Adventuring in the World and Spirit
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Mar 2nd, 2010
Another long day on the road. I drove through the desert to Mendoza, Argentina. My chain was making some grating noise so I knew that the o-rings had failed and failure was imminent. I got to Mendoza and filled up at a gas station. They had internet, so I tried to look up a Kawasaki [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Feb 21st, 2010
It had rained throughout the night and in the morning, it was still drizzling. I got started around 6:30 and rode slowly. There were frequent muddy sections of the road and there were a few slithering moments of doubt. I met a family on a motorcycle that were riding to Cuzco to sell their disks [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Feb 16th, 2010
I’m sitting at around 15,000 feet in a little hut that’s set back from the road by about a couple hundred feet. My bike is parked up at the road and I’m cozy and settling in for the night. I left Hauraz today and rode North up the western edge of the Cordillera Blanca. I [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Feb 16th, 2010
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Feb 9th, 2010
What an ordeal I’ve had in the town of Quito, Equador. I got to town early enough to find a hotel room, but after two and a half hours of searching every hotel and hostel that I asked at was full. It turns out that there was a large conference in town and all the [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Jan 19th, 2010
Yesterday was the first day of Spanish classes. My teacher’s name is Flory and she loves little flowers and butterflies. In fact we were visited by a Monarch Butterfly as we were talking. I was telling her and this place about Mt. Washington. As I did this, it was very natural for me to bring [...]