trip
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2000 4:36 pm
Sr. Luis Zambrano: Buenos dias amigo. Are you a student, professor or what at
UCLA? Yes, I would be interested in a heads up report on any particular
negatives you ran into and that I may be able to avoid or just simply be
prepared for. I assume you are fluent in Spanish. Did it help you avoid
problems/mordidas at border crossings and police or military stop points,
particularly in Central America? Did you buy insurance or use a carnet for
the bike? Do you have a list of Latin American bike shops where I will be
able to get KLR 650 parts/service? I noted that you chose to fly from Lima to
Panama avoiding Ecuador and Colombia. Did you consider it too risky to go
there? Any good places to stay? Thanks for the contact and offer of
assistance. I need all the help I can get. I'm 63, retired, kind of creaky
with arthritis and haven't ridden a bike in over 20 years, but have had a
long standing desire to tour the Americas. My lady friend doesn't think I'll
make it out of the state of Florida. If I don't, it won't be for the lack of
giving it my best shot. A sure way not to succeed is not to try. Some smart
guy, seems to me his name was something like Goethe said "If you can or think
you can, begin it, for boldness has genius power and magic in it." I had it
on a plaque in my sailboat, which I lived on for 5 years and cruised Mexico's
west coast, then out to Hawaii. Mind you, before buying that 47 feet trimaran
sloop, I had never sailed even a dinghy. We'll see. Any other helpful info.
you care to share would be appreciated. Thanks for you interest a kind offer.
sincerely, Lew Waterman
Punky & Lew's Americas Motopaseo