After our visit to Machu Picchu, we left late in the afternoon to try and put some miles behind us back toward Cusco. We rode for about three hours into the evening growing dark not only from the hour...
The Backdoor to Machu Picchu
We wanted to save a few bucks and we’d heard about getting into Machu Picchu through a ‘backdoor’ entry. We researched this option and although it’s anything but a secret these days it certainly is cheaper and more fun....
The roads of Peru described by Dave
Roads of Peru from Heather on Vimeo.
Written by Dave… In many ways Peru is an adventure moto traveler’s wet dream. Once out of any city or town the scenery just opens up and makes your jaw drop. Even in the towns, ones small enough to...
The Attempted Suicide of a G650GS
We’d had a long day of trying to figure out why my bike was slowly deteriorating: overheating, lost rear brakes, broken rear suspension, and now Dave and I were sitting in the mother of all traffic jams in a...
Overheating motorcycles and riders
Our last few weeks of riding from Ecuador into Peru has been plenty exciting: bike break-downs, running over pigs, landslide crossings, mud wipe outs, cold, rainy mountain passes contrasted with hot valley descents up and down very steep roads...
Pig Slaughtering, the wrong way
About a week ago, we met three other adventure riders, all on the same day, after not meeting or riding with any for over a month—not since our friend Ismail, whom we parted ways with in Nicaragua. Johnathon, from...
The Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are famous for their number of endemic species and are a series of volcanic islands that straddle either side of the equator. I guess this is why even after applying sunscreen, I burned the first few...