Both Americas Motorcycle - Travels / Reisen / Adventures
= Süd- + Nord-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen
Alaska > Tierra Del Fuego (Southern tip of South America)
+ Tierra Del Fuego > Alaska
= Alaska-Feuerland Motorrad-Reisen
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Both Americas Motorcycle - Travels / Reisen / Adventures
= Süd- + Nord-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen
Alaska > Tierra Del Fuego(Southern tip of South America) + Tierra Del Fuego > Alaska
= Alaska-Feuerland Motorrad-Reisen
Anmerkung zu Alaska-Feuerland Motorrad-Touren :
Die erste mir bekannte Motorrad-Reise "Alaska-Feuerland" wurde 1952-54 auf zwei Scootern von den Franzosen Michel le Clerc und Jean Claude Bois (Siehe "Clerc") unternommen. Jedoch wurde das "Darien Gap" umschifft. Birger Lövgren (Siehe "Lövgren") schaffte die Strecke von New York (USA) bis nach Feuerland 10-1958 bis 06-1959, wobei er als erster alleine das Darien Gap ohne Motorrad durchquerte. Somit war Danny Liska der erste, der die Strecke Alaska-Feuerland wirklich ganz, allerdings das "Darien Gap" per Kanu, mit dem Motorrad, bereist hat. Ob es jemanden gibt, der vorher die ganze Strecke mit dem Rucksack bereist hat, weiß ich nicht. Ed Culberson (Siehe "Culberson") hat die gesamte Strecke als erster ganz mit dem Motorrad in Nord- Südrichtung bereist. Der Norweger Helge Pedersen hat als erster die gesamte Strecke in Süd-Nordrichtung durchreist.
(c) Bernd Tesch
Bernd Tesch has been working in this field since 1970. In this times I had to write letters and to phone or to visit the World-Around-Travellers to get contact / informations. Later Fax helped. In 1991 I visited the most famous motorcycle-travellers in Denmark, in 1993 in Britain, in 1994 in USA, in 1999 / 2000 in Australia and in between many in Europe (France, Germany, Netherland, Switzerland). Many of famous South-America Motorcycle Travellers have been at my yearly Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers in april. I own the largest archive of Alasca-TIerra Del Fuego Mc-Travellers. It is very hard to find informations about the history: "North - to South travels by Motorcycle-Travellers". Do you know motorcycle-travellers bewteen 1900-1950 ??
To find all this and all my activities was a "life-long job" and cost me a lot of money. Since many years I am working in a new book called "Alaska-Feuerland". All books about "Alakca-Tierrea del Fuego" which have been published until 1994 are published in my in German written, but very international understandable book called "Motorrad-Abenteuer-Touren" (432 pp, 500 pictures / drawings. About 264 Motorcyle World-Tours. ISBN 3-9800099-55-5. DM 38.90). I own all this books in all languages.
If there is shown "Book:" under the traveller and you want to read / order this you can check if it is still available: > http://www.berndtesch.de > German / English version > Bestelliste or > Order. If you find this book there you can order it. I offer about 200 international available Motorcycle-TRAVEL-Books for sale.
If you are a "Alaska to TIerra Del Fuego" Traveller or plan to do this or "on the road" already or know any one who is not listed here: Please send my any details, addresses, publications, homepages and most important: best pictures.
PLEASE give me at first YOUR omplete view like this EXAMPLE in the SAME STYLE and format in English:
01.10.1980 - 27.10.82
Sven Müller (German) your http://www.???
Solo South-America with BMW R 100 GS. 50.000 kms. Rode with Susan Smith (British) who rode a HONDA 500 XL.
Route: Europe 12.000 kms (Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Greek - Turkey ....) - Asia 15.000 kms (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal. Bike solo by plane to Singapure. I flew to Singapure. Malaysia - Thailand - back to Singapure). - Australia 16.000 kms (I flew together with bike to Darwin. Around Australia 16.000 kms. Or offer names like: Darwin - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney ...) - North-America (I flew with bike to Los Angeles. LA - New York) - Africa - Europe (Bike by ship to Netherlands / Amsterdam - Germany / Cologne).
Purpose of Travel: ???
The best: I wanted to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Friendship of Turkey people. invitation by Pakistani. Climbing the Himalayas........)
The worst: I got Malaria in Nairobi. Attack of soldiers with weapons in Iran.....)...
Important useful informations for others:....
Book or publication (about your tour):..???.
I am very grateful to all the individuals who knew that I am working in this field. They informed me worldwide by sending letters, later faxes and emails since 1994 about World-Around-Travellers. Without their help I could not get to this level. This internet-list had to be done very quick, because I did not have enough time. So please give me your "pardon" that there are mistakes inside of the informations and a lot in my language. At least you will never have seen such a huge collection of informations.
Bernd Tesch
This collection just have started. Will be continued. Please give me your view of YOUR Motorcycle-Tour !
Both Americas Motorcycle - Travels / Reisen / Adventures
= Süd- + Nord-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen
Alaska > Tierra Del Fuego(Southern tip of South America) + Tierra Del Fuego > Alaska
= Alaska-Feuerland Motorrad-Reisen
In 2005 the community of "Freihandelszone (no tax between American coutries" will start. This menas 800 million people and 34 countries are united in North-, Central and South-America.
Plan or experience? You can talk with 300 high experienced Motorcycle-Travellers who rode all continents so far : All the great Motorcycle-Travellers who rode / ride Around-The-World and possibly crossed this continents as well are not included here. For this see >http://www.berndtesch.de >Englisch or German version >continents >world
10-20 billion (= Millarden) years ago
The universe started to exist somehow.
4.5 billion years ago
The Sun and Earth were created. The earth is one of nine big planets of the sun. Possibly out of change of gravity in the universe it was caused that dust attracted each other at first to smaller parts which are getting bigger and bigger. Finally becoming big rocks which attracted each other to big planets. Most of them were attracted by the biggest part which is the sun. The nine planets could escape somehow the gravity of the sun and started to circle around the sun. All of the men / women who have been in satelits speak about the "blue planet earth" because about 70 % of the earth is water.
1 billion years ago
First signs of life on the earth.
25.000 years ago
The "homo sapiens" exists.
Ca. 16.000 - 8.000
Deutsch: Für die Frage, wie die ersten Menschen nach Nord-, Mittel- und Süd-Amerika kamen, gibt es drei Theorien mit jeweilgen Beweisen:
1. Mit Booten fuhren die Menschen von Asien entlang der Küste - Behringstrasse entlang der Westküste N-Amerikas bis nach S-Amerika.
2. Europäer kamen über den Atlantik nach N-Amerika.
3. Die Klobis-Menschen wanderten zu Fuß über die Behringstrasse ein und besiedelten N- und S-Amerika.
vor 16.000
zu 1. Mit Booten fuhren die Menschen von Asien entlang der Küste - Behringstrasse entlang der Westküste N-Amerikas bis nach S-Amerika.
Diese Theorie geht davon aus, daß die Menschen an der Küste alles hatten, was sie brauchten: Wasser und Nahrung auch durch Tiere. Man geht davon aus, daß Menschen schon seit 45.000 Jahren Netze bauen konnten, mit denen sie auch an Land Fallen bauen konnten ohne beim Fang z.B. gefährlicher Großtiere dabei zu sein. Kaum Beweise.
16.000 - 13.000
zu 2. Europäer kamen über den Atlantik nach N-Amerika.
Diese Theorie geht davon aus, daß die Menschen über den Atlantik nach N-Amerika kamen und von dort aus N- und S-Amerika besiedelten. Zu dieser Eiszeit waren große Wassermassen der Meere an den Polen und deren weiten Kappen durch Eis gebunden. Der Meeresspiegel soll ca. 130 m niedriger gewesen sein. Es bestand eine Landbrücke zwischen Asien und S-Amerika.
Im Museo Nacionale vo Rio de Janeiro / Brasilien befindet sich der "älteste Menschenschädel (?)" von N- und S-Amerika. Die Frau "Lusia" wurde 1 Stunde südlich von Rio de Janeiro gefunden. Ihr Schädel soll 13.-14.000 Jahre alt sein.
Am Amazos gibt es eine Höhle, in der Felszeichnungen von ca. 13.000 sind. Dieses sind die ältesten Höhlenzeichnungen von ganz Amerika.
Diese Menschen waren vom Skelett völlig verschieden von den in Amerika gefundenen Klobis-Menschen. Sie haben eher die Ähnlichkeit von Skeletten von Afrika oder Australien.
8.000
zu 3. Die Klobis-Menschen wanderten zu Fuß über die Behringstrasse ein und besiedelten N- und S-Amerika.
Diese Theorie geht davon aus, daß die Menschen nach dem Ende der Eiszeit vor 8.000 Jahren von Asien über die Behringstrasse über die zurückgegangenen Eismassen im Norden von N-Amerika nach N- und S- Amerika einwanderten. Der Name "Klobis" jommt von einer Fundstätte der "ersten Menschen N-Amerikas (?)" in New Mexico ca. vor 8.000 Jahren. Nach dieser Theorie haben sich in wenigen Jahrhunderten die Menschen bis nach Feuerland ausgebreitet. Die Klobis-Kultur umfaßte die Herstellung von Steinwerkzeugen wie Speilspitzen aus Feuerstein.
B.T.: Diese Informationen über den letzten Stand der Frühgeschichte der Menschen Amerikas stammen wesentlich aus einem TV-ZDF-Film am 28.10.2001. Danach sollte der in N-Amerika gefundene "Klobis-Mensch und die Klobis-Kultur" der äteste Mensch von ganz Amerika sein. Nach den Funden von "Lusia" in S-Amerika dürfte diese Theorie aber hinfällig sein. Im Film wurde angemerkt, daß die Kenntnisse von S-Amerika in N-Amerika kaum zur Kenntnis genommen werden.
1885
First Motorcycle (called Motor - Rad) from Gottlieb Daimler
1 - Zyl. Viertakt - Motor. 264 ccm. 0,5 PS (0,37 kw). Max 12 km/Std.
1894
Heinrich and Wilhelm Hildebrand and Alois Wolfmüller found the first Motorcycle-Fabric.
Until 1896 they build more than 1000 Motorcycles: Wassergekühlter 2 - Zyl. Viertakt - Motor. 1488 ccm. 2,5 PS (1,85 kw). Ca. 40 km/h. Glührohrzündanlage.
1900-1950
To find the earliest Motorcycle-Travellers in South America is very hard. I tried this many years. If you have any infomations about these I would be very grateful for informations.
1951-1970
03.1952 - 04.1955
Joan McDonald and Keith (New Zealand)
+ Around-The-World. Lune de Miel en motocyclettes. From the wedding bells round the world. In 3 years Around-The-World with two motorcycles Jawa CZ 125 ccm: 03/1952 through 40 countries.
Route: NZ - Australien (Sydney - Melbourne) - Asien (Ceylon - Indien (Bombay - Delhi)- Pakistan (Lahore) - Afghanistan (Kabul) - Persien (Meshed) - Irak (Bagdad) - Israel (Jerusalem) - Jordanien) - Afrika ( Ägypten (Cairo)- Libyen (Tobruk) - Tunesien (Tunis) - Algerien (Alger) - Marokko (Tanger)) - Europa (Spanien - Frankreich (Marseille) - Italien (Milano) - Österreich (Wien) - Tschechoslowakei (Prag) - Deutschland - Belgien - NL - Frankreich (Paris) - GB (London, 15.04.1953. 20.000 miles, 13 months, 762 pounds) - Portugal - South America (Argentinien - Bolivien - Peru - Equador - Kolumbien (by a small coffee-boat in one day and one night during heavy rain from Buenaventura to Panama because there was no connecting road to Panama) - North America (Panama - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - El Salvador - Guatemala - Mexiko - Cuba - USA - Canada.
Their plate-numbers were: BMU 250 amd 251. I think they were sponsored by "Motokov" in Prague.
03.08.1996 First information by Jean-Paul Schulz in France. He had a Frnch publication about them.
22.05.200I do not know more details. Who knows them, their present address or publications about them??
17.03.2005 B.T. got a DIN A 3 poster with them dated 14th.01.1954 out of "The Motor Cycle" (I suppose the English mc-magazine)
03.04.2005 I research in internet shows only to my website
30.12.2005 I got a series of publications by Evald Bengtsson in Sweden:
30.04.1953 One page in "The Motor Cycle". page 537 "on the fpour winds with a picture
26.11.1953 First publication in "Motor Cyling" New Zeland > Afghanistan (Kabul)
03.12.1953 Second publication in "Motor Cyling" Afghanistan (Kabul) > GB (London)
19.08.1954 Next publication in "Motor Cyling" South America
09.12.1954 Next publication in "Motor Cyling" Peru - Colombia - Panama
25.07.1952 - 04.06.1954
Jean-Claude Bois and Michel Le Clerc (French)
+ North - and South-America. Alaska-Ushuaia. Jean Claude and Michel rode with Lambretta - scooters: 62.000 kms. Außerdem 39.000 km mit Flugzeugen und ca. 15.000 km mit Schiffen. Jean Claude und Michel fuhren auf 2 Lambretta-Rollern AGF, 125 ccm als erste Motorrad-Fahrer die Route Alaska-Feuerland Route, wobei sie das Darien-Gap umschifften.Sie haben 3 erste Landübergänge mit Motor Rollern geschafft : Mexiko - Guatemala, Costa Rica-Panama und auf Feuerland Lago Fagnano-Ushuaia. In Bolivien haben sie den ersten Höhen-Weltrekord für Roller aufgestellt : 5300 m über dem Meeresspiegel.
Route: USA - Kanada - Alaska bis zum Polarkreis - Mexiko - Guatemala - Costa Rica - Panama - Kolumbien - Ekuador - Peru - Bolivien - Chile - Argentinien - Patagonien - Feuerland - Uruguay und Brasilien.
The Worst: On the last day of their travel all their eight orignal films have been stolen. This was even worst because the profession of Jean Claude was a film-maker.
Book: La Grande echappée. Les trois Ameriques en scooter. Deutsch : Die Große Etappe. Die 3 Amerikas: (Nord, Mittel, Süd) auf Rollern. (French 1955).
Book in German: Die große Spritztour (German edition 1955. As paperback in 1956).
10.01.1988 Bernd Tesch phoned with Jean Claude.
15.10.1992 (40 years after his travel) Jean Claude visited Bernd Tesch in Aachen
1998 Patricia and I tried to see the real French mc-pioneer Jean-Claude Bois in South of France again. Jean - Claude was not at home and his neighbours had not seen him for weeks. I wanted to stay at least in his small village for a coffee - time in a nice restaurant to get an impression what makes a French mc-pioneer to travel out of his small village for such a big tour. Nobody of the neighbours we met knew something about his great trip. Finally I left a short letter saying him that we would love to have met him and asked him to give me his new address. I know that Jean - Claude would have given us a good welcome.
