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Joseph Savant
Nov 4, 20175 min read
Medellin & The Escobars
11.22.2017 The home of Pablo Escobar, or rather one of them, is now a tiny museum and sits atop a hillside with a clear view of the...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 29, 20176 min read
Into Ecuador
11.26.2017 The Ecuadoran border wasn't too far away, so we headed for Ipiales the next morning, the last town in Colombia and the...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 20, 20177 min read
The Cuenca Diaries
12.08.2017 Walking the main area of Cuenca, I was happy to find a city that wasn't obnoxious, but instead was beautiful and fairly...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 5, 201712 min read
On the Road Again!
1.04.2018 After a month of time spent in Cuenca, due to the conflux of the motorcycle breakdown, parts shipped in from the US and the...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 4, 20178 min read
Chiclayo, Peru
1.05.2018 As previously mentioned, since I was still unsure about the bike's reliability, I had decided to skip my plan of taking the...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 28, 20177 min read
“Mucho cuidado!”
1.08.2018 “Mucho cuidado! Mucho cuidado!” the old man said. He had come up to me to inquire of my route into the town, looking at the...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 27, 201711 min read
San Luis to Barranca
1.09.2018 The next morning I awoke in the cold, a single shaft of orange sunlight streaming through the hole in the wall, a bright orange...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 27, 20175 min read
Barranca to Lima
1.10.2018 The next morning, after some fitful sleep, it felt good to find some of my clothing dry from the last few days of rain. I’d...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 26, 20179 min read
The Nazca Lines
1.16.2018 My time in Lima was mostly spent within the Miraflores area around the hostel, a good mix of upscale and funky. The traffic...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 24, 20178 min read
Nazca to Chalhuanca
1.18.2018 We left the heat of Nazca after getting an opportunity to speak with the DR650 rider, who was doing an oil change in front of...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 23, 20179 min read
Cusco
1.23.2018 The next morning in Chalhuanca, I awoke to a freezing cold room and overcast skies. My gear was still wet from the previous...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 22, 20177 min read
Lake Titicaca to the Desert Coast
1.24.2018 It was about 8 am when Christine, Jules and I headed out of the parking lot and down the steep streets of Cusco to find...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 21, 201715 min read
Into Chile!
1.26.2018 The new hotel in Tacna I moved into was nice and I was able to chill while waiting for Jules and Christine to arrive in town....
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Joseph Savant
Sep 16, 20179 min read
Into Argentina
2.11.2018 After the night in the hostel in Osorno, I returned to MotoAventura to look at some gear and buy some oil for the bike,...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 15, 20174 min read
Looping the Landslide
2.12.2018 Despite crossing back into Chile being my destination that day, I still needed to get insurance for Argentina in Esquel before...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 14, 20174 min read
Riding the Chilean Austral
2.13.2018 The next morning I left La Junta early for Coyhaique, the larger town further south. As I gassed up, I watched a few adventure...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 13, 20178 min read
Patagonia South
2.17.2018 The next morning we’d planned to ride together and take the road that looped Lago Gral Carrera, hitting Puerto Rio Tranquilo...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 12, 20176 min read
A Patagonian Icon
2.18.2018 The next morning Tom went north on his black Honda Africa Twin, while Charlie and I headed south for El Chaltén and the fabled...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 11, 20179 min read
Mountains, Glaciers and Seas
2.24.2018 The next day I awoke early and caught a glimpse of Mount Fitz Roy with the golden light of the sunrise on it. By the time I got...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 10, 20178 min read
Tierra Del Fuego
2.25.2018 The ferry across the Strait of Magellan to Porvenir, provided by Austral Broom, was scheduled to leave at 9:30 am on this...
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