I have taken one bus so far in South America, it was only for four hours between Cartagena and Santa Marta, and it sucked. The thought of traveling the next 6000-8000 KMS by bus to Santiago in Chile made my heart sink as there is nothing particularly adventurous nor romantic about the autobus. I was contemplating this dilemma in my breezy hotel in a little fishing port called Taganga when I asked a young chap called Kieran for a cigarette (been doing too much of this lately). Then his mate Tom came over and we start talking, and it turns out that they had just ridden from Santiago on motorcycles, and both of them were for sale.
A few beers and cigarettes later, I had transferred a reasonably large sum of money, and the autobus problem was solved. I am now the proud owner of a motorcycle that is going to take me all the way to the other end of South America!
Admittedly it is no Harley Davidson, and it is possibly the smallest motorcycle to travel from end-to-end of South America, but it is almost new, and if these guys can do it, then I am sure I can too. South America has now become an awesome road trip and if anyone every glibly says that “it’s a small world” I will give them a spanking.
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