Day 21 to Day 23

October 28th: Tecoman, Mexico to Lazaras Cardenas, Mexico
October 29th: Lazaras Cardenas, Mexico to Zihuatanejo, Mexico
October 30th: Zihuatanejo, Mexico

On the 28th, we headed from Tecoman to Lazaras Cardenas. It was mostly a drive along the coast. Which was pretty stunning. On the 29th we drove from Tecoman to Zihuatanejo. It was a bit of a short drive, but proved to be all that I could handle for the day anyways. The hotel of our liking was situated on a VERY steep hill made of cobblestones.....it would put a double black diamond on a ski hill to shame, and unfortunately with such a steep grade my poor little tippy toes just couldn't stretch out enough to get a grip on the ground. I began to roll a little back down the hill and gunned it trying to get up enough steam to pull forward, but to no avail. So, I put out both legs and hoped for the best...the bike tipped, but I suppose it's better the bike a bit scratched than me!! We spent a little bit of time that day looking up lowering kits, which might prove to be a handy investment if we're ever faced with such a steep incline again. The remainder of the day was spent floating around the hotel pool which was just fine for us. The pools here are pretty neat.... there's one in the middle of the deck that's a bit shallower for kids, and then there's a deeper pool, where the edge of the pool is the edge of the balcony. You can swim out to the deep end, and then hang off the edge overlooking the whole beach. I wasn't about to sit on the edge though...it's a narrow lip, and a pretty long (and steep) way down, and obviously gravity just wasn't working in my favour today! For dinner we FINALLY had something other than tacos!! It was great in the beginning but tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner each and every day is starting to get old.... and there's just no escaping it! Anything you buy here comes with nacho chips and salsa for a starter and that damn slimy bean sauce (frijoles). I like my beans as much as the next person, but for BREAKFAST? As a side with your WAFFLES? And nachos are usually a nice little snack, but if you order a plate of nachos for lunch, WHY, OH WHY, do you get a plate of nachos for a starter?! We did, of course, get beans with our dinner tonight (obligatory), but we started off with fresh salads which were certified purified. I never thought I'd crave fresh fruit and veggies so much, but you definitely don't want to eat anything uncooked or already peeled here. In Compostela (and a few other smaller towns we've been to) they sell roasted corn on the street. The ladies stand behind the corn waving dishtowels back and forth to keep the flies from having enough time to land. Effective perhaps, but your arm's gotta tire out sometime! In one small town (population one hut) a lady had an entire table of raw shrimp drying up in the sun and the flies were like a thick blanket on them. It made me queasy just looking at it. For the rest of our dinner here, Jan had an amazing tuna steak and I had a chicken cordon bleu with a garlic cheese sauce on top....and, what meal would be complete without a side of cactus!! Cactus doesn't taste anything like you'd think it would. It's really juicy and a bit like the texture of cantaloupe...only it's kind of bland like cucumber or watermelon would be. I have yet to figure out if we ate one of those big, tall cactuses like you see in roadrunner cartoons or if it was the bubbly round ones that grow on the side of the road here!

Day 19 to Day 20

October 26th: Bucerias, Mexico (Puerto Vallarta by bus)
October 27th: Bucerias, Mexico to Tecoman, Mexico

