Texas to Ushuaia late Sept. 2013
 

Leaving to Ushuaia from Brownsville Texas late September on a 2009 BMW Adveturer. Will take a month rushing through Mexico and enjoying Central America. Plan is to get to Panama on Oct. 25 and cross the Gap on the Stahlratte.
After landing in Colombia, enjoy Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. I have alloted 80 days from Cartagena to Buenos Aires.
Anyone interested in joining me for the trip or part of it please let me know. There is strenth in numbers.



Ruben

Hello,

I'm planning to quit Montreal in september. As you I would like to cross the Darien Gap with the Stahlratte.

It could be nice to travel with until Panama and maybe to Lima where I'll meet my wife for three months to go to Tierra Del Fuego.

Usually I'm more a lonely guy but it could be nice to have buddy to cross central america.....

Damien

Mex City
 

We should be leaving, if everything works out as planned, on Sept 1st. We hope to be in Ushuaia for Xmas but are in no hurry. We will then ride back slowly. Hopefully we will run into bith of you somewhere on the road.

Stahlratte reservation for Oct.24
 

Damien:
Just reserved a place on the Stahlratte departing San Blas on Oct. 25. I should leave around September 18th from Brownsville Texas. This would allow pleanty of time to spend in Central America.
Route is:
Brownsville-Veracruz
Veracruz-San Cristobal
San Cristobal Guatemala
Once in Guatemala, chill and relaxation. Then Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
Safety comes with numbers. I am very fluent in Spanish and know my way around Mexico. Hope we cross paths Garry
My phone number is 956-459-3120 Cel
956-554-9300 Office


Ruben

Hi everyone!!

Im Marcos. Travelling already and about to cross Iran and Pakistan. Im travelling around the world and will reach Guatemala on september and planning to go south as well. Same route as you. Would be very nice to meet you up to ride some km together. My contact e-mail is pormundoenmoto@gmail.com and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElMundoEnMoto

Im spanish so I can help a bit with the spanish issue!

Marcos

Ruben,

Nice to have more information. Nice to share.
So maybe we could take a moment to know more of each other.

I'll to phone you or maybe have a skype adress. Tell me in private if you prefer.


Marcos,
It could be nice to have you. I improve my spanish : taking my third course ;-)
And it could be nice to know more about your journey, because I'll follow your path after South America and Africa.

Please feel free to both of you to contact me.


Damien

I'm sure that all of you have read many posts, but if you want to read a little more, you can read about my experience riding from Texas to Tierra de Fuego on my ride report at TheAdventureBegins.tv.

Damien:
Call me anytime, will be glad to talk to you. I am a 52 year old attorney in Brownsville Texas. Easy going, witty and a true adventurer at heart.
Marcos, it would be a pleasure to ride with you and hear about your adventures in the Middle East.
Troy, I have read about your adventures and have vicariously done the trip through your posts.

Damien:
Will be doing Colorado and Utah starting May 15 for ten days. Maybe you might want to join me and three other friends and do Monument Valley and the many beautiful roads in Colorado.

Mex City
 

If any of you get to or want to visit Mexico City before we leave in September we will be happy to have you stay with us. If not see you on the road.

Garry

how late in september
 

i am planing on flying my bike to Buenos Aires in early october to ride south then back up south america to the states but might change and ride south instead i have a 2002 adventure and have been to SOUTH america 3 times befor and speak A BIT OF SPANISH contact me if your interested
geoff-stacey@hotmail.com

Will be leaving Seattle on or about August 30 or earlier. 6 month trip to Magellan Straits.
Flexible. Maybe we can hook up along the way. KLR 650

Alan F. Hall
425-774-9566
AlanFHall@hotmail.com

Also on the October 25 Stahlratte
 

Hey Prensa, My buddy Don and I will be leaving Wisconsin on September 1st heading for Ushuaia. We have reserved spots on the October 25th sailing of the Stahlratte. It would be cool to meet up with you at some point in Central America.
Steve

Heading to Santiago
 

Ruben,

I'll be departing San Antonio on the 9th of September heading to Santiago. It looks like our routing is very similar. I'm linking up with a friend in Cartagena on 1 October, so I'm a bit rushed getting through Mexico and Central America.

I'd like to compare notes with you if you're interested. I've been debating on whether to ship by air out of Panama or by surface vessel.

Email mikemansell@charter.net or 828-261-6094.

looks like there will be a bunch of us travelling around the same time. I'll be in Guatemala October 10 and on the Nov 15 sailing of Stahlratte.

I'm looking forward to meeting some of you :mchappy:

Going south
 

Done all the way fr.o.m. :clap:Alaska, Canada, cross the USA, central Amerika
Parked My motorbike in Panama in mars this year.
Planing to travell with Shalratte 25 oct to Colombia and then south, al the way down

Mail:orvar2swedes

que lindo que va a ser movido este verano..yo yendo desde tdf al norte por 40 desde 29 de septiembre tal vez pueda conecer al alguno de ustedes y tomarnos una cerveza..

We're leaving San Francisco late August/early September 2014 and heading all the way to Ushuaia as well.

I'll keep an eye on this thread.