1999 Jean Claude wrote me that he is living in Paris now. In 1999 Jean Claude died. NO Motorcycle Magazine published something about the death about this pioneer!!
B.T.: The first tour Alaska - Tierra del Fuego with motorcycles / scooters.
1958
Reise-Bericht. Nord-Amerika. Süd-Amerika. 1960.
Siegfried Martin (German) Winter
"Mit 600 Kubik durch beide Amerika".
Siegfried wanderte nach dem ersten Weltkrieg nach Argentinien aus. Mit 65, 1958, machte er eine Solo-Reise mit Schreibmaschine durch Süd- und Nord-Amerika mit einer langen BMW-Isetta: 50.123 km in 357 Tagen, davon 44 Ruhetage mit dem Fahrzeug. 218 S. 221 S. 21 cm H x 13 B. Hardcover.
Strecke: Argentinien (Buenos Aires) - Chile - Peru - Equador - Kolumbien -(Medellin - Catagena) - mit Schiff nach Costa Rica (Puntarenas) - ganz Mittelamerika Entlang der PAN AM bis Mexico (City) an der Küste bis USA (San Francisco - Seattle - Canada (Jasper) - USA (bis New York).
Verlag: Buch von Brockhaus. Wiesbaden. 1960.
24.04.96 Erste Info von Norbert Lüdke. Besitzt dieses Buch nicht.
30.04.96 Elke Reher gebeten das Buch rauszusuchen.
14.08.96 Info von Elke Reher. In DB Deutsche Bibliographie 1956-60 nachgewiesen.
08.09.96 Erhalten über TH Bibliothek durch Malik . MA 641.
21.10.02 1st information by Michael Schulze who owns the book double.
- O.
10.1958 - 06.1959
Dr. Birger Lövgren (Swedish)
North - and South-America. USA-Ushuaia. While Birger was making his doctor in mathematics in New York in 1957 had the idea to travel to South-America with a Swedish Husquarna (225 ccm, 125 kg, Silver Arrow) from Utica (USA) to Ushuaia. From Capitana (Panama) he crossed "Darien Gap" by a canoe with three paid Cuna-Indians later Choco-Indians. The motorcycle he shipped from Panama to Colombia. Everybody before thought that you can only cross the Darien-Gap with an armed expedition.
Route: New York (USA) - New Orleans - Mexico City (Mexiko) - Guatemala - San Salvador - Tegucigalpa (Honduras) - Managua (Nicaragua) - San Jose (Costa Rica) - Panama - zu Fuß und mit Kanus durchs Darien Gap - Turbo (5 weeks to croass Darien-Gap by feet, Kolumbien) - Bogota - Guayaquil (Equador) - Lima (Peru) - La Paz (Bolivien) - Buenos Aires (Argentinien) - Ushuaia.
Book: Bland vralapor och djungelindianer Med motorcykel och machete frän New York till Eldslandet (Swedish, 1960). Blandt Broeleaber og jungleindianere (Swedish). Med motorcykel og machete fra New York til Ildlandet (Danish, 1961). Brant Brölaper og Jungelindianere (Norwegian, 1961). Mölyapinoita ja viidakkointiaaneja (Finish, 1961).Among Jungle Indians (English, 1962). Parmi les singes hurleurs et les Indiens de la jungle (French, 1965)
1994 1st conract by letter.
B.T.: Birger is the first Motorcycle-Traveller starting in North-America, Central-America and crossing South America including travelling through the Darein-Gap.
1959 - 08.1961
Danny Liska (American)
North - and South-America. Alaska-Ushuaia. Danny rode with a BMW R 60 the Panam in total (and many routes aside): 32.000 kms. His "motorcycle love affair" started already with 16 years riding a Harley Davidson from 1936. After one year travelling in North-America Danny shipped his motorcycle from Panama to Medellin (Colombia). But he wanted to travel the whole distance Alaska - Tierra del Fuego. So he crossed the Darien-Gap (130 kms) by the help of Cuna- und Choco- Indians with canoes and by walking.
He left his Motorcycle in Ushuia and rode it back in 1963 to North-America.
Route: Alaska - Tierre Del Fuego (arrived 08.1961). Die kürzeste Verbindung vom "Artic Circle" bis Feuerland ist ca. 20.000 miles (32.000 km). Danny fuhr 65.000 miles (104.000 km). Wenn das "Darien Gap" als Straße fertig wäre, würde die kürzeste Verbindung "Panama Ushuaia" 7.360 miles (11.716 km) sein.
Backroute: Uruguay - Paraguay - Brasil - North-America.
Book: Two wheels to adventure. Alaska to Argentina by motorcycle (English, 1990, 762 pages).
Dos Ruedas a la Aventura (Spanish, 1995).
B.T.: Danny Liskas 95.000 miles Reise entlang der PAN AM ist im Guinessbuch unter "motorcycle facts and feats" festgehalten. The first overland journey from Alaska to Argentina including Darien-Gap without Motorcycle.
Im September 1963 startete Danny von Hamburg aus mit einer von BMW R 60, "Nordkap-Capetown" in 18 Monaten.
Amerika und Deutschland jeweils halb sponserten seine BMW R 60 um vom Nordkap bis nach Capetown zu fahren. Mit einem Schiff fuhr er von dort nach Boston (USA) zurück. Von hier fuhr er ab Dezember 1964 durch bittere Kälte nach Nebraska zurück. Über diese Reise hat Danny ein Buch geschrieben, daß aber bis in 2000 noch nicht publiziert wurde. Danny ist bereits verstorben, aber seine Frau will das Buch in 2001 noch publizieren
Ende November 1970 - März 1974 (Planned was only one year)
Dr. Dieter Kühnel (German)
+ Around-The-World. With a BMW (R 60/5. 600 ccm) 3 continents, 13 countries. ca. 103.000 kms in 3 years, 3 months and three days
Route: Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Molukken, Irian Jaya bis Papua Neuguinea.
Route: Deutschland - Österreich - Ungarn - Rumänien - Bulgarien - Türkei - Iran - Afghanistan - Pakistan - Indien - Ceylon - Sikkim - Nepal - von Kalkutta (Indien) über Rangun (Burma) bis Thailand (Bangkok) per Rucksack - Laos - Thailand - Kambodscha - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapure - Borneo - Brunei - Singapure - Sumatra - Java - Celebes - Molukken - Irian Jaya - Papua - Neuguinea - Australien (Sydney) - Übergearbeitet von Neuseeland durch den Panama Kanal bis
North America Philadelphia (USA) - quer durch Mexiko - Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - El Salvador - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama - mit Flugzeug nach South America in Baranquilla (Kolumbien) - Venezuela - Kolumbien - Equador - Peru - Bolivien - Argentinien - Chile - Argentinien - Uruguay - Argentinien - Paraguay - bis Brasilien
mit Schiff entlang der afrikanischen Küste von Angola bis Ghana - mit Motorrad Cote d'Ivoire - Mali - Obervolta - Ghana - Togo - Dahomey - Nigeria - Kamerun - mit Flugzeug nach Paris (Frankreich). Die Welt-Karte von Dieters Reise ist bisher so unveröffentlicht. Er zeichnete sie dankenswerterweise für dieses Buch.
03.03.92: Dieter visited Bernd Tesch in Zweifall.
Books: Rätselhaftes Indien. Von Burma durch die Inselwelt Südostasiens
1971-1980
1975
John Pitt (Canadian)
Ed Culberson wrote: An artikel of the Canadian John Pitt in the Motorcycle-Magazin Cycle "The Long Tour" motivated pushed me even more to ride Alaska-Tierra del Fuego including Darien Gap. John has been 64 years in 1975 and rode Aslaka - Tierra del Fuego but not the Darien Gap.
1976 ? - 1978
Kristina Griffith (Vietnamese) and with her husband ?
Alaska - Tierra del Fuego - Spain -Scotland.
From NA to London - overland to India - Africa -
22.11.2000 1st infromation by Ralf Paaske and Petra Schommer. They have a letter with all details. 06.1998 - 04.2000 McLean, Ken (Scottish) http://www.??
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
30.01.01 Send first email and asked for his block.
19.05.01 Send second email and asked for his block.
1979 - 1982
Georges Gouron (French, born 28.10.1944) http://www.??
+ USA - Mexicio - Bolivia - Mexico. Bought a new Suzuki GT 750 end of 1978. In September we flew to San Francisco (USA) and rode down California to Mexico. In Guadalajara I joined with Patrick who was coming from Canada with his Honda 750 and we travelled together. We did a grand tour of Mexico then went to Belice. Got stuck for 2 weeks in Belice City thanks to the flood. Eventually we managed to ride and waddle through to reach the border with Guatemala. At the border I checked the oil. Gosh it was a paste ! So I changed it before we continued through mud to Tikal (Took us more than one hour for the last 4 km). People there got excited. They were stuck since 10 days and thought the road was reopened. But when they saw our bikes covered in mud they just sigh ! But Tikal was just worse the trouble. More mud was waiting for us before geaching Guatemala City. Went to Antigua, Lake Atitlan, etc . then passed into Salvador then in civil war. We pulled up the French flag to show we were not yankees otherwise we would have been shot. In town we were many times accosted by groups of tough people thinking we were American but we always talked our way out and often had drink with them once they understood their mistake. From Salvador to Honduras then Nicaragua also in civil war. In Granada we spent a good hour before convincing a young guy armed with a machine gun that we were not yankees and had nothing to do with them. Reluctantly he let us go but it was touch and go. Costa Rica was a relief then we rode to Panama through a deluge. From Panama we flew the bikes to Quito. Went down to Guayaquil where an earthquake shook us out of bed in the middle of the night. No damage for us or the bikes. Left Guayaquil for Peru, rode down the coast then up the Andes to Huaraz (fantastic scenery) down to the coast again and to Lima. Up the Andes to La Oroya (alt 4887m) and from there to Cuzco along the Andes. It was still the wet season and the dirt road was mud. It was slow going with lots of falls. The brakes were blocked by the mud so sometimes the falls were voultary, to avoid a greater fall down the Andes ! But we reached Cuzco where Patrick's Honda packed up. No parts in town nor in Lima neither in Bolivia. A general bought his bike so we split. Patrick continued by bus and I still with my Suzuki which was working perfectly. So we met at prearranged places. In La Paz (Bolivia) we saw that we could not go much further because money. So we started the trip back to Mexico. From there Patrick went back to Canada. I stayed a bout a year in Mexico, working in a hotel then sold the bike which had developed some problems and with the money went back by bus or hitchiking to Bolivia. Then flew back to Australia on the last day of my visa.
The best : Too many. In fact the whole trip.
THE WORSE (at the time, now one of the best memory): The scary moment in Nicaragua. The ride to Tikal and the ride through the muddy Andes
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges
1981-1990
01.11.1981 - 31.03.1983
Christian Dick (German, born 02.04.1955)
+ North -, Central - and South-America. Christian rode solo with a HONDA XL 500 S Enduro from North - America (20.000 kms in 5 months) over Cental-America (5.000 kms in 2 months) to South-America (25.000 kms in 9 months). In total about 55.000 kms in 17 months (including six weeks "on the water").
Route: Germany (Heidelberg) - USA (Boston) - Canada (Vancouver). From there generally the route Panamericana: USA (Westcoast) - Mexico (Baha California, Mexico City) - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama. With a plane to Columbia (Bogota) - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Argentina- Chile (Puerto Mont) - Argentina - Paraguay - Brasil.
Purpose of travel: Fullfilling a long dream after my studies in Heidelberg. Looking for adventures. Meeting the people of the world.
The best: - Towns like Vancouver, San Francisco, Quito, La Paz, Rio de Janeiro. - The absolute different landscapes in the various countries. - The hospitality in almost all countries all over America. - Got hit by a bullet in Mexico (near Oaxaca) into my but. 10 days hospital. - Tour into the Bolivian jungle with 3 Bavarians on their bikes (Christoph del Bondio, Alfred and Thomas Müller) to visit the old German adventurer Hans Ertl (80 years), who (was ?) living near Concepcion. - Transport of the motorcycles in small boats through the Bolivian jungle because the roads were muddy and not to pass. - From Rio de Janeiro with a ship (Luxeryliner "MS Astor" back to Europe (Genua) as a simple worker in the mashine-room. Free of charge for me and the bike and with DM 500,00 money for my work. And a temperamental love affair with a German Stewardess Maren.
The worst: The shot into my best part (see above).
Publication: Partial discription in PS, The Motorcycle News, No.12 / 1985.
Useful informationes and Tips for others: Too long ago. But, don´t prepare so much, just start your dream. A lot comes different as you have ever thougth.
1985 Christian gave kindly a slides-show at the Tesch-Mc-Meeting.
1985,1999, 2001 visitor of The Tesch-Mc-Meeting. Christian rode and tool car for a BMW R 100/7 220.000 kms.
04.2000 22 MFT Christian Dick hat vor 15 Jahren einen Dia-Vortag auf dem TTTreffen gehalten. Nord-, Mittel- und Süd-Amerika und hat sich seitdem nie mehr gemeldet. Das Fernweh hat ihn aber nie mehr verlassen !
04.2001 Out of his memory Christian told me that at this time he met the following Mc-travellers on his total way: 5 in NA, 2 in Central-A und 10 in SA.
04.04.2005: Glaube mir, ich - der BMW-Fahrer mit jetzt vielleich 600.000 Km auf dem Buckel - träume jetzt mit 50 Jahren immer noch von der Welt mit ihren vielen unentdeckten Gegenden, die ich eigentlich alle noch sehen möchte. In diesem Sinne herzliche Grüße von einem Deiner "Jünger" Christian Dick.
1983
Nino Lazzeri (Luxembourg)
Solo Alaska-Feuerland: 12 Monate. 45.000 km (Der humorvollste Vortrag auf 48 TTTreffen 1978-2006)
10.-11.02.84 Dia-Vortrag auf dem 6. deutsche MOTORRAD - TREFFEN für FERNREISEN. 110 Teilnehmer.
B.T.: Es war mit Sicherheit der humorvollste Vortrag von 1978-2009. Vielleicht sogar der beste Dia-Vortrag.
1988 - 1989
Helmar Büchel (German from Kassel)
The journalist Helmar rode 65.000 kms with a BMW R 80 G/S PD from Alaska via Colombia to Tierra del Fuego in one year. In SAmerika 12.000 kms.
