Author Archives: Chris Desmond

Peru, Lima, 22-24 Jan 2012

Posted on Thursday, 26-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

Not much to report, did an oil change on my bike and as usual could not find any bike oil so used a diesel oil equivalent, went on a city tour, the usual plaza, cathedral and  something different the catacombs … Continue reading →

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Peru, Lima, 23 Jan 2012

Posted on Monday, 23-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

Piura to Chimbote, Peru 21 Jan 2012 Desert, desert and more desert interspersed with a few towns and some greenery, long straight roads, sand blowing across the road and into my eyes, very windy, the usual slow trucks (50kph), villages … Continue reading →

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Peru, Piura, 19-20 Jan 2012

Posted on Monday, 23-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

Quito to Naranjal, Ecuador 19 Jan 2012 Left Quito and immediately started descending to the coast through the mountains, cold with the occasional shower for the first 3 hours then sea level and hot. Good road lots of slow trucks … Continue reading →

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Ecuador, Quito, 17-18 Jan 2012

Posted on Wednesday, 18-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

Quito 2800m above sea level surrounded by mountains, a modern city with a historic old town. I wandered around, took the cable car to 4,100m this must be the highest cable car in the world. Hired a taxi and went … Continue reading →

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Ecuador, Galapagos, 12-16 Jan 2012

Posted on Wednesday, 18-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

Left Quito at 0740 on 12-Jan-2012 stopped at Guayaquil for an hour and then on to Baltra Island airport which was built by the US Army after Pearl Harbour to protect the Panama Canal, waited there for 3.5 hours for … Continue reading →

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Ecuador, Ibarra & Quito, 10-11 Jan 2012

Posted on Wednesday, 11-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

Left Pasto at 0800 found my way to the highway without any wrong turns, new road all the way to the border beautiful scenery mountains with crops growing on them at +3000m got to Ipialles at 0930 looked for gas … Continue reading →

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Colombia, Pasto, 09 Jan 2012

Posted on Wednesday, 11-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

Left Popayan at 0815 overcast looked like rain, wet patches but no rain, road through the mountains climbing to over 3000m many sections where half the road has fallen down the mountain, pot holes, broken bitumen, the sun came out … Continue reading →

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Colombia, Popayan, 7-8 Jan 2012

Posted on Sunday, 8-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

I left Bogota at 0800 found my way onto the highway not much traffic in the city but it started to build up as I got closer to the outskirts, its a long weekend and everyone was heading out of … Continue reading →

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Colombia, Bogota, 1-6 Jan 2012

Posted on Friday, 6-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

2.5 hour flight from Havana to Panama, 3 hour wait and then a 1.5 hour flight from Panama to Bogota, Arrived in Bogota at 1700 and stood in the Immigration queue for an hour, got some money out of an … Continue reading →

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SCAM – Warning

Posted on Tuesday, 3-January-2012 by Chris Desmond

I have just been informed of this Scam, it was perpetrated on two elderly friends of mine who live in the USA, same age as my parents. Do not pay anyone any money, the person listed as next of kin … Continue reading →

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