Solitude on the Magical Salt Flats in Bolivia As always a great chat to the one and only Jim Martin from Adventure Rider Radio riding motorcycles on the biggest salt lake in the world – Salar de Uyuni. After the initial 7 month lockdown we had to sit out in […]
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We chat all the moto travel nonsense with Allan Karl
What it is like sitting around keeping yourself busy in a place like Sucre Bolivia. Going for almost 9 months in Bolivia at the time of the interview we have already been sitting in Sucre for 6 of those months. The rules in Sucre were quite strict, only one person […]
Read MoreSidi motorcycle boots, what happened to your quality?
Are Sidi Motorcycle Adventure Enduro boots of the same quality anymore? Both soles of this pair of Sidi Offroad Gore-tex Adventure motorcycle boots came off at close to the same time. (Updated: Oct 2025): Our spare pair of Sidi Adventure boots suffered the same fate as this one which the […]
Read MoreHelinox Chair One & Nigor Sparrow chairs Review & comparison
Review and comparison between two excellent travel chairs. The Helinox Chair One and Nigor Sparrow. We have been using these two camping chairs for the last 4 years.
Read MoreMedical travel health insurance why you need to consider it.
This is a comprehensive overview pro-guide article we compiled for must-know information on travel health medical insurance. Whether short, long, or ex-pats. Travel Medical Health Insurance is one of the last things we thought about that much and normally just pay it and get it over with. We should have […]
Read MoreWhich Personal GPS Trackers are best for you? Comparison
Comparison – Personal GPS trackers and locator for motorcycle and other adventure sports. This article covers the pro’s and con’s from the best GPS personal locator beacons available for use with adventure activities, like hiking, kayaking, motorcycle adventure and enduro riding. There are quite a few great quality units and […]
Read MoreGPS & Navigation need to know.
GPS navigation – How to choose the most suitable unit and associated products for your dual-sport adventures. Selecting the best motorcycle GPS can be somewhat of a challenge due to the limitations of placement, touch screen, and size, with more abuse and waterproof and dustproof properties as opposed to conventional […]
Read MoreThis is why earplugs make riding motorcycles safer.
Why earplugs make riding motorcycle safer and a review of the Alpine Hearing Protection Motorcycle earplugs If you want to walk around when you are old with impaired hearing and keep responding with a “Whaaat did you say?” to your kids cheating at board games, then keep riding without proper […]
Read MoreThis Is Why We Are Still In South America
Italian motorcycle magazine interview on Youtube – About being stuck in Bolivia with the motorcycles Roadbook is one of the finest motorcycle adventure magazines in Italy. They asked us a few questions on the lockdown and our trip through South America in the last few months. Although in lockdown there […]
Read MorePodcast with JJ le Roux – Gravel Travel
JJ is a soundmixer with a love of adventure motorbiking. Sharing his love for podcasts and stories it is a great match to start a podcast hosting travellers and their stories. We had the honor to be the first on his show. We chatted about the lockdown and the riding around […]
Read MoreThis is how to deal with travel restrictions & border shutdown in Bolivia
All the fun and games sitting with adventure motorcycles in Bolivia waiting for the pandemic to pass. We had such a fun chat with Jim Martin from Adventure Rider Radio about bike choices, travel funding, South America culture, people and landscapes, the unexpected stuff happing with travelers, just about everything motorcycle […]
Read MoreEgle – Quarantine diaries Bolivia.
Sitting in Sucre as orphans with the overland legend Frank Linderd and his wonderful partner Roxanne waiting the time away as all the borders are closed and been advised to not travel around Bolivia for the next 2-3 weeks.Eglė Gerulaitytė decided a good time hook up with us.
Read MoreThe Best UPSHIFT ONLINE – 2019 Adv motorcycle photos
The best adventure dualsport motorycle travel photos of 2019 all in one magazine UPSHIFT ONLINE 41st edition is pure bike candy for the eyes. It is a collection of some of the most beautiful photographs from the stories they hosted in 2019. We are very honoured that they included us […]
Read More2018 Dakar rally 40th edition – field notes
It is the 40th edition of the Dakar rally starting in Peru then on to Bolivia and Argentina. We followed them for a few days.
This is the story and photos that made that rally such an epic jaw drop event.
FujiFilm South Africa host – Images from a South American odyssey
Fujifilm South Africa was so mind to host a short photo essay on our South America travels to date.It is a few assorted photographs of each country we have been to in South America the last 2 years.
Read MoreImages from a Central America journey
Images from each Central American country we visited on our way from the USA to South America.
Read MoreInterview with Garmin, SPOT & GEOS differences, what is best?
Questions & answers with GEOS, SPOT, and Garmin. Comparing the devices, the options and pitfalls, choosing one ain’t as obvious as it seems. Hope it is of value.
Read MoreKick-Ass Motorcycle Do-Ers’
WHAT IT TAKES – MOTORCYCLE TRAVEL INSPIRATION Still, thinking up lame excuses why you are not planning your lifetime trip? With an intense burning desire to see the world these gnarly travellers tackled the bull by the horns and got things done. They are not celebs with backup crews. They […]
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