Sunday, 6 April 2014

Love in the land of fire



Today is Día de la Novia (Girlfriend’s Day) here in Argentina, and the perfect day to deliver some heartening news. Guess what happened here? We got engaged! It was a lovely moment, as this was at the terminus of Ruta…
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Huntygowks Meeting



Our annual Norton Club Huntygowks meeting today at Comrie was a wet affair, Fi and I had a great run up despite the heavy rain starting around Knockhill. Fi decided to take her Kawasaki since she hadn’t been out on it since we left for Argentina 18 mon…

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Panajachel, Lago de Atitlan



Chichicastenango is a cute town in Guatemala, famous for its Wednesday and Saturday market which is said to be the largest in the country.  After 4 hours of driving around […]

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Saturday, 5 April 2014

The end of the road



We have made it to Ushuaia! It is billed as ‘The Southernmost city in the world,’ although there is a small naval town, Puerto Williams, a bit farther south–across the Beagle Channel in Chile. I only found out recently that…
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Easter Island Part 2



The adventure began when we rented a jeep to tour on our own. Taking it off road we headed to Ahu Te Peu where there are some platforms and stone carvings. On the way back we stopped at Ana Te … Continue reading →

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Friday, 4 April 2014

The one with the booze and the nature.



A desert rises ahead and falls behind on the journey to Creel. I can’t stop and see everything, to my chagrin. What I would give for another hundred years on this earth… The route, though quickly deteriorating to remote gravel roads, is surprisingly well signed. Gotta get that infrastructure taken care of to shuttle beer … Continue reading →

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Uxmal- Ruta Puuc



After Palenque and Yaxchilan done in close succession, we were not sure if we were going to visit any more Mayan ruins while in Mexico. We had visited Tulum, Chichen Itza and Coba during past trips and thought we had seen the best of the best. We were wrong! Uxmal, another UNESCO World Heritage site […]
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