Publication: MOTORRAD 05.1989 about th part of South America
.
03.10.1989 - 28.09.1990
Bernardino Rosendo (= Cosi, Spanish, born 06.01.1963)
+ Around South America - Ushuaia - Alaska - New York. "Cosi" rode solo his "Transamérica Expedition" with a Cagiva T4 350 E. (Sponsored by Cagiva Italy and spanish dealers). 55.000 km in total in one year. Starting in Venezuela and finishing in USA.
Route: Spain - "Cosi" and his motorcycle by ship to South America - one stop of 36 hours in the Dominique Republic - by motorcycle from Venezuela (port of La Guaira) - Brazil (Boavista; "Transamazonica road" Manaus; Humaita; Portovelho; Brasilia; Rio de Janeiro) - Paraguay - Uruguay - Argentina (Buenos Aires; Neuquen; Comodoro Rivadavia; Rio Gallegos and Ushuaia); After Perito Moreno Clacier National Park, I crossed the Andes) - to Chile (and followed North the Austral Road till Puerto Montt; Santiago; Antofagasta) - Bolivia - Peru - Ecuador - Colombia - Panama - boat to Costa Rica from Cartagena de Indias to Puerto Limón - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - El Salvador - Guatemala - Mexico - USA - Canada - Alaska (Polar Circle) and then all the way to New York where I finish the trip. I send the motorcycle to Spain by boat and myself back by plane
Purpose of the trip: Enjoy motorcycle driving; landscapes; People; life.
Comments: A wonderfull trip full of nature; incredible panorama lanscapes and very nice and honest people always trying to help. No problems at all !!!
Sponsored by : CAGIVA ITALY/SPAIN; Transatlantica Spanish Lines; AGFA-GEVAERT; Garibaldi; Junta de Andalucia; Patronato Prov. de Cadiz;
Published many reports in spanish newspaper and spanish speaking countries; 14 chapter monthly in Solo Moto (Motorcycle Magazine) and in other magazines.
17.10.1989 - 11.10.1990
Petra Ketelsen (Swiss) and Thomas Sbampato http://www.sbampato.ch
+ North - and Central-America with Kawasaki KLR 650. 50.000 kms.
Route: Florida - Kalifornien - Panama - Florida mit einigen Abstechern in verschiedene Nationalparks wie Arches, Grand Canyon, Bryce usw.
Our The best: Dass wir am Ende der Reise uns so gut verstanden, daß wir beschlossen zusammenzubleiben und heirateten.
The worst: Wir gerieten in Nicaragua zwischen die Fronten der Contras und den Sandinisten. Schüsse, Schreie, Tote, Kampfhelikopter. Das wir aus der Situation lebend herauskamen war absoluter Zufall.
1991-2000
22.10.1991-22.09.1994
Christian Tokowha(New Zealand, Maori) www.tewaka.com
+ Solo Tierra del Fuego to Alaska in 4 months.
21.07.2005 First contact with Maori Christina from NZ on Claudias Party.
28.07.2005 1st request for update
01.05.1992 - 28.03.1994
Christian Frei (German) http://www.motorrad-fernreisen.de
+ North - and South-America. Alaska-Ushuaia. The webmaster Christain rode solo Alaska - Tierra de Fuego. 67.000 kms in 22 months with YAMAHA XT TENERE 600.
Route: USA - Canada (up to Fairbanks) - Mexico - Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Panama - Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivien - Chile - Argentinia (Ushuaia) - back to Chile Antofagaster - Santiago) - Argentina (Buenos Aires) - by plane back to Germany.
Earlier travels: Türkei, Tunesien, Europa.
Highlihts: Alaska. Guatemala. Costa-Rica. Altiplano - Bolivia. The feeling to be independend.
The Worst: 6 months of McDonald food. Street bandits Belize - City. Break of chain on the Altiplano in Bolivia. Stolen camera and equipment in Equador (Quito).
ca. 1993 + 5 months
Peter Ruch, (SWiss, Motor-Journalist)
+ North - and South-America. Alaska-Ushuaia. 25.000 km in 5 months through 12 countries.
Book: Ruch + Peter Panamericana. Mit dem Motorrad von Alaska bis Feuerland Motorbuch Verag, Stuttgart. Germany. 1994 TR. Americas North-+South America YAMAHA Tenere 166, Hard 1st German edition 21 H x 14,5 B 3-613-01596-x € 24,90 Motorbuch Verlag 1994.04.19 915
10.10.2004 Who knows his address?
17.10.1993 - 04.11.1996
Petra (Ketelsen, heute Sbampato) and Thomas Sbampato. (Swiss) http://www.sbampato.ch
+ North - and South-America. Alaska-Ushuaia. 120.000 km. Drei Jahre lang erforschten der freischaffende Fotograf Thomy und die Lehrerin und Schriftstellerin Petra mit einer BMW R 100 GS den amerikanischen Kontinent und hielten Dia-Vorträge.
Route: Alle Länder Amerikas bis auf die drei Guayanas.
The best: Die Leute am Wegesrand, die uns in scheinbar ausweglosen Situationen immer wieder neuen Mut gaben und weiterhalfen.
The worst: Es gab einige schlimme Situationen, aber der Überfall nachts in unserem Zimmer in Mexiko, wo ich beinahe mein rechtes Auge verlor, gehörte bestimmt zu den schlimmsten Erlebnissen. Mein Schneidezahn wackelt heute noch davon.
Book or Publikation: Magazine wie das Globetrotter-Magazin Schweiz. Motorradmagazin Schweiz. Gegen hundert Tageszeitungen in der Schweiz und Süddeutschland. In der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2000 erscheint die Reportage im MOTORRAD- Magazin Deutschland.
Info: Zwei CD´s und eine CD - ROM Feuerland - Alaska. Die CD-ROM ist mit Wort, Bild und Musik. Buch von Petra geplant. Bestellbar bei Thomas Sbampato oder Bernd Tesch.
02.2000 1st Info by MOTORRAD 4/2000
31.05.2000 1st contact
B.T.: Vermutlich längste Alaska-Feuerland-Tour.
1994 - 1997
The Norwegian ferry from Panama (Colon) to Colombia (Cartagena) existed only 1994 - 1997.
1994 - 1995
Giorgio Bettinelli (Italian)
Alaska-Ushuaia. Giorgio wrote a book about his Vespa trip from Rome to Saigon in 1992-1993. He also did Alaska - Tierra del Fuego in Vespa 1994-1995. He has done other trips all on a Vespa but I have no other specifics. Il Raid Mototuristico means The Mototurism Raid, I can not explain it.
27.06.2002 1st information by George Migliorelli being "on the road" RTW
27.06.2002 1st request for update from Carlo Nuzzo and Carlo Muttoni.
01.02.1995 – 01.03.1996
Norbert Blank (German, 29.03.1965) and Wiltrud Moises (German, 29.09.1964) http://www.bilder-botschaften.de
+ Middle- and Southamerika. Wiltrud and Norbert rode from Texas to Chile (Fireland, Ushuaia) on a on a WASP-BMW with sidecar: “Ein Jahr – Drei Räder” oder “Un año en tres ruedas”.
Purpose of your travel: Seeing our great world, their people, mentalitys and cultures. Meeting adventure.
Route: 22.000km ON- / OFFRoad: North America (Houston/Texas/USA - Mexiko – Guatemala – Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica – Panama - from Panama (Colon) to Colombia (Cartagena) in 24 hours by ship) – Colombia – Venezuela – Brasil– Bolivia - Chile – Argentina.
The best: Diving with wales in Argentina, climbing anden-mountains, kajaking in chiles “bio bio” river, crossing the “Amazonas” on a motorbike with sidecar, the great friendly people, seeing our fantastic world and a lot of time to enjoy everything.
The worst: Robbery in Costa Rica, broken leg in the nowhere of Amazonas.
Book publication : “Die größten Motorrad ABENTEUER”, Bruckmann Verlag, ISBN 3 7654 4151 1
Magazin publication : Motorrad Abenteuer (Bruckmann verlag, Germany), Motorrad Magazin (Austria, Sport Verlag Wien)
Useful information and TIPS for others: all see on http://www.bilder-botschaften.de
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Crossing Turkey and Greece in 1988. Crossing Algerian Sahara in 1991. Crossing Ecuador in 2002.
Info: Zu deiner Frage: Der Outdoortrainer Norbert Blank veranstaltet unter anderem Wildwasser-Kajak-Abenteuer-Reisen nach Ecuador (Dieser mein Trip wurde vom Magazin “National Geographic” in seiner Sonderausgabe “Adventure” zu einem der 50 größten Abenteuer der Welt gekürt !). Dann bike, klettere, paddle, skie ich durch die Welt – zum Fotografieren und Leiten von Buisness orientierten Outdoor-Trainings.
09.08.1994 - 01.08.1995
Petersen, Peter (Danish) http://www.control.auc.dk
Canada - Tierra del Fuego. With BMW R 100 GS the 200,5 (!) meters the computer-expert Peter rode solo 60.000 kms.
Route: Canada - USA - ?? - Argentina.
He was always smiling and laughing as loud as ten together from his height. I thought then nobody will dare to tuch this strong real person because of both. He was travelling like a vagabond without plans.
Already then the computer-expert was connected with a lot of mc-travellers worldwide by email.
The best: ???.
The worst: ???
1994 I met Peter in California. The always smiling / laughing Peter always travels like a vagabond without plan.
Participant of the Mc-Meeting for WORLD-Travellers 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000
01.04.1995 - ca. 01.1996
Marc Gutmann (German)
+ South-America. Around-The-World. Marc planned 6,5 months. After 9 months he returned with his SUZUKI DR 650 after 25.000 kms (off-road ca. 7000 kms). Marc rode in many curves through SA and visited 9 different countries. Because he did not want to be in South America within a day he and his bike shipped with Polish Ocean Lines from Danzig (Polan) to Argentina (Buenos Aires).
Purpose: He visited many SOS-children villages in SA.
01.-02.04.1995 Participant of the 17. Meeting for Mc-World-Travellers. Marc started his tour here.
30.-31.03.1996 Participant of the 18. Meeting for Mc-World-Travellers. He gave a slides-show: "Süd-Amerika".
14.-16.04.2000 Participant of the 22. Meeting for Mc-World-Travellers. Marc finished his tour here.
2001 plan: Another great tour!
Foto Gerald Bauer: Meeting on the road with Gustavo (-> http://www.re-moto.com ) in Costa Rica
27.03.1996 - open
Gerald Bauer (German, born 02.02.1963)
- Panamericana in parts. Gerald travels solo HIS "Panamericana" in parts.
Purpose of your travel: I am curious ...
After I got some motorbike travel experiences 1990 in Greece and 1994 on Corse Island and my first contact to an enduro (Honda AX1 250 ccs) in the north of Thailand with 5000 km in four weeks 1993, the invitation of a friend to the U.S. fascinated my imagination.
Initial journey (U.S. Southwest, 27.03.1996 to 08.06.1996, R100GS, bike from Texas ): He had to buy a bike for me and so I could make a tour on a BMW R100GS through the rough south west of the U.S. in spring 1996 with some 12.000 km and 12 weeks of time.
Journey number zero (Alasca/Canada/No-One, 22.07.1998 to 03.09.1998, NX650, Germany-U.S.-Germany by plane): In the beginning of 1998 I have read a short message in my bike magazin "Tourenfahrer": < Alaska with your own bike> and that person has just the same area phone code.
So I have enjoyed the Alaskian and Canadian highways on my Honda Dominator NX650 (about 12000 km in just 6 weeks) all down to San Francisco together with Helmut B. .
On this tour we met Gerd Stock, who asked me on the Tesch Traveller Meeting in 1999, if I would like to acompagny him on his Panamericana (www.come.to/gerdspanamericana). That was not possible for me, but I tried to meet him up in South America .
First journey (South-America I, 25.03.2001 to 27.05.2001, XT600, shipped Bremen-Valparaiso): I was too late for this meeting, when I started my South America in Chili end of march 2001. Together with Werner Zwick (who I also met on a Tesch Traveller Meeting) I rode on Yamaha XT600 to Cusco in Peru.
Second + third journey (South-America II, 06.03.2002 to 06.04.2002, XT600; South-America III, 22.09.2002 to 21.10.2002, XT600): On a second tour I returned to Chili in spring 2002 and discovered northwest Argentina in autumn of the same year.
Fourth journey (South-America IV, 05.04.2003 to 01.06.2003, XT600): This journey brought me in contact with masses of sand and gravel. Without the help of Frank B., Wolfgang H. and Werner B. I would not have had the energy to stand through all this rough roads.
We crossed the long way through the Atacama desert (Antofagasta de la Sierra road), kept beside the Bolivian border from San Pedro de Atacama to the Ollague vulcano, dived the Salar de Uyuni, searched the (not existing road) to Independencia, overlived the Camino del Muerte (just before they opened the new road), got sea sick on the up and down of the Peruan Andes, checked all detours of Ecuador and missed the equator monument on the first hit. But I reached the equator in Ecuador in late spring of 2003.
So I experienced the South America (Panamericana) in etappes, like Werner and before him Gerd and Ellen did. They got the experiences and I traveled the easy way with their informations.
Fifths journey (South-/Central-/North-America V, 06.01.2005 to 08.04.2005, XT600): After I worked for vacacions and over hours, in january of 2005 I could start with the next part of my Panamericana. On this tour I saw lovely Columbia , crossed the Darien gap by plane ( Bogota to Panama-City) and rode all Central America just to the Mexican border. Then my time run out and I have had to hurry up for reaching the U.S. in Texas , where I have relatives.
On 8th of April I was back to Germany , after 40.000 km and all together nine month of traveling in five parts over the last years.
My XT is fit for new challenges, she may surprise me again, when I get new vacacions (not before 2006)...
Sixth journey (North-America VI, 08.06.2006 to 23.07.2006, XT600): On the sixth part of the actual tour I missed my old trails twice. From Texas I crossed the Great Plains, experienced some Rocky Mountains (N.P. in Colorado ), loved the colourful Yellowstone N.P. and danced with the Blackfeet on their tribal convention. Crossing the border to Canada I changed the saddle and tried to ride a horse. That worked as long as I looked into the same direction, the horse liked to go to :-)
Seventh journey (Canada/US VII, 20.05.2009 to 18.06.2009, XT600): This part should prepare travelling together with my friend on this single XT600. Therefore the sight seeing was limited to some spots like Crater Lake and Jasper national park, accompanied by staying on the Tynda Rally of Eric and Gail in Oregon. I was surprised to see a US without long straight roads. Winding tracks through forests, hills or mountains, beside rivers and lakes my XT600 was rolling on, all in the Rocky Mountains surrounded by snow capped peaks and vulcanos.
