Today marks exactly one year since we threw caution to the wind and embarked on this slightly crazy, but mostly amazing life-changing road trip across the Americas. We have seen some of the most beautiful places and some underwhelming ones, met some wonderful people and some grumpy ones, eaten some delicious meals and some questionable […]
We have added a Guides section to our blog where we share some handy travel information (based on our experience and Internet research) for each of the countries we have visited. While these guides are specifically targeted at overland travellers, we included information that should be useful to anyone interested in travelling to the listed […]
So, I learned on Tuesday that an American biker and his recent Mexican wife, Donnie and Modesta, died the day before in a motorcycle crash in Honduras. I didn’t know them personally, but had recently been in touch. Donnie, 62, was a long-time and experienced biker and had crossed North America, Mexico, and Central America […]
We would like to wish our readers a very happy new year! 2017 had many challenges, but also many wonderful moments. The important thing is to take the good with you and learn from the bad to make the new year better. Be kind, tolerant, curious, and don’t be afraid to live the life of […]
Jingle jingle, Santa’s here! We have taken a few days to recharge our batteries back home in Vancouver and just wanted to wish all our readers a very merry Christmas. May the spirit of the season bring much happiness and good times your way today and throughout the year. Don’t forget to spread the cheer!
So, we’re almost ready… Starting day was decided as Monday, since we planned to stop in Seattle to get a handlebar riser at Touratech and possibly a lighter jacket for Sapna. Tomorrow, Sunday, we’ll finish packing everything. We realized this evening that we had been a little too optimistic with relation to what/how much we could […]
I’ve been wondering lately about the benefits of describing every step of my trip and, in particular, doing it a few months after the trip has ended. From now on, I plan on some changes in both, strategy and goal.
So, one thing I realized from my various attempts at couchsurfing during the trip is, the couchsurfing.com site and app do not work well and/or efficiently, and this for various reasons: Many hosts frequently haven’t been using the system for months, sometimes years Many others (frequently the same) don’t even take the time to answer a request, even […]
I’ll take a little break from the blog in the coming days, to dedicate to other matters. For the note, I came back to Vancouver safe and sound on Dec. 8th, and am slowly trying to catch up with the daily posts since. I’ll be back soon, don’t leave! Cheers Phil
Riding alone around the states for 6 weeks has been hard. Several times, I found myself singing – or rather humming since I honestly don’t even know the lyrics of most of the songs I like -, talking alone, calling some drivers idiots or commenting aloud on anything I was looking at. At one point, I even started talking […]
