I know its a broad question, if you looking for an answer, however i just want opinions. I have never done a trip like this, and just looking for other peoples opinions. Things like the shortest time it could be done would be interesting, but tell me what you would like to do/not do.
My plan after entering U.S is get through there quick, and make a dash to deadhorse after some time in bc. What do you think would be a good time frame? I will have a 12 months from santiago to deadhorse, but my route is not direct, and thus flexible given time and money restrictions.
Have a look at my crude map and let me know what you think, have you done all, some, none of this route and troubles? really anything will help.

Cheers jessedylan


(p.s advice on writing a better thread/question would be helpfull too, no so good on the old computer)

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just noticed how hard the line is to see.
route is Santiago-Ushuaia-Buenos Aires-Rio De Janerio (via Iguzcu)-Pantanal-Atacalma-Lake titticaca-Quito via LIma-French Guiana via Iquitos and amazon-Colombian coast- central america via boad- then more or less hugging the coast to alaska...
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Never been to South America myself, so I probably dont know what the hell I´m talking about... but just out of interest: in case you haven´t just drawn some lines on the map, have you sorted, how you´re gonna get from Peru to Manaus, BR (meaning: are there roads all the way, or you would need to go by boat)? And also French Guyana, Suriname & Guyana - can you enter those countries with your foreign-registered bike, as I remember reading, that this could be a problem. But that was some time ago, so things could´ve changed.

12 months in the Americas is probably more than most riders have, and I´m sure you´ll have a great trip!

Yes and no, they are just lines on a map but i have researched quite a bit. I plan on heading by boat from Ecuador down rio napo to Iquitos and then to the Peru/Colombian/Brazilian boarder. From the boarder to manaus and them to belem, the east end of the amazon has a few options so i am looking for the cheapest, quickest. I am unaware of troubles with foreign bike entry to guiana's i will have a good look into that cheers for bringing it up. Dont have an idea of where i can look for that boarder info, save me a little time?

12 months is heaps for just about any route. We rode from Dublin to Vladivostok in 5 or so month. The route is on my blog in my signature. More applicable to SA the route below took us about 3 months along just about all the common highlights . I have to say that we manage to get bored sitting still in 5 min flat, so we don't tend to have many breaks of riding. I underestimated the distance (about 18k km on our trip) because the roads aren't as straight as other continents such as across Asia or Africa. So doing a measuring check on google earth is misleading.



Budget is a real difficult to advice on. There has been a recent thread with a similar question and my sums ended up getting flamed even though in my view you can't really argue the maths.
Anyway, the conclusion was that is very much depends on what lifestyle you want when you travel. You can't avoid paying for fuel or tyres which you can calculate providing you estimate the rough distance accurately (which I didn't). Same for typical transport costs. From Australia is costs a mint to get to South America. And it's 2 way as well. Then is depends if you want to camp or stay in motels. In Arg and Chile prices for that and food are equivalent to Australia. Further north it gets cheaper as you would expect. Then you have the food costs. You can cook pasta meals every day and live cheap, or enjoy the local food which you can do in or out of restaurants. Same applies as with accommodation on local costs. The 'menu del dias' in Peru was a nice welcome on our trip. But in large tourist centres such as Cusco you're back to western prices unless again you cook or eat in stalls.

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If I was to estimate for myself then I'd say 6-9 months at $1500 a month, more if I were to drink myself silly every other day.