http://www.alaskatoargentina.org an intercontinental journey for humanity Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:37:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The ride from Nazca, Peru was fairly uneventful.  I spent 3 very long days on the road.  Riding from sun up to sundown mostly through the desert.  Passing the time with tunes on my ipod and through contemplation of all kinds of subjects meaningful and otherwise.  I was worried about ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=454 Picking up where I left off, I left Turbo feeling ready to conquer some roads.  The road from Turbo to Medillien was of very poor quality, but it was the only option I had.  Aside from the fact that I was navigating sharp corners high up in the mountains on ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=452 The last week has been an adventure to say the least.  I'll start from where I left off last time at Luna's Castle Hostel in Panama City. Its 5am and 25 people sit on the sidewalk outside of the Hostel.  All of us waiting for a convey of Land Cruisers to ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=446 Three months and almost 10000 kilometers.  Wow.  I can't put it in words how truly awed I am by the distance that I've covered.  In the three years that I owned by last motorcycle I put on about the same distance that I've done in three months.  Thank you to ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=444 Well I haven't posted in a few weeks, but it feels like a few days for me.  Time has been flying by for me.  I will try to pick up where I left off. San Juan Del Sur was an excellent town and I made many good friends there.  Once the ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=432 After not having been on the road much since arriving in Antigua, I had to get back into the swing of long days in the saddle.  I was on my way to El Salvador to meet another motorcyclist.  We made contact through www.advrider.com which has been a great resource for ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=418 A warm coffee in hand, the remnants of a delicious breakfast bagel sitting beside me, and the remnants of this mornings hang over lessened, but still lingering.  Happy New Year.  My favorite band, Dire Straits, the song "Romeo and Juliet," playing in the background and when the tension in my ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=402 Merry Christmas everyone! I've been in Tanzania again since December 2nd overseeing the construction of the children's home and clinic. So far we've experienced some delays because the men we hired from the village were slacking off. Things should move forward now that we've hired a construction company to finish the ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=398 Antigua  has been and continues to be a great place to live.  My Spanish is getting to the point where I can carry on a conversation using past, present, and future tenses.  When all else fails, Spanglish generally works too.  But at the very least I should have enough knowledge ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=396 Well I'm still hanging out in Antigua and learning lots of Spanish. I'm planning on heading up to Tikal this weekend which is a massive ancient Mayan ruin. So for now I can promise that next weeks update is sure to be a good one. I hope ... http://www.alaskatoargentina.org/?p=395