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Bolivia Motorcycle Trip April 2024

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                      At the end of April in the year 2024, I rode motorcycles for 3 days in Bolivia.      First a little bit of background on how I ended up in Latin America.       Picking a country within South America was inevitable  from my point of view, seeing how it was part of my personal global motorcycle mission. I wish to experience each of the continents from behind the bars of a two wheeled machine.       At the time of this writing, I only have two left on the list: Asia and Oceania (We are excluding Antarctica). Bolivia quickly rose to the top of the list amongst its neighboring countries for one simple reason, the Salar De Uyuni. These salt flats and the altiplano surrounding them were known to me from the "Bolivian Special" from one of my favorite shows, Top Gear. Also, this region was part of the 2016 DAKAR off road endurance race. I knew there was no place south of the equator I would rather shred.      If you have read about my trip to Morocco previously,
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Cape Breton Motorcycle Trip Sept 2023

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FORWARD First, some info on the origin and planning of this trip.       When I was a small boy, studying the geography of North America I was exposed to the unique characteristics of not only the US states, but also the Canadian Provinces. I remember being in middle school and completing a whole project on Labrador and Newfoundland (the two most remote provinces in the far north east of Canada). I also remember studying the "Maritimes," Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. I remember tucking this curiosity for these regions into my deep brain to be explored later as an adult. My small brain automatically wanted to see the contralateral version of the PNW region I was born and raised in. Was it a parallel experience, or an alien one? How did the Left Upper compare to the Right Upper region of the greater North American Continent.  One thing I have done with resounding success in my life is carry the illuminating torch of curiosity that is born in childhood onwa
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