Hi all,

I got back to Bolivia and try to write a short update here again.

Catherine, Nicolas sister, left Bolivia after a month searching for Nicolas, but she will come back when needed. She back in New Zealand now, but we are in regular (a couple of times a day) contact with her.

When she was here, she made a lot of noise to get the story out with TV and radio interviews and newspaper reports. Today a friend told me, that when he got his tyre change in Santa Cruz, the mechanic told him about Nicolas and showed him a picture. So the story is big here and most bikers are aware that we are looking for him. Catherine got over 1000 posters printed and they are being distributed at the moment.

Catherine went with the police to the border station at Puerto Acosta. But they could not find any other lead than the custom entry document (TIP) for Nicolas bike. One police officer searched the road from Puerto Acosta to La Paz without success for two days.

At the moment we have three confirmed sightings (Rurrenabaque, Trinidad, Santa Cruz de la Sierra) and a lot of other unconfirmed sightings, that are being investigated at the moment.

As being said above, we found a hotel register entry from Coroico, Bella Vista Hotel (June 18-21), and the friend who found this, is searching in Rurrenabaque at the moment.

The Consulate in Brazil told us, that Nicolas did not enter Brazil. This means, if he entered, he did not get his passport stamped. But most of us here, believe that he is still in Bolivia.

Nacho Piccone, a Argentinean biker that Nicolas spent some time with in Cusco, told us a lot about Nicolas plans and ways of traveling.

So, that is all that comes to my mind at the moment, but we are trying our best to find him. More later.

mika from Samaipata