Ruta Andina Chile Route – Seeking feedback
Hello cycling, overlanding, and general travel world, As I write this we are sitting in Arequipa, Peru, and contemplating the coming sections of our ride from Alaska to Argentina. Our original plan was to head toward Lake Titicaca and then into Bolivia to cross the Uyuni salt flats. However, we are getting into the rainy
Traveling by boat from Coca, Ecuador, through the Amazon to Iquitos, Peru, and beyond
This is just a quick informational post for anybody looking to make the trip by boat from Coca, Ecuador, into the Peruvian Amazon through Iquitos and eventually to Yurimaguas where you can continue by road. This post only covers logistics. Specifics from our trip can be found in posts about Coca to Pantoja and Pantoja to
Puerto Lindo – The Vortex
7/11/19 – 7/14/19 It was Monday, July 15th. I’d lost track of how many days we’d been in Puerto Lindo. In reality, it was probably four or so. It felt like a winter. A sunny, breezy, cervesa soaked last dollar in your pocket kind of winter. I was sitting in my little chair in front
San Cristobal: Part I
3/24/19 – 3/29/19 As things would happen, Soph got the call from Uncle Sam to take her citizenship exam a few weeks back. We’d heard good things about San Cristobal and decided that it would be the right place for me to setup base for a few weeks while she returned to the states. The
The places I have actually peed
At this point we’ve been on the road for nine months. Try to explain to people that you’re cycling from Alaska to Argentina and you’re generally probed with various articulations of the same interrogatory prattle. “How do you pay for it?” “Why?” “Isn’t Argentina in Africa?” “Can’t you just fly?” And my personal favorite: “You
Nevada Movements
I’m still several weeks behind on postings, but after spending all day working on some logistical issues I thought I would share some of my work. As we went through Alaska and the Yukon, our biggest issue was getting food. Sometimes we would go five days between gas stations. At some points we went more
July Expenses
Here is a summary of our expenses for July. I won’t post these every month, but perhaps whenever we enter a new place and it seems interesting to do so. We were significantly above our initial budget, although Alaska and the Yukon are likely to be some of the most expensive places that we go
Logistics: Food
One of the most common questions we’re asked is “What are you going to eat?” Anybody that knows Soph and I knows that food is very important to us in terms of health and as a way to connect with others. The idea of being consigned to wangling our provisions from rural Alaskan gas stations
Travel logistics for June
The next month is going to be a bit of a whirlwind. We have to pack up and leave Utah in the next week, then fly to Detroit to spend a few weeks with friends and fam, then fly to Seattle, then hop on a ferry to Alaska. We will be cruising up the inside
Trials of a resident alien
One of the logistical challenges I’ve recently been focused on is my immigration status in the U.S. I moved to America nearly a decade ago, in 2008. Since then, I’ve graduated from being an H1-B holder (a working visa for specialty occupations) to a conditional permanent resident (a green card given to a spouse of