 10:30 am.

The morning is spent visiting with some other motorbike travelers that came in late yesterday, a little bit of internet, and a bunch of packing. I don’t have much stuff, but it’s heavy (I am carrying an extra chain and sprockets Joanjo brought to Buenos Aires for me from Quito). I leave for the airport about 3:00 since I have to take a series of trains, buses and shuttles to get to the International Airport.

Up, up and away the flight leaves more or less on time, and wow. I am really going back.