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    Week 14 - Bogota Re-visited, the loop is complete!
    Suzie
    • Aug 27, 2017
    • 5 min

    Week 14 - Bogota Re-visited, the loop is complete!

    Spag Bol, a proper English Breakfast tea, peanut butter, and great roads! The trip back to Bogota was great and it was nice to get out of th
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    Weeks 12 & 13 - Tierradentro and the Tatacoa Desert
    Suzie
    • Aug 12, 2017
    • 6 min

    Weeks 12 & 13 - Tierradentro and the Tatacoa Desert

    Great off-roading, both falling off, UNESCO archaeological sites and wild-camping in the heat of the Tatacoa Desert. Adventure Motorcycle Tr
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    Week 10 & 11 - From Coffee to Cali...and beyond.
    Suzie
    • Jul 28, 2017
    • 7 min

    Week 10 & 11 - From Coffee to Cali...and beyond.

    Setting off for the city of Salsa, Cali, then to the white washed city of Popayan...plus, we put the tent up!! Colombia yet again, doesn&#39
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    Week 8 & 9 - Colombia's Coffee Region (Salento, Filandia and Armenia)
    Suzie
    • Jul 6, 2017
    • 7 min

    Week 8 & 9 - Colombia's Coffee Region (Salento, Filandia and Armenia)

    Coffee drinking, friendly locals, good friends made, stunning views and some great hostels...plus the best burgers and milkshakes ever! We l
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    Loving Colombia - Extending Colombian VISA and TIP
    Suzie
    • Jun 22, 2017
    • 6 min

    Loving Colombia - Extending Colombian VISA and TIP

    Do you want to stay longer in Colombia? Here's how to extend your Colombian visa and TIP for your vehicle, specifically in Armenia but a
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    Week 7 - Monteria and Medellin
    Suzie
    • Jun 20, 2017
    • 11 min

    Week 7 - Monteria and Medellin

    A beautiful three-day ride to Medellin, a bikers paradise in the city...plus a rooftop jacuzzi! It's such a hard life! Adventure Motorcy
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    Week 6 - Cartagena de Indias
    Suzie
    • Jun 4, 2017
    • 10 min

    Week 6 - Cartagena de Indias

    Cartagena de Indias...naked statues, beautiful architecture and classy 'ladies of the night'! It was hot, hot, hot! Adventure motor
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    Week 5, Part 2 - Palomino and Minca
    Suzie
    • May 28, 2017
    • 10 min

    Week 5, Part 2 - Palomino and Minca

    We returned to beautiful Palomino and then onto Minca, in the lush, green hills above Santa Marta. We explored many kilometers of the Minca
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    Week 5, Part 1 - Uribia and Cabo de la Vela
    Suzie
    • May 18, 2017
    • 12 min

    Week 5, Part 1 - Uribia and Cabo de la Vela

    We ventured to Cabo de la Vela, a beautiful village on the La Guajira peninsular with flat turquoise sea and vast desert. Fun! Adventure mot
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    Week 4 - Aguachicha, Santa Marta, Palomino and Uribia
    Suzie
    • May 8, 2017
    • 14 min

    Week 4 - Aguachicha, Santa Marta, Palomino and Uribia

    Hot weather, beautiful beaches, passion fruit and hawiian pizzas, our travels to the North Coast of Colombia and reaching the start of the L
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    Week 3 - San Gil and Barichara
    Suzie
    • Apr 30, 2017
    • 12 min

    Week 3 - San Gil and Barichara

    San Gil.....sun, rivers, cheap living and steep hills! Two days turned into one week due to a little mishap (yes that was me...again)! No ha
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    Week 2 - Bogota, Suesca and Villa de Leyva
    Suzie
    • Apr 23, 2017
    • 8 min

    Week 2 - Bogota, Suesca and Villa de Leyva

    We have met some lovely people, seen some lovely places and tested a few more bits of kit due to the weather and dropping the bike (yes that
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    Week 1 - Our first week in Colombia
    Suzie
    • Apr 17, 2017
    • 4 min

    Week 1 - Our first week in Colombia

    Well it's been a year of planning to get to this point, and so far all has been well, or at least sort of, but how do we feel now we&#39
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    Freighting - Transporting the bikes to South America
    Suzie
    • Apr 14, 2017
    • 7 min

    Freighting - Transporting the bikes to South America

    Shipping our DR650's to South America for our adventure on motorbikes for one year with Motofreight was quite straight forwards and they
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    Bikes - Upgrades and preparation
    Kelvin & Suzie
    • Apr 9, 2017
    • 5 min

    Bikes - Upgrades and preparation

    Here is a comprehensive list & video of the parts and upgrades that we did to the DR650's in preparation for our motorcycle adventur
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    Bikes - What, why and how?
    Suzie & Kelvin
    • Apr 4, 2017
    • 3 min

    Bikes - What, why and how?

    What bikes? Why? How we managed to get everything sorted.
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    Kit - Our full packing list
    Suzie
    • Mar 22, 2017
    • 3 min

    Kit - Our full packing list

    What on earth do you take for a whole year travelling? It's quite hard to narrow it down, but our list has got shorter and shorter. Here
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    Tools - What's in our tool kit
    Suzie & Kelvin
    • Mar 13, 2017
    • 2 min

    Tools - What's in our tool kit

    12 months on the road on an adventure motorcycle journey through South America. Lots that can break on a bike. So what tools do you take? Th
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    Travel - It's in the Genes
    Suzie
    • Feb 21, 2017
    • 3 min

    Travel - It's in the Genes

    So, where did the travel Genes come from? What is it that our family have done that has inspired us?
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    Media - Helpful Books & DVD's
    Suzie
    • Feb 6, 2017
    • 2 min

    Media - Helpful Books & DVD's

    Which books and DVD's do we love? What Magazines do we read? What media sources gave us great advice and inspiration for our Adventure M
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