The Eight journey (Canada/US VIII, 25.07.2009 to 14.08.2009, XT600 and Dany): Two on one motorcycle, three big bags made this possible and the XT600 kept easy going on a round trip from Alberta through British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Washington, Idaho and Montana back to Alberta. One highlight was the MRT- Canada Rally near Nelson, the other all the big animals, which liked to see us: the "canadian girl" XT 600, Dany and me. Jasper, Banff, Glaciers, Bears, Columbia River, Cascades, a desert town, Vancouver city, Calgary tower, gigantomaniac West Edmonton Mall in 4400 km were a great experience together.
Planned Nineth journey in 2010 : Alaska waves with polar lights and never ending days. The flights are booked already and Inuvik should serve me a diner.
Some information about me : German, 02.02.1963, about 1,70 m tall, like to talk and I am always looking for other travellers for my etappes, which I have to fit in my regular anual vacacion times.
Highlights: Nearly all people, which I met, were friendly and helpful to me. Even if they have poor money and properties, but they are some content with their lifes. The landscapes and the flora/fauna are fascinating all over the world, when I have the chance to see them in nature and not captured or damaged by humans.
The worst: I have had some difficulties (with the bike, with the borders ...), but I have no "worst" !
Book or publication (about your tour): ???
Useful informations and TIPS for others: take parts for repairing a hole in the tire, all other problems could be solved with the help of nice peoples, every problem can be fixed or overwhelmed somewhere, somehow, sometime
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:
Thailand (North, 25.03.1993 to 13.05.1993, with 4 weeks AX1, rental bike);
Thailand (North, 05.11.1993 to 28.11.1993, with 1 week AX1, rental bike);
Corsica (19.09.1994 to 03.10.1994, NX650);
Marokko (27.02.2000 to 17.03.2000, NX650, guided tour with Toyota for the luggage);
30.04.2002 1st information. Gerald has been three times on the TTTreffen.
19.03.2008 last update.
12.05.2010 Last update
26.05.1996 - 04.12.1998
Astrid Griep
(born 1969) and Daniel Duwe (born 1971, both Germans). Astrids
homepage demnächst..
+ Alaska - Tierrad del Fuego. Astrid
(Suzuki DR 350) and Daniel (Honda Transalp) rode 21 months and 60.000 kms (shortest
distance Alaska - Tierre del Fuego ca. 17.000 km).
Purpose of travel: Curiosity for other countries and how the people live there.
Route: North America
(USA (Anchorage) - Canada - West of USA - Mexico - Guatemala. Here we celebrated
our first christmas. In Honduras we stayed the next 3 months: Holiday form travelling.
Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama. We crossed exactly after one year the canal of
Panama - by plane to South America (Colombia (Bogota) - through the Andes south
to Equador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina. Christmas 1997 we reached Ushuaia.
The end of a dream !
The best: The people and the endless
nature in Alaska and Kanada, the beauty of Western USA, the beautiful caribean
coast in Mexico, the Andes with the volcanos, altiplano, saltlakes and of course
reaching Tierra del Fuego after 60.000 km.
The Worst: A crash with
a cow in the dschungel of Bolivia. Yeah - 2 weeks before I crashed into Daniels
motorbike because of the beautiful scenery of the Andes.
Earlier experiences:
Backpacking through Brasil, Mexiko, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Thailand. Transafrica
by motorcycle.
Useful tips to others: Don´t take too many things
with you, you can buy almost everything everywhere. It is much nicer to travel
light.
I paid about DM 20.000 (ca. 10.000 Euro) for this fun. All included
like shipping the bike to Alaska, the flight from Panama City to Bogotá
and the transport back from Argentina (Buenos Aires) to Germany (Hamburg). I never
counted all in different positions like flights, fuel, food... But notice that
a joureney with two persons is much cheaper than solo. Alaska, Kanada and USA
have been cheaper than we thought. We camped wild and cooked by ourself. For the
N(ationl)P(arks)s we had the Pass "Golden Eagle" for one time paying
US $ 25. We did not need a "carnet de passage" and no visa. In Nicaragua we paid instead ca.
US $ 20. At the borders all was always correct. On sunday we had to pay extra
fees at the border of Mexiko - Guatemala.
05.1998 Personal visit of Astrid: I was astonished to hear how easy she managed Alasca - Tierra dle Fuego
on her 350 ccm. She belongs to the few women who dare everything and is always
positive thinking. It is wonderful to listen to Astrid.
Astrid is planing
again to travel with her 350ccm SUZUKI. Who wants to travel next with her?
2001: Astrid has been more than three times at the Tesch-Travel-Treffen:
1995, 1996, 1997.
09.04.2010 B.T. asked for an update and the best foto.
B.T.: Astrid is a very intelligent-humores
and sweet-femine woman. She is a very experienced traveller and always waiting
for the next tour... now studying in North of Germany.
25.01.1997. - 04.07.1997
Clodoaldo Braga, Turbay Dr. (Brasilian)
http://www.castor.mps.com.br/alaska
or http://www.ainter.net/clodoaldobraga
+ North - and South-America. The medicine
doctor Clodoaldo and Marcos rode on Suzuki DR 800 S Big. In 72 days 34.000 kms
through 15 countries.His summaries: "This is our world".
Route: Brasilien
- Bolivien - Peru - Equador - Kolumbien - Panam - Costa Rica - San Salvador -
Honduras - Nicaragua - Guatemala - Mexico - USA - Canada - Alaska.
The best:
Macchu Picchu (Peru), Cartagena ( Colombia), and the ultimate city of the Earth
before the North Pole reacheable by road: Prudohe Bay. But the real challenge
is the road between Cuzco (Peru) and Nazca ( Peru). On this road, the word adventure
reaches a meaning that only really hard drivers are entitled to answer. Extremelly
dangerous, extremely beautiful. Canadá has the most beautifuls roads of
the Earth, doubtelessly. And the Yukon has the appeal to our thirst of adventure,
and the answer to this call.
Book 1998: Alaska-Além Do Circulo
Polar Ártico (in Portuguese. Titel in English means "Alaska-Beyond The
Polar Article Circle").
B.T.: There are very few
Brasilans riding that long distances in the Americas.
01.07.1997
- 25.02.1998
Werner Bausenhart, Ph.D. (German living in Canada)
DM 38,90 http://www.???
"8 Around the
Americas on a Motorcycle." North - and South-America.
Alaska-Ushuaia. 47,543miles (=76.069 kms).
The German Werner (60,
living in Canada) rode around North and South America after he retired. He wrote
a book with a day-to-day account of a trip by BMW R 100 GSPD from Ontario, Canada,
to Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) to Ushuaia
(Tierra del Fuego, Argentina), and back
to Canada. It gives an insight into matters specific to motorcycle adventure
travel: the documents required, the maintenance of the bike, road and riding conditions
as they affect the motorcyclist, border crossings, transporting the bike by air
freight, and accommodation and security for bike and rider. An appendix lists
exact distances, and the names of secure campgrounds and hotels. The travelogue
includes conversations with many of the fellow travellers Bausenhart met along
the route. The book also touches on more personal questions. How does the family-oriented
traveller obtain a leave of absence from a significant other who hates motorcycles?
How does one overcome one's own fear of the unknown? The writer demonstrates that
anyone with a strong desire to do so can indulge in motorcycle adventure travel.
All that is required is a reliable
motorcycle, a bit of money, and a lot
of time. Appendix: Route with kms, camping places and hotels.
Tour North
America: 01.07.1997 - 21.08.97 28,864 Miles. Canada - U.S.A (Alaska)
- Canada - U.S.A (Oregon - California) - Mexico - U.S.A (Texas - Florida - New
York) - Canada.
Tour: South America: 20.10.1997-02.02.1998. 37,038
miles. Canada - U.S.A - Mexico - Guatemala - El Salvador -
Honduras - Nicaragua-
Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia - Venezuela - Brazil - Paraguay - Argentina - Chile
- Argentina - Chile - Bolivia - Peru - Bolivia - Peru - Ecuador - Colombia.
Tour: Central America and Mexico: 03.02.98 - 25.02.98. 47,543-37,090 =10.453 miles
Panama - Costa Rica -
Nicaragua - Honduras - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico
- U.S.A - Canada.
English. 240 pp. 23 b +w fotos, 1 map. 47,543miles (= 76.069
km)".
The best: End of the road in Alaska. End of the road on Tierra
del Fuego, Argentina. Riding in the Andes.
The worst: Rain, rain,
rain, thanks to El Niño.
Book in 2000: This private published book
is available from Werner or Bernd Tesch: "8 Around the Americas on a Motorcycle."
1 July, 1997 - 6 April,1998:
1991 BMW R100 GSPD Around North and
South America in a figure eight. 76,407 km. Ottawa, Canada - Winnipeg -
Dawson Creek - Fairbanks - Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay, Alaska) - Vancouver -
USA -San Francisco - Mexico City - Panama to Colombia by air
with bike - Venezuela - Brazil - Ushuaia (Argentina; end of the road) -
Punta Arenas
(Chile) - Bolivia - Peru - Colombia by air
with bike to Panama - Belize - Mexico - USA - Key West (Florida) - Ottawa, Canada.
19.05.1998 - 09.02.2000
Julia Grau(born 1971) and Walter Mueller (born 1965. Both Germans
from Feuchtwangen in Bavaria) http://www.globebiker.de
+ Alaska - Tierra del Fuego - Spain - Germany. Julia and Walter rode 90.000 kms in 20 months through 17 countries with two
BMW R 100 GS PD.
Route: By aeroplane to Canada (Toronto) - Alaska -
Canada - USA west coast - USA east coast - USA westcoast - Mexico - Belize - Guatemala
- El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama - by plane to Colombia
(Bogota) - Equador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Bolivia - Brasil - Paraguay - Argentina
- Chile - Ushuaia - Chile - by plane back to Germany.
Purpose of travel: Just for fun as a tourist.
The best: Nationalparks of USA. Bears.
Ruins in Mexico. Salar de Uyuni. Perrito Moreno Ice-Mountain. Amazonas. Lake area
of Chile. The Worst: Police of Brasil. Border of Hondura.
Tipps
for others: Make your own experiene. Don´t take care too much of the
influence of others.
Earlier experiences: 4 weeks Morocco. 4 weeks
Turkey. 4 weeks Greece.
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf
Paaske
30.01.01 Send first email and asked for their block
03.06.01 1st
contact.
20.07.1998 – 18.01.2000
Eva Schöner-Löther (German, 01.03.1961) and Ralf Löther (German born 20.12.1964) : http://www.die-motorradnomaden.de
+ Alaska - Tierra del Fuego. Eva and Ralf (better
known as RalEva) rode 63.000 km with 2 Yamaha XT 600 Ténéré (1 VJ).
Route: Anchorage to Buenos Aires
Countries: USA
- Canada - Mexico - Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama
- Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Brasil - Paraguay - Argentina - Chile.
We flew with the bikes from Düsseldorf to Anchorage. Also over the Darien
Gap, from Panama City (Panama) to Bogota ( Colombia). Back to Europe we took a
plane and shipped the bikes to Hamburg
Purpose of Travel: We want to
travel around the world, step by step, with our motorcycles
The best: We
did this trip trip together and still loving each other! Most of the people were
very friendly and hospitable. The „feeling" to be free.
The worst: Eva got Borreliose in Brasil, but with the help of Internet we got the information
about this sickness. And Eva took enough Antibiotika for the real time, to get
cured! The Police in Brasil wanted US $ 1.000 from us, because, in their eyes,
we did a traffic-mistake
Important useful informations for others: http://www.Die-Motorradnomaden.de
Book or publication (about your tour): Πhttp://www.Die-Motorradnomaden.de
Fotos von Reinhard Poetsch: Elke Thape 1999 "on route" in Peru
xx.12.1998 - xx.03.1999 and xx.11.1999 - xx.04.2000
Elke Thape (German) www.elkethape.com
+ North - Central- and South-America. Sozia-Rider on Yamaha Tenere XTZ 660 (see Trip Reinhard Poetzsch Around-The-World)
Route: North-America ( USA ( Florida ) - Mexico - Guatemala - Belize - Costa Rica - Panama - South-America (Columbia - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina - (Cartagena - Ushuaia - El Chaiten by bus and hitch hiked Carretera Austral, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil)
Purpose of travel: Love
The best: Every new experience and person on the way, travelling together
The worst: End of riding together in El Chaiten / Argentina
Useful tip: Bring little
Previous experiences: Rode own motorbikes and have been Sozia-rider for years in Europe , travelled 77+countries by motorbike, car, sailboat, plane, container ship, train, hiked, bicycled...
Plan / search: Would love to go on more adventures with someone, especially ride more through Africa, Russia and joining countries , Mongolia, Asia... sail the world with someone... and other journeys.... Who loves to ride / sail / travel with me ?
06.04.2007 First summary from Elke. Living / working in USA (Nantucket, MA) at this times.
13.04.2007 last summary
1999-2000
Freeman, Jan and ? (English)
+ Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego. In 14 months we rode 60000km.
Purpose: ??
Route: Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Tierra Del Fuego via Canada - USA - Mexico - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa - Rica - Panama - Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile and Argentina. It was not the most direct route you could do! This was on the GS and anF650.
I have many pictures from my trips but they are all slides. It was great to hear from you as Ihave heard much about you from the German bike riders we have met over the years.
The best: ??
The worst: ??
Useful information for others: ??
If you want any more information on any of this please contact me .
I hope you will keep in touch.
Best wishes, Ian Freeman
18.05.2010 All Jan Freeman-information stored so far under ASIA homepage
18.05.2010 Next request for update and the best foto of travellers with the mc
1999-2006
Margrit Dietrich und Max (Schweizer) http://www.trotamundos.ch/deutsch/index_de.htm max@trotamundos.ch oder margrit@trotamundos.ch
+ Alaska-Feuerland. Realisierung ihrer Pensionsträume durch eine Langzeitreise "7 Jahre mit nach eigenen Plänen umgebautem UNIMOG "BAT" durch Süd- und Nor-Amerika".
05.05.2006 1st info via http://www.swisstravelclub.ch)
07.05.2006 1st request for update
1999
Andi Comes (German)
+ Canada - Usuhaia. Vorstellung von "Special Guests"
auf der Bühne: Andi Comes schrieb mir am 10.03.99 hinten auf einem Foto von
sich: "Nach 6 Monaten von Calgary/Canada hier in Ushuaia/Südspitze von
Süd-Amerika nach 26.000 km angekommen. Mein Flug ab Buenos Aires geht 25./26.03.99
und mache mich dann flott auf den Weg nach Malmedy".
