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    Alps ‘n’ Adriatic – Day 1

    Planes, Trains, and Motorcycles Day 1 was a long day, getting from Denver, Colorado to Interlaken, Swittzerland. Leaving around 2pm, while on a conference call to close the work week, Lisa drove me to Denver International Airport. Checking and boarding for Icelandic Airways was a breeze.   The flight to…

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    Desert Southwest

    I am always amazed how beautiful and sparsely populated parts of the USA are. This is an iPad (3) shot from 30,000 feet above New Mexico. I am off to Las Vegas to do what no one thinks of doing at this time of year, ride motorcycles. I get to…

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    Fondis Colorado

    A couple of months ago, a friend of mine sent me the link to a blog post of 25 Abandoned Buildings in Colorado. It was an interesting post and I stashed it away for later. Yesterday, I wanted to go out on a ride so I decided that I would…

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    Riding Patagonia

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFXkQbPhavg?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Here are some of the videos Oggy and Charlie shot on our Patagonia trip, unedited for the most part, along with a couple of my shots. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUo0GxOdCNVtskD3KVmsw3LJM3G23E1-v (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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    Day 18 – Santiago to Denver

    January 18th 2014 Distance – 5493 miles as the crow flies Travel time – ~24 hours door to door This was a brutal travel day. After far too much beer, too many cocktails, and too little sleep, Martyn bangs on the door of the “Princess Suite” to wake me up…

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    Day 17 – Winding down in Santiago

    Friday, January 17th Distance – 0km This is it. The trip is almost over. All we have left to do is hang out and get our flights home. The lads are leaving around 5:30pm this evening. I’m hanging out until 6am tomorrow. For those of us who have not yet…

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    Day 16 – Puerto Varas to Temuco

    Thursday, January 16th Distance – 354km This is it, just 300 or so clicks of pavement left to go, getting us back to the KTM dealer, Roland Spawater, in Temuco. Martyn was supposed to be up and out early for his 1000 clicks back to Santiago. We are flying the…

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    Day 15 – Hornopiren to Puerto Varas

    Wednesday, January 15th Distance – 165km, 50% ripio Ferry – 30 minutes Some of the lads were up and about early and sorted breakfast for us. Martyn, Simon, and I were moving a little slower. George had got Martyn a cool, little iPhone speaker for Christmas. We’d spent a late…

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    Day 14 – Chaitén to Hornopiren

    Tuesday, January 14th Distance – 75km, 100% ripio Ferries – 30 minutes, 4 hour In this area of Los Lagos, the Carretera Austral becomes discontinuous and your transportation becomes bi-modal. There are sections of road connected by ferries. Today, we have two ferry rides to enjoy, a short one of…