NEWS

• April 4, 2009 - Buenos Aires  
  
  Almost 1 year 4 months, and 31.500 miles (50.700 km) later, I'm ready to, well, fly. It puts a big grin on my face to remember that LA2BA was planned to be a 5 month trip. Funny, because this seems to have become my life and I now think of the LA flight as "a trip". As for Kat, she'll be waiting here for my return, so we can explore what we haven't already. I think I really ticked her off when I offered her for sale recently, as she's started giving me quite a bit of an attitude. In fact, everything now seems to be exhausted. My helmet, my computer, heck, even my shoes are now falling apart, lol!
  
  As soon as I'm done with the must do stuff, I'll start working on the remainder of the journals. There's now a big pile of images to work on, and some of the best entries are yet to come. If you're still tuned, thanks, and stay that way. Catch you here very soon!  

DESTINATION DAY DATE DISTANCE MEXICO Rosarito 1 Dec 14, 2007 305 km / 190 mi Ensenada 2 Dec 15, 2007 95 km / 60 mi Bahia de San Quintin 3 Dec 16, 2007 265 km / 165 mi Guerrero Negro 4 Dec 17, 2007 440 km / 275 mi Bahia Conception 5 Dec 18, 2007 340 km / 210 mi La Paz 6 Dec 19, 2007 515 km / 320 mi Mazatlan 8 Dec 21, 2007 18 ferry hours San Blas 9 Dec 22, 2007 385 km / 240 mi Sayulita 10 Dec 23, 2007 175 km / 110 mi Puerto Vallarta 12 Dec 25, 2007 65 km / 40 mi Tecoman 13 Dec 26, 2007 385 km / 240 mi Maruata 14 Dec 27, 2007 145 km / 90 mi Zihuatanejo 15 Dec 28, 2007 355 km / 220 mi Acapulco 18 Dec 31, 2007 275 km / 170 mi Puerto Escondido 20 Jan 2, 2008 450 km / 280 mi Mazunte 22 Jan 4, 2008 95 km / 60 mi Tuxtla Gutierrez 24 Jan 6, 2008 545 km / 340 mi San Cristobal de las Casas 25 Jan 7, 2008 110 km / 70 mi Chamula & Zinacantan Day trip Agua Azul 31 Jan 13, 2008 175 km / 110 mi Palenque 32 Jan 14, 2008 65 km / 40 mi Comitan 35 Jan 17, 2008 290 km / 180 mi GUATEMALA Panajachel 36 Jan 18, 2008 ? km / ? mi Antigua 38 Jan 20, 2008 110 km / 70 mi Rio Dulce 58 Feb 9, 2008 345 km / 215 mi Livingston Day trip Tikal 60 Feb 11, 2008 250 km / 155 mi Rio Dulce 61 Feb 12, 2008 250 km / 155 mi HONDURAS Copan 62 Feb 13, 2008 300 km / 185 mi Tegucigalpa 64 Feb 15, 2008 420 km / 260 mi NICARAGUA Granada 65 Feb 16, 2008 400 km / 250 mi Laguna de Apoyo 67 Feb 18, 2008 25 km / 15 mi Isla de Ometepe 68 Feb 19, 2008 130 km / 80 mi + 1 hour ferry ride San Juan del Sur 69 Feb 20, 2008 1 hour ferry ride + 40 km / 25 mi COSTA RICA Tamarindo 70 Feb 21, 2008 240 km / 150 mi Samara 72 Feb 23, 2008 105 km / 65 mi Monteverde 74 Feb 25, 2008 200 km / 125 mi Fortuna 75 Feb 26, 2008 105 km / 65 mi Puerto Viejo 76 Feb 27, 2008 340 km / 210 mi