Joseph Savant
Guatapé and Medellín
11.21.2017 From Puerto Berrio I was heading to Guatapé, the small town near La Piedra de Peñol, a massive stone monolith with a 749 step...
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Joseph Savant
Nov 4, 20175 min
Medellin & The Escobars
11.22.2017 The home of Pablo Escobar, or rather one of them, is now a tiny museum and sits atop a hillside with a clear view of the...
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Joseph Savant
Nov 3, 20174 min
South for Pasto
11.23.2017 From Medellin I began heading south for Cartago. A few miles out of town I stopped to grab a bottle of water and rehydrate....
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Joseph Savant
Oct 29, 20176 min
Into Ecuador
11.26.2017 The Ecuadoran border wasn't too far away, so we headed for Ipiales the next morning, the last town in Colombia and the...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 17, 20178 min
It's An Adventure... Right?
12.16.2017 The bike had left a good size oil puddle in the dining room of the hotel the first night, but afterwards didn't leak another...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 17, 201711 min
Photo Gear for Travel
12.20.2017 From online requests, following are some of my thoughts and opinions, biased solely towards adventure travel by motorcycle. My...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 15, 20171 min
A Cuenca Gallery
12.21.2017 With the motorcycle broken down and waiting for parts, I had plenty of time for some street photography. Here's a few more...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 11, 20176 min
Pase del Niño Viajero
12.24.2017 In my wanderings and walks to Mojeron Moto to stare forlornly at my bike, I'd run across a little restaurant tucked away on a...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 5, 201712 min
On the Road Again!
1.04.2018 After a month of time spent in Cuenca, due to the conflux of the motorcycle breakdown, parts shipped in from the US and the...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 4, 20178 min
Chiclayo, Peru
1.05.2018 As previously mentioned, since I was still unsure about the bike's reliability, I had decided to skip my plan of taking the...
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Joseph Savant
Oct 3, 20174 min
Chimbote, Peru
1.06.2018 The previous evening, Ken, Chip, Ed and I had gone out for dinner and had a great time. Ron was a no-show, he and Ed having...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 28, 20177 min
“Mucho cuidado!”
1.08.2018 “Mucho cuidado! Mucho cuidado!” the old man said. He had come up to me to inquire of my route into the town, looking at the...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 27, 201711 min
San Luis to Barranca
1.09.2018 The next morning I awoke in the cold, a single shaft of orange sunlight streaming through the hole in the wall, a bright orange...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 27, 20175 min
Barranca to Lima
1.10.2018 The next morning, after some fitful sleep, it felt good to find some of my clothing dry from the last few days of rain. I’d...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 26, 20179 min
The Nazca Lines
1.16.2018 My time in Lima was mostly spent within the Miraflores area around the hostel, a good mix of upscale and funky. The traffic...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 24, 20178 min
Nazca to Chalhuanca
1.18.2018 We left the heat of Nazca after getting an opportunity to speak with the DR650 rider, who was doing an oil change in front of...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 23, 20179 min
Cusco
1.23.2018 The next morning in Chalhuanca, I awoke to a freezing cold room and overcast skies. My gear was still wet from the previous...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 22, 20177 min
Lake Titicaca to the Desert Coast
1.24.2018 It was about 8 am when Christine, Jules and I headed out of the parking lot and down the steep streets of Cusco to find...
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Joseph Savant
Sep 21, 201715 min
Into Chile!
1.26.2018 The new hotel in Tacna I moved into was nice and I was able to chill while waiting for Jules and Christine to arrive in town....
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Joseph Savant
Sep 16, 20179 min
Into Argentina
2.11.2018 After the night in the hostel in Osorno, I returned to MotoAventura to look at some gear and buy some oil for the bike,...
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