Update - 10/08/19: Finally some light in the darkness! Nicolas is now actively searched by the Bolivian police. He's also become a Bolivian TV and YouTube star - not sure he'll be ecstatic about this. We've started receiving reports of sightings in Bolivia, which we are still verifying. Our hopes are definitely up!

BTW We = a bunch of wonderful bikers and people from various places in Bolivia. Special thanks also to the Belgian consulate in La Paz, who have generously assigned a lawyer to accompany me to the police and the immigration office.
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Update - 04/08/19: Nicolas crossed over to Bolivia at Tilali and registered with Bolivian immigration at Puerto-Acosta on June 16.
There's no trace of Nicolas leaving Bolivia. We are now focussing our search on Bolivia. He should have gone through La Paz on June 17 or so.
Please forward this post to anybody you know who is traveling in Bolivia, or was traveling in Bolivia at the time
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Hi,

My brother Nicolas Holzem, who has been biking across South America since April, hasn't been in touch since June 15. He was in Cusco at the time and he was planning to continue towards Bolivia, and finally travel down to Buenos Aires. I've contacted friends and relatives, nobody has heard from him since then.


Nicolas is 44 and about 1.7m tall. He's a very experienced biker. His ride is a white Suzuki DR650 (registration Y34412) he bought second-hand in Vancouver August 2018. I've attached 2 pics of him as well as one of his bike.


Nicolas speaks Spanish fluently and is likely to have been in contact with locals quite a lot. His mother tongue is French. Apart from Spanish and French he also speaks English and Polish. He's a Luxembourg citizen and lives in Krakow, Poland.


We're obviously frantic with worry and would be grateful for any information that might help us locate him.

Catherine

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