My first genuine shakedown

My first genuine shakedown

March 11th, 2023 in Playa Las Lejas, Panama. I had my first shakedown yesterday. It was the real deal. It was done so nicely, I hardly even felt it. This is what happened. I was riding west, along Panama’s Highway 1, the Pan American, heading towards the border...
Crossing the Darién — finally!

Crossing the Darién — finally!

March 7th 2023, Panama City. Anyone travelling across the Americas by land, north to south or, like me, the other way around, faces a major obstacle in the middle. It is known as the Darién Gap — the gap being the fact that there is no road linking South and...