Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Back in California
We’re back in California and after taking care of my huge pile of mail and a ton of bills, cancelled car registrations and other stuff I finally unpacked my bag, got my very old helmet, my old worn gloves, the keys for my Suzuki SV650 and I went for a RIDE!
The SV650 feels [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
The End of the Ride
After my last deal fell through on Tuesday, I was discouraged, annoyed, and restless to sell my bike on Wednesday morning. If I was back home and had the time, I could just wait until I found the right buyer. But I was in Cusco, traveling, on vacation, and I didn’t want to spend every [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Peru by andy
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Pretty Pictures
Lima, Peru… it’s far, far away!
The road to Nasca and the Nasca lines… we we’re in a very small plane just a week after the crash… didn’t bother us after surviving 100’s of attempts on our lives by drivers in 9 nations
The road from Nasca to Cusco has some [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Peru by Roar Flolo
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Still in Cuszo
After a nice day of relaxing Sunday, Roar and I hit the streets to sell our bikes on Monday. We checked a couple of motorcycle rental shops with some interest but no real hits. I bought a marker and some paper and we put “se vende” signs on our bikes. We returned to Plaza de Armas near our hotel after an [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Peru by andy
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Nazca Lines and the Road to Cusco
Yep, we made it to Cusco. Kind of sad that the trip will be ending soon. More on that later.
The Pan America highway south of Lima is a nice and fast divided four lane highway that lasts about 100 kilometers. Sure enough, the desert started again right away and the section along the coast was [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Peru by andy
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
This is the end… the only end my friend…
We’ve reached Cusco after some of the absolute best riding on this trip! The road from Nasca to Cusco is absolutely fantastic and I will post more photos later.
We’re doing all right and after riding almost 9000 miles we’re ready for 9000 more down to Ushuaia and back…
4 Comments » - Posted in Peru by Roar Flolo
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Lima and the Latest Plan
It took us three days to get to Lima from the border with Ecuador. We stayed in Piura and Huanchaco before arriving in Lima in the evening on Monday. The riding was fast and easy on well maintained, straight for the most part, highways. We made excellent time but I did miss all the twisties from [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Peru by andy
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Peru!
We’re in Peru at last… almost 8000 miles of riding and we crossed the border today. This was the weirdest border yet and some money changers gave us fake Peruvian bills… bastards! A lesson learned and not too much money lost.
We saw the pacific again… can’t remember when we saw it last. Bright sun [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Ecuador, Peru by Roar Flolo
Friday, April 11th, 2008
How I wish you were here
I wish you all could see what we’ve seen, felt the cold, the heat, the rain, the sun, experienced the smells of coffee plants, sugar cane and many others I can’t identify. The world is a beautiful place but it can’t really be captured by my photos.
Riding through Ecuador today from Riobamba to Machala we [...]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
2007 Kawasaki KLR650 For Sale
If anyone out there is interested in buying our bikes when we get down to Lima or knows someone who might be, please leave your e-mail address and we will contact you. The bikes will have about 9000 miles on them, have some upgrades, and have performed very well with minor problems. They are registered [...]
