Quito, Ecuador to Vilcabamba, Ecuador Aug 7, 2014 – Aug 21, 2014 Blasé After almost 2 months having a jolly good time rolling up and down Colombia’s cordilleras, we were not quite prepared for Ecuador. First, we had taken a…
Catching the Dakar
Lima, Peru to Cusco, Peru Sep 3, 2014 – Sep 13, 2014 Miraflores We were not particularly stoked about going to Lima. I had already been there in 2011 and had not been moved by the charms of this coastal…
Deep Canyon to High Summit in Peru
Our first week in Peru has been quite amazing. We elected to forsake the coast in favor of the Andean mountains. After several hundred kilometers of dusty trails we reached the Canon del Pato, a 60km road squeezed between the…
From dust to snow
Yungay, Peru to Lima, Peru Aug 29, 2014 – Sep 3, 2014 Marcos on the rocks After a wonderful but dusty and challenging first week in the Peruvian mountains, we were ready for a change of decor. The Cordillera Blanca,…
Entering Peru at La Balsa
Go East young man! [map style=”width: 300px; height:300px; float:right; margin:10px 0px 10px 10px; border: 1px solid black;” marker=”yes” markerimage=”http://www.wolfandzebra.com/files/map_pin.png” lat=”-4.977242″ lon=”-79.115623″ maptype=”OSM” z=”6″]Our thwarted attempt to enter Ecuador in the Valle Guamuez at La Hormiga had left a bitter taste…
Bouncing into Ecuador
Salento, Colombia to Quito, Ecuador July 30, 2014 – Aug 6, 2014 Tatacoa desert With the route our friend Joaquin helped us plot loaded into our trusted GPS, we finally left Salento for our next stop over, the Tatacoa desert.…
The Good, the Farc & the Cocuy
Barichara, Colombia to El Cocuy, Colombia July 6 to July 9, 2014 Debating the detour El Cocuy was on our radar thanks to our friends at Moto Pasaran but this tiny town, perched high up in the mountains of Eastern…
Guatemala
Deeper in Central America
Antigua, Guatemala to Somoto, Nicaragua May 21 – May 26, 2014 Salvatruchas for a week It was with a bit of sadness that we left Antigua and our host family. To cheer us up Zebra’s friend from University, Rodrigo, was…
Reinforcing the DR subframe
A known weak point Among the few known weak points of the DR is the left tab that normally holds the back of the grab bar. Under normal circumstances you will probably never even notice it is there. Mount almost…