south again
 

Today we opted again for the less direct route on the 4 south to La Carlota and then south and east on the 8 to San Antonio de Areco at 501 km. This is a town famous for the Gaucho (Argentinian cowboy) culture.



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For us it was a great place to catch some world cup action.



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Buenos Aires
 

The last day of this leg of the journey is a short 84 km to San Miguel near Buenos Aires. We were welcomed by Ramiro and Pia, whom we had met in Panama and in Vancouver on their way to Alaska last year. Pia’s father Martin has been kind enough to host us here in his home and store our bikes in his garage for the 4 months we are home. This meant Asado for dinner!!


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Buenos Aires
 

Ramiro and Pia live on “ the Delta” and their house is only accessable by water. They took us for a tour on the river and canal system.


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Buenos Aires
 

Today we took the train the bus and the subway in Buenas Aires. First we headed to the family bakery for some snacks to enjoy in the Centenial Park. We then walked in the Rigoletto district and visited the famous cemetery there.


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It was nice having Pia along as she was able to tell us the history behind many of the famous names in the cemetery.



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El Salvador
 

With the bikes safely stored away and the front suspensions carefully packed we got up at 3 am to head to the airport for our 6 am flight. The first leg to Lima was 4 hours and we saw the sun rise. The second leg to San Salvador was also 4 hours and we had views of the snow covered peaks.



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El Salvador
 

We organized a 4- day layover in Salvador so we could catch up with or friends Mario and Fernanda there. They picked us up at the airport and then it was off to the beach for some beers and oysters!



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El Salvador
 

Daniel went to check out Mario’s new Touratech location and his new moto!



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This afternoon was spent at the Barakuda bar to watch some world cup football. Fernada and I bet on the score in the Honduras Ecuador game and both won!



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Vancouver
 

It is great to be home in Vancouver in the summer! The views are stunning.

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Vancouver
 

No visit here is complete without a trip to Granville Island.

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welcome home
 

Daniel’s family had a welcome home party for us complete with DQ icecream cake.

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Luckily we were not riding this day!!

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the lake
 

We borrowed Daniel’s dad’s bike for a ride to the Shuswap lakes for the weekend.

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visitors
 

We had visits from several riders on their way north or south this summer.


Steve from the UK that we met at the Moto GP in Artgentina and who was not so sure about the jelly fish for dinner!

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Faizal from Malaysia, who we met in Ushuaia and travelled with in southern Chile.

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Nelson and Mario from El Salvador and Steffen from Guatemala.

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ride
 

We had the luck to borrow Daniel’s dad’s bike for a few weeks this summer. The first trip was to head south with Mario on his way to the BMW rally in the Copper Canyon. The day started with picking up the bike in Gibsons in the pouring rain. This gave us an opportunity to try out my new BMW rain gear.


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Twenty minutes before we had to leave for the ferry Bryan noticed his rear tire was flat and there was a sharp piece of metal stuck in it. After a quick fix we headed to the boat and were lucky to be the last vehicle to board.

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Bellvue
 

We stopped back at our place to get the pin locks for the helmets and then headed for the border and the 229 km to Bellevue. With the heavy rain, traffic and a 30- minute border wait it took forever.

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We made a pit stop at total wine for supplies and then headed to the home of fellow ADV rider Marcin.

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Target practice
 

Then it was time for a little backyard target practice.

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