On the 26th we took the local bus from Bucerias to Puerto Vallarta. It was an interesting trip to say the least. I don´t gather that the bus had a tune up in the last decade or two, and our destination of Puerto Vallarta was written in fading paint on a window of the bus. ...the local custom here for all bus signs. A lucky rabbit foot was hung on the rear view mirror by the bus driver, and we were really hoping that he wasn´t relying soley on luck for a safe drive. We ran into a Canadian who was working at a souvenier shop/covert timeshare condo operation who told us it was a bad day to buy anything in the city....as a gringo you´re charged double what it´s worth, and since four cruise ships were set to come in that day, it is double the double price. We don´t even have enough space for souveniers anyways. We can barely squeeze everything in our luggage now that all of our sweaters and riding gear is packed up. We spent the greater part of the day searching for a design store that could make us some Canada flag stickers for our bikes...most of which was spent trying to figure out what the heck a sticker was in Spanish and what the type of store was called that would sell that word. FINALLY in the late afternoon we got them made! Then when we picked them up we had yet another set back! Instead of red and white, they made our flags red and clear.....which, on a red bike, probably wouldn´t show up all that well...ugh! Finally the confusion was sorted out, and our trip to Puerto Vallarta was at an end. We took another rickety bus back, so we could be up bright and early to head to Manzanilla. Unfortunately, we actually wanted to head to Manzanillo, which is another 50kms up the road, which again, caused some confusion. Then we got a little off track in Manzanillo, and ended up having to abandon that mission and head to another destination, hence ending up in Tecoman. The drive was neat today. I saw a monster tarantula crossing the road, 2 snakes, and a whole ton of lizards crossing the road. I´ve seen quite a few lizards in the hotels, but the hotel ones look like geckos, and the road ones look different. They look more like iguanas. Also on today´s trip we met two people who were doing a similar trip/route as us on bikes....only instead of motorcycles, they had bicycles. Here I thought we were roughing it.... I can´t imagine how they do it, that´s for sure! I´d pass out trying to drive over half the stupid topes they have here, let alone a 300m high mountain range! Topes, by the way, are a staple on every Mexican road. It´s pretty much another word for "death trap" if you´re not paying attention. They´re just large lumps/bumps/humps on the road that are either made of pavement, cement, or metal. They can be one mega speedbump, a series of rumble-strips in succession, an up-ramp-then-platform-then-down-ramp combo, or a bunch of metal domes tacked onto the road (the most dreaded of them all as the bike tires tend to pull to one side of the bubble or the other, and just never seem to go right over smoothly). I won´t even mention how much I LOVE driving over cobblestone/rock/mixed media roads that they tend to pair up with the topes!!!

Day 15 to Day 18

October 22nd: Durango, Mexico to Mazatlan, Mexico

October 23rd: Mazatlan, Mexico

October 24th: Mazatlan, Mexico to Compostela, Mexico

October 25th: Compostela, Mexico to Bucerias, Mexico

Wow, what an adventure the last few days have been! Our trip from Durango to Mazatlan was absolutely amazing. We drove all the way up a mountain range, which was 2,000 metres high! At some points we were so high up that you could see the clouds from above. It was pretty intense driving for a newbie! So many curves, so dips.........and so many cows on the side of the road! We stopped for some lunch at a small house for some gorditas, where they had a little orange cat which they tried to convince us was named "Garfield". He wasn't quite as large as the Garfield we've all come to love. I suppose they don't make lasagna here! For dinner we stopped at another little house along the mountainside and had the daily special (ie; whatever the lady that lived there was making for dinner). It was a long drive, but we finally arrived in Mazatlan where we found a reasonably priced hotel. Again, hot water was not on the list of amenities, but it had a spectacular view of the ocean, and a nice swimming pool out front. Which, came in handy to one guest who invited 30 of his closest friends to enjoy for the afternoon. 19 kids, a birthday cake, and the whole bit! We had dinner at a very nice restaurant which overlooked the ocean. The waiter made us an excellent crepe, with burning-booze sauce and a flaming orange to top it all off. The beach in Mazatlan was very nice, but we witnessed a crime in the making.....we're not sure what this biker gang was up to, but they were hauled away in the truck, bikes and all! Compostela was a beautiful and quaint village with a large cathedral in the center square. The people were very friendly there as well, and I had a killer chocolate milkshake at one of the local restaurants. Today we stopped in Bucerias where I got to hold some parrots and hand-feed them saltine crackers and garlic bread. They were sure cute and seemed to love their snack!! Here's both of us holding the parrots!

