Tag Archives: Motorcycle Transport

La La Los Angeles and the Pacific Coast Highway

La La Los Angeles and the Pacific Coast Highway

From past experience I had expected Los Angeles to be a number of things; sunny,  endless conurbation, full of strip malls, traffic congestion, Mexicans tending lawns, and lots of vaguely plastic-like people. It is all of those things.  I have however enjoyed it, largely thanks to my friend Jay who has graciously let me stay [...]

Day Five – Darién Gap Sailing From Panama to Columbia

Day Five – Darién Gap Sailing From Panama to Columbia

Simon the only backpacker left on the boat, got on a fast boat at 7am.  Our pre-arranged fast (3 hours on a 2x200hp outboard motors) boat didn’t arrive at 8am at our boat but picked up the other bikers on the MetaComet boat and left. We eventually got our bikes off Fritz-The-Cat and onto the [...]

Day One – Darién Gap Sailing From Panama to Columbia

Day One – Darién Gap Sailing From Panama to Columbia

We drove into Panama at night quite exhausted from ~500kms of driving from Uvita, Costa Rica and checked into a $55 hotel in a newer fancier neighbourhood. I was told by the skipper of the boat (Fritz of the boat Fritz-the-Cat) to go to a hostel to follow an 4×4 truck down the Pan-American highway [...]