OFF THE HAMSTER WHEEL

A Motorcycle Travel Blog

January 2024 End of Part Two

Getting Out Of ChileSo at four o’clock in the afternoon I left the squalid house in Taltal. I took everything that I owned related to my bike to the “workshop”, …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Feb 3, 2025

Days 154 to 156 Iquique to Taltal

Day 154I set off early and I climbed back out of Iqieque and back on to Route 5 South where I refuelled shorty after re-joining it. I was in for yet another 150 mile stretch of …

Posted by The Madbiker on Fri, Jan 31, 2025

Day 153 Peru to Chile

Day 153I arrived at the the border at around half past seven in the morning and it was relatively quiet. The border post was a joint operation between Peru and Chile but there were …

Posted by The Madbiker on Tue, Jan 28, 2025

Days 150 to 152 Lima to Tacna

Day 150Due to the insane traffic in Lima I decided to get an early start to my day to see if I could avoid the worst of it so I left my hotel early at half past six in the morning …

Posted by The Madbiker on Fri, Jan 24, 2025

Lima

Impressions of Lima I arrived in Lima at around three o’clock in the afternoon so I thought that I had plenty of time to see the city before it got dark. My hotel was in the …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Jan 20, 2025

Days 148 to 149 Chiclayo to Lima

Day 148I set of from Chiclayo at about seven o’clock in the morning and I headed South on the main road out of the city. After a couple of hours on the road I stopped in the city …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Jan 16, 2025

Biking in Ecuador

The speed limits in Ecuador are 40 km/h (25 mph) or 60 km/h (37 mph) in built up areas, outside built up areas all roads are limited to 90 km/h (56 mph) All of the road signs for …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Jan 15, 2025

Day 147 Ecuador to Peru

Day 147I left Huaquillas and headed back out of town to take the road to the vehicular border crossing. When I arrived at the Ecuadorian side of the border crossing I found that …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Jan 12, 2025

Biking in Colombia

The speed limits in Colombia are 40 km/h (25 mph) or 60 km/h (37 mph) in built up areas, outside built up areas all roads are limited to 80 km/h (50 mph) All of the road signs for …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Jan 9, 2025

Days 145 to 146 Quito to Huaquillas

Day 145I left Quito early and it was cold. The road out of the city climbed and climbed and at one point I got a break in the clouds from where I could take a photo of the city …

Posted by The Madbiker on Wed, Jan 8, 2025