Archives for March 2006 - Guzzigalore - Paul van Hooff on his Moto Guzzi

Smile & wave II

I never buy roadmaps. If you can find them they are expensive. So I ask for directions. Pier bij AmapalaThat’s better. You get in contact with the locals and you might run into a surprise. Like staying twelve days in a ranchero with a 22-year old Mexican girl who invited you to her house, because you looked lost. No invitations now. I know my way, like Jose Luis. Got a Honduran roadmap, a present from an Argentinean guy. Not very detailed, this map. It's just sufficient. So no complains. It’s difficult to get lost in this country anyway; there’s only a few ways to go. On the map I found a spot in the Pacific Ocean just between El Salvador and Nicaragua, called Isla del Tigre (Tiger Island). This part of the Pacific looked promising, a lot of green spots and RVS-signs (wildlife reserve). I got visions of wild tigers, palm trees and half naked women. Wishful thinking indeed, Guzman.

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Paul van Hooff, a dutch journalist, is riding his 30 year old Moto Guzzi from the tip of Alaska to the tip of Terra del Fuego. On guzzigalore.nl he writes about his adventures, in English and in Dutch.
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