Day 13 to Day 14

October 20th: Saltillo, Mexico to San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico
October 21st: San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico to Durango, Mexico

On the 20th we headed from Saltillo, Mexico to San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico on the advice of a British lady that was staying in our hotel. The drive was nice. Lots of desert again! We stayed in a quaint, yet beautiful hotel called La Hacienda. Instead of staying in the rooms across the way from the house, we were offered a room in the main house. The bathroom was huge, with a staircase leading to a pedestal sink, a massive open concept shower, and a jacuzzi tub.....unfortunately, as grandeur as the bathroom was, there wasn't any hot water and the water pressure was next to nothing, so it made for a pretty slow and chilly shower in the evening. The lady running the hotel was extremely accomodating, and also very friendly. I snagged the opportunity to take as many pictures of the garden there as I could, and she was more than willing to give us a little tour of the garden, telling us the names of all the flowers in Spanish. This morning she made us a nice pot of fresh coffee, and gave us some cookies to start off our day. Then we were off for Durango, which was, yet again, another drive through the desert. This time though, the drive was a little more chilly, due to the altitude and I actually had goosebumps a little bit when there was a breeze. I'm sure, though, that all of you back in Canada have VERY little sympathy for a chilly breeze when the temperature's dropping quickly there!

Day 11 to Day 12

October 18th: Eagle Pass Texas to Monclova, Mexico
October 19th: Monclova, Mexico to Saltillo, Mexico

Second try! Our room this evening comes with an hour of free Internet, but the connection drops about every two minutes, and when it is working it takes 10 minutes to download one page. As such, I lost my previous posting, so this will be a shorter posting than intended. Mexico has been great so far. Very nice weather (hot!) and everyone has been extremely friendly. Today a lady stopped today to not only give us directions, but she went so far as to tell us to follow her, and she'd drive to the street we were looking for. It was so great of her to help us out and I was very appreciative of the gesture. It's chaotic driving here!! Most of the time the roads have no lines to seperate lines, and almost everyone drives just about wherever they feel like. A pause or a slight hestitation are grounds for honking or just about pushing cars off the road!! The drive from Monclova to Saltillo today was absolutely amazing. There was little else on the road aside from a tiny village here and there, a road crew mowing what little grows in the dessert, or an old man on a horse rounding up some goats.

Day 7 to Day 10

October 14th: Mornroe, Louisiana to Tyler, Texas
October 15th: Tyler, Texas to Lampasas, Texas
October 16th: Lampasas, Texas to Eagle Pass, Texas
October 17th: Eagle Pass, Texas

On the 14th we left from Monroe, Louisiana. We drove along a lot of swampland once again. I was quite upset that through all our travels we didn't see any swamp creatures! Not one single alligator!

Halfway to Texas we ran into a truck driver at a small CB shop who was pleased to show off a large fishhook that doubled as a nose ring, and responded to just about every question with a lengthy southern-drawled "shiiiiiiiiiiit". When we got across to Texas we decided to stop for a quick drink at Dairy Queen. Lucky for us it was "happy hour" and we could get any size drink for just 74 cents. Well, being so thristy from the long drive, we decided a large drink would be in order. We were mighty surprised when we got our "Texas-sized" cups! I could only muster up enough energy to finish half a cup, and even then it was a stretch! The Tyler Holiday Inn had a great heated outdoor pool complete a nice little hot tub outside as well, which was super after riding around on the weapons-of-ass-destruction for so long. Unfortunately our suite came complete with a little army of ants which decided to take residence in my helmet. Not stellar for someone that has an ear-phobia.

