TRIP 4- Dar Es Salaam to Lushoto

24 dec 2014 The day starts at 6:00, and I start to pack the bags on the bike. After a small and basic breakfast, I officially start the trip 4! The hard part is to get out of Dar Es Salaam surroundings… Traffic, smog, people etc… Once that’s done it gets much easier and the …

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El Cuco, still…

Well, so much for plans…Our eternal intent to leave this place seems flawed.  We got up this morning and packed up camp fully intending to leave Cuco.  We drove north to the local point break on our way out of town, figuring it was worth a look before leaving.  We …

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Vista de nossa casa, ao amanhecer – Equador!

A vantagem de uma casa sobre rodas é essa, que a cada dia, a vista de nossa janela é diferente. Hora vemos o mar, hora as montanhas e vez ou outra temos a oportunidade de acordarmos com vulcões maravilhosos como esses da foto. Essa natureza maravilhosa é a prova de que o menino Jesus, que no dia de hoje celebramos o …

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A night in a haunted motel

Going through our photos in order to catch up on the blog posts that we are so far behind on, I came across this little gem. To be honest I had repressed the memory. The nightmares had finally subsided. A week camping in the desert for Burning Man had obviously messed with our heads, because we decided […]

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Praia Grande

Today we had an easy 305 km to Praia Grande, but there was some light rain for the first 150 km. We were headed for the home of friends we had met in Tal Tal Chile in December of 2013. … Continue reading →

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San Pedro de Atacama to the Coast of Chile

The last few miles of the ride down into San Pedro de Atacama passes through some lovely moonscape that reminds me of the Badlands back home in South Dakota. Fitting since that is where you turn onto the road that… Read More ›

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Playa el Cuco

we left playa colorado and headed north.   We made it to northern nica and decided to stop for the night.  The only hotel/hostel in the area didn’t allow dogs, but didn’t mind us sleeping in the parking lot for $20.  Seemed steep since full rooms (with breakfast) were only twice …

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