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Friends & Family: Buenos Aires
October 30, 2007 07:44 AM
Back In Buenos Aires. Home Again?
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Belem - A Final Photo Essay
October 22, 2007 04:09 AM
The Beaurocracy of Shipping
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Making Friends and Taking Time in Belem
October 19, 2007 01:16 PM
Belem & The Amazon: My Home In Brazil.
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The Amazon
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South America

 

  Central America
Welcome To South America -- Hello Colombia
 December 12,2005
  Colombia
Making My Way To Manizales, Colombia
 December 13,2005
  Colombia
Armenia, Colombia: Where is Juan Valdez?
 December 14,2005
  Colombia
Cali Come. Cali Go.
 December 15,2005
  Colombia
Popayán. Colonial Colombia.
 December 16,2005
  Colombia
Kick-Stand. Side-Stand. Can't Stand. To The Ecuador Border
 December 17,2005
  Colombia
Las Lajas, Colombia to Quito, Ecuador.
 December 18,2005
  Ecuador
An Eyeful of Quito
 December 19,2005
  Ecuador
Later Quito. Crashed & Ripped.
 December 20,2005
  Ecuador
Azogules to Macara. The Road To Peru.
 December 21,2005
  Peru
Desolate Peru.
 December 22,2005
  Ecuador
A Lost Post From Entering Peru
 December 23,2005
  Peru
Making My Way To Lima.
 January 03,2006
  Peru
The Mysterious Nazca Lines.
 January 04,2006
  Peru
Puquio, Peru. High in the Andes.
 January 05,2006
  Peru
Onward To Cusco in the Cold.
 January 06,2006
  Peru
Rock Solid. Cusco in the Andes.
 January 07,2006
  Peru
Maccu Picchu.
 January 08,2006
  Peru
Another Day In Cusco. New Tires. New Friends.
 January 08,2006
  Peru
This Is Peru. Onward to Lake Titicaca!
 January 09,2006
  Bolivia
Islas Flotantes- The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
 January 11,2006
  Bolivia
Riding Through Snow and Rotten Planks To La Paz, Bolivia
 January 12,2006
  Bolivia
Strapped For Cash In La Paz, Bolivia. What To Do Next?
 January 12,2006
  Bolivia
To The Highest City In The World: Potosí, Bolivia.
 January 13,2006
  Bolivia
Mining & Minting In Potosi.
 January 14,2006
  Bolivia
The Ride of the Trip & The Unexpected Change of Course.
 January 15,2006
  Bolivia
From Tica Tica To Potosi. Waiting For Help.
 January 15,2006
  Bolivia
Waiting & Waiting For The Bolivian Operating Room.
 January 16,2006
  Bolivia
Goodbye Bolivia (for now) Three Flights Back To Los Angeles.
 January 17,2006
  Bolivia
From Admitting To Surgery In Four Easy Screws.
 January 19,2006
  Bolivia
WorldRider - Travels From The Sickbed.
 February 17,2006
  Argentina
The Bottom of the World.
 February 25,2006
  Argentina
Miah Makes It!
 March 01,2006
  Argentina
WorldRider and World Rider updates.
 March 21,2006
  South America
It's That Time.
 October 18,2006
  Bolivia
Searching In Sweet Sucre For Energy
 October 19,2006
  Bolivia
Meeting Doc - The Video PodCast.
 October 22,2006
  Bolivia
El Mercado y La Plaza Principal - Sucre!
 October 24,2006
  Bolivia
Doc Rides Again!
 October 25,2006
  Bolivia
PodCast - Bolivian Dinner Conversations
 October 28,2006
  Bolivia
Where's My Battery? And The Final Solution.
 October 28,2006
  Bolivia
Joy Ride Cafe - Sucre Bolivia: PodCast
 October 30,2006
  Bolivia
WorldSmuggler - Adventure and Journey of The Illegal Motorcycle.
 October 30,2006
  Bolivia
And I'm Off.
 October 31,2006
  Bolivia
The Journey Officially Begins - With A Slip, Slide and Crash!
 November 01,2006
  Bolivia
PodCast: First Day Woes.
