South & Central America content

I am currently celebrating midlife on a motorcycle journey across the Americas, from Newfoundland to Alaska and onwards to Argentina. I am travelling solo and riding a Honda Varadero.

This is the story of Franklin and I. Two backpackers touring South America, who, in February 2011 switched to two wheels in the Chilean capital of Santiago. We rode north to Colombia through arid deserts, mountain ranges, sticky jungles and insane cities. We took on adverse weather conditions, impossible altitudes and corrupt cops all on a shoe string budget. Not that we could have even afforded a shoe string. Santiagonorth documents our highs and our lows, our conquests and our defeats. Enjoy.

When ChrisandChloe (who had never ridden a motorbike between them!) decided to take their bike tests and challenge themselves to riding from BUENOS AIRES to VANCOUVER. This blog will try to tell you how, what, where and when as we go from novices to nomads! C&C

Why spend years planning what you can do tomorrow. Erika Rowe and Yaniv Singer took off on their big, let’s risk our lives before having kids blow-out trip. Erika JUST learned how to ride, neither of them have any mechanical experience, and they have 10 months to make it to the end of the world. California, USA to Ushuaia, Argentina, 2010/11.

100 days of fun and adventure. Two guys from Vancouver Island travel to Ushuaia then back to Santiago on two BMW R1200GS's.

The only full-service motorcycle rental and tours operation in Ecuador. They offer rentals of BMW, Suzuki, Kawasaki, and Honda motorbikes with unlimited mileage and very reasonable rates, plus guided tours and self-guided GPS tours. They also offer free advice and help to travellers to Ecuador.