Next we headed South on the 281, which was a great drive. Our motel in Lampasas was a little outdated but had a nice little outdoor pool. We decided to relax and have a beer out there, which turned out to be a big mistake for me. I dropped my beer all over my lap and had to do the 'walk of shame' back to the hotel room looking like I had a bit of an "accident"...how humiliating! To add insult to injury, that night I had a slight run in with the law when the woman working at the local convenience store Skinny's (which, I can guarantee you, she was anything but) called the State Police on me because she thought I was shoplifting. I talked to the police officer for a few minutes, quite angrily answering his questions.....such as "Do you have a receipt for your purchase?" (yes, officer, I always make it a habit to get a receipt for $3 worth of snack foods....sheesh). After showing him the contents of my bag and assuring him my pockets were empty I was on my not-so-merry way again. Our next day's journey brought us to Eagle Pass, Texas. What a long haul! We drove past San Antonio assuming we would find a small town just after where we could stop for a drink. We ended up driving almost 90 miles with not a single thing in site except ranch entrace gates with roads behind that led miles away into the distance with not a single building or person apparently off of the roads. It was what we should have expected in the desert I suppose.

PICTURES:

From Left to Right:

• A nice little house in Louisiana just before Texas.
• Lampasas, Texas
• After 90 miles of driving we came across a tiny town. This picture was taken at gas station (which doubled as a grocery store/snack bar/gift shop and local hangout)

Day 4 to Day 6

October 11th: Effingham, Illinois to Dickson, Tennessee
October 12th: Dickson, Tennessee to Starkville, Mississippi
October 13th: Starkville, Mississippi to Monroe, Louisiana

The last few days we have been following the Natchez Trace. http://www.scenictrace.com/ It is a beautiful route winding through forests, with amazing scenery and lots of wildlife. We saw a coyote, quite a few deer, lots of wild turkeys, a flock of turkey buzzards/vultures, and a peculiar looking lime green caterpiller. While travelling through the Natchez Trace we saw hundreds of fallen trees alongside the road, which were remnants from Hurricane Katrina. Most of the trees looked hundreds of years old. It was also very difficult to find a hotel booking in this area because many of the hotels are occupied by displaced people from New Orleans.

PICTURES:

From Left to Right:

• A flock of feasting turkey buzzards (turkey vulchers)
• A river running along the Natchez Trace
• A stop along the Natchez Trace leading to a little trail
• A colourful (and extremely large) caterpiller in Mississippi
• Taking the ferry across a river
• Crossing the Mississippi River

Day 1 to Day 3

October 8th: Puslinch, Ontario to Bad Axe, Michigan
October 9th: Bad Axe, Michigan to Bryan, Ohio
October 10th: Bryan, Ohio to Effingham, Illinois

Hello Everyone, and a Very Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving To You All....Now Pass The "F'ing Ham"!

We are currently in the Holiday Inn Express in Effingham, Illinois where I am enjoying a horrible cup of brown water which is apparently supposed to resemble coffee. (Our first day of our journey already took us out of Canada so I didn't even have time to sneak in a last Tim Hortons!!)

If you're wondering about the delay in the posting, our original departure date of September 30th was put off a few days until October 8th.

Our initial plan was to use trailers behind the bikes, but after much time and effort trying to get them in order, we decided against them. As such, we had to order some luggage last minute, and rig a few make-shift bags. I ended up with a MacIntosh Classic Computer carrying case (sure, sure...give the computer geek the nerdy luggage!), and my dad opted for a scuba gear bag with a wooden plank put in the bottom for support.

Our first destination was Bad Axe, Michigan. The only word to describe the trip was COOOOOOOOLD, but thankfully Chuck and Rowina had thought ahead and kindly cranked up the heat in their home for us. It couldn't have been appreciated more and both my dad and I were grateful for the hospitality.....and the opportunity to defrost! That evening our first priority was to hook up the electric heating vests which came in handy again today as it was another chilly one!

Our second day took us southwest to our current location here in Effingham. Not much to report for today's trip. We were trying to make up for some time, so we didn't take any time to sightsee, and we pretty much stuck to the freeways.

Aside from the cold it's been pretty smooth riding so far, and aside from a hawk almost flying right into the side of Jan's head there have been few problems.

I am now off to take advantage of the indoor pool at our hotel. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I hope you all have an extra helping of turkey for me! Please keep the emails and postings coming. I'm missing everyone very much, and it's great to hear from everyone!!

