Short Circuiting South America
Day one and first 390 kms of what ended up being an epic 8 year, 86,457 km motorbike odyssey. I leave urban Cusco in drizzling rain on my brand new Chinese bike in the company of Angelo, an experienced motorcycle guide. En route we ride over the high mountain pass of Abra La Raya, before entering the altiplano and heading for Puno on Lake Titicaca.
https://youtu.be/6jdeYzGchVg
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Day 2 didnt exactly go according to plan...
.https://youtu.be/sQd9nHO7EqU
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Thanks for sharing an epic journey
Looks like an adventure...
Great editing and inclusion of maps and history :deal:
i'm guessing that the 3 wheeler you spotted (while your tyre puncture was being repaired, wasn't abandoned. Like many parts of Asia, vehicles and bikes that one might assume are abandoned aren't - even if non-running the vehicle often still represents monetary value to the owner... :mwink:
Do you have the links for other videos (ep1-9) in your series?
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bikerdoc
Thanks for sharing an epic journey
Looks like an adventure...
Great editing and inclusion of maps and history :deal:
i'm guessing that the 3 wheeler you spotted (while your tyre puncture was being repaired, wasn't abandoned. Like many parts of Asia, vehicles and bikes that one might assume are abandoned aren't - even if non-running the vehicle often still represents monetary value to the owner... :mwink:
Do you have the links for other videos (ep1-9) in your series?
:popcorn:
Hi Bikerdoc, I am glad you enjoyed it!
I said it looked "half abandoned", because it wasn't locked up and some of its cables were just hanging loose. Having spent around 20 years in South America, leaving a bike unlocked like that beside a major highway does seem a bit odd to me, but you're quite right, probably it wasn't abandoned.
I have a channel dedicated to this trip (link below) but the first 6 episodes are quite long and will almost certainly bore you, I dont actually buy the bike until the end of episode 6. The first 6 episodes are a mish-mash of Australia, South America, India and SE Asia when I procrastinated about which bike to buy, I posted them more as a personal vlog so my family and friends could know what I was up to. I finally buy the bike at the 58 minute mark of episode 6, I am pretty sure only from there onwards it would start to get interesting for readers of MyChinaMoto! Also currently there are several numberless episodes shot much later in Brazil that I will later take down and re-edit as they contain too many mistakes. (I posted them when I was bored and didn't have access to my old hard discs from the beginning of the trip)
Link to my YT channel "Short Circuiting South America" (my surname is Short, my YT name is Gringo Loco):
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...raOFM5fD_xlOxB
EDIT: actually I just noticed the cargo trike isn't there when Angelo rode off following the tyre repair, so obviously it wasn't abandoned or even broken down.
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No worries... I wasn't being serious in regards to my comment 'abandoned or not' :goodtime:
It is what it is, and like many vehicles in various parts of Asia, Africa and elsewhere, which are considered more a form of utilitarian mode of transport (work) than a vehicle of leisure, so long as the engine still runs and the vehicle is usable it is put to work/use.
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Can be quite the contrary to vehicles abandoned in parts of the OZ 'outback' which can be exactly that - abandoned, despite being still serviceable if it wasn't for the impressive distance one would need to overcome to rescue/repair said vehicle. Unfortunately such vehicles end up being vandalised, stripped or both before being retrieved, repaired or reacquainted with the owner... if at all.
Even a fully mobile vehicle not abandoned, is at risk, to those who see little to no value in working and obtaining said vehicle through legitimate means
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Thanks for sharing your YT channel link
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New 11 minute video, Day 3, Puno to Arequipa:
https://youtu.be/juKaaJM1_SQ
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Another great episode with clever use of map, history and landmarks
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Episode 13, eleven minutes long, Arequipa to Moquegua via the desolate Chala region: https://youtu.be/EqOfY2yu43I
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24 minute episode. Try not to die laughing at my cheap "2 man" tent!
https://youtu.be/vqJJBWExTBM
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madaru moto
24 minute episode. Try not to die laughing at my cheap "2 man" tent!
Awesome.... at least a kind of roof over your head ...hahaha
Great stuff
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Awesome.... at least a kind of roof over your head ...hahaha
Great stuff
It never rains in the Atacama Desert... ever .... so really didnt need a tent at all. But later on that tent proved woefully inadequate... I should have spent just a few dollars more for something more watertight!
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episode 20 - ten minutes long... After spending my first night camping in an abandoned saltpetre plant, I pack up and continue to head south on the PanAmerican Highway in northern Chile, covering over 500kms in the absolute desolation of the Atacama Desert, passing the 3000kms mark, a hotel called "Las Bombas", a weird rock formation called tafoni, a shrine to an unofficial saint, the foggy coastal town of Chaņaral with its rather unusual light-house, and then spend some time looking for, and finally exploring, the fascinating archaeological site of Viņa del Cerro, where Inca-Diaguita coppersmiths reduced copper ore using an ingenious device called a huayrachina, and an Inca ushnu platform exists, in this case integral to the other buildings for use as a solar horizon calendar, and possibly human sacrifices.
https://youtu.be/JxhsWIaTjWA
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Episode 21 - eleven minutes long - Leaving Tierra Amarilla I rejoin the Pan American Highway seeing along the way huge mining machinery transport convoys, wind turbines, and cactus with red protuberances which indicates I am finally leaving the Atacama Desert. I cross Puente Juan Soldado and recount how he saved the town from pirate attacks, and how a later pirate, William Dampier, left his mark on the next town I visit, La Serena, where I explore on foot some interesting buildings before returning to the hostel to receive a distressing email.
https://youtu.be/2AlVIl-5SDI
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Episode 22 - 15 minutes long - exploring La Serena's local museum followed by a serious wheel failure (BTW all my own fault for not keeping an eye on certain things)
https://youtu.be/uqZYjK1lQiI
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Episode 23, only 17 minutes long
https://youtu.be/k_SjdoKz96I
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Catching up on the latest episodes...
Thank u sir...
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episode #24, only 13 minutes long. Unfortunately it doesnt contain any road footage as my action cam wasnt working that day, but I tried to make up for it by adding computer graphics and lots of local history.
https://youtu.be/tyTN-AAbrDI
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madaru moto
episode #24, only 13 minutes long. Unfortunately it doesnt contain any road footage as my action cam wasnt working that day, but I tried to make up for it by adding computer graphics and lots of local history.
Cam day off... Keep the YT vdo coming... all good stuff
Thank you for sharing
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bikerdoc
Cam day off... Keep the YT vdo coming... all good stuff
Thank you for sharing
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new epsiode coming soon - mostly about my few weeks layover in Valparaiso, getting my spokes replaced!