PANAMA Almirante 77 Feb 28, 2008 95 km / 60 mi Bocas del Toro 78 Feb 29, 2008 1.5 hour ferry ride Almirante 84 Mar 6, 2008 1.5 hour ferry ride Panama City 85 Mar 7, 2008 595 km / 370 mi Puerto Lindo 92 Mar 14, 2008 120 km / 75 mi San Blas Islands 95 Mar 17, 2008 12 hours sailing COLOMBIA Cartagena 103 Mar 25, 2008 over 48 hours sailing Medellin - I 116 Apr 7, 2008 675 km / 420 mi Medellin - II USA [ Los Angeles ] 160 May 21, 2008 11 hours flight COLOMBIA Medellin - III 189 Jun 18, 2008 11 hours flight Heliconia & Ebejico Day trip Bogota 213 Jul 13, 2008 460 km / 285 mi Zipaquira 216 Jul 16, 2008 65 km / 40 mi Villa de Leyva 217 Jul 17, 2008 145 km / 90 mi Cali 219 Jul 19, 2008 675 km / 420 mi San Cipriano Day trip Popayan 223 Jul 23, 2008 155 km / 95 mi Ipiales 224 Jul 24, 2008 345 km / 215 mi ECUADOR Quito 225 Jul 25, 2008 290 km / 180 mi Middle of the Earth Short detour Latacunga 228 Jul 28, 2008 175 km / 110 mi Chugchilan 230 Jul 30, 2008 95 km / 60 mi Riobamba 231 Jul 31, 2008 200 km / 125 mi Banos 232 Aug 1, 2008 95 km / 60 mi Salinas 235 Aug 4, 2008 480 km / 300 mi Puerto Lopez 236 Aug 5, 2008 135 km / 85 mi Cuenca 239 Aug 8, 2008 465 km / 290 mi Vilcabamba 241 Aug 10, 2008 265 km / 165 mi Loja 242 Aug 11, 2008 (normally) 65 km / 40 mi PERU Piura 245 Aug 14, 2008 360 km / 225 mi Huanchaco 246 Aug 15, 2008 440 km / 275 mi Trujillo 247 Aug 16, 2008 15 km / 10 mi Lima 248 Aug 17, 2008 595 km / 370 mi Huacachina 250 Aug 19, 2008 340 km / 210 mi Nazca 251 Aug 20, 2008 160 km / 100 mi Abancay 252 Aug 21, 2008 465 km / 290 mi Cuzco 253 Aug 22, 2008 235 km / 145 mi Pisac Day trip Machu Picchu 258 Aug 27, 2008 see Cuzco Cuzco 260 Aug 29, 2008 see Cuzco Yauri (Nowhere) 263 Sep 1, 2008 ? miles + 2.5 hr. truck ride Cuzco 264 Sep 2, 2008 255 km / 160 mi Puno 268 Sep 6, 2008 395 km / 245 mi BOLIVIA Copacabana 269 Sep 7, 2008 145 km / 90 mi La Paz 270 Sep 8, 2008 160 km / 100 mi Coroico (Death Road) 281 Sep 19, 2008 135 km / 85 mi La Paz 282 Sep 20, 2008 135 km / 85 mi Oruro 286 Sep 24, 2008 235 km / 145 mi Sucre 287 Sep 25, 2008 565 km / 350 mi Potosi 301 Oct 9, 2008 175 km / 110 mi Cerro Rico Mines Day trip Uyuni 306 Oct 14, 2008 175 km / 110 mi Salar de Uyuni Daily trips San Cristobal 309 Oct 17, 2008 80 km / 50 mi CHILE Calama 310 Oct 18, 2008 355 km / 220 mi San Pedro de Atacama 311 Oct 19, 2008 110 km / 70 mi ARGENTINA Maimara 314 Oct 22, 2008 450 km / 280 mi Salta 315 Oct 23, 2008 (normally) 160 km / 100 mi Cafayate 318 Oct 26, 2008 210 km / 130 mi Tucuman 321 Oct 29, 2008 250 km / 160 mi Cordoba 323 Oct 31, 2008 555 km / 345 mi Rosario 324 Nov 1, 2008 450 km / 280 mi Buenos Aires 334 Nov 11, 2008 275 km / 170 mi