Instead of driving straight to the salar do Uyuni I changed spontaneously my plans after a friend of mine told me to check out the national park of Torotoro, located just another 150 km in the South of Cochabamba.
Bolivia – San Matias to Copacabana
Day 29 & 30: Santa Cruz to Cochabamba – An Invitation from the BMW Aventura Motorrad Club
A long day was ahead of me. Google told me I had to master a 9 hours drive from Santa Cruz to Cochabamba, without a break. Again I was following the advice of Joakko to take the new road and not the old dirt road which would be going further down south in parallel to […]
Day 28: A day in Santa Cruz – Getting Fury Back in Shape and Enjoying Plaza 24 de Septiembre
I was supposed to give Hernan’s friend Jose a call, the guy who is working for a motorbike shop in Santa Cruz and highly knowledgable. In fact I had the choice between several people who were offering me their support but I trusted Hernan and so I had Jose on the phone, the first thing […]
Day 27: San Ignacio over Concepcion to Santa Cruz – the Jesuit Mission Circuit, The Gasoline Dilemma and Highway to Heaven
I was getting up early in the morning, enjoying my breakfast and was looking forward to hit the road again. Joakko and his friends told me that the road between San Ignacio and Santa Cruz is a completely newly paved heaven for motorbikes. And how right they were! The asphalt was perfectly in shape and […]
Day 26: San Ignacio – Bolivia’s National Day, Time to Relax and Take Care of my Wounds
The morning after the worst day in my travel history I felt surprisingly not that bad. I guess the medication helped a lot and suppressed my pain, mainly in my shoulder and neck. I discovered some new scratches but nothing serious, I was really lucky to have such good protection gear. I am still amazed […]
Day 25: San Matias to San Ignacio – a Motorbike Accident, Two Bee Stings and a Food Poisoning
If you thought that the Transpantaneira was challenging, you certainly don’t want to ride the road between San Matias and San Ignacio, it is a 300 km highway to hell. Deep, sandy stretches everywhere… not only on the straight road but also in curves which ended pretty bad.