04.04.2005 2nd request
for update bei Andi Comes und Christian Dick
15.06.1999 – 15.02.2000
Renate Greulach (German, born 26.02.1951) and Gino Grimbacher (German/USA, born 08.05.1956) www.gg-restless.de
+ Alaska- Tierra del Fuego (Feuerland). We rode on one bike BMW R100 GS PD in 8 months from Vancouver/Canada (we have been earlier in Alaska by bike) to Ushuaia in South-America (43. 000 km). Originally we planed to be on the road for 1-1.5 years and wanted to travel USA, Mexico, Central- and South-America, South Africa, southern and eastern Part of Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Renate (responsible for employee-accounts in a large company) prefers to sit on the back of my (Gino) bike (seaman, driving instructor). I (Gino) have been 9 times at the Tesch-Travel-Treffen and since 1995 we travel with Tesch-Travel-Boxes and the special designed frame. Gino: after all the boxes went through, they are still in good condition and protected our legs perfectly after an accident in Chile. We would never travel without them. According to good info from Bernd Tesch and his famous Bernd-Tesch-Treffen we where able to meet several travellers (German & British) in Guatemala (Antigua) and Peru (Cuzco). Dec. 28th, 1999 we reached healthy and happy Ushuaia for the great second "Bernd-Tesch-Meeting". After a great celebration (Millenium) with old and new friends we headed North to Rio de Janeiro (Brasil). 15.02.2000 for 2 reasons we finished our trip in Rio de Janeiro and flew (including their bike) back to Germany.
Purpose to return: 1st reason was: too many good impressions on our 8 months trip, which first have to been overthought before continuing. 2nd: the health condition of my (Gino) mother.
Route : Canada - USA - Mexico - Guatemala - El Salvadore - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama (we and the bike by plane to) Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina - Brazil - we and the bike flew back to Germany by plane.
Purpose of Travel: After having gone twice around the world on freighters (ships) I (Gino) want to travel overland with Renate.
The best : To know other nations, other people, different cultures and living and dealing with " Mother Nature ".
The worst: NONE, because whenever it looked like a problem is coming up, there was always someone who gave us help and/or hospitality, so that the problem turned into a good and great experience.
Useful Information: Going to the yearly "Bernd-Tesch-Meeting" in Germany and take the chance to use "Bernd's Individual Consulting" which safes you lots of money during your trip.
Earlier experiences: Gino Grimbacher started 1974 with little motorcycle trips around Germany (20 000km) on a DKW 200.
1980 - 1994 he toured in several trips around Europe (60 000km) between North Cape - Marocco and between Ireland - Czechoslovakia on a BMW R80/7.
Renate Greulach and Gino Grimbacher together:
1995 - 1998: In 1995 they bought a BMW R100 GS PD in New York ( USA ) and travelled both on this bike 35.000 km around North-America , Canada and Alaska . See North-America.
Dreaming off: going to S.Africa , Australia , New Zeeland and Asia ( Russia )
??.08.1999 - ??.11.2000
Kerstin Käppel (German, born ???) and Benno Grell (German, born ???)
+ N- and S-America. Kerstin and Benno intended
to travel one year. Finnaly they travelled two years with two BMW R 100 GS. Ca
53.000 km in the Americas and ca. 35.000 km in Africa (see there).
Purpose
of travel: A lot. It is fascinating to be "on the road".
Route: S-America
(Chile - Argentinia (Ushuaia) - Chile - Bolivia - Peru - Equador) - N-America (Panama
- Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico - USA - Germany.
The best: ??
The worst: ??
Useful tips fr others: ??
Earlier mc-expriences: ??
Later
mc-experiences: ??
31.10.01 1st summary from S-Africa. Kerstin and Benno have been 8 times since 1999
at the "Tesch-Travel-Treffen". While they have been in Sudan / Ethiopia some friends
emailed to me that they are afraid that they are lost. So B.T. emailed them as
well but never got an answer until today from SAfrica.
05.04.02 2nd request
for update.
16.03.2004 3rd request for update
05.04.2005 4th request !!!
09.04.2010 5th request after I heard that they are traveling since two years in Australia already.
1999
Maurice Brooks
- Plan Alaska -Tierra
del Fuego
27.04.1999 The American Maurice (I suppose retired)
just send me a picture with his bike telling me that he is "on the road" since
1999 and does not have any permant address anymore.
29.05.01 Who knows more
about him now??
1999-2000
Jan Freeman and ? (English)
+ Alaska - Tierra del Fuego. For 14 months
we rode on the GS and an F650 60.000 km from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Tierra
Del Fuego. It was not the most direct route you could do!
Route: Alaska -
Canada - USA - Mexico - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa
Rica - Panama - Colombia - Ecuador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina.
12.09.2000
1st contact
21.03.1999 - 25.09.2001
Martina Seip und Lieven Goethals (German)
http://www.tinkasreise.de
+ Feuerland - Alaska.
Dipl.-Volkswirtin Martina (solo with BMW R 100 GS PD) and Dipl.-Informatiker
Lieven (BMW sidecar from Horst Ulrich Fernreisegespanne) rode together 57.000
kms in three parts in 18 months from Ushuaia - to Alaska. Martina and Lieven were
accompanied by their big dog Tinka all the way.
06.2001 Publication in MOTORRAD:
Tinkas Reise. About their 8 months in South America.
17.10.01 Letter from
them with foto-copy. Which I answerd and asked for their block.
05.12.01 Second
request.
B.T.: I thing no dog rode on a sidecar the
total length of the Panamericana. And I don´t know a a couple who rode with
a solo-motorcycle and a sidecar toghether the PANAM.
29.05.1999
- 29.05.2000
Petra Schommer und Ralf Paaske und (Germans)
+ North
- and South-America. Alaska-Ushuaia. With one BMW R 80 GS Basic the
stewardess Petra and cook Ralf rode Alaska-Tierra del Fuego and Europe. 62.400 kms.
The best: Riding in Peru though the Andes. Meeting the people on the road.
Millenium meeting of 38 Motorcycle-World-Travellers in Ushuaia 1999-2000. To travel
by motorcycle PITUFO. Boundless freedom while travelling.
The worst: Nothing
!
Route in total: Germany - by plane to Canada (Vancouver) - Alaska
- Canada - USA - Mexico - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa
Rica - Panama - Equador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina / Usuaia arriving
19.12.1999 after 45.313 kms and celebrating the millenium there with the largest
group of 38 Motorcycle-World-Travellers. By ship to Antartica. By Swiss Air from
Chile Santiago to Spanin / Barcelona. By motorcyle Spain - Portugal - Andorra
- France - Italy - Slowenia - Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland - France -
Luxembourg - Belgium - Germany / Zweifall / Aachen.
1989 first contact of Bernd Tesch with Petra and Ralf in Aachen / Germany.
28.05.2000 B.T. gave a welcome-party after one year in Zweifall for them.
06.-08.04.2000 B.T.: Petra and Ralf give a sliceshow on the 23rd Meeting
for Mc-World-Travellers.
15.06.1999 - 15.02.2000
Renate Greulach and Gino Grimbacher (Gino: German / USA, born 08.05.1956.
Renate: German, born 26.02.1951)
+ Alaska - Tierra
del Fuego. Both rode on one bike BMW R100 GS PD in 8 months from Canada
(Vancouver, they have been earlier in Alaska by bike) to Ushuaia in South-America
(43. 000 km). Originally they planed to be on the road for 1-1.5 years and wanted
to travel USA, Mexico, Central- and South-America, South Africa, southern and
eastern Part of Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Renate (responsible for employee-accounts
in a large company) prefers to sit on the back of Gino's bike (seaman, driving
instructor). Gino has been 9 times at Tesch-Travel-Treffen and since 1995 they
travel with Tesch-Travel-Boxes and the special designed frame. Gino: after
all they went through, they are still in good condition and protected our legs
perfectly after an accident in Chile. We would never travel without them.According
to good info from B.Tesch and his famous Bernd-Tesch-Treffen they where able to
meet several travellers (German & British) in Guatemala (Antigua) and Peru (Cuzco).
Dec. 28th, 1999 they reached healthy and happy Ushuaia for the great second "Bernd-Tesch-Meeting". After a great celebration (Millenium) with old and
new friends they headed North to Rio de Brasil (Janeiro). 15.02.2000 for 2 reasons
they finished their trip in Rio de Janeiro and flew (including their bike) back
to Germany. 1st reason was : too many good impressions on their 8 months trip,
which first have to been overthought before continuing. 2nd: the health condition
of Ginos mother.
Route: Alaska - Canada - USA - Mexico - Guatemala
- El Salvadore - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama (we and the bike by
plane to) Ecquador - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina - Brazil - we and the
bike flewback to Germany by plane.
Purpose of Travel: After having
gone twice around the world on freighters (ships) now Gino trys to travel overland
with Renate. The best: To know other nations, other people, different cultures
and living and dealing with " Mother Nature ".
The worst: NONE, because
whenever it looked like a problem is coming up, there was always someone who gave
us help and/or hospitality, so that the problem turned into a good and great experience.
Useful Information: Going to the yearly "Bernd-Tesch-Meeting" in Germany
and take the chance to use "Bernd's Individual Consulting" which safes you lots
of money during your trip.
Earlier experiences: Gino Grimbacher started
1974 with little motorcycle trips around Germany on a DKW 200. 1980 - 1994 he
toured in several 4-5 week-trips around Europe (North Cape - Marocco and Ireland
- Czechoslovakia) on a BMW R80 (appr. 60 000 km).
Renate
Greulach and Gino Grimbacher together: 1995
- 1998: They bought a BMW R100 GS PD in USA (New York) in 1995 and travelled both
on this bike 35.000 km around North-America on 4 tours in 6 months (4 trips 1995-1998)in
North-America and Canada and Alaska.
Route: New York, New Orleans,
El Paso, Chicago, Dawson City, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Calgary and Vancouver.The
trips lasted each year 5-7 weeks. They stored the bike by friends or BMW-dealers,
flew back to Germany and continued the following year from there.
11.07.01
Email.
July 1999 - July 2000
Georges Gouron (now French / Australian,
still born in France 28.10.1944, just getting older all the time)
+ North-
Central- and Around South America. email: georgesgouron@hotmail.com
Georges toured solo with bis bike a YAMAHA XJ 900 DIVERSION caalled "Ozzie" from Australia by plane to USA - Mexico - Belice - Guatemala - El Salvador
- Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica and Panama - by plane to Equador - Peru -
Bolivia - Chile - Argentina (Usuaiha) - Chile - Argentina (Buenos Aires) - Paraguay
- Argentina - Brazil - Venezuela - by flight to GB - Scotland - GB - Holland,
Belgium, Germany - Austria, Switzerland - Austria, Switzerland.
Back
in Australia joined the Public Service ! Bought various bikes then the greatest
of them all in 1988: a Yamaha XJ 900 with which I covered 205.000 kms trouble
free. In 1998 I decided it was time to shake the cobwebs from the Public Service.
So I bought a YAMAHA XJ 900 DIVERSION and in 1999 I retired from the Public service.
I flew Ozzie (my bike) to L.A in USA where I joined her right away
and we rode together to Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde Nat
Park before heading down to Mexico. At the border I meet with Pete, Phil
and Lucas, 3 nice American riders. We'll ride together till Guadalajara. They
then turn back and I keep going on through Mexico, Belice, Guatemala (now the road to Tikal is paved !). In Antigua met Ralf and Petra at the Post
office. Then I go down to Lake Atitlan, a gem. Then it is down to El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Panama I fly the bike to Quito
in Equador, then myself to Quito ! Surprise ! Ozzie is not there ! Bastard
have not send it yet. It was due to come by Continental Airlines (DO NOT USE THAT
AIRLINE). After a week of furious calls they eventually send it. Unfortunately
the volcano in Quito start to erupt. Flight are diverted to Guayaquil. Another
week pass and Ozzie is still stuck in Guayaquil. Enough is enough. I pack up,
catch the night bus to Guayaquil and go to the airport. I start the paper works
to clear the bike (it's 09h00) when I see 4 people coming in, helmet in hands.
2 of them are Petra and Ralf, the other 2 are Renate and Gino. So we all clear
our bikes together and are out by 16h00. I go back to Quito with everybody than
Renate. Gino and I decide to travel together, Petra and Ralf being faster. So
down it is to Peru, up a shit road to Huaraz, down a good one to the coast,
Lima, Nazca, Cuzco, La Paz in Bolivia. Up to 5200m, crossing the Chilian border at 4667 m and down in Arica Chile in 150 km of descent. Through the Chilian
desert to Puerto Montt, across to Argentina, windy Patagonia, cold Tierra
del Fuego and lousy roads down to Ushuaia where we meet again with Petra
and Ralf, Mark, Uwe and a few others and we all greet the New Year in Ushuaia.
Then it's back to Chili and the glacier Perito Moreno, back to windy Patagonia
up Argentina to Buenos Aires. Uwe leaves us. Renate and Gino go to Rio
via Iguazu Falls and back to Germany. Mark and I go to Uruguay. Mark leaves
from Montevideo to England. I'm back by myself across Paraguay, Argentina again, Iguazu falls, Brazil (I reach Rio on Carnaval day) up to Belem.
Ozzie and I take a river boat to Manaus and back on the road to Caracas in Venezuela from where we fly to London. After a few days with Mark (thank you ) since I live
in the South of France I take the short way through Wales and Scotland then Holland, Belgium, Germany where I'm welcomed by Renate
and Gino (Thanks guys), Austria, Switzerland and then down South
to France where I'm bored !
The best : the whole trip
THE
WORSE : now
Sorry mate Bernd: I'm afraid i've been a bit long but it's
easy to get carried away
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf
Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges
01.05.2000 - 04.03.2001
Gerd Stock (German) http://www.come.to/gerdspanamericana
+ Alaska-Feuerland. Gerd rode solo 51.000 kms
in 10 months: Healthy, without an accident and no puncture. He was planning the
total distance Alaska to South-America in 1 year with BMW R 1100 GS. From Alaska
to Ushuaia I rode through so many differnt landscapes and zones of culture that
it never bothered me. It was a wonderful feeling after such a long time to reach
Ushuaia. I loved the road to Ushuaia but Usuhaia was also ways the southern point
I wanted to reach. In Hostal I met Volkmar, Chris, Tilo and Katharina again, whom
I met on the road many times. With some I rode together for parts. So we celebrated
our southern end !
Route: USA (New York 16.5.2000) - Kanada - USA -
Mexiko - Belize - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa-Rica - Panama (Airplane
to Quito) - Equador - Peru - Bolivien - Chile - Argentinien (Tierra del Fuego
- Buenos Aires 30.3.2001).