 November 02,2006
  Bolivia
Dust. Dirt and the Way to Vallegrande.
 November 02,2006
  Bolivia
Ride The River - Video PodCast.
 November 03,2006
  Bolivia
Vallegrande At Last.
 November 03,2006
  Bolivia
Walking The Streets of Vallegrande - PodCast
 November 04,2006
  Bolivia
Vallegrande. Another day. Samaipata & Santa Cruz.
 November 04,2006
  Bolivia
Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Hot Town.
 November 04,2006
  Bolivia
Beaten Up By Bolivia - Again.
 November 06,2006
  Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni - Is It In Our Future? - PodCast #13
 November 08,2006
  Bolivia
Santa Cruz Solo.
 November 09,2006
  Bolivia
Making Friends. Getting Things Done In Santa Cruz - PodCast #14
 November 13,2006
  Bolivia
Leaving Santa Cruz.
 November 13,2006
  Bolivia
Count Down.
 November 14,2006
  Bolivia
Movin' On. Livin' the trucker's life.
 November 15,2006
  Bolivia
In Oruro, and in life, everything is possible.
 November 17,2006
  Bolivia
Commotion in Cochabamba. Keep On Truckin'
 November 18,2006
  Bolivia
More Bad Luck... All Aboard!
 November 20,2006
  Bolivia
Oruro to Uyuni - Taking The Night Train.
 November 21,2006
  Bolivia
To Tour By Jeep or Moto: This Is The Question.
 November 23,2006
  Bolivia
Chile: Road Tested and Listening To The Wind.
 November 28,2006
  Bolivia
The Night Train & Thanksgiving Pizza - PodCast #16
 November 28,2006
  Bolivia
Quit Your Job & Travel. What drives the traveler's passion? - PodCast $17
 November 30,2006
  Bolivia
12,000 Feet In The Middle of Nowhere. Standing On The Salar - PodCast #18
 December 01,2006
  Chile
San Pedro de Atacama and onto Argentina.
 December 02,2006
  Argentina
Susques to Purmamarca Argentina
 December 04,2006
  Argentina
Parking Violation: Salta, Argentina
 December 05,2006
  Argentina
Purmamarca to Cafayate
 December 06,2006
  Argentina
Cafayate Caliente. First Things First: Fix The Jesse Bag.
 December 08,2006
  Argentina
Bodega Run: Vinos hecho con Pasion y Vinos hecho con plata
 December 09,2006
  Argentina
Cafayate: Siesta & Bicycles
 December 10,2006
  Argentina
From The Desert to the Tropics. And A Birthday Toast -- Or Not.
 December 12,2006
  Argentina
La Rioja Province: Talampaya and Valle de la Luna Parks
 December 15,2006
  Argentina
Blowin' in the Wind - To Mendoza
 December 17,2006
  Argentina
Sol y Vino - Chillin' in Mendoza
 December 20,2006
  Chile
Chile. Carmenere & Cristian!
 December 28,2006
  Chile
Hanging Low.
 January 10,2007
  Chile
Put On The Brakes. It's BMW Santiago.
 January 12,2007
  Chile
One Year Later - Santiago, Chile
 January 15,2007
  Chile
Santiago to Pucon
 January 20,2007
  Chile
Lovely Púcon and Rider Rendezvous
 January 21,2007
  Chile
Púcon to Frutillar - Chasing Volcanos.
 January 22,2007
  Chile
Rain Rituals in Southern Chile
 January 23,2007
  Argentina
Puerta Veras to San Carlos de la Bariloce
 January 26,2007
  Argentina
Hippie. Yippie. El Bolson Is Right On!
 January 27,2007
  Argentina
To Know Forty. Or no to Forty? These questions perplex me.
 January 28,2007
  Argentina
Comodoro Rivadavia to Comodante Piedrabuena (don't you love these names?)
 January 29,2007
  Argentina
Fighting The Wind To El Calafate
 January 30,2007
  Argentina
Sights & Sounds of Perito Moreno Glacier.
