My first two days in South America were spent at the Dakar Motos shop. In reality, its not in the best location and the hostel is very basic. But it’s a very friendly joint and simply the place for motorcyclists to go. In two quick days I met a Canadian (on a KLR) who...
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After an eternity spent in airplanes and airports, I finally made it to Buenos Aires. Wow. I’m definitely feeling like I’m in way over my head. One funny thing happened on the way here. In the LAX airport, I ran into my friend Dotan and ended up sitting behind him on the way to...
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I’ve never done anything like this before… So, I think it is probably understandable that I’ve been under a fair bit of stress trying to get ready for this trip. Over the past week I finished up my travel documents, worked through some final shipping paperwork, got all my stuff packed and finalized all...
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I’m sitting in my office for the last time before my trip, writing this post and thinking about how things are going to be very different for me over the upcoming months. In my adult life, I’ve always had a stable job, a home, more than enough food and enough spending money to enjoy...
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Today I spent the day in a part of Los Angeles that I haven’t ever been to before. Near LAX there is an area with a bunch of shops specializing in boxing, crating and shipping all sorts of items around the world. The company I went to for crating my motorcycle was working on...
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A while back, after considering seasonal weather, my time line, distance between various places and other related factors, I decided that my ride would start in Buenos Aires. So, obviously I need to get my motorcycle there before I can start. After reading up on how other travelers have shipped their bikes, it seemed...
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Since I’ll be a long way from home and will need to take care of most motorcycle maintenance issues myself, I’ll be bringing a fairly extensive set of tools, a few spare parts and a full flat kit. The first picture above is my tool kit, which includes: Multi meter Pliers Crescent wrench Spoke...
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I’ve never created a website or blog before and I’m not generally considered a very “techie” type person. So putting this site together was a somewhat lengthy learning process for me. I wanted to have some means of recording, sharing and preserving my trip through blog postings, pictures and hopefully later, through video. Also,...
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