Purpose of Travel: Visit other countries
and culture and for fun.
The best: National Parks USA. Small cities
and Maja Ruins in Mexiko. Atmosphere in Belize. Tikal in Guatemala. Lago de Nicaragua.
Volcano Cotopaxi and Galapagos in Equador. Cuzco and Machu Pichu in Peru. Volcano
Potosi and Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. San Pedro de Atacama, Carretera Austral
and Torres del Paine N.P. in Chile. Fitz Roy and Ushuaia in Argentina
The Worst: No, no problems with the bike and no banditos and most time friendly
people. The worst was that the time was too short.
Useful Tips for others: Start and enjoy it, Southamerica is great and a good place for traveling. You
don't need a carnet, only a international licence.
Earlier experiences
so far: Europe (Alps, Corsika. Romania). North-America (Alaska, Canada, West-coast).
Asia (Ladakh. Karakorum Highway by bicycle). China: Desert Gobi, North Tibet with
Yamaha XT 225. This was a very first organised tour. New Zealand by bicycle.
16.04.2000 Participant of the 22nd Meeting for Mororcycle-WORLD-Travellers.
06.-08.04.2001 Participant of the 23rd Meeting for Mororcycle-WORLD-Travellers.
15.05.2000 - ca.15.05.2001
Lars Spittel und Tini Hering (Germans)
http://www.twins-on-tour.purespace.de
http://www.twins-on-tour.de
?
- Plan Alaska - Tierra del Fuego.
Both riding on ONE HONDA Africa Twin.
Route: USA - Canada
- Alaska - Peru - all the way to Panama. GENAUER!
The best: Im Moment sind
wir in Peru unterwegs auf einsamen Bergpisten. Herrliche Landschaften, nette Menschen
und teilweise extrem holprige Strassen. Geil. Besonders haben uns die einsamen
Pisten in Kanada und Alaska gefallen, sowie die Gastfreundschaft in allen Laendern
unserer Reise.
Purpose of Travel:.
The worst: ....
Book or publication (about your tour): .......
Useful informations
and TIPS for others: ....
08.2000 - 08.2001
Ellen Spencer and Manou Emringer(Luxembourg) http://www.ontheroad.lu
+ Plan Around The World. At first: Alaska
to Argentina. Plan to ride for one year 2000-2001 with two motorcycles
(Africa Twin and Transalp) Around The World.
Planned Route (flexible!):
08.2000-01.2001: Alaska to Argentina . They reached
Cjile in 12.2000. - 01.2001-02.2001: Ivory Coast to Luxembourg - 03.2001:
New Zealand (on rental bikes) - 04.-08.2001 Luxembourg - Turkey - Central
Asia - Norway - Luxembourg
03.2000: Manou visited Bernd Tesch in Zweifall.
I suppose they cannot do all the way in this too short time.
See their summary under "Around
the world".
2001-2005
10.2001
+ ca. 6 months
Rolf Walkowiak and Markus (another mc-traveller) (Germans) http://www. in progess
Plan North- and South-America.
Rolf (45) plans to cross the Americas and to fullfill his wish.
04.12.2000 1st contact
15.11.2000 - 15.04.2001
Oliver Dross
(German, born 06.06.1968 ) www.go-nashorn.de
+ Argentina - USA. In 5 months Oliver
rode 45.000 km solo from Tierra del Fuego to USA. Within this where 15.000 km
of dirt roads
Purpose of travel: Get away. See things, have time to
float and wonder, learn Spanish, climb mountains
Route: By containership
from Belgium to Argentina (Buenos Aires). Through all the western countries of
South and Central America on a Africa Twin RD 0?. WHICH COUNTRIES please in words
??? Jointed Michael Schwamborn from Ecuador to Nicaragua. I flew back with the
bike from San Francisco to Köln.
The best: Patagonian Mountains.
Argentinean girls. Remote valleys full of Inca remains and rainforest in Eastern
Peru. Colombia, exclusively for us, no tourism > This sentence even I do NOT
understand. Please clear...... And Nicaragua, a quiet place, full of authentic
smiles.
The Africa Twin was great although too heavy and it calls too much
attention. The only defect was a broken speedometer cable 400 km before the end
of the trip....
The worst: A false taxi in Peru.... What happened ??
Book
or publication : Book:"Ritt auf dem Nashorn", "500 Tage zwischen
Feuerland und Mexiko": www.go-nashorn.de
Earlier
experiences of big motorcycle-Tours: 3 months South West USA 1992, Morocco
1995
10.11.01 1st information by Michael Schwammborn.
09.10.2003 1st contact
by email and 1sr request for update.
10.10. 1st update and 2nd request for
update.
Oliver Dross
Buch "Ritt auf dem Nashorn": "500
Tage zwischen Feuerland und Mexiko". 13 Kaptitel. 289 S. 2 Karten. 12 Farb-,
35 Schwarzweißfotos. Paperback
20 x 14 cm Farbeinband kaschiert .
Verlag: Dross, Oliver (Selbstverlag). 1 Auflage Juni 2003, Books on Demand.Oilivers
(33) Motivation war klar umrissen: Nach einer dreimonatigen Motorradtour 1992
in South West USA und einem Marokko-Trip 1995 musste diese Reise "intensiver
sein": Wegfahren, Dinge sehen, Zeit haben - um sich treiben zu lassen und
Vieles zu bewundern . Berge besteigen und Spanisch lernen: So "ritt" er solo sein Nashorn, eine Africa Twin RD 07, 5 Monate von Argentinien bis USA.
In den 45.000 km waren immerhin 15.000 km Piste mit einem Motorrad, das ihm zu
schwer war, aber gut durchhielt.
Es war November, in der Biskaya war Sturm
und das Containerschiff, das den Autor und sein Motorrad nach Südamerika
bringen sollte, trieb beschädigt in der Dünung. Es hätte ein ruhiger
Auftakt zu einer langen Riese werden sollen... Wochen später, der Atlantik
war nun überquert, begann die eigentliche Fahrt von Feuerland nach Mexiko:
500 Tage mal auf, meist neben der Panamerikana, der "Traumstraße der
Welt", voller Abenteuer und intensiver Begegnungen mit den Menschen Lateinamerikas,
spannend und einfühlsam beschrieben.
Über den Atlantik per Fähre
nach Argentinien (Buenos Aires). Windige Weihnacht auf dem Wege und ein Fünf-Sterne-Hotel
in Feuerland (Ushuaia). Nordwärts durch Südpatagonien mit Sturz im Sturm.
Zwischen Eis und Granit. Sturm im Paradies. Sonne in der Hölle. Die Carretera
Austral: Chiles wilder Süden. Nordpatagonien : Emotionaler Salto. Die Taufe
des Nashorns. Ein Blick in die Hölle. Zentral- und Nordchile: Santiago de
Chile. Offener Himmel. Durch die Wüste Atacama. Bolivien und Südperu:
Die Hölle der Friedensstadt. Das Zentrum der Welt. Tag und Nacht auf einer
Gebirgspiste. Auf einem Vulkan. In die Hochanden: Das weiße Gebirge. Perus
Norden: Inka-Gold. Das Tal der Träume. Piranha im Magen. Krokodil in der
Hand. Ekuador nach Kolumbien : Freundlicher Empfang in Ekuador. Tanz auf dem Vulkan.
Kolumbien, das Reich des Bösen. Von gefährlichen Frauen und harmlosen
Guerilleros. Schach auf viertausend Metern Höhe. Licht und Schatten in Bogotá.
Hindernisse vor Mittelamerika. Panama und Costa Rica: Vier Deutsche im Paradies.
Von Nicaragua nach Belize: Die Putas von Nicaragua. Nachhilfekurs in Korruption.
Bananenrepublik Honduras. Antigua Guatemala. Ein totes Kind. Von den Bergen ins
Maya-Tiefland; Menschenopfer auf einer Mayapyramide. Durch Mexiko: Knackende Wirbel
und ein unterbrochener Liebesakt. Mayas, wo ist eure Kultur geblieben? Die Kunst
des Reisens. Alte Freunde. Die Faszination der Leere. Zum "Tortilla Vorhang".
Foto Michael Schwamborn. He met American RTW Traveller Mariola Cichon in Panama 11.2001: "The nicest mc-travel-woman I met so far"
19.12.2000 - 26.06.2002
Michael Schwamborn (German, born 19.01.1964) Einen Teil der Reise findest Du in www.geocities.com/pandoras_tourE
+ Tierra del Fuego - Alaska and a part of Africa. The physics Michael rode from Tierra
de Fuego (Argentina) to Fairbanks (Alaska), on a Yamaha TT 350 - called Oveja
Negra- 35.000 kms (to Mexico) and 57.000 kms to Fairbanks. In S-America he rode
with Jeanette Sabus
for nine months. In North-America with physics
Oliver so far.
Route: Germany (Cologne) - bike Yamaha TT 350 by boat
to Santiago de Chile - Michael by plane from Santiago de Chile to Argentina (Tierra
de Fuego) - by bike Chile - Argentinia (many times crosses Chile - Argentina because
of the nice passes) - Bolivia - Peru - until Ecuador (Quito) together with Jeanette
Sabus who rode a Kawasaki KLR 250 - from Colombia (Bogota) with plane to Panama
- to Mexico together with Oliver Dross (German) who rides a Honda Africa
Twin. Distance Santiago-Mexico: 35 000 kms. Panama - Costa Rica - ..Mexico - USA
- Canada - Alaska by bike. Plan with a ship back to Spain.
Purpose
of travel: Get to know countries. Meeting people.
The best: Climbing
the Andes
The worst: Deep mud after a strong rainy-season near laguna
Uyuni (Bolivia).
Book or publication (about your tour): no
Useful
informations and TIPS for others: A light Motor-Bike with little lugagge is
not only good for women
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: 1989 Rumania - Bulgaria - Turkey - Egypt, with a Yamaha XT 250 (6 months). 1997
Australia (East Cost), with a Yamaha TT 250 (2 months)
06.11.01 1st information
by Jo Deleker and Birgit Pütz.
10.11.01 1st conatct.
27.-28.09.2002
Michael visited B.T. with Mariola accompining her to Spain.
30.10.2006 request for next update.
14.04.2008 request for next update of website and..
Foto Lew Waterman. With Achi and dog Punky
03.05.2001 - 14.04.2003
Lew Waterman (American, born-1937) and Punky, a Yorkshire Terrier (American, born-1994) and parts with his wife Achi www.angelfire.com/mo/motormark/Punky_n_Lew.html
+ North and South America. Man and dog Around the Americas on a KLR650 48.000 mls. Punky rode tandem (usually on top of the tank bag) with Lew Waterman (American) who rode a Kawasaki KLR650.
Route: North America 23,000 mls (S. Florida, USA via the Trans America Trail off road - Canada - Prudhoe Bay, Alaska - Tucson, Arizona - Copper Canyon in Mexico to Tapachula) - Central America 2,000 mls (Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama). I flew with bike and dog from Panama City, Panama - Bogota, Colombia) - South America 23,000 mls (Bogota, Colombia - Ecuador - Peru, where on January 30, 2002, I met a lovely senorita, Achi Rodriguez (Peruvian, born 1969), stopped for 9 months and married after which Achi joined Punky and I on the bike to Honeymoon tour 2,000 mls around Peru to Lake Titicaca and Bolivia. Together, on October 14, 2002, we resumed the tour to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina and finished the tour of South America - (Bolivia - Chile - Argentina - Uruguay - Paraguay - Brazil). After Carnaval, we all flew back with the bike from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Miami, Florida, USA May 14, 2003.
The best: Getting off the sofa in retirement to make a long-time dream come true and experience the two-wheeled adventure of my life to the ends of the world with my best friend, Punky; meeting and marrying Achi Rodriguez; Iguazu Falls, Ushuaia, nature and riding a motorcycle like I'd stolen it until I had enough; meeting Peter and Kay Forwood, Greg Frazier, Grant Johnson, Ted Simon, Ricardo Rocco Paz, Mariola Cichon and Tiffany Coates, some of the worlds most reknowned RTW riders and all those other friendly and helpful folks all over the Americas, especially the riders.
The worst: A failure to communicate in Spanish resulted in a broken ankle in Colombia, when two Colombians came to my aid and lifted the downed moto off my leg/foot.
Important useful information for others: Plan and execute (horizonsunlimited.com has all the information you need)
Book or publication : Before It's Too Late: The Moto Adventures of Punky and Lew (unpublished, so far)
Earlier motorcyle-travel-expereinces: None. Owned numerous bikes when I was younger and always had the dream to ride the Americas.
B.T.:
Lew informed me that his dog Punky, is now the motorcycle-ridingest dog in the world. He now has about 60,000 miles riding to his credit. Since our Americas Motopaseo, Punky has ridden from east to west and back across the United States as well as thousands of more interstate miles. My wife, Achi, and I rode from eastern USA through Mexico and back last spring.
The only book I know concerning a long distance mc-tour is from: Thomas, Peggy Iris. Ride in the Sun. An account of an adventurous English girl from Liverpool, who started in spring 1950 and toured 14.000 miles across Canada, the USA, Mexiko back to USA and from there by ship to Denmark on the motor-cycle B.S.A. Bantam 125 ccm. She started spring 1950, accompanied by her Airdale puppy (Welpe) called "Matelot" (Gefährte) with $ US 60 in her pocket. In English. Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton. London. Großbritannien. 1954. Bibliothek.
27.10.2006 1st summary
31.01.2002
- end of august 2002
Tina Jokisch (German, born
1973) and Jeremy Andrews (New Zealander, born 1967)
and Philipp Jokisch (German, born 1970) http://www.panamerica.co.uk
Buenos Aires - Tierra del Fuego - Alaska.
Sister Tina and brother Philipp and Jeremy plan to ride both Americas on three
BMWs.
Route: Philipp and Tina by plane with Iberia from Germany (Duesseldorf)
via Spain (Madrid) to Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Jeremy with Quantas from New
Zealand (Auckland) to Buenos Aires. Motorcycles by ship from Belgium (Antwerp)
with I.P.T.S. (check forum
on our website for information) to Argentina (Buenos
Aires) - Ushuaia - Chile - Bolivia - Peru - Equador - Colombia - Panama - Costa
Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - El Salvador - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico - USA
- Canada - Alaska (10.07.02 Deadhorse) - Prudhoe Bay - Anchorage.
Purpose
of travel: Jumping off the treadmill to find out what life's really all about..
The best: ?
The worst: ?
