Our time in Guatapé was coming to an end, so we decided to go on our last trip to a paisa town called San Carlos, which is a really small village with a huge history of violence due to the gerillas in the past decade. After stationing 1500 troops there, things calmed down quickly, and…
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Guatapé to Rionegro for traffic license
With motorcycle rental and tour operator office comes a lot of official business like renewing insurance and license for the vehicles. Our host asked me to drive one of the bikes to the Centro Mecánico in Rionegro and get the traffic license renewed. Of course I said yes, then it turned out it’s going to…
First trip as official tour guide
We are still in Guatapé and Guatapé Motos just had it’s first half day tour. Yaay 🏍️🤸👏🎉🎊 I was asked to be on standby and when only one couple showed up I was sure my presence will not be needed. I waited half an hour for the other couple who wanted to participate, but they…
Guatapé 1 Day trip to Cocorná
We are still in Guatapé and after the Small Ring we decided to go again with Guatape Motos and ride around in a bigger circle and try another bike on the Colombian highway. This time we hopped on a Yamaha Libero 125, that supported our journey with much more torque, so when we headed to…
Guatapé Small Ring
We made it to a small town in Colombia called Guatapé couple of days ago, where we’re staying with Guatape Motos (you can check them out) as our Workaway host for about a month. The first task we got as volunteers was to get on a Honda CB125 and explore the surrounding areas. Since we…
Grossglockner and the farewell party
Distance: 1.673,82 km Duration: 27 hour 0 min Top speed: 147 km/h Average speed: 61 km/h The wife and I decided to take a longer vacation, you know, do the millennial thing and take a year off. Luckily my employer was understanding so I’m going for a sabbatical year. My friends threw me a farewell party at Lake Balaton….
Transylvania 2
Distance: 1.919,48 km Duration: 28 hour 8 min Top speed: 142 km/h Average speed: 68 km/h When your friend tells you, that he’s getting married halfway between you and the most iconic part of Romania, you have to by bike, no questions asked. Even if it’s May… even if it rains like hell… My wife had similar thoughts she…
Tatra Mountain and Zakopane
Distance: 851,07 km Duration: 12 hour 6 min Top speed: 159 km/h Average speed: 70 km/h The day started as any other, we got to work, agreed to arrange everything that was necessary in a couple of hours then head to Banská Bystrica and conquer the mountain the next day. Well, it did not go as planned. The meetings…
Ubud, rice terrasses and waterfalls
On our Honeymoon we headed towards the beautiful Island of Bali in Indonesia. It was really interesting to see how many people are choosing the scooter as a means of transport. I have never seen so many riders at the same intersection. Day 1 – 22/06/2018 Distance: 56,3 km Duration: 3h 40 min Average speed:…
Lake Bled and Mount Mangart
Distance: 1.634,27 km Duration: 21 hour 43 min Top speed: 157 km/h Average speed: 75 km/h Day 1 The first day started slowly. Half the group were planning to start early morning, we had to stay at work until lunchtime to arrange some business for the company we are working for, so they went ahead through the mountain road…
A Rider's Tale 