http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/ Ushuaia - Alaska 2002 en-us Having convinced Rob he may as well go as far north as possible – we set forth like madmen on a mission towards the top of Alaska, aiming to get there before we froze on route.... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000494.php Meeting up with the guys from Finca Magdelena was a blast, as the travellers code of hospitality proved itself again...... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000299.php Against recommendations I set forth to the frypan of Death Valley, hoping to experience the hottest of what nature could throw at me. As luck would have it however, my desire to experience two wheeled evaporation was thwarted by a... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000240.php As I left Mexico I checked out my bike as the signs instructed, but as hard as I looked there was nowhere to exit immigration. I guess I'll have to live with the fact that some Mexican official is after... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000239.php On the advice of Brit bikers John & Annette I took the option of the Mesilla border between Guatemala and Mexico, apparently there would be less traffic and less hassles. It was so easy in fact, I passed through immigration... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000168.php There was an immediate improvement in the roads as I entered Guatemala, and I headed straight to ‘Guate’ ( Guatemala City ) along a road choked with trucks and aggressive car drivers. Despite the numerous police controls, I’ve never seen... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000144.php I was warned about the high price to get a bike into the Honduras, but I still coughed and spluttered when I had to fork over 40 USD.... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000143.php After being spoilt rotten by the BMW Motoclub in San Jose, I headed for the Nicaragua border, but not before narrowly missing a car which lost it´s front wheel, stranded in the middle of the road....... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000140.php Crossing the border into Costa Rica was truly a slow and sweaty process, taking nearly two hours thanks to hopeless beauracracy and the damn bank being unattended.... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000139.php The first challenge in Panama was to find my bike, and a very helpful lady behind the National Car rental counter spent 10 minutes phoning around and found it for me. Apparently Vensecar air cargo was tied with DHL, a... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000138.php The nasty shock I got returning from French Guiana was that my bike pants and jacket had started "growing" in my touratech boxes the 4 days I was away...... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000132.php Taking a prompt from a guide book, and spurred on because I was told it couldn't be done, I decided to see a launch of the Ariane rocket. The original plan was to ride from Macapa to French Guiana, Suriname... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000129.php Taking my third consecutive banana boat since Yurimaguas in Peru, I finally got to see and taste the Amazon...... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000128.php Onward to the Banana boats of the Amazon river, criminals wearing police uniforms and more bike destroying roads !!!... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000119.php Having recovered enough from the Salmonella to be away from the loo for half a day or more , I finally set off for Lima. The police at the Bolivia/Peru border insisted on a donation for Santa Maria before letting... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/andrews/000115.php