 February 01,2007
  Argentina
Warmth of Friends. Chill of Icy Waters -- Hanging in the balance at El Calafate.
 February 02,2007
  Argentina
Onward to El Chalten - Youngest town in Argentina.
 February 04,2007
  Argentina
Travelin' Mind - Captivated by natural beauty.
 February 05,2007
  Argentina
Trekking the Andes and the power of Patagonia vistas and viento (wind).
 February 06,2007
  Argentina
More Repairs and On The Road Again.
 February 06,2007
  Argentina
It's A Small World. Onward to the granite towers of Paine!
 February 08,2007
  Chile
Wow! Torres del Paine - Chile
 February 09,2007
  Chile
Every Way The Wind Blows In Torres del Paine
 February 10,2007
  Chile
Hail The Wind. Onward to the bottom of the world.
 February 11,2007
  Chile
The Straits of Magellan. Just Another Movie Scene?
 February 12,2007
  Argentina
There Are No Coincidences. Are there? Hello Ushuaia!
 February 13,2007
  Argentina
More Than The Bottom of the World.
 February 14,2007
  Argentina
Asado. Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Style!
 February 14,2007
  Argentina
Thinking about heading north.
 February 15,2007
  Argentina
The Last of Tierra del Fuego.
 February 16,2007
  Argentina
Accident In Tierra del Fuego. New Friends at Borders.
 February 16,2007
  Argentina
Cabo Virgenes - The Continental Bottom.
 February 17,2007
  Argentina
Infamous Ruta 3 - Argentina
 February 20,2007
  Argentina
Bolivar. Friends. Family. Fun.
 February 21,2007
  Argentina
One Hundred Years On The Campo.
 February 22,2007
  Argentina
The Real Thing: Time For Another Asado.
 February 23,2007
  Argentina
Goodbyes & Hellos. Welcome to Buenos Aires.
 February 24,2007
  Argentina
Saturday With Friends. Buenos Aires & Miles From Home.
 February 24,2007
  Argentina
Sunday San Telmo and RiverPlate Futbol - Buenos Aires
 February 25,2007
  Argentina
Buenos Aires: Microcenter & Plaza de Mayo
 February 26,2007
  Argentina
Buenos Aires: The Boca.
 February 27,2007
  Argentina
The Recoleta: Infamous Cementario
 February 28,2007
  Argentina
Buenos Aires: The Tango.
 March 01,2007
  South America
Buenos Aires to Uruguay - Colonia.
 March 02,2007
  Argentina
Buenos Aires. Architecture, Sculpture and Carne.
 March 03,2007
  Chile
WorldSailors. World Wines. World Travel.
 March 04,2007
  Chile
Colchagua Valley, Chile - Pleasantly Suprised.
 March 06,2007
  Chile
Joining Us in Chile.
 March 07,2007
  Argentina
Moving To Mendoza - Argentina
 March 08,2007
  Argentina
More. More. And More Mendoza.
 March 08,2007
  Argentina
Mendoza to Patagonia - The Long Way Around.
 March 11,2007
  Argentina
Parque Nacional Los Arrayanes - Villa La Angostura, Argentina
 March 12,2007
  Argentina
Ruta de Siete Lagos (Seven Lake Route)
 March 12,2007
  Argentina
Last Night In Angostura
 March 15,2007
  Argentina
PodCast #xx - Dakar Motos - Traveler's Telling Stories
 March 15,2007
  Argentina
Back In Buenos Aires
 March 17,2007
  Argentina
Roger Waters River Plate Stadium - Buenos Aires, Arg March 18, 2007
 March 18,2007
  Argentina
Officialdom. Taxis. And Lessons Learned.
 March 20,2007
  Argentina
How Many Days To A Brazilian Visa? More lessons.
 March 23,2007
  Argentina
Time To Get Doc Ready To Roll Again.
 March 26,2007
  Argentina
The Allure of Buenos Aires - Hang Time.
 March 28,2007
  Argentina
Hanging With Locals and Internationals.
