OFF THE HAMSTER WHEEL

A Motorcycle Travel Blog

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

Day 144 Colombia to Ecuador

Day 144It was overcast when I left my hotel in San Juan and headed for the border. I arrived there at about half past eight in the morning and it was busy. I parked the bike …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sat, Jan 4, 2025

Day 142 to 143 Neiva to San Juan

Day 142The next morning as I prepared to leave my hotel it was overcast and the rain had just stopped. The previous evening I had looked at the map and I had decided to return to …

Posted by The Madbiker on Thu, Jan 2, 2025

Day 140 to 141 Santa Marta to Neiva

Day 140On the morning of the 26th of December I said my farewells to my good friends Eric, Alison, and an Italian guy called Alessandro with whom I had become friends whilst we …

Posted by The Madbiker on Mon, Dec 30, 2024

Santa Marta

Impressions of Santa MartaAs I write this post I am currently in Santa Marta but by the time that it comes for me to leave I will have stayed in the city for about three weeks and …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Dec 15, 2024

Day 139 La Guajira Desert to Santa Marta

Day 139When I got ready to leave Riohacha at about nine o’clock in the morning it was a little bit cloudy which I was glad of as it was not as hot as it had been the previous …

Posted by The Madbiker on Sun, Dec 8, 2024