When we began this journey, we had no firm plan or end date to the trip.
We just realized that at some point we would need to head back for one
reason or another. The time has come to raise the white flag and go
home.

My wife is a business analyst/project manager and has been offered a
one-year contract. This offer fell out of the clear blue into her lap.
Given the current economic situation, we felt we could not turn this
down. Hence we are goinig home.

We are of two minds about this, but we need to finance further travels.
If only we could win the lottery. We have returned to Quito, Ecuador to
ship the bikes home. They are booked on a flight next week and we will
follow the day after (audible sigh).

It has been a great trip and we are already planning the next one. I
have no more current pictures to post, however. A couple of days ago I
made the classic tourist bonehead mistake of hanging the camera over the
back of a chair at a roadside cafe. When I went back for it two minutes
later, it was gone. Later that day I almost turned left in front of a
bus. Very close call. Perhaps the gods are signalling to us to pack it
in.

I have been posting on a Kawasaki Super Sherpa site as well as on the HUBB. Here are some links to those posts if anyone is interested. Lots of pics as well. I meant to post these a long time ago, but, well, I can be lazy.

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