After riding solo for 2 months I have now joined the ranks of a motorcycle gang.

And by gang, I mean other long distance motorcycle travels.

Thanks to Horizons Unlimited, I met Bryn, from Nelson, New Zealand. He was in Antigua, Guatemala at the same time as I was and we were both traveling solo.

What is also interesting is that while waiting in Antigua to meet Bryn, I met Theo, from Frankfurt, Germany.

So we’re now a rough and tough gang of Gringos (non-latins) with giant BMW motorcycles. By rough and tough I really mean smelly but amiable bikers.

Bryn is on a multiple month motorcycle trip that started when he bought his bike in Los Angeles. He is riding a mid-80s BMW touring bike (Bryn, which year/RT is it again? K100rt??). Bryn is a dedicated moto traveler and has toured several continents over the years. Interestingly, he’s already ridden from the US to Panama but did it almost 15 years ago when he was in his early 20s. Apparently the roads are much better now :) .

Theo is in month 16 of his continuous around the world trip on his 2002 BMW F650 Dakar (same bike as Heather’s!!). He is touring the world http://www.world-tourer.de with the aim of “travel and do good”. You can read more about him on his blog if you understand Germany. Even if you can’t, check out some of the pictures! Here is an article about his trip in English: http://www.world-tourer.de/press/2

Anyway, they’re both good guys (SO FAR). It is nice to have the company over the miles and new ideas for things to do. Of course it is nice to have the added perception of security too. Not that I would mention a past event in this blog post.