After getting stuck in Cali for nearly two weeks, I woke up one morning and knew that it was time to get back on the road. Tony and I had a job to finish; The last 400 km to Medellin. So I got out of bed, got a cup of coffee, took a shower, and …
Tag Archive: Bike
Feb 23
Cali Salsa Nights
I lifted both of Eliana’s hands up above her head and, holding them there, led her in a slow spin to her left and watched in complete awe as she effortlessly grooved to the caribbean beat, leading with every dangerous curve of her body; thighs, hips, bum, waist, and boobs all appeared to be moving …
Feb 15
Rebirth of the Pacific
After nearly a week at Playa Almejal, Tony and I rode back to the docks at Bahia Solano to board yet another cargo boat that would take us the rest of the way to Buenaventura, Colombia. I had called Oscar, the owner and boat captain of the Renacer del Pacifico (Rebirth of the Pacific) earlier …
Feb 07
The Forgotten Coast
This stretch of coast is alive. At my feet dozens of tiny hermit crabs inch their way across the black sands leaving diminutive little trails in the soft wet sand behind them while in front of me a squadron of a dozen pelicans fly low over the crashing surf, looking more like boats magically hovering …
Feb 06
Quiet Villages, Loud Machine Guns
Jaque After pulling away from the good ship Victoria our lancha whipped us towards land. We bounced across the surf and over a sandbar before entering a small natural breakwater. We had arrive in Jaque. Now that we were here, the next stage of our journey to Buenaventura, Colombia would be to hire a lancha …
Feb 06
The Good Ship Victoria C.
Meeting Victoria The outboard engine roared as we bounced across the dark waters reflecting the lights of Panama city. It was 8pm on a thursday night and we were in a small dinghy being taxied out to Victoria C. the cargo boat that would be our ride for the first leg of our journey into …
Feb 05
Stage 7: Colombia and the Darien Gap AKA Operation: VICTORY LAP!!!
And so it all comes down to this: the seventh and final stage of the Tour de Zack y Tony. Indeed, Operation: Wrong Way!, Operation: Fish Tacos!, Operation: Tequila! Tequila!, Operation: Glorious Ruination!, Operation: Jungle Boogie!, and Operation: Enduring Freedom! have all been completed, so just one more operation – Operation: VICTORY LAP!!! – …
Feb 04
Confronting the Darién Gap
The Final 90 km Having arrived in Panama City, it was time for Tony and I to finally confront a problem that we had been slowly approaching ever since turning south in San Francisco: There is no road to Colombia. Remarkably, the Darien Gap as it is known is the only break in the Pan-American Highway …
Jan 29
The End of a Continent!
The Bridge of the Americas. In the end, it took Tony and I five days to ride the 440km from David to Panama City. It was a journey that in our minds was a blend of raw perseverance, blissful satisfaction, and triumphant nostalgia, as we were very aware that this was the final push and …
Jan 06
The Final Push
We got NO brakes. On the 2 of January, exactly 1 year after crossing the US/Mexican Border, I loaded up Tony for the first time since his accident, said my goodbyes to the boys at Mamallena and set out on the easiest ride of the entire trip. I was going 40 km to the city …
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