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Rape, Banditry, Crooked Cops, Corrupt Border Officials
WOW!
WHAT DID I MISS?
In a 60000 K ride from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego and back up to New York I never felt at risk, never encountered a crooked cop, encountered nothing but help from border officials. OK, so a fat bearded old man isn't a normal target for sexual assault. Nor is a fat old man riding a Honda 125 a particularly tempting target for bandits - better a rider in bespoke leathers on a Harley or BMW.
Ride sensibly, treat people with courtesy, you will have a great time, encounter wonderfully generous people, experience magnificent country and superb architecture and good food. However, one warning: Argentina is the only country in the Americas (North, Central or South) that serves good coffee, perfect espresso even at the remotest gas station in Patagonia - thank God for all those Italian immigrants.
You can find an account of my own ride on my web site cover
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WOW!
WHAT DID I MISS?
In a 60000 K ride from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego and back up to New York I never felt at risk, never encountered a crooked cop, encountered nothing but help from border officials. OK, so a fat bearded old man isn't a normal target for sexual assault. Nor is a fat old man riding a Honda 125 a particularly tempting target for bandits - better a rider in bespoke leathers on a Harley or BMW.
Ride sensibly, treat people with courtesy, you will have a great time, encounter wonderfully generous people, experience magnificent country and superb architecture and good food. However, one warning: Argentina is the only country in the Americas (North, Central or South) that serves good coffee, perfect espresso even at the remotest gas station in Patagonia - thank God for all those Italian immigrants.
You can find an account of my own ride on my web site cover
Message me if you have any specific questions.
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I second that.....
I felt safer in parts of South America where people told me I was sure to be murdered than in parts of my own city of Liverpool.
Walk into a slum in expensive western clothes and a camera hanging around your neck, and you deserve what you get !!
Good thing about being a bike traveller is that you always look dirty, scruffy and poor ! LOL
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Colombia
Ok you want to go from Cartagena to Medellin,not to Bogota.
The reason being from Medellin down to Cali you,ll go through the Zona Cafetera where all the coffee is grown and argueably the most stunning part of the country.
Keep in touch and I,ll help with the best routes through Ecuador and Peru as well.
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South America
I agree with South America being safe and fun for motorcycling. My wife and I rode for 3 months and abut 18,000 miles there last year and had a wonderful time. You always need to be careful and not show large amounts of money and carry your stuff spread out as any time you let people know you have a wad of cash on you it might attr5act the wrong people. South America is no where near as unsafe as central America. Have a great time
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Elegant Gentleman Of Uncertain Years
Ted, I think of myself as moderately elegant, shoes properly polished, etc. An elderly Brit Blimp!
Though I do lose confidence in this image when picking myself and the bike up from the dirt,
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Best routes in Peru
Sebastian,
I agree with Simon! I love South America, and in 30 years of living there, you only have problems that you ask for!
In Ecuador, turn in to Cuenca and go down thru Banos into Peru towards Jaen. A BEAUTIFUL ride and only a little gravel near the border. From there, unless you are OK with gravel, head to the coast (tho I'd try not to miss Cajamarca either!)
Then farther south, head up into the Callejon de Huaylas, to Caraz then down to Huaraz (CAN'T MISS HUARAZ!). From there back to the coast and to Lima is a quick 6 hours.
On the Nazca to Cuzco run, don't try it on a dreary day... It is long and cold if the sun is not shining! Wait for a sunny day and shoot only for Abancay, then the next day make a liesurely ride up and over to Cuzco.
Si lo haces de esa manera, sera muy lindo. No vale la pena intentar de hacerlo en una sola. Escribame, ingles o espanol, me es igual...
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Ted, I think of myself as moderately elegant, shoes properly polished, etc. An elderly Brit Blimp!
Though I do lose confidence in this image when picking myself and the bike up from the dirt,

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You do more for our national pride than I !!
Although, Instead of picking my bike up from the dirt, I'm usually shovelling it out and picking up the pieces from a 10m radious
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