"One of these things is not like the other...."

A quick stop on our first day. It was a sea of Harleys and we got a few peculiar looks when we pulled in on our Kawis! The big event was the "Dyno Drag" truck. It lets you strap your motorcycle onto the truck and drag race someone else. We weren't brazen enough to give our bikes a test run on it!

The Route

Day 1 - October 8th: Puslinch, Ontario to Bad Axe, Michigan
Day 2 - October 9th: Bad Axe, Michigan to Bryan, Ohio
Day 3 - October 10th: Bryan, Ohio to Effingham, Illinois
Day 4 - October 11th: Effingham, Illinois to Dickson, Tennessee
Day 5 - October 12th: Dickson, Tennessee to Starkville, Mississippi
Day 6 - October 13th: Starkville, Mississippi to Monroe, Louisiana
Day 7 - October 14th: Mornroe, Louisiana to Tyler, Texas
Day 8 - October 15th: Tyler, Texas to Lampasas, Texas
Day 9 - October 16th: Lampasas, Texas to Eagle Pass, Texas
Day 10 - October 17th: Eagle Pass, Texas
Day 11 - October 18th: Eagle Pass Texas to Monclova, Mexico
Day 12 - October 19th: Monclova, Mexico to Saltillo, Mexico
Day 13 - October 20th: Saltillo, Mexico to San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico
Day 14 - October 21st: San Pedro de las Colonias, Mexico to Durango, Mexico
Day 15 - October 22nd: Durango, Mexico to Mazatlan, Mexico
Day 16 - October 23rd: Mazatlan, Mexico
Day 17 - October 24th: Mazatlan, Mexico to Compostela, Mexico
Day 18 - October 25th: Compostela, Mexico to Bucerias, Mexico
Day 19 - October 26th: Bucerias, Mexico (Puerto Vallarta by bus)
Day 20 - October 27th: Bucerias, Mexico to Tecoman, Mexico
Day 21 - October 28th: Tecoman, Mexico to Lazaras Cardenas, Mexico
Day 22 - October 29th: Lazaras Cardenas, Mexico to Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Day 23 - October 30th: Zihuatanejo, Mexico
Day 24 - October 31st: Zihuatanejo, Mexico to Altamirano, Mexico
Day 25 - November 1st: Altamirano, Mexico to Taxco, Mexico
Day 26 - November 2nd: Taxco, Mexico
Day 27 - November 3rd: Taxco, Mexico to Teotihuacan, Mexico
Day 28 - November 4th: Teotihuacan, Mexico to Puebla, Mexico
Day 29 - November 5th: Puebla, Mexico to Oaxaca, Mexico
Day 30 - November 6th: Oaxaca, Mexico
Day 31 - November 7th: Oaxaca, Mexico
Day 32 - November 8th: Oaxaca, Mexico to Juchitan, Mexico
Day 33 - November 9th: Juchitan, Mexico, to Pijijapan, Mexico
Day 34 - November 10th: Pijijapan, Mexico to Rehuetlun, Guatemala
Day 35 - November 11th: Rehuetlan, Guatemala to Guatemala City, Guatemala
Day 36 - November 12th: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Day 37 - November 13th: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Day 38 - November 14th: Guatemala City, Guatemala to San Salvador, El Salvador
Day 39 - November 15th: San Salvador, El Salvador
Day 40 - November 16th: San Salvador, El Salvador to (Middle of Nowhere), Honduras
Day 41 - November 17th: (Middle of Nowhere), Honduras to Leon, Nicaragua
Day 42 - November 18th: Leon, Nicaragua
Day 43 - November 19th: Leon, Nicaragua
Day 44 - November 20th: Leon, Nicaragua to Masaya, Nicaragua
Day 45 - November 21st: Masaya, Nicaragua to Granada, Nicaragua
Day 46 - November 22nd: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 47 - November 23rd: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 48 - November 24th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 49 - November 25th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 50 - November 26th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 51 - November 27th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 52 - November 28th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 53 - November 29th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 54 - November 30th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 55 - December 1st: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 56 - December 2nd: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 57 - December 3rd: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 58 - December 4th: Granada, Nicaragua