Book or publication (about
your tour): Planned
Useful informations and TIPS for others: 14.5 m3
have been ca. Euro 2000 all inclusive. This means inclusive all local costs in
Buenos Aires. I can highly recommend everyone to book this in advance because
here in Buenos Aires all is very corrupt. This menas in parctise that you can
pay easily US$ 750 as well. When considering shipping the bike, speaking Spanish
is a definite advantage as hardly anybody speaks English in Buenos Aires and bring
plenty of patience.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: ?
24.11.2001 Father Winfried Jokisch and Philipp took part in my Traveller-Survival-Training.
21.01.2002 1st email about the tour from Buenos Aires.
22.01.2002 2nd request
for update.
04.05.2002 - ca. 04.05.2003
Susanne Jungkeit
(Susi, born 29.08.1978) and Claudia Lendle (Claudy, 31.03.1978, both Germans)
www.girlsontour.de
Plan Alaska - Tierra del Fuego. Susi (HONDA
Afrika Twin) and Claudy (BMW 650 GS) intend to travel for a long time.
Purpose
of travel: To meet other people and cultures.
Route: Germany by
plane to Canada (Vancouver) - USA - Mexico - ?
B.T.:
I have never heard that two women started together for a long trip trough N- and
S- America and succeed to reach Tierra del Fuego.
15.02.2001 1st
contact
28.07.2001 Personal visit.
09.07.2002 1st email from USA.
25.07.2001 - June 2002
Polak, Jochen (German, born 02.06.1977) und
Thomas Ochsenkuehn (German, born 03.07.1977) www.nordnachsued.de
Canada - Tierra del Fuego. We startet with
two especially equipped Honda NX650/Dominator (1997) together with Peter Kleinhans
(German, born 02.02.1978) in a Van, because he is handicaped since a motorcycle
accident a few jears ago.
Route: Canada (Vancouver - Fairbanks - Edmonton)
- USA (Seattle - San Fransisco - Flaggstaff - San Diego - La Paz) - Mexico DF
- San Cristobal. There we got stock for two months, because of a broken spring
in the gearbox. Belize - Guatemala - El Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa
Rica - Panama - Ecuador........Tierra del Fuego. Plan end of april 2002 in Ushuaia.
Purpose of travel: Trying to get in the Bernd-Tesch-List as the joungest
Panamerican-Highway-Travellers by Bike (Jochen).
The best: Still beeing
friends after 7 months smelling the bike boots of the travel-partner
The
worst: Seeing Peter going home after his car broke down in Matzatlan, and
definetly the breakdown of the bike in Ocosingo
Book or publication: http://panamericana.donaukurier.de
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Please write for any questions.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Crossing the Brenner with
50 cm snow on our practicing tour at easter 2001
15.02.2002 1st information
by Michael Schwamborn. He met both in Guatemala.
21.01.2002 1st answer
10.03.2002 – März/April 2003
Ricarda Selbach
(German, 23.12.67) and Torsten Broszonn (German, born 15.01.67) http://www.lebenlifelavida-suedamerika.de
Ricarda and Torsten plan to
ride Middle and South Ameriva. We flew our two identical BMW F650GS (with some
modifications, e.g. bigger tank) to San José in Costa Rica.
Route:
First we rode north to Nicaragua, then back to Costa Rica and further south to
Panamá. Probably we fly or boattrip from Panamá-City to Ecuador.
Peru – Bolivia – Brasilia (Pantanal) – Bolivia - Chile - Argentina
- Uruguay - Brasilia (Rio de Janeiro). Bikes by ship to Netherlands / Amsterdam
- Germany / Hamburg.
Purpose of travel: Leben - Life - La vida, get
to know Southamerica, different views of experience of life
The best:
We want to experience people, habits, maxims and traditons, see nicest places
of the different countries
The worst: Riding 3 km on a loose sandy
beach with all equipment - had three falls
Book or publication (about
your tour): still thinking of
Useful informations and TIPS for others: have a look on the homepage under "tipps & links"
Earlier
Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: just some
15.03.02 1st information
by Stefan Thiel
15.03.02 1st request for update
22.04.02 1st update
15.05.2002 + 1 year
Ralph Rauh (German) and Jürgen Antonuecci
(Italian-German)
- Alaska - Tierra del
Fuego. The German lorry driver Ralph (HONDA CS 600 LM) and Jürgen
(SUZUKI DR 650) plan to travel for one year Alaska - Tierra del Fuego.
Route:
Canada - Alaska - Canada - USA - Mexico - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa
Rica - Panama. Nun versuchen wir seit 1 woche einen platz fuer die treuen mopeds
und uns zu bekommen, aber wegen eines vulkanausbruches ist der flughafen in quito
geschlossen. Preis pro ticket nach Quito ca. 515 - 575 dollar. Columbien ist momentan
nicht zu empfehlen.
Die mopeds (xl 600 honda und dr 650 suzuki) haben jetzt
36.000 km mehr auf dem tacho. Ersatzteile wie reifen und kettensatz sind hier
sehr schwer zu bekommen, da hier vorwiegend mopeds mit 250 cm laufen.
1989
Ralph was participant of the TTTrefen
13.11.2001 1st contact from Panama
07.02.2004 2nd request for update.
12.06.2002 - 28.02.2003
Inge Schwarzenböck,
(German, 02. 02.1963) and Wolfgang Schwarzenböck (German, 10.
11.1961)
+
Alaska - Tierra del Fuego. Inge rode on a HONDA
NX 250 (12 years old) with
Wolfgang on a YAMAHA
XT 500 (20 years old, 140.000 km before starting) 50.000 km on the whole trip
Purpose of travel: Put down our work and feel free as a bird
Route:
Route: Bikes and persons by plane to Canada (Vancouver) - USA (Alaska) - Canada
(Inuvik) - USA (Yellowstone NP - Oregon - San Francisco - Death Valley - Las Vegas
- Grand Canyon - Tucson) - Mexico (Puerto Vallarta - Acapulco - Yucatan) - Belize
- Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama - by plane to Quito (Ecuador)
- Peru - Chile (Atacama desert - Santiago de Chile - Puerto Montt - Carretera
Austral) - Argentina (Rio Gallegos - Calafate) - Chile (Torres del Paine - Terra
del fuego) - Argentina (Buenos Aires). Bikes by ship to Hamburg. We flew to Florida
bought a 800 Dollar-Van and drove through the United States for 10 weeks.
The best: National parks in USA (Bryce Canyon), Isla Magdalena (Punta Arenas)
with thousand of penguins.
Best: New friendships and very poor but
neverless kindly persons in all countries.
The worst: Police control
with big weapons in Peru, they have stolen our water-bottle.
Information
and tips: Have a look in the book, there a thousand reasons for don´t
doing but only one (the best) to do the same trip: life is so short.
Book
of publication: Juli 2004, "Abenteuer Amerika" ISBN 3-86516-063-8
Earlier motorcycle experiences: Tours through most countries in Europe
and Turkey.
16.09.2002 1st information by writing in my guestbook.
16.09.2002
1st request for update
17.02.2004 Got the requested summary first time.
24.06.2002 - 01.08.2003
Tiffany Coates (British) www.tiffanycoates.co.uk
+ Alaska - Tierra del Fuego. Riding with
Dunleavy, Maggie (Ireland) for Central America and a range of other friends including
McInerney, Siobhan (Australia) and Cohn, Janet (USA).
I usually ride with someone
else and we ride on "Thelma" - my BMW R80GS (1992).
Route:
The current trip involves shipping Thelma to Vancouver in Canada , riding north to Dead Horse in Alaska and then setting off on the long ride south to Chile . North America 11.000 kms ( Canada , Alaska , USA ). Central America 10.000kms ( Mexico , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama ) Ship to Ecuador . South America 27.000 kms ( Ecuador , Peru , Chile , Argentina , Paraguay , Brazil , Venezuela , Colombia . Shipped home from Caracas in Venzuela to London.
14.01.2003 next request
for update
16.-18th.04.2004 Tiffany will offer a full-report about her Around-The-World-Tour
with women on the pillion at the 26th. Motorcycle-Meeting for World-Travellers.
See her total overview in her block under Around-The-World
18.05.2010 Last update
10.2002 ~
Feb 2005
Jo-Anne Smith (Canadian. born 25.10.1962)
+ Canada - Ushuaia. Jo-Anne
rode 54,796 km solo through The 3 Americas (North, Central and
South) on
a 1997 BMW F650.
Purpose of your travel: To ride to the "end of the world" ; to join the club.
Route: From
British Columbia, Canada to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Canada - USA - Mexico
- Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia - Equador
- Peru - Bolivia - Brasil - Uruguay - Chile: Oct 2002 ~ Feb 2005
22months
of travel = 10 month break to work and visit family.
Highlights:
saving a high-speed slide by slapping my foot down;
bodysurfing with dolfins;
The worst: realizing the threads inside the sump drain plug were
stripped
(by BMW Bogota).
Book or publication : www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jsmith
Useful informations and TIPS for others: follow your intuition.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours:...8 months [Sept
1989 ~ Apr 1990] on a '84 Honda XL600R: Western Canada, USA, Mexico; 3 months
[Jun 1990 ~Aug 1990] as pillion passenger and sometimes pilot of an '81 BMW R80G/S:
Vancouver B.C. to Inuvik Yukon to Prudoe Alaska to Sturgis South Dakota; 10 weeks
[Dec 1999 ~ Feb 2000] as pillion passenger (pilot: Glynn Roberts) on '84 R100RT
across Europe to Israel and Egypt, Western Desert to meet the 'Paris-Dakar-Cairo'
, side trip out to Siwa (Lybian border). More than 13 punctures!!
1991 B.T.
met Jo-Anne in GB
2005.04.08 1st summary
01.04.2003 - 28.03.2004 (?? 18.06.2004 - 17.06.2005 ??)
Boudewijn Rooseboom, (Dutch, 19.09.1976) www.motormaniacs.nl
+ Tierra del Fuego -Alaska.
I rode from Fireland (South Argentina) to Alaska doing a total of
43.250 km, 15 countries in 11 months on a BMW R1100GS.
Purpose of your
travel: Just the adventure! Including culture, sceenary, people, food, etc.
Route: Argentina (Buenos Aires - Bariloche - Ushuaia - Buenos Aires) -
Brazil (Iguazu (waterfalls) - Rio de Janeiro) - Bolivia (Corumba - Uyuni - La
Paz) - Peru (Cusco - Lima) - Equador (Quito) - Colombia (Bogota - Cartagena -
by boat into Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - Guatemala (G. City) - Belize
- back to Guatemala - Mexico (Peurto Escondido - Mexico City) - up north taking
the west coast of the states ending in Canada (Vancouver) and making the final
(cold) ride into Alaska.
The best: Rio de Janeiro for the fun and the
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia for the sceenary.
The worst: The road between
the border of Brazil into Bolivia and on to Santa Cruz. Impossible to get through.
Useful informations and TIPS for others: Feel free to email me for any
questions.
Publication: 21.-24.10.2004 My bike (and the documnetary
I shot) will be screened on the Dutch motorcycle fair "motorexpo (motorray)" in Holland.
21.09.2004 1st information by Boudewijn: I did once apply for
some solid alu cases for my Fireland-Alaska trip. I eventualy finished the trip
with a set of BMW adventure cases but hereby tell you that for the next trip I'll
make sure to get yours fitted.
22.09.2004 last update
18.08.2003 - ??
Kevin & Julia Sanders (UK) http://www.globebusters.com/index1.html
-
Plan Trans Americas Guinness World Record. Julia and Kevin,
"...
the Globebusters new look website is now fully launched. Packed with pictures,
route maps, preparation info about the trans Americas Guinness World Motorcycle
Record, you can follow the challenges we encounter through the news reports and
photo gallery.
The aim is to smash the existing record by more than ten days.
Log on and see if we make it! Kevin & Julia Sanders ".
If it were
just a case of riding the bike, it would not be as tough (really!). What makes
the ride more difficult is documenting it all in accordance with the stringent
regulations that Guinness set down. The paperwork is key. If you cannot
prove what you have done to Guinness, then there is no record. If you mislay your
documents half way through the record, then give up, because you don't have the
proof.Here is summary of the Guinness rules for these rides:
Circumnavigation
of the World by Motorcycle
Minimum 18,000 riding miles.
Minimum 24,900
miles in total.
Travel in the same direction (you cannot go back on yourself).
Cross
two anti-podal points (opposite points on the globe).
Time flying between land
points is not counted. Trans-Americas Journey by Motorcycle
Route must leave Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and arrive Ushuaia, Argentina (or vice
versa).
Time runs from leaving Alaska until arrival at Ushuaia, which includes
time taken to organise crossing over the Darien Gap.
For the records:
Route must be checked by Guinness prior to setting off.
Same rider, same
bike throughout.
No traffic offences.
Maintain detailed log book – every time you stop, record location, date, time, mileage and when you start,
record the date and time of starting.
Photographic and video evidence of journey.
Two witnesses each day to sign the log book.
Two independent witnesses of
local standing to verify the whole evidence of the journey prior to submission
to Guinness.
18.06.2004 - 17.06.2005 (estimated return from Buenos Aires was the first plan)
Gabriela Seidl (Austrian, 17.12.1974) and Roland Franze, (Austrian, 15.05.1973) and Suesanita (Indonesian / Norwegian, born 1980)
- Alaska-Patagonia with 2 motorbikes (BMW R100GS)
Purpose of travel: a lot of fun, broaden
my mind
Route: From Vancouver to Alaska, back to Vancouver, Westcoast
USA, Mexico, Central America, from Panama to Ecuador by ferryboat, Bolivia, Peru,
Xmas with a friend in Chile, Patagonia, Buenos Aires - back to Europe or solo
further to Capetown (Depends of my traveling expenses...)
Bikes will be send
by seefreight from Austria (Vienna) - Germany Hamburg/Bremerhaven - Vancouver
in KW20/2004 Flight.
The best: To learn from other Cultures, collect
new impressions, feel to be alive!
The worst so far: Would be, if I had to go home!
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: only Europe by motorbike (Norway, Rumania, Korsika...)
Important info: Important infos you will get on your trip - just start, take it easy and don´t forget to smile! There are friends all over the world!
21.04.2004 Last update.
23.03.2006 Next info from America
23.03.2006 1st request for update
23.03.2006 Next info from Bolivia / La Paz in South America
whats happened... Together with Gabriela, I travelled 7 months till Mexico and Cuba - she could not continue travelling to Central America and flew to Santiago de Chile. where we should meet each other a few months later. But it took me too much time (im still not there) and finally, after 4 months travelling solo in Central America, I flew to Sant. d.Ch. for a few days, to say good bye to her before she went back to Austria.
