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Salento, Colombia to Quito, Ecuador July 30, 2014 - Aug 6, 2014 Tatacoa desert The Zebra looking gorgeous in the Tatacoa desert with the Cordillera Central in the background With the route our friend Joaquin helped us plot loaded into our trusted GPS, we finally left Salento for our next stop...

Since we spent the last part of our journey focusing mainly on riding, we did very little ride reporting... so now we will attempt to get back to the regular scheduled programming of our ride report! Medellin, Colombia to Salento, Colombia July 14, July 29 2014 Paisa Paradise Our good...

Cartagena, Colombia to Medellin, Colombia June 20 to July 14, 2014 A colourful cast of characters We did not bump into many other riders throughout Central America, except for the friendly couple from Motopasaran and some rude chap on a BMW who didn't bother to stop and say "hi". On the...

Lake Arenal, Costa Rica to Cartagena, Colombia June 12 to June 21, 2014 Mind the Gap Most people never hear about the Darien gap until they try to drive from Panama to Colombia, which granted not many people do. They then learn of this 100 or so kilometers of unruly jungle haunted by...

Thanks for the info everyone - very helpful. Although the news about imports bans is not good if it applies to us. I'll do more digging and see what I can find. In other news, we may have a couple of adventure ready DRs for sale in Ushuaia in December, if anyone wants to ride from Argentina to...

The Wolf and the Zebra (currently on a pair of DR650s) Other bikes (in storage) include: Yamaha R6 Honda Dax minibike Yamaha XT500 Suzuki RGV Yamaha FZR1000 +more Yes... we have a bike problem  :-\ :ricky:

Thanks for the all the replies and information guys! Yes, I am an SA citizen and plan to import the bikes permanently - if we go the import route - so what exactly would qualify me for no paying import duties?  ??? 8)

Somoto Canyon, Nicaragua to Lake Arenal, Costa Rica June 1 to June 25, 2014 Kings of Leon After a very pleasant introduction to Nicaragua, our GPS once again led us unknowingly to the dirty route down to Leon via El Sauce. The views were vast and beautiful and the stones manageable (my skills...

Salvatruchas for a week It was with a bit of sadness that we left Antigua and our host family. To cheer us up Zebra's friend from University, Rodrigo, was waiting for us in El Salvador. After the usual 3 infernal hours of immigration-custom-copy shop loop, we entered El Salvador at Las Chinamas...

Thundershowers in Tikal Our first destination in Guatemala was the famed site of the Tikal ruins, where some of the highest mayan temples can be found poking their heads up above forests alive with the sounds of howler monkeys and birdsong. After a refreshing dive in the crystal clear waters of...

That's a great question and I'm doing research to find the answer to that right now! Awesome - that's just the kind of info I was looking for. I'll keep you all updated as to what we find out about shipping too. Cheers

Howzit, We're doing some early research on the bike market in South Africa as we are now 7 short months away from having to decide whether we ship our pair of DR650s to SA from Buenos Aires, or just sell them in Argentina and buy something else once we arrive. Price and availability of bikes...

Escaping the asphalt We left you guys as we were exploring the region east of Oaxaca with Centurion and Spirit, our two endurance champion horses. Our plan for the next couple of days called for a 150km detour through the indigenous Mixe mountains of the Sierra Juarez. Our prospective route...

A city of 8.8 million people After meeting a few hundred mexican tourists in the small campground at Tolantongo we decided things might be more peaceful in Mexico City. We broke down the camp and left the hotsprings as early as we could. The Wolf's reconnaissance of the area's trails paid off...

11 States and counting Mainland Mexico has been keeping us very busy so we're behind on the blog but we have now managed to set foot in Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Mexico, Puebla and Oaxaca. Yesterday we arrived in the town of...