 March 29,2007
  Argentina
Just A Few More Nagging Issues With Doc
 March 30,2007
  Argentina
Viajito: A Weekend Ride
 April 01,2007
  Argentina
Villa General Belgrano & La Cumbrecita With Friends
 April 02,2007
  Argentina
Don't Bug Me When I'm Riding.
 April 03,2007
  Argentina
Good Air.
 April 11,2007
  Argentina
Coming & Going Home
 April 29,2007
  Argentina
Bernal? Buenos Aires?
 May 06,2007
  Argentina
Bidding Farewell to Buenos Aires.
 May 16,2007
  Argentina
Goodbye Buenos Aires. Hello Uruguay!
 May 17,2007
  South America
Making My Way Through Montevideo
 May 18,2007
  South America
Last Day in Montevideo
 May 19,2007
  South America
Montevideo to Punta del Este
 May 20,2007
  South America
Jose Ignacio to La Paloma. The sandy dirt track.
 May 22,2007
  South America
Ruta 9 Uruguay: La Paloma to Punta del Diablo.
 May 23,2007
  Brazil
Customs, Immigrations and the leaving the Devil
 May 24,2007
  Brazil
Leaving Porto Alegre
 May 26,2007
  Argentina
São Miguel to Foz do Iguaçu
 May 30,2007
  Argentina
Argentina Again: Hostels, Hassles & Iguazú Falls Revisited
 May 31,2007
  Brazil
Itaipu Dam and Ciudad del Este.
 June 01,2007
  Brazil
Florianopolis: Paradise?
 June 12,2007
  Brazil
Morrettes & Curitiba to São Paulo
 June 14,2007
  Brazil
Hello São Paulo
 June 16,2007
  Brazil
The Seduction of São Paulo
 June 22,2007
  Brazil
Ihlabela, Ubutubu & Paraty
 June 24,2007
  Brazil
Parati or Paraty? Paradise redux for me.
 June 25,2007
  Brazil
Continuing North: Angra dos Reis to Rio de Janeiro
 June 26,2007
  Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
 July 01,2007
  Brazil
Taking and Talking With Rio Cab Drivers
 July 03,2007
  Brazil
Two Years And Counting.
 July 04,2007
  Brazil
Who Gets Their Shoes Shined on the Beach?
 August 11,2007
  Argentina
Rio: Another Photo Essay
 August 20,2007
  Brazil
Rio At Night.
 September 12,2007
  Brazil
Buziós For A Change
 September 25,2007
  Brazil
Trying To Make Vitória - No Dice.
 September 26,2007
  Brazil
Cachoeira to Itaúnas - Northeast coast of Brazil
 September 28,2007
  Brazil
Painted Into A Corner of Espirito Santo - Trying to wade my way out.
 September 30,2007
  Brazil
Forget Riding. How About Walking In The Rain?
 October 03,2007
  Brazil
Riding & Forró Dancing - Northeastern Brazil
 October 04,2007
  Brazil
The Road To Itacaré: Finally Some Peace
 October 06,2007
  Brazil
Salvador A Bit Too Far: The Wettest Day?
 October 09,2007
  Brazil
Salvador. History. Culture. Architecture.
 October 10,2007
  Brazil
More Images From Salvador
 October 10,2007
  Brazil
Onward North. Betting On The Sky.
 October 10,2007
  Brazil
Brazilian Roads and the Best Carnival In Brazil?
 October 12,2007
  Brazil
Two Long Days to Belem.
 October 15,2007
  Brazil
The Amazon
 October 17,2007
  Brazil
Belem & The Amazon: My Home In Brazil.
 October 18,2007
  Brazil
Making Friends and Taking Time in Belem
 October 19,2007
  Brazil
The Beaurocracy of Shipping
 October 20,2007
  Brazil
Belem - A Final Photo Essay
 October 22,2007
  Argentina
Back In Buenos Aires. Home Again?
 October 25,2007
  Argentina
Friends & Family: Buenos Aires
 October 30,2007
  Argentina
Getting Things Done In Buenos Aires
 November 01,2007
  Argentina
Wine & Food in Buenos Aires: One More Time.
 November 02,2007
  Africa
The Bureaucracy of Shipping: Redux
 November 05,2007
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