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A Rain-Soaked Journey from Monforte de Lemos to León: Discovering the CaminoOctober 21, 2024 - 4:24 am
Are You Deep or Superficial? Thoughts From A 9th Century Benedictine Monastery In SpainOctober 19, 2024 - 4:45 pm
Returning to Portugal: The Journey ContinuesOctober 4, 2024 - 2:28 pm
13 Rules To Live By—From A Life On The RoadMarch 15, 2023 - 8:19 am
Lost & Lucky—The Continuing Saga of My Greek Tragedy—No Bags Or Bike— Limbo on ParosMarch 8, 2023 - 11:09 am
A Greek Tragedy: My Motorcycle Is In Pieces & My Luggage Lost.March 2, 2023 - 7:05 pm
Florianopolis: Paradise?
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanIhla de Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina Island) is home to the capital of the Brazillian state that bears its name. Florianopolis, or Floripa as the locals call it, is really Santa Catarina island, though the city spreads to the mainland (the continent). The island has something for everyone. Beaches and bays shielded from the Atlantic […]
Itaipu Dam and Ciudad del Este.
/0 Comments/in Brazil, Paraguay, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe madness of crossing the Ponte da Amizade to get to Paraguay and Ciudade del Este is boggling. This is a border crossing between Paraguay and Brazil that is barely policed. Rift with crime, drugs and illegal exchange of goods, one wonders what’s going on here. Apparantly the joint venture between Paraguay and Brazil that […]
Argentina Again: Hostels, Hassles & Iguazú Falls Revisited
/0 Comments/in Argentina, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe border crossing from Brazil into Argentina is efficient and well-organized. I created a bit of a fuss when I pulled over, got off the bike and searched for an Aduana officer to pitch my plight about my temporary import permit. Shaking his head while waving a fellow officer over I was a bit concerned […]
São Miguel to Foz do Iguaçu
/1 Comment/in Argentina, Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe next morning I wandered the grounds of the old church taking photographs before moving on and logging about 250 miles to São Miguel D’Oeste in Santa Catarina state, arriving just before nightfall. A tiny enclave and barely a dot on my map, I rode around town twice without spotting a hotel. A guy on […]
Leaving Porto Alegre
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe City Hotel here in Porto Alegre turns out to be a bit more expensive than I’m budgeted for, they offer me a much better deal after some haggling, but it’s still too high. I’m too tired to go anywhere else and I’ve got a lot of business to take care of: 1) Laundry 2) […]
Customs, Immigrations and the leaving the Devil
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue, Uruguay /by allanToday would be a long day. In order to make time and miles I’d have to leave earlier than the 9 or 10am departures which, no matter my efforts, seem to be consistent on this trip. The 6:30am alarm was slammed to snooze until 7am when I jumped out of bed to perhaps the coldest […]
Ruta 9 Uruguay: La Paloma to Punta del Diablo.
/0 Comments/in South America, Travelogue, Uruguay /by allanI bid farewell to the nearly ghost town of La Paloma and headed northeast toward Punta del Diablo. With two destinations on my mind, I figured I could check out the infamous dunes of one of Uruguay’s few national parks, Cabo Polonia, and to walk in the shadowy history of one of the legendary Spanish […]