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THE EQUATOR !!!!! |
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| After ALL that we've been through, its a stunning realization that...we're only half way. |
Tennessee to the Equator -- Tennessee, USA to Ecuador, South America
10,000 Mile Checkup
The amount of...
Tires Changed 3
Flat tires 0
Lost passports 0
Times lost Never found. No GPS and a broken compass
Holidays in the ditch 4
Spark plugs 5
Robbed by the police 1
Border crossings 11 (not including flying back and forth from the states to Colombia)
Explosive poops 5
Beers drank 1,223 (Mike passed out early one night)
Dogs run over 1
Plates of rice and beans about 3 a day
Documents forged 2 (busted 0)
The police did not believe our registrations were real ... refer to number of border crossings
Haircuts at whore houses 1 (we can exlain that)
Mike and I got into a fight not once
Almost died never
Drove after dark with no lights never mom
Pushed our bikes through dark tunnels only once
Ran out of gas 1
Left each other 2
Gave passports to someone shadey 1
Dropped bikes and laughed 10
Gotten petrol in our eyes 0
Eddie Murphy on TV every time
Welding shop visits 35
Put bikes in a back of truck/tailer 0
Times on a boat/dingy 8
Engines out of bikes and apart 5
Nadine cheated on Mike daily ;)
Broken down in the rain with bad electrics everytime it rains
Pinstriped another car 3
Mike wished a rat hadn't eaten half his seat everyday since before leaving
A mouse lived in Mike's seat 2 countries
Oil changes 2
The frame broke 10 at least
Speed bumps 7,622
Passed by bicycles 6 times, that we know of
Tank drove a boat 1
The phrase "Living the Dream" got us into trouble 1 huge time (thanks David)
The armada (big touring bikes) wanted to trade with our bikes always
Friends visited 1 is on his way
Time on the road and money spent for the both of us still wouldn't buy a new BMW GS
Things accomplished 0
