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Where is Everyone
Its funny you know - we have been travelling 12 weeks now and have seen hardly a soul with regards to touring bikes. Two American guys on our sailing from Panama, two guys thru Colombia but otherwise nothing in central America and no-one through Ecuador or Peru so far.... we really miss the biker catchups and gassing...... Would love to hear from anyone.
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Your too far ahead of mt at this time, in Costa Rica, sailing the 19th
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Just entered Perutoday and arrived in Jaen....
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You´re waaaaayyy ahead of the pack, OP. Maybe that´s what happens when you leave as scheduled, don´t get unduly distracted, make forward progress without too much circling, zigging or zagging....
Not that I´d know. I keep on doing all of the above, in addition to getting suckered by maps which clearly indicated major arterial highways which devolve into little dirt tracks, with or without major quagmires, landslides, etc.
I´ve run into only an occasional overlander--one by prior arrangement, one gentleman headed north on an Africa Twin who sniffed out our bikes in Antigua. Those two aside, I was expecting a bit more congestion.
I think I do stand some small chance of catching Traveling Strom at some point. Since I decided not to bring my own Strom, I´ll be interested in hearing how that´s going.
Safe journeys all!
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Hey nice to hear you guys are out there....its a huge Continent thats for sure. We're having bike problems so will be holed up in Trujillo for a week waiting parts..... but thats just life....you get on with it.
Peru is definitely not our favourite place - take me back to Ecuador I say or Colombia.. great places.
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I´m in Granada, sweating out a lifetime´s accumulation of poisons while wandering the streets looking for a rear tire. If I don´t turn one up here I´ll try to nurse my current tire as far as San Jose.
Since I just offered to meet my new S.O. in Chile in a month--I don´t want her to catch on to how totally unreliable I can be just yet--I might have to quit with the distractions and point it south for a while. But the tire, plus a few other odds and ends, comes first.
enjoy,
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