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    Week 99 & 100 - Bike Trouble Strikes!
    Suzie
    • May 29
    • 11 min

    Week 99 & 100 - Bike Trouble Strikes!

    Bike trouble strikes! Kelvin's frame snapped in multiple places, so we had a longer but fantastic stay in Chaiten, and mammoth bike repairs!
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    Week 98 - Catching Up With Friends
    Suzie
    • Feb 13
    • 4 min

    Week 98 - Catching Up With Friends

    Getting stuck in a sand bank, Rio Tranquilo, meeting us with great travel friends and the marble caves. ADV Motorcycle Travel South America
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    Week 97 - Rain, Wind and Wild Camping!
    Suzie
    • Jan 7
    • 6 min

    Week 97 - Rain, Wind and Wild Camping!

    Wet and windy weather, wild camping, getting stuck in the roadside bank and some upsetting news. AvVida.
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    Week 96 - Punta Arenas
    SuziePrevett
    • Oct 25, 2021
    • 7 min

    Week 96 - Punta Arenas

    Farewell Ushuaia! We headed on a trip around Tierra del Fuego and via Parque Pingüino Rey before catching the ferry to Punta Arenas.
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    Week 92 - Carretera Austral, Chile
    Suzie
    • Feb 14, 2021
    • 12 min

    Week 92 - Carretera Austral, Chile

    Great people, experiencing the Carretera Austral, wild camping, off-road diversions, strip washing, snowy mountains, blue lakes & much more!
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    Week 90 & 91 - Great Camping, Dirt Road Heaven and HantaVirus
    Suzie
    • Dec 12, 2020
    • 11 min

    Week 90 & 91 - Great Camping, Dirt Road Heaven and HantaVirus

    Great camping, riverside trekking, Patagonian weather, snow-capped mountains, new friends and lots of empanadas! Adventure Motorcycle Travel
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    Week 89 - New Year Lakeside!
    Suzie
    • Nov 29, 2020
    • 11 min

    Week 89 - New Year Lakeside!

    A stunning canyon ride, huge hail stones, a gift of wine, New Year's Eve lakeside, a BBQ on a bicycle wheel and more welding before my s
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    Week 87 - Exploring Around Ruta 40
    Suzie
    • Nov 8, 2020
    • 8 min

    Week 87 - Exploring Around Ruta 40

    One huge twisty pass, lots of camping, dense morning fog, one hell of a stunning lake, a few long straight boring roads and meeting an old f
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    Week 86 - Utopia and Beyond! Ruta 40 Begins.
    SuziePrevett
    • Jun 7, 2020
    • 9 min

    Week 86 - Utopia and Beyond! Ruta 40 Begins.

    Stunning passes, water crossings, amazing 'Utopia' overland camp, wine tasting and great dirt roads! Adventure Motorcycle Travel Sou
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    Week 83 & 84 - 1000km of Bike Testing!
    Suzie
    • Sep 21, 2019
    • 9 min

    Week 83 & 84 - 1000km of Bike Testing!

    The moment of truth...is the bike ready to go, or ready to be sold as parts? 1000km of testing answered that question! Adventure Motorcycle
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    Week 76 to 81 - Sucre Shenannigans!
    Suzie
    • Jun 8, 2019
    • 13 min

    Week 76 to 81 - Sucre Shenannigans!

    Extending Visa's with the help of photoshop, OEM Suzuki parts from Chile, a great mechanic (at last), great people, bike testing and a l
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    Week 75 - Uyuni & Tupiza
    Suzie
    • May 25, 2019
    • 5 min

    Week 75 - Uyuni & Tupiza

    A sad farewell, a train cemetery, lots of bike and kit washing, making new friends plus the realisation my valves were completely toast. Adv
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    Week 74 - The Lagunas Route
    Suzie
    • May 11, 2019
    • 13 min

    Week 74 - The Lagunas Route

    Truly the most amazing landscapes, corrugations galore, sand, more sand, a few falls, flamingos, Vicuñas, wild camping in -17 degrees celciu
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    Week 71 - Cochabamba & Samaipata
    Suzie
    • Mar 30, 2019
    • 5 min

    Week 71 - Cochabamba & Samaipata

    Awesome pizzas, huge scenery, riding through pipes and great weather in the Bolivian countryside. Adventure Motorcycle Travel South America
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    Week 66 to 70 - La Paz & Volunteering
    Suzie
    • Mar 10, 2019
    • 13 min

    Week 66 to 70 - La Paz & Volunteering

    Volunteering, Teleferico's, Harley Riders, Whisky, air filter cover faux par, meeting lots of great people and completing the 'Death
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    Week 64 - From Seaside to Lake Titicaca
    Suzie
    • Jan 26, 2019
    • 8 min

    Week 64 - From Seaside to Lake Titicaca

    From feeding wild seals and Pelicans to visiting floating Islands made of reeds...it was a great week on the Peru coast and on Lake Titicaca
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    Week 63 - Colca Canyon
    Suzie
    • Jan 12, 2019
    • 7 min

    Week 63 - Colca Canyon

    Stunning scenery, Condors in full flight, Geysers, Volcanos and a lovely thermal bath to warm up! Adventure Motorcycle Travel South America
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    Week 62 - Arequipa
    Suzie
    • Dec 29, 2018
    • 6 min

    Week 62 - Arequipa

    Stunning scenery, roadworks galore, upset tummies, a visit to the Doctor and lots of yummy food and Cider! Adventure Motorcycle Travel South
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    Week 61 - Copacabana, Bolivia!
    Suzie
    • Dec 15, 2018
    • 5 min

    Week 61 - Copacabana, Bolivia!

    Lake Titicaca, beautiful sunsets, friendly border officials and a pack of street dogs! Plus some decision making... Adventure Motorcycle Tra
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    Week 59 & 60 - Huaraz to Cusco via the Sierra's
    Suzie
    • Nov 6, 2018
    • 6 min

    Week 59 & 60 - Huaraz to Cusco via the Sierra's

    Bus journey number three, reunited with our bikes, an amazing four day ride through the Peru Sierra's and back to our 'home from hom
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