Colan,Piura Region,Peru
Mission accomplished, Baz has been binned, beers consumed,congrats all round, shower time!
Piura,Peru
About to leave Piura, should be in Colan by 1:00pm ish! See you all there.
Piura,Peru
Arrived into Piura peak hour traffic,absolutely insane! Chain slipping badly. The Gringo Alliance have decided to stay in Piura tonight and head out to Colan in the morning. Need Beer and Bourbon!
Florida,Amazonas district,Peru
Just outside Bagua Grande having breakfast, omelette and coffee, few mechanical and tyre probs with a couple of bikes yesterday. Diego is burning heaps of oil and Bazza the Kangaroo had a swimming pool incident and now is feeling rather deflated.
Tarapoto,Peru
Hard life by the pool at Puerto Palmas Resort Tarapoto. Few bike issues yesterday, looking for waterfalls and ruins today.
Tocache,Peru
Getting ready to leave Tocache and head towards Tarapoto. Paid our first bribe to the Ronderos, don't argue with a shotgun wielding group. Also had a guy on a truck aiming his machine gun at us, looked a bit bigger than an AK47, maybe an M16? We were expecting dirt road from Tingo Maria, but it is all good highway :(. Hoping today is a bit rougher, have emergency vodka in case of camping :)
Tingo Maria, Peru
Severely smoking ignition on team Perilous Piranahs MotoTaxi, some quick roadside repairs and we are now all in Tingo Maria, services and patch ups all round. Time for Pisco Sours!
Huanuco,Huanuco Region,Peru
Made it to Huanuco yesterday afternoon, several police checks, Bazza the kangaroo saved the day. 4400 metre pass. Traffic is insane in Huanuco during the Jesus festival! Today we are heading for the Jungle, Tingo Maria awaits. Bikes engine is getting a bit rattly, but we will push on.
Cerro de Pasco,Pasco region,Peru
Having lunch with the crew about 80km from Huanuco. Group travelling well, bikes are shit at 4400 metres. Now bring me my Guinea Pig!
Huancayo,Peru
Our truck driver told us 12 hrs to get to Huancayo, 27 hours later we are here. A splash of luxury tonight @ Hotel Turismo, free upgrade to Presidential rooms! Back on the MotoTaxi tomorrow :)
Steve
Brenda
Hi,
Looking Forward to going to Peru and having a fantastic adventure with my Partnet Steve and all the other teams!
We love getting out in Nature and have just finished a Borneo Jungle Challenge for Greenpeace! We love to help out where we can and raise funds for worthy charities!
<p><font face="book antiqua,palatino" size="4">Well it looks like we are off on another adventure! <br />I thought I had enough of Broken down motorbikes in Vietnam! but apparently not! As Bren and I are off on a crazy adventure to limp/nurse/drag a 3 wheeled contraption the length of Peru.</font></p><p><font face="book antiqua,palatino" size="4">At least this device of torture will have enough room to carry emergency supplies of Beer. We know how thirsty we can get while waiting on the side of the road! I am sure beer will also come in handy when trying to avoid bandits on a hot day by offering them a nice cool drink ;) and sitting down to discuss our situation!</font></p><p><font face="Book Antiqua" size="4">We will be rasing Funds for Cool Earth and also for WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Both of these charities are very deserving and in need of all the help we can give them.</font></p>