Chapter 26 – “Rain drops keep falling on my head…”

Trip distance and Time trip correct at Ecuador/Peru border 16/06/11 More photos in the Ecuador gallery I was a little nervous as I rolled down the hill to the border,…

Chapter 25 – South to South America

“What do you mean you want the receipt for my tourist visa!!!???…How could I have entered without paying for it!?” The ‘migracion’ officer was adamant I pay again and gave…

Chapter 24 – Mexico

“Mmmm…that was a bit too easy” I thought as I rolled out of the Mexican border in Tecate. No US exit post, no Mexican immigration, no Customs. No paperwork was…

Chapter 23 – USA Finale

Back in the USA… I hit the ‘Update’ button for the blog (Chapter 22), finished loading Rosie and headed out into Vancouver’s late afternoon traffic. An hour later arrived at…

Chapter 22 – 100,000 miles…

It would have been nice to have passed the 100k miles marker on the same bike I’d left home with but it wasn’t to be; and so with Lady P…

Chapter 21 – Back on the Road

NB – This update also includes the ‘Suzuki’ tab There’s something cozy and secure about being tucked up inside your tent, warm and dry, whilst listening to the wind howling…

Chapter 20 – The Early Retirement of Lady P

Will she hold…leaving La Paz Graham & Graham were the first English overlanders I’d met since meeting Richard Harwood in Chile back in January. Young Graham (22) had flown his…

Chapter 19 – The Andes Proper

It would have been frighteningly easy to have left Brazil and entered Paraguay without having had any paperwork processed. Fortunately for me I’ve crossed enough borders now to know what…

Chapter 18 – South America-south

I hadn’t been so nervous in as long as I can remember and I wasn’t even on my bike. My throttle had been replaced by a microphone and the road…