A few stories from a motorcycle trip From California to Brazil
About the Author:
Daniel Genini
Known as Danino A Deux on Facebook
America is on its way…
Maybe this Trip was but a long site inspection… In my business years in the travel industry, I must have taken a dozen dozens of these trips. Let me explain, when my clients came to America in advance of their groups, to decide which hotels they prefer, which restaurants to include, to try menus, etc..…
Ready to go home? Not so fast Danny boy!
Plot twists galore, this needed an update, for those who follow.. First night in Brazil, at Foz de Iguaçu, I zoomed thru the border, as directed by officials dressed in fatigued fashion. I somehow hoped that this freedom would allow traffic to go to a more appropriate border station, but no! Nope! I later learned…
Don’t cry for me, Argentina !
Tupiza, Bolivia, was a welcome respite from the arid environment I had been riding through since Uyuni and the salt flats. In a green valley along the Tupiza river, dramatic red rocks formations jut upward to the sky contrasting with the coarse dry terrain I was accustomed to the past hundreds of miles. It was…
And the Incas saved the day.
I was fed up with Peru, the trash, the rain, the altitude but I arrived in Cusco or Cuzco if you prefer, both spellings apply. America was being taken care of, her ailment was benign,…
Keep readingGetting high in the Andes…
Lima, the capital was my objective, it took 5 days of hard riding from the border to get there. 4 overnights on the way, forgettable cities, still trash everywhere… I can’t help it but this…
Keep readingPeru, the land of Machu Pikachu…
Ecuador was wet, and muddy… But of stunning beauty. I was all set to go to the capital, Quito, but destiny didn’t want any of it… It had to have me cross the country by…
Keep readingThe Ecuador equation…
Ecuador, did you know the Amazon encompassed this country as well? I had no idea, as a matter of fact, I knew nothing about Ecuador, excepted the name of its capital, Quito. And of course…
Keep readingWhat do you mean half done?
I am now in Equator or Ecuador, can you believe it? This means I only have one country to recount in my mind, easy! I really enjoyed Colombia, what a beautiful country, crazy drivers but…
Keep readingYou gonna be a sailor?
As I am taking a breath here in the Caribbean sea, I still want to document the undocumented I saw in Central America. In Mexico near the Guatemalan border, I started to see some marching…
Keep readingCentral America, not Kansas though…
At the outskirts of San Salvador, huge billboard advertisings for Denny’s restaurant and Wendy’s Hamburgers announced that the end of civilization had also reached this country. The tallest buildings I had seen in weeks appeared…
Keep readingCentral America blur, part 1…
Crossing into Guatemala took a while. Turns out I misplaced my receipt for the Mexican tourist visa, and the bored Señora official didn’t want to give me the passport exit stamp! Even though logic dictates…
Keep readingNow for some serious catching up…
As I sit here in Managua, its been days and days that I’m supposed to tell the tale from 4 countries ago! This Trip is happening real fast folks, but I should finish the Mexico…
Keep readingGotta catch up…
Well well well… Last paragraph written was so long ago! So many incredible things have happened in just a short week, I indeed need to catch up, and I will in a grand swoop. I…
Keep readingHow far is the ocean?
I left Queretaro on my way to Puerto Escondido. Of course, there was to be two days of riding before reaching the ocean. First stop: Puebla. I actually stayed in a little town called Cholula…
Keep readingA vacation from my vacation…
And so I am now in Querétaro, turns out it is a huge city we’ve never heard of! With a population of 1.6 million, twice the size of Marseille France, my last French address, and…
Keep readingLet’s go south, I need the sun…
Well, decisions were made indeed, and I am on my way south, going solo. Steve decided to go home to heal, he rested one more day and then limped back to Tucson, or somewhere in…
Keep readingNow, for the bad news…
So we made it to the touristy town of Creel, Chihuaha. I originally had plan to stay 2 nights here, to allow us to take the famous train ride to the bottom of Copper Canyon.…
Keep readingYou said you wanted adventures? Good and bad, here you go
Riding a motocycle is in my view one of the best things in life. Being on 2 wheels is the thing that first give you your independence. You start as a young boy on your…
Keep readingYep, America is in Mexico
Well it’s been a while, I’ve got to post something now, my readers await, pffft!! Suppressed laughter… So the past two weeks have been so busy, but I somehow magically managed to slim down my…
Keep readingWell… They said you should write a book!
This actually will be the title, insert appropriate emoji here! So yes, here it is, I’m sitting down, at a computer, using blogging software and actually typing… Long ago I had predicted that soon everybody…
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Diaries of The trip... 