Fri 14 Nov 2008
Theo’s pictures from Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Posted by daveg under Uncategorized
I don’t download Theo’s pictures that often so I’m just going to make a huge confusing post of his pictures.
His nikon does a great job of capturing the trip. He also takes pictures of me, so it is good to have proof that I was actually on the trip, not just the bike. Again, donate to his charity work at: http://world-tourer.de
Me very happy to see the bikes arrive in Colombia.
We’re not the first bikers on the Panam.
I met these folks at the church in the valley in Colombia
Stupid tourist shot balancing one shot on the equator. I have the benefit of reading many other ride reports and blogs so I know what pictures to take. Once I did this shot, several other tourists followed my lead.
Jump shot, equator style
I’m happy to be in Peru!
I met these guys at the side of the road. I stopped to take some pictures of some goats they had tied up. All of a sudden a crowd appeared and they insisted that I drink Chicha. It is a lightly fermented homemade corn drink. It was pretty tastey, but I ended up getting a case of the D for 3 days after it. Ohh well, it is part of traveling.
I’m happy to be in the desert
Lonely desert rider.
This is a great photo of Theo’s taken in Canyon del Pato.
Me putting on rain gear before an amazing storm.
Drop number 3 of the trip. Like time number 2, I was turning around. ARGH!
more desert offroad riding.
Here is me chitchating with the spanish/french couple at the Nasca tower. I have tons of respect for the bicyclist travelers.
















November 19th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
It is nice to see pix of Dave =) It seems like Theo’s paypal donation site is not compatible with the US site…every site I get to is not in english and doesn’t accept my normal paypal username and password.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
According to google earth claims you are riding into nothing. Either the gov’t of Bolivia doesn’t like our search engine master or you’re now in uncharted territory .
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 am
Some amazing shots of some amazing riding. The canyon and desert shots are fantastic as is the impending rain storm pic.
It looks as if South America is phenomenal. I’d prefer to have skipped Central America, but I sure wish I were down there about now to share in the ride.
-G
November 30th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
dave, great to see lots of pics…lindsie and i are back in the states after selling my bike to a guy in a panamanian slum (near colon)…i’m following your progress with bated breath…just dreaming of being down there sometime soon…
oh yeah…happy thanksgiving (belated of course)
ride safely
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:37 am
Hey Dave it is time to G some-updates. I am looking forward to seeing the landscape of Chile, do they eat any American family pets there?
Be Well,
-Klaus
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
¿Senior Dave…. Dónde están las imágenes de las chicas del distrito ligero rojo?
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Dave,
Two things:
1) STEAK NIGHT!!!
2) Please answer Klaus’ question about American family pets being eaten in Chile.
-Weitzel
December 6th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
So DaveG, just saw the spotfinder text position.
Unless those southern lines of latitude are more compact, it looks like you’ve got a drive about equivalent of southern Texas to northern Canada.
You might have to start treating those KmPH signs like MPH.