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18 August, 1996 - Berlin, Germany
We crossed over from southern Denmark, then rode through
East Germany to a guesthouse on the outskirts of...
Summary
After many months of trip preparation, we left Vancouver and rode to
San Francisco, where we flew on Lufthansa with the motorcycle...
May 10-17, 1996 - Germany --> Belgium --> France --> UKWe flew into Frankfurt on May 10, picked up the bike from Lufthansa's cargo area...
May 13, 1997 - The Egyptian customs saga (beware, this is a very long story!)We arrived at the Libyan side of the border at 2:00, and were through in...
Wednesday, March 11, 1998The border was easy, stamp the passport, stamp the bike document, always more stamps, then across to the Ecuadorian side,...
5-9 August, 1996 - Northern DenmarkTook the Color Sea Cat from Goteborg, Sweden to Frederikshavn, Denmark on 5 August 1996. Drove from Frederikshavn...
Colombia - Travel Warning, March 26, 1998"The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against unnecessary travel to Colombia. Violence by...
20 January, 1998We had a windy but uneventful drive north from Ushuaia across Tierra del Fuego, then took a 2 hour ferry to Punta Arenas.Susan and...
July 24, 1987 - BelizeBelize (formerly British Honduras), was an oasis of English, and the countryside very green. We never did get to the cities,...
Dunes at Sossusvlei Pan, NamibiaSeptember 29, 1997From the northern Namib we headed south for Sesriem, the closest campsite to Sossusvlei, where the...
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