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 went through everything… cold weather at up to 11,000 feet, thick fog, rain, smooth pavement, potholes, dirt, mud, gravel, construction, twisty roads through the mountains and flat straights through banana plantations and farmland, 35 C heat… ah the heat… always breathtaking landscapes like we were riding through some fairytale.

Riobamba… the carnival was in town and all night I could hear kids screaming from their rides

Breathtaking views

We met a Colombian guy on a 180cc bike on his way to Argentina where he will fly his bike to South Africa, ride up to Egypt and across to India. He’s writing for a Colombian motorcycle magazine and we’ll post his info later… I don’t have it handy now. Good luck!