Tales from the trails
Tales from the trails
Creating a travelogue helps me to remember, reflect on and distinguish my travel experiences.
Text and photos are my preferred way to document and share the adventure.
I strive to create something that not only allows me to relive the journey but also has the potential to entertain, enlighten and maybe even inspire others.
If you would like to see more pictures and to read comments from other adventure riders check out my ride report on advrider.com
LATEST TRAVEL UPDATES
LATEST TRAVEL UPDATES
A Spanner in The Works
October 4th 2024 - Filadelfia, Paraguay During our time in Sucre Katrine and I had decided it was time for a change of scenery. To spice up the journey we would leave the Andes for a while. We set a westernly course from Tupiza. We had only just left town when an unsurfaced road was our only option for moving [...]
Scarcity
September 26th 2024 - Tupiza, Bolivia Downtime in Sucre turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. We couldn’t have picked a better time and place for a break. The apartment was super nice, the weather pleasant, the city charming and the locals likewise. We stayed on Cerro Churuquella at the edge of the oldest neighborhood with a panoramic [...]
Conflict & Chill
September 15th 2024 - Sucre, Bolivia Arica had been a great appetiser for Chile. The main course would have to wait a bit. With Katrine’s meds secured it was time to get back into the mountains. We left town following the Lluta river inland. It’s the route that connects Arica with La Paz. Train tracks run alongside the road. They [...]
Detour
September 4th 2024 - Arica, Chile On our last day in Cusco Fin showed up to keep us company. We gave him a tour of the town and invited him to stay the night in one of the extra bedrooms at our apartment. It was nice to catch up. We spent a relaxed morning with Fin. Before Kat and I [...]
The Sacred Valley
August 24th 2024 - Cusco, Peru After breakfast on our first morning in Ollantaytambo we went to have a closer look at the area’s main archaeological site west of the old town. There was already a continuous line of buses heading for the train station. We stopped by one of the stores on plaza de armas to pick up a [...]
Turmoil
August 16th 2024 - Ollantaytambo, Peru It was a pleasure to head out on clean and newly serviced bikes. We climbed steadily for more than 100 kilometers until we passed 4.000 meters. We stayed above that altitude for the remainder of the day. Late morning we stopped for a cup of coffee and a bite at one of the many [...]
Hard Work
August 5th 2024 - Huánuco, Peru We stayed 2 nights at “The Blue House”. There were a couple of other moto travelers visiting. It was interesting to hear about their adventures. Dewey from the US had been on the road for as long as us. He started out on a KLR. It got stolen and he continued on a 250 [...]
Worth the effort
July 27th 2024 - Caraz, Peru My hunt for a new pair of shoes led me to a mall in the northern part of Cajamarca. My luck was about to change. Not only did I find a shop that carried my size, I found a Merrell store (one of my favorite shoe brands) with a selection of models I could [...]
Grandeur
July 19th 2024 - Cajamarca, Peru For 2 days we spent a lot of time with Jamie and Fin. Conversation flowed freely and so did the wine one evening. It was my birthday. We visited a highly commended pizzeria for dinner. They didn’t have wine on the menu but the owner directed us to a wine shop where we could [...]