I sailed 2 weeks with my bike on board of a 70ft vessel from Panama to Catagena/Colombia. On board I met a sweet Indonesian/Norwegean girl - her name is Suesanita (26years). She was travelling 1,5 years in Southamerica before she started working on this vessel. We travelled together 7 wonderful months through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, before she went back to Norway, to start a new work.
We will see each other probably in november this year, to continue travelling together.
In the meantime, I will guide motorcycle tours in Bolivia and I will also travel solo for some month.
24.03.2006 last update from Bolivia
(C) Fotos "Luna" in South-America 2006. B.T.: Beide "Süss".
09.05.2005 - 05.02.2007
Henriette aka "LUNA" Gstoehl (Austrian, born 24th.04.1976) www.travelluna.blogspot.com
+ North-, Central-and South-America. Henriette aka LUNA is riding trip with her Royal Enfield Bullet 500es. The trip was planned an open end journey, but now her sister gave a great reason to return home - she is expecting her first baby in feb. 2007.
She started in New York and crossed at first the continent east-west and then she rode south. Relaxed and enjoying she explored in the Enfield speed country after country, culture after culture and let the different live style open her eyes and feel the world. All the repairs and maintenance she does herself (sometimes she gets an offer of prof. help)
She started in New York and crossed at first the continent east-west and then she went south. Relaxed and enjoying she explore d in the Enfield speed country after country, culture after culture and let the different live style open her eyes and feel the world. All the repairs and maintenance she did more or less herself (sometimes she gets an offer of prof. help)
Purpose of your travel: To live in the HERE and NOW and enjoy TO BE !!!
Route : Flew to North-America: New York/USA, bought the bike in Pennsylvania/USA. Rode the canadian side of the great lakes. Travelled the great Plaines /USA. Visited the world famous Sturgis and at the rocky mountains up north back to Canada. She was part of the biggest west canadian Harley Davidson meeting 2005 and won the trophy for the best metric tourer. Rode as far north as Jasper NP and then more or less only south.
Central-America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica to Panama (06.2006 after nearly 30.000 km (= 18.500mls) she fixed her bike).
South-America: If you travel in style (good looking bike) you also need to cross the Darien Gap in style. After 2 month of searching for an opportunity, she finaly found a boat to go thru the panama canal to Maracaibo/Venezuela. Great riding in Brazil (Manaus) and with another boat to Porto Velho. Panatanal, Paraguay, Uruguay and the reached Buenos Aires where a big surprise have been waiting for her: Fotoshooting with the famous Poderosa from the movie 'the motorcycle diary' of El Che Guevara!!!! ('the motorcycle diary' is a movie which was popular in fall 2004 it tells the story of 'el che' and his friend which have been traveling in south america on a norton 500 from in 1951. It changed his mind and opend his eyes!)
Highlights : Meeting all those great and wonderful people, see the awesome nature and live it!!! Experience the beeing and riding with open end for a while!!
The worst: Will be to get really sick or injured!
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: If you have a dream - live it! For specific questions check out this web, have a look at her blog or write her a personal e-mail.
Earlier Experiences of bigger Motorcycle-Tours: Royal Enfield trip in the land of the Bullets - India/Western Ghats at the Tsunami time 2004. A few 1000 km in Thailand on a little Honda in 2001.
13.06.2006 1st information by "Luna"
21.12.2006 Last update
27.-29.04.2007 Visited the 29th. Motorcycle Meeting for World-Travellers and offered her slides-show.
march 2008 Luna rode solo in the Philippines
04.03.2008 1st request for her overview from this trip Philippines
29.05.2010 Next request for update the America-blog
29.05.2010 1st request for her Plan-blog Mongolia
(see NEWS) in 2010.
gewerberechtliche.
30.05.2010 Die Konditormeisterin "Luna" ist inzwischen auch "Geschäftsführerin einer Konditorei geworden" und hat mit ihren Trüffel-Pralinen gerade letzten Monat internationale Preise gewonnen! Seit September 2009 unterrichtet sie an der Landesberufsschule für Konditoren.
2006-2010
01.06.2005 - 01.07.2006
Petra Dehmel
(German. Born 28.03.1972) and Frank Oerke (German. Born 01.0719.66 / ) www.transamericana.de
- Plan Transamericana. Petra and Klaus plan
to ride one year or bit more about km 55,000. At first they will ride with two
persons on a BMW R 1150 GS. If it does NOT work they will change to two bikes.
Purpose of your travel: Meeting nice people, stay in the nature, have a
good time.
Route: Flying to Canada (Vancouver) and starting to our
trip on the pan-am. Going up to Alaska and down again to Canada, USA-West, Mexico,
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, South-America (Panama, Equador,
Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina).
Book or publication (about your
tour): .......
The best: ??
The worst: ??
Useful informations and TIPS for others: ....
Earlier
Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Different tours all around Europe (Spain,
Italy, Greece, France, Turkey, Poland, Czech Republic etc.)
03.03.2005 1st
request for update
09.03.2005 Last update
2006.04.2003
Peter Gebhard ( www.peter-gebhard.de ) ist mit Autos gefahren. Hielt einen Dia-Vortrag in Aachen.
27.07.2009 - 01.03.2010 so far
Willi Wohn (German, birthday 1948) http://globohobbit.blogspot.com
Alaska - Argentina (Feuerland). Willi rode solo 37.000 km in 7 months with a motorcycle Yamaha XT660R from Alaska to Argentina.
I travelled solo from Montreal, Canada via Alaska and Ushuaia, Terra del Fuego, Argentinasolo to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Then he had an accident. Riding 120 km / hour the front fender brokea nd blocked the front whee. Willi flew over the bike.
Purpose of your travel: I 've never been in Latin America before. It was time to close that gap. In order to see the difference I began in Northern America.
Route: Canada - Alaska - Canada - USA - Mexico via Baja California - Guatemala - San Salvador - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama - Colombia - Peru - Bolivia - Chile - Argentina - (Brasil, without my motorbike) - Germany.
I brought my bike (Yami) by ship from Hamburg to Montreal and sent it back to Hamburg by ship too from Buenos Aires. I took an airplane from Frankfurt / Germany and Sao Paulo / Brasils respectively. Yami and me overcame the Darien gap by plane from Panama City to Bogota / Colombia.
Highlights: I wanted to get in contact to local people, to learn something about their life / mentality; I got it !
Montreal; an amazing city (many thanks to Rob and friends).
Transcanada Highway between Dawson Creek and Alaska - on enough speed is it like a roller coaster.
The inside passage between Skagway / Alaska and Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Alicia and Vicente in La Paz, Baja California, Mexico; a lovely, courtesy and impressiv couple; they've been my hosts for 2 weeks.
Palenque, Mexico and its Maya pyramides.
The hospitality of the Guiterez family in Ica / Peru after my accident.
Machu Picchu / Peru.
Uyuni and the salt flats at the Altiplano / Bolivia.
Glacier Pius XI / Chile
Iguazu Falls / Argentina and Brasil
The worst: I returned to Germany / Europe. My motorbike dropped me on the road at 120 km/h because the front fender broke and blocked the front wheel. It turned over the forewheel axle, well, flying is sometimes not the best.
Book or publication: Book? Perharps later, but why? If you are interested in more details first have a look at my blog >http://globohobbit.blogspot.com< (mostly written in german) or get in contact to me via website.
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: A lot, I guess.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Germany - Spain (Taragona) - Germany. Germany - Isle of Man - Wales - Scotland - Germany.
18.04.2010 Info: Dein Beitrag, Bernd, waren die robusten und reparierbaren Alutaschen, sowie der Tipp mit dem Schaffell als Sitzunterlage. Damit waren auch lange Tagestrips von mehr als 13 Stunden schmerzfrei zu bewältigen. Mein Hintern ist nun zart wie ein abgehangenes Steak. Vielen Dank! Liebe Grüsse an alle Teilnehmer des Treffens. Plant nicht zu lange / detailliert, es kommt eh anders! Macht einfach. Los, haut ab!
12.01.2010 - 11.05.2010
Ingolf Fischer (German, born 1951) www.ingolf.belchenstuermer.de
- Plan Central- and South-America in many parts.Geplant ist eine Motorradreise mit einer Kawasaki KLR650 kreuz und quer durch
Mexico, eventuell noch durch Belize und Guatemala. Dann möcht ich das Motorrad dort für die nächste Reiseetappe stehen lassen, die von Oktober 2010 bis März 2011 durch die nächsten Länder Mittelamerikas Richtung Panama führen soll. Auf die Art möcht ich in den nächsten vier Jahren sukzessive ganz Südamerika unter die Räder nehmen. An den üblichen Reiseführer "Highlights" bin ich weniger interessiert und auch den üblichen Touristen- und Backpackerrouten möchte ich weitgehendst aus dem Weg gehen. Mich interessieren Land und Leute, d.h. Lebensumstände, Lebensart
und Kultur wesentlich mehr.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: 1972 mit vier Freunden in einem VW-Buss durch: Österreich, Yugoslawien, Griechenland, Türkei (Mittelmeerküste), Syrien, Libanon, Jordanien, Irak, Iran, Afghanistan, Iran (Kaspisches Meer), Türkei (Schwarzmeerküste), Bulgarien, Rumänien, Ungarn, Österreich. Dauer der Reise 6 Monate.
1974 mit einer Honda CB750 Four, Sozia und Campinggepäck über Österreich und Yugoslawien in die Türkei bis südlich von Kusadasi (Karine). Dauer: 1 Monat.
12.10.2009 1st summary
Martin Münch und Katia Hänggi - auf 2 Rädern von Feuerland bis Alaska
22.02.2010 Infor über Vortrag auf dem Globetrotter-Schwarzbach-Treffen ( www.globetrotter-schwarzach.at ) 27. bis 29. August 2010.
Die Organisatoren sind Bernhard, Christoph, Alexander.
22.02.2010 Bitte an die Organisatoren, mein email an Martin und Katia weiterzuleiten.
I
hope you liked reeding this. I am just waiting for YOUR email helping me to update:
A LIFELONG job with passion.
Bernd Tesch in Germany
Copyright
Bernd Tesch. Motorcycle-WORLD-Travel-Expert. It
is free for you to read this and learn out of it. It is not allowed to take off
or to publish any information of this without written permission of Bernd Tesch.
This all is a part of the books in work "Süd-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen" = South-America
Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN 3-9800099-4-7 and "Nord-Amerika Motorrad-Reisen"
= North-America Motorcycle-Travels. ISBN 3-9800099-4-9
GLOBETROTT-ZENTRALE
Bernd TESCH. Grünentalstr. 31, D-52152 Simmerath-Hammer, Germany. Tel 0049(0)2473-938686.
Fax: 02773-938678 email: berndtesch@gmx.de website:http://www.berndtesch.de
Summaries in Progress:
07.07.1998 + 9 months
Dan Hilgert (German, born ???)
+
Alaska - Feuerland. In 9 months Dan rode solo and in a group 55.000
km with a BMW R 100 GS from Alaska to Usuhaia.
19.09.2003 1st contact by letter
offering me his manusript "Soutbound", Erlebnisse auf dem langen Weg
von Alaska nach Feuerland.
21.09.2003 1st request by postcard,. Send so far
no email.
20.02.2006 Dan informend me about the book and wnats to come to the 28.th. Mc-Meeting for World-Travellers.
03.03.2006 2nd request
for update
Carlo de Simine (German, born ?) [mailto:gsler@gmx.de]
+
Alaska - Feuerland - New York. Hallo Bernd, nach ueber 60 000 Km von
Feuerland nach Alaska bin ich nun in New York dem Ende meiner Reise angekommen.
Meine 18 Jahre alte G/S hat nun ueber 283 000 Km auf dem Tacho und ist ohne Probleme
durchmarschiert. Nun versuche ich mich um den Ruecktransport zu kuemmern und waere
Dir dankbar, wenn Du Informationen ueber Luftfracht-Seetransport fuer mich haettest
oder mir einige Tipps geben koenntest. Im voraus vielen Dank. Bye Carlo aus N.Y.
28.08.2003 1st information
28.08.2003 1st request for update. Carlo has been
6 times since 1988 until 2001 on the TTTreffen.
21.09.2003 2nd request for
update
19.03.2008 3rd request
18.08.2003 - ??
Kevin & Julia Sanders (UK) http://www.globebusters.com/index1.html
- Plan Trans Americas Guinness World Record. Julia and Kevin,
"... the Globebusters new look website is now fully launched.
Packed with pictures, route maps, preparation info about the trans Americas Guinness
World Motorcycle Record, you can follow the challenges we encounter through the
news reports and photo gallery.
The aim is to smash the existing record by
more than ten days. Log on and see if we make it! Kevin & Julia Sanders ".
If
it were just a case of riding the bike, it would not be as tough (really!). What
makes the ride more difficult is documenting it all in accordance with the stringent
regulations that Guinness set down. The paperwork is key. If you cannot
prove what you have done to Guinness, then there is no record. If you mislay your
documents half way through the record, then give up, because you don't have the
proof.Here is summary of the Guinness rules for these rides:
Circumnavigation
of the World by Motorcycle
Minimum 18,000 riding miles.
Minimum 24,900
miles in total.
Travel in the same direction (you cannot go back on yourself).
Cross
two anti-podal points (opposite points on the globe).
Time flying between land
points is not counted. Trans-Americas Journey by Motorcycle
Route
must leave Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and arrive Ushuaia, Argentina (or vice versa).
Time
runs from leaving Alaska until arrival at Ushuaia, which includes time taken to
organise crossing over the Darien Gap.
For the records:
Route must
be checked by Guinness prior to setting off.
Same rider, same bike throughout.
No
traffic offences.
Maintain detailed log book – every time you stop, record
location, date, time, mileage and when you start, record the date and time of
starting.
Photographic and video evidence of journey.
Two witnesses each
day to sign the log book.
Two independent witnesses of local standing to verify
the whole evidence of the journey prior to submission to Guinness.
??.10.2000
- ??.07.2001
Dietler, Carola and Reto Scheller (Swiss)
Möchte
dieses jahr gerne wieder mal an dein treffen kommen ! von okt. 2000 - juli 2001
bin ich uebrigens mit meiner freundin und einer alten africa twin 650 49'000
km von buenos aires-feuerland-alaska gefahren!
14.03.02 1st information
14.03.01 1st request for update
??-.??.19.. - ??.??.19..
Miragaia,
René Angelino http://www.miragaia.com.br
Brasil - Alasca. Yokon a última
Fronteira. Siehe Bücherbesprechung.
aventura@miragaia.com.br
ANGELINO, René Miragaia
