Iron Monkey Butt Tour — South America

Feature image is yes, another boring long empty road in Patagonia just leading nowhere for hundreds of miles.  But for me, it’s strategic to remember the weeks of riding through this magnificent countryside with wild lamas, sheep, cows, and horses littered throughout.   Not to say that Patagonia is also no huge mountains, glaciers, snow-capped peaks […]

Featured image is a sign of the famous Patagonia Region and our stop at El Bolson — along Ruta 40. Riding Day:  San Martin de Los Andes — El Bolson, Argentina (325 km) — 7.5 hours. So being a big person, I admit that I was wrong.  Big mistake.  I was hasty in my last

Feature image is of our first Patagonia sightings along the Famous Patagonia Route 40.  This catchy sign about the store is in the town of San Martin de Los Andes and it’s a chocolate shop. Riding Day:  Pucon, Chile — San Martin de Los Andes, Argentina (200 km) — 4 hours. — Border Crossing Day

Feature image is of at least 30 switchbacks — on the ride down the really steep hill called the Los Caracoles Pass — just after crossing the Chile border from Argentina.  Most of the turns had no rails for protection so it was a bit daunting — but should have been fun. Riding Day:  Mendoza,

Feature image is of a great road ahead while I navigate on my BMW GS.  Scenery went from worst to best — and a hard day. Riding Day:  Colchani (Uyuni), Bolivia — Calama, Chile (447 km) — 10.5 hours. — Long Day Today was to be a long and hard riding day.  It had been

Feature image is of a Manfred eating me on the Bolivian Salt Flats — Now lake because its rainy season. Riding Day:  Sucre, Bolivia — Colchani (Uyuni), Bolivia (370 km) — 8.5 hours. Yesterday was a long day riding from the Capital of Bolivia, Sucre which really makes no sense since it is not much

Feature image is of a rainy sign which says “Welcome — Death Road — Keep Your Left”.  Oh, on the picture to the left here are a bunch of wet people on motorcycles — including me. Riding Day:  La Paz, Bolivia — Coroico, Bolivia (200 km) — 7.5 hours. Definition:  Sleep Deprivation…  sleep dep·ri·va·tion — noun — the

Feature image of an Inca medicine man — or a man representing himself as a direct descendant of an Inca medicine man.  Again, I call bullshit — but it’s fun.  I took the picture and of course the guys hand comes out for cash.  I gave him a few pennies and he was pissed.  Oh

Feature image is taken of a bench supporting concrete wall with Nazca figure of Vulture carved out, in Nazca, Peru. Riding Day:  Chincha Alta — Nazca (240 km) — 7 hours. Not sure if I’m going to yak or not?  Just got off a small Cessna plane with Will, Bernt, Manfred and Oliver — first

Feature Image is of a truck carrying sugar cane — barreling down a dusty gravel road through a small Peruvian town we stopped and visited today. Riding Day:  Chiclayo — Trujillo (242 km) — 8 hours. I’ll keep this short and sweet and just bomb you with some images of a small town we visited

  Feature Image is of a confused sign off the PanAmericana Highway just east of Chiclayo, Peru.  I think maybe about 100 cars per day pass this sign but the owners seem to have tried various advertising campaigns over its useful life.  Riding Day:  Piura — Chiclayo (218 km) — 6 hours. You know when

Feature image of me in the Peru Customs Office typing on computer my motorcycle information.  The Peru official is next to me.  He typed with one finger so I took over and I had a good laugh while he was trying to tell me what to do.  Cant imagine doing this in the USA. Riding

Feature image is of our luxury 1-star hotel in Banos.  Very rough around the edges and of course — no decent internet.  But, its a bed.  The ironic part is that they gave themselves a 4-star rating — on what rating system, I’m not sure?  Riding Day:  Banos De Agua — Cuenca (380 km) —

Feature image is of our back parking lot at our hotel in Banos, Ecuador.  Not fancy, but does the job.  I also love the backdrop buildings and mountain covered in clouds. Its funny to think of this adventure as hard work — its supposed to be total enjoyment.  That said, yesterday was real difficult and

What did I do on my day off?  Go to a bull fighting match?  Go to watch a cock fight?  Walk the broken down town?  Go hunting statues?  People watch and take pictures? — well I did bit of that.  No, it was a very mellow day — but rest assured, I had some fun.

Feature image is taken from top of 8 story monument overlooking the absolute latitudinal of the earth. Will and I are bugging Marc and Oliver everyday for a field trip — like in public school.  Instead of full out riding, maybe stopping to really get into the life of the locals.  Were generally stopping in

Featured image speaks for itself.  Today we crossed the border between Columbia into Ecuador. The Saul hotel is not recommended.  If your ever in Pasto, Columbia maybe look elsewhere for a raty hotel although admittedly the choices are limited.  No heat in the room last night although I heard that others got hot water bottles