The All-Star Motorcycle Circus & Expedition

Border Crossing #12 Bolivia/Chile

Start & Stop: Oruro, Bolivia to Arica, Chile

Mileage: 330 miles

Hotel:  Hotel Plaza Colon, San Marcos 261, Arica, Chile

Fuel: $716 Chilean Peso /l liter ($1.51/1 liter) or $5.72 per gal!

Currency Exchange: $1 USD = $473 Chilean Peso

Lisa: We are so excited to finally have some pavement to look forward to!  As we headed out of town, [...]

Start & Stop: Oruro, Bolivia

Mileage: 0

Hotel:  Hotel Gran Sucre, Calle Sucre #510, Oruro. Bolivia

Fuel: Peru: Best grade 95 = S/16.69 Sol/Gal ($2.33 USD/gal)

Currency Exchange: $1 USD = 7.01 Boliviano

Lisa in the jumpseat/sleeper of the cab.

Lisa, Celodoro Mercado (assistant), Rolando Capa Calle (truck driver), Dean enjoying [...]

The Wisdom of Kenny Rogers’ Gambler Song:  ”You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold them”

Start & Stop:
Leg 1: Salinas de Garci-Mendoza, Bolivia to Belen de Andamarca, Bolivia
Leg 2 Belen de Andamarca, Bolivia to Oruro, Bolivia

Mileage: Leg 1: 83 dirty, rotten, stinkin’ miles
Leg 2: 132 km in a warm truck!

Hotel: [...]

Start & Stop: Salinas de Garci-Mendoza, Bolivia

Mileage: 0 miles

Hotel:  Zuk’ arani, on a hillside overlooking town and the Salar, $6/person

Fuel: Peru: Best grade 95 = S/16.69 Sol/Gal ($2.33 USD/gal)

Currency Exchange: $1 USD = 7.01 Boliviano

Toll Roads:  No charge for motocicletas!

Lisa: Woke up to more rain and then took a hard look at the bikes.  Yep, we [...]

Start & Stop: La Paz, Bolivia to Salinas de Garci-Mendoz, Bolivia

Mileage: 325 miles

Hotel:  Zuk’ arani, on a hillside overlooking town and the Salar, $6/person

Fuel: Peru: Best grade 95 = S/16.69 Sol/Gal ($2.33 USD/gal)

Currency Exchange: $1 USD = 7.01 Boliviano

Toll Roads:  No charge for motocicletas!

Lisa: We sorta took our time getting out of the hotel in the [...]

The El Camino de la Muerte North Yungas Road

The North Yungas Road (Bolivia) http://tinyurl.com/yl88ju5. Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’ is THE most dangerous in the world.  North Yungas Road snakes across roughly 70km of the Andes, from La Paz to Coroico.  Because of the extreme dropoffs of at least 600 meters (1,830 feet), single-lane width – most of the [...]

Ciudad Inka de Machupicchu

Start & Stop: Cuzco, Peru

Mileage: 0 miles.  No riding today!

Hotel: Hotel Jose Antonio, $100 USD, including Desayuno and parking

Fuel: 95: $11-13 Sol/gal or $5 USD/gal

Currency Exchange: $1 USD = 2.74 Peruvian Nuevo Sol

Machu Picchu – Lost City of the Incas

Dean: Visiting Machu Picchu has been one of [...]