South America
Welcome to the Coolest Zoo I have ever been to. I walk past this at the entry… And go straight to the Tigers! Tigers! Is this cool or WHAT! I was in with the elephants all of about 1 minute when they broke out (see the tine electric wide holding them in place?) and the [...]
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May 9, 2010 Breakfast! (Included in the spendy room rate) Get this: the waitress comes by and asks if I want coffee. of course! (Although I never exactly know the country’s customs with regards to coffee–it’s always an experience the first few days figuring out how to achieve strong, yummy coffee. Home run on the [...]
May 8, 2010 Believe me, I was eager to get everything all set and get out of Posadas (Paraguay) after being robbed. Big Bridge separating the two countries. One of the MANY things I enjoy abut traveling on a motorbike is all the, er, liberties you can take. Take this line, for instance…loooooooooooooooooooooooooong. With a [...]
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May 6, 2010 I’d spent about 4 hours on the internet last night, then finished off a cheesy novel in my room reading until the wee hours. Next morning I went to breakfast a little on the late side, wrote some emails over coffee, then went out to my bike. It was something like out [...]
May 4, 2010 Well, it’s never a good time to get a flat tire, but at least I knew what to do when it happened. Check out this bolt I picked up about 40 miles after leaving Tebicuary… That bolt was 4″ long, and the entire thing was embedded in my tire. The rear tube [...]
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May 3, 2010 It was a lovely, and long, and rather hot ride to Tebicuary. Robert Rolón had invite me to stay with his family there, and tour the sugar can mill he worked at. I was really impressed my the countryside–gone was the dismal, trash-strewn roadside, but clean, kept, and with large ranches proudly [...]
May 1, 2010 Welcome to Paraguay! I had to ride another 50 k that morning after breaking camp, and arrived at this Paraguayan outpost…not sure what they really did since they didn’t stamp my passport or do any of the bike paperwork, but they asked me a lot of questions about where I came from, [...]
