“Just make sure you don’t stop or you’ll get shot with a poison arrow!” - this was the advice we got from one of the Chilean motorcyclists we met in Bolivia. It sounded funny at the time and we thought he was just a paranoid ‘city slicker’ far from home. However, after a bit more [...]
We almost extended our stay in La Paz by yet another day, but fearing we would need to apply for citizenship if we kept putting off our departure any longer, we mounted our steeds and headed for La Cumbre Pass, the northern gateway to La Paz and in the direction of Rurre. 120km out of [...]
We have written about La Paz more than once. The city and its people have drawn us into their trap and made it difficult to leave. The truth is that after 26 months of continuous travel, we needed somewhere to call ‘home’, at least temporarily. The same bed and bathroom, the same group of people [...]
Finally it happened. We climbed Huayna Potosi - 6088 m asl. It took us 3 long and tiring days. Assumptions - we go alone, without any agency and guides, we all do not have any high-altitude experience (except Cuba), we sleep in tents and all have fun. In La Paz, we rented all mountain equipment [...]
It has been two weeks since, we arrived in La Paz. And somehow it feels like home here. Perhaps this is due to the climate of the city itself, but also thanks to Poles, whom we met here. And it is good to have a break from two wheels.
A few worlds about La Paz. At [...]
After Machu Picchu and Cusco, we had already enough the tourists attractions. We decided to enter Chile for a few days. In South America it is much easier than in Africa. Here there are no visas to enter the country and there are no wars or conflicts. So you can ride everywhere. Sometimes we have [...]
Boulders, telephone poles, burned tyres and groups of protesters greeted us on the road out of La Paz. Apparently it’s the only way the poorer class of Bolivia can demand equality and a ‘piece of the pie’ from the ruling elite. With no opition but to ride through and around the barricades (if we wanted [...]
Before leaving Trinidad we got some more pics of the sloths hanging around the trees of the central park (they are VERY COOL creatures!!), checked out the market for some local grub and bought a new battery for the Kawasaki - we’ve had to push start it a number of times for the past week [...]
From San Pedro de Atacam we rode towards the border with Argentina, on perfect asphalt. It would be the last paved road we would see for 6 days, as we turned off north for Bolivia. Ahead, over 500km of serous off-road along the Bolivian stretch of the Andes. We took on an extra 15L of [...]