Day 59 - December 5th: Granada, Nicaragua to Ometepe, Nicaragua
Day 60 - December 6th: Ometepe, Nicaragua to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
Day 61 - December 7th: San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua to Liberia, Costa Rica
Day 62 - December 8th: Liberia, Costa Rica to La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Day 63 - December 9th: La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Day 64 - December 10th: La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Day 65 - December 11th: La Fortuna, Costa Rica to San Jose, Costa Rica
Day 66 - December 12th: San Jose, Costa Rica to Cahuitla, Costa Rica
Day 67 - December 13th: Cahuitla, Costa Rica to Guapiles, Costa Rica
Day 68 - December 14th: Guapiles, Costa Rica
Day 69 - December 15th: Guapiles, Costa Rica
Day 70 - December 16th: Guapiles, Costa Rica
Day 71 - December 17th: Guapiles, Costa Rica to Vara Blanca, Costa Rica
Day 72 - December 18th: Vara Blanca, Costa Rica
Day 73 - December 19th: Vara Blanca, Costa Rica to Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 74 - December 20th: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 75 - December 21st: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 76 - December 22nd: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 77 - December 23rd: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 78 - December 24th: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 79 - December 25th: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 80 - December 26th: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 81 - December 27th: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 82 - December 28th: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 83 - December 29th: Jaco, Costa Rica
Day 84 - February 6th, 2006: Toronto, ON to San Jose, Costa Rica
Day 85 - February 7th, 2006: San Jose, Costa Rica
Day 86 - February 8th, 2006: San Jose, Costa Rica to bordertown, chinese restaurant
Day 87 - February 9th, 2006: bordertown, Costa Rica to Santiago, Panama
Day 88 - Febrauary 10th, 2006: Santiago, Panama to Tocumen, Panama
Day 89 - February 11th, 2006: Tocumen, Panama
Day 90 - February 12th, 2006: Tocumen, Panama
Day 91 - February 13th,2006: Flew from Tocumen, Panama to Quito, Ecuador
Day 92 - February 14th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador
Day 93 - February 15th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador
Day 94 - February 16th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador
Day 95 - February 17th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador to Salcedo, Ecuador
Day 96 - February 18th, 2006: Salcedo, Ecuador to Chunchi, Ecuador
Day 97 - February 19th, 2006: Chunchi, Ecuador to Cuenca, Ecaudor
Day 98 - February 9th, 2006: Neily, Costa Rica to Santiago, Panama
Day 99 - Febrauary 10th, 2006: Santiago, Panama to Tocumen, Panama
Day 100 - February 11th, 2006: Tocumen, Panama
Day 101 - February 12th, 2006: Tocumen, Panama
Day 102 - February 13th,2006: Flew from Tocumen, Panama to Quito, Ecuador
Day 103 - February 14th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador
Day 104 - February 15th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador
Day 105 - February 16th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador
Day 106 - February 17th, 2006: Quito, Ecuador to Salcedo, Ecuador
Day 107 - February 18th, 2006: Salcedo, Ecuador to Chunchi, Ecuador
Day 108 - February 19th, 2006: Chunchi, Ecuador to Cuenca, Ecuador
Day 109 - February 20th, 2006: Cuenca, Ecuador to Loja, Ecuador
Day 110 - February 21st, 2006: Loja, Ecuador to Macara, Ecuador
Day 111 - February 22nd, 2006: Macara, Ecuador to Sullana, Peru
Day 112 - February 23rd, 2006: Sullana, Peru to Chiclayo, Peru
Day 113 - February 24th, 2006: Chiclayo, Peru
Day 114 - February 25th, 2006: Chiclayo, Peru to Chimbote, Peru
Day 115 - February 26th, 2006: Chimbote, Peru to Lima, Peru
Day 116 - February 27th, 2006: Lima, Peru to Chincha, Peru
Day 117 - February 28th, 2006: Chinca, Peru to Nasca, Peru
Day 118 - March 1st, 2006: Nasca, Peru
Day 119 - March 2nd, 2006: Nasca, Peru
Day 120 - March 3rd, 2006: Nasca, Peru to Chalhuanca, Peru
Day 121 - March 4rd, 2006: Chalhuanca, Peru to Cuzco, Peru
Day 122 - March 5th, 2006: Cuzco, Peru
Day 123 - March 6th, 2006: Cuzco, Peru
Day 124 - March 7th, 2006: Cuzco, Peru
Day 125 - March 8th, 2006: Cuzco, Peru to Puno, Peru
Day 126 - March 9th, 2006: Puno, Peru to La Paz, Bolivia
Day 127 - March 10th, 2006: La Paz, Bolivia
Day 128 - March 11th, 2006: La Paz, Bolivia
Day 129 - March 12th, 2006: La Paz, Bolivia to Salinas De Garcia Mendoza, Bolivia
Day 130 - March 13th, 2006: Salinas De Garcia Mendoza, Bolivia to Oruro, Bolivia
Day 131 - March 14th, 2006: Oruro, Bolivia to Arica, Chile
Day 132 - March 15th, 2006: Arica, Chile to Iquique, Chile
Day 133 - March 16th, 2006: Iquique, Chile to Antofagasta, Chile
Day 134 - March 17th, 2006: Antofagasta, Chile to Chanaral, Chile
Day 135 - March 18th, 2006: Chanaral, Chile to La Serena, Chile
Day 136 - March 19th, 2006: La Serena, Chile to Santiago, Chile
Day 137 - March 20th, 2006: Santiago, Chile to Talca, Chile
Day 138 - March 21st, 2006: Talca, Chile to Osorno, Chile
Day 139 - March 22nd, 2006: Osorno, Chile to San Carlos De Bariloche, Argentina
Day 140 - March 23rd, 2006: San Carlos De Bariloche, Argentina to Esquel, Argentina
Day 141 - March 24th, 2006: Esquel, Argentina to Sarmiento, Argentina
Day 142 - March 25th, 2006: Sarmiento, Argentina to San Julian, Argentina
Day 143 - March 26th, 2006: San Julian, Argentina to Rio Gallegos, Argentina
Day 144 - March 27th, 2006: Rio Gallegos, Argentina to Rio Grande, Argentina
Day 145 - March 28th, 2006: Rio Grande, Argentina to Ushuaia, Argentina
Day 146 - March 29th, 2006: Ushuaia, Argentina to San Sebastian, Argentina
Day 147 - March 30th, 2006: San Sebastian, Argentina to Rio Gallegos, Argentina
Day 148 - March 31st, 2006: En Route
Day 149 - April 1st, 2006: Arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Day 150 - April 2nd, 2006: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Day 151 - April 3rd, 2006: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Day 152 - April 4th, 2006: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Day 153 - April 5th, 2006: Buenos Aires, Argentina to Parana, Argentina
Day 154 - April 6th, 2006: Parana, Argentina to Rosario, Argentina
Day 155 - April 7th, 2006: Rosario, Argentina to Ezeiza, Argentina
Day 156 - April 8th, 2006: Ezeiza, Argentina
Day 157 - April 9th, 2006: Ezeiza, Argentina
Day 158 - April 10th, 2006: Ezeiza, Argentina
Day 159 - April 11th, 2006: Ezeiza, Argentina (day tours)
Day 160 - April 13th, 2006: Flight from Ezeiza, Argentina to Miami, Florida, USA
Day 161 - April 14th, 2006: Miami, Florida, USA
Day 162 - April 15th, 2006: Daytona Florida, USA
Day 163 - April 16th, 2006: USA
Day 164 - April 17th, 2006: USA
Day 165 - April 18th, 2006: USA