Ruben
We have similar itineraries. I plan to leave Mexico City around Sept. 25, traveling on my Suzuki DL 650 through Vera Cruz, Oaxaca and San Cristobal. May spend a week in Costa Rica in a language school and am thinking of taking the Stahlratte on Oct. 25. My plan is to be in Ushuaia by Christmas. hope to meet up with you at some point.
I am a skype user ("thomaspoint") if you have time for a conversation there.

Tom, Annapolis, Maryland
443-993-5979

Greetings, I will follow your progress with great interest as I plan to ship my V-Strom to Punta Arenas, Chile in January 2014 and ride it back to Virginia. I am particularly interested in your planning for Mexico and Central America. Also What are your plans for the section in Panama where there are no roads? How do you plan to organize transportation?
Ray

Greetings, I will follow your progress with great interest as I plan to ship my V-Strom to Punta Arenas, Chile in January 2014 and ride it back to Virginia. I am particularly interested in your planning for Mexico and Central America. Also What are your plans for the section in Panama where there are no roads? How do you plan to organize transportation?
Ray

Container sharing
 

Looks like a lot of travellers, a lot of bookings on the stahlratte...

Anyone interested in sharing a container? With enough takers it could be cheaper. Flexible on dates. Ideally I'd be in Colombia by mid November at the latest.

In Guatemala now, loving it, feel free to ask me any info as my friends and family here have taken great pride over the past few months showing me around the best of the best.

Hi Tomas00

I am in Mexico DF now, today just took my bike out of customs from Kuala Lumpur, ir was a nightmeare!! But finally got it.

I am leaving on 21 down to panamá and will do the same route as you. If you are interested we can join for a ride.

My mexican number is: 5531364944

See you!!

Going South
 

Nice to read thats so many riders on the Stahlratte the 25th.
I´ll pick up my bike in Panama 21 /if it´s still there/.
Left it there early mars afterbeen riding fr Toronto this time. Had to go back to Sweden over the summer.
Also heading for Ushuia, and maybe drive the way back up to Vancuver.
Havn´t decidet yet:thumbup1:

Currently in Leon Nicaragua
 

I have been working my way down from Texas towards Panama for the Oct. 25th sailing of the Stahlrat. Rushed through Mexico due to security problems in the country and a scare in Veracruz.
Spent a week in Guatemala visiting Panahachel, Antigua and a side trip to the Copan ruins in Honduras. Guatemala is beautiful and people are friendly. I left Guatemala on on Sept.29th and am currently in Leon Nicaragua. I will be heading down to Granada tomorrow and after two or three days head down to San Juan del Sur. with this pace, I should be able to spend a week in Costa Rica and a week in Panama.
Hope to meet you all in Carti on the 24th.

Ruben

Hey Ruben,

Sorry to hear about your difficulties in Mexico. We had no issues except for being stopped and questioned by Narcos for 5 mins in Michoacan.

I'm planning on flying the bike from Panama to Medellin on Oct 14. I'll then spend 2-2.5 weeks in Colombia (Cartagena, Barranquila, Bogota) before continuing into Ecuador and south ultimately to Ushuaia and back up to BA/Uruguay. Let me know what your schedule/itin in Colombia is and hopefully we can meet up and ride together.

Anyone else who's schedule might be similar to mine, feel free to PM me.

Hi i am in Monclova today oct 9 th, also taking the Stahlratte on the 15 nov. If your nearby Monclova, email me djinsital@hotmal.com.

Wanted to revive this thread and see what the itinerary for the guys on the Oct 25 sailing to Cartagena was? I'm hoping to ride with some people south to Ecuador and beyond. I'm in Barranquilla now and heading for Barichara, Bogota, Salento, Cali/Popayan over the next few days and would love to meet up with other riders heading south from Cartagena.

Let me know which route and when you guys are passing south.

Two Canuks will be landing in Santiago Chile Dec 9th where we will be purchasing 2 Euromots GXT's to continue on to Ushuaia.......hope to meet up with many of you....we will spend approx 2 to 3 weeks sorting out the paper work and head south.........can be reached through my blog....google.....hickeryonthemove

Bogota to usuahia starting on 26.12
 

Hi prensa and all,
I"ll depart from bogota at the end of december heading usuahia, to arrive later to Rio carnival, to continue to Manaos towards Bogota again.

anyone interested to join me in the route?
Please Contact m ASAP!

DESIGNERS X SUDAMERICA - MotoTour 2013

Fab

hi Nomadic,

I'll depart from Bogota heading Usuahia on 26.12.13...how is your schedule and maybe we can share
Some route?

Cheers,
Fab

Hey Fab, I've left Bogota and in Quito now. Should make Ushuaia by mid-Dec so I'll be far ahead. No sure on route yet because there's a few ways of crossing into Argentina from Chile and heading south. Still need to decide.

I am about to embark on the same trip - starting in Amarillo, Texas and going to Ushuaia. I plan to leave in March or April. I would love to hear what you have learned along the way!

where are you now? Im going to start my trip in santiago to Washington DC starting on feb1 2014.

Will be leaving Boston for panama around oct 15 2014. Have a little over 4 months so its possible to go a lot further south. Will be on a 2013 klr 650 and am hoping to meet others for the same. Everyone out hear be safe and have a blast

Jay