I support the BM Riders Club
Leaving from England & Vladivostock
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Page Index
Repairs
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Maps 2006
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Maps 2007
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Japan, Taiwan, Bangkok
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Thailand, Cambodia
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Thailand
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Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore
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Australia, Chile
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Chile, Carretera Austral
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Chilean Patagonia post-crash
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Crash results
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Repairs
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The Accident
Current Status
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Pledges
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Family life in Patagonia
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Northern Chile, Peru
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Peru, Ecuador
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Ecuador to Quito
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images/L to R Carlos the Nice Young Mechanic, Augusto Mr.Fixit Begnini and Diego Drop Dead Gorgeous Galindo (runs the bike side at Alvarez Barba and knows Kevin and Julia Globebusters Sanders).JPG
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Guayiquil to Arequipa
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images/and the Eric came and interfered.JPG
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Arequipa and around
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Arequipa
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Arequipa
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Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
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images/General scenes in La Paz - 810 is a shoeshine boy in standard garb looks a bit sinister but that's how they are. (3).JPG
images/General scenes in La Paz - 810 is a shoeshine boy in standard garb looks a bit sinister but that's how they are. (4).JPG
images/General scenes in La Paz - 810 is a shoeshine boy in standard garb looks a bit sinister but that's how they are. (5).JPG
images/General scenes in La Paz - 810 is a shoeshine boy in standard garb looks a bit sinister but that's how they are. (6).JPG
images/General scenes in La Paz - 810 is a shoeshine boy in standard garb looks a bit sinister but that's how they are. (7).JPG
images/General scenes in La Paz - 810 is a shoeshine boy in standard garb looks a bit sinister but that's how they are. (8).JPG
images/General scenes in La Paz - 810 is a shoeshine boy in standard garb looks a bit sinister but that's how they are. (9).JPG
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images/I still exist - taken by an Italian couple at the border.JPG
images/Those pesky Tutelary Presences again.JPG
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images/Iquique (northern Chile) and its enormous sand dune.JPG
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Argentina and a quickie back to Coyhaique
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images/Weird clouds.JPG
images/Strange stratification (1).JPG
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images/Back towards the mountains.JPG
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images/David and Jo from Truro at the hostel in Bariloche.JPG
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images/Me with the boys and Fabiola before leaving (1).JPG
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images/On the road (1).JPG
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Back to Welsh Patagonia
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images/John and Olwyn from Kings Heath.JPG
images/Austin Healeys (1).JPG
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images/Obelisk commemorating founding of Trelew in 1865 by Lewis Jones.JPG
images/Interesting railway engine nameplate.JPG
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images/teahouse at Gaiman (1).JPG
images/teahouse at Gaiman (2).JPG
images/Swiss Patrick tyre-wrestling.JPG
images/Campsite at Puerto Piramides.JPG
images/Adriano and his Africa Twin.JPG
images/Andy and Maya's R100GS outfit at Viedma.JPG
images/Nick's R1200GS at Viedma.JPG
images/Fritz and Bev's R100GS at Viedma.JPG
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images/Sealions on the beach (1).JPG
images/Sealions on the beach (2).JPG
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images/Cutting fresh sheepskins (1).JPG
images/Cutting fresh sheepskins (2).JPG
images/Cutting fresh sheepskins (3).JPG
images/Me with mine.JPG
images/Wild Boar with Fritz and Alan.JPG
images/Eating the contents of the sheepskins (1).JPG
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Tierra del Fuego
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images/View from the sidecar on the way back (2).JPG
images/Bookshop in Trelew.JPG
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images/If you zoom you can just see the pink flamingos.JPG
images/Santa (aka Andy) fits a new pushrod tube rubber (1).JPG
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images/Ferry on the Magellan Strait.JPG
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images/Camping at Cerro Sombrero, Tierra del Fuego.JPG
images/Sunset (1).JPG
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images/Tierra del Fuego (1).JPG
images/Tierra del Fuego (2).JPG
images/Chilean little chef at San Sebastian on the border between Chile and Argentina. There was a Globebusters sticker in the window (Kevin and Julia Sanders)..JPG
images/Entering Argentina again.JPG
images/Memorial at Rio Grande.JPG
images/Nice road sign.JPG
images/Lago Fagnano (1).JPG
images/Lago Fagnano (3).JPG
images/Lago Fagnano (4).JPG
images/Beagle Channel at Ushuaia (1).JPG
images/Beagle Channel at Ushuaia (2).JPG
images/Camping in the lupins at the end of the world.JPG
Ushuaia - Fin del Mundo
images/Tierra del Fuego National Park.JPG
images/Malvinas Memorial in Ushuaia.JPG
images/Beagle Channel (1).JPG
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images/Beagle Channel (5).JPG
images/Sealion colony (1).JPG
images/Sealion colony (2).JPG
images/Cormorants (1).JPG
images/Cormorants (2).JPG
images/Dead condor and whaling boat at Estancia Herberton (1).JPG
images/Dead condor and whaling boat at Estancia Herberton (2).JPG
images/12-yr-old Thomas Bridges (great-great-great-great grandson of the original who founded Ushaia and the estancia) with killer whale skulls.JPG
images/Just for Fabiola, Puerto Williams (really the southernmost town but inaccessible by road, and in Chile) (1).JPG
images/Just for Fabiola, Puerto Williams (really the southernmost town but inaccessible by road, and in Chile) (2).JPG
images/Magellanic penguins (1).JPG
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Antarctica
images/Get your albatross 'ere (1).JPG
images/Get your albatross 'ere (2).JPG
images/Sunset in the Southern Ocean.JPG
images/Chinstrap penguins (1).JPG
images/Chinstrap penguins (2).JPG
images/Elephant seals.JPG
images/Gentoo penguin.JPG
images/Grave on Deception Island at Whaler's Bay.JPG
images/Gentoos (1).JPG
images/Gentoos (2).JPG
images/Gentoos (3).JPG
images/Digging the spa pool.JPG
images/BMW Antarctic suit.JPG
images/The Europa from Holland.JPG
images/Penguin egg devoured by skuas.JPG
images/Seal tracks on a growler.JPG
images/Ukrainian bar.JPG
images/Vernadsky Station used to be British.JPG
images/The extremely rare One-Legged Sheathbill (poor chap).JPG
images/Minke whale showing off (1).JPG
images/Minke whale showing off (2).JPG
images/Minke whale showing off (3).JPG
images/Minke whale showing off (4).JPG
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images/Minke whale showing off (6).JPG
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images/The ice in the G+T is from the glacier behind me.JPG
images/A well-guarded motorcycle.JPG
images/Cuverville Island.jpg
images/Deception Island.jpg
images/Errera Channel.jpg
images/Halfmoon Island.jpg
images/Lemaire Channel.jpg
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Antarctica
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Crashed again - Porvenir
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images/Here I am, still upright.JPG
images/Lovely Roberto who helped me after the first crash.JPG
images/Rupert kindly recorded the aftermath for me (1).JPG
images/Rupert kindly recorded the aftermath for me (2).JPG
images/Rupert kindly recorded the aftermath for me (3).JPG
images/No new break but the old one's not very nice.JPG
images/Porvenir (1).JPG
images/Porvenir (2).JPG
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Punta Arenas to Viedma
images/Porvenir - Elderly fire engine.JPG
images/Statue of a Selk'nam (original inhabitant of Tierra del Fuago).JPG
images/Porvenir airfield.JPG
images/And here's one that didn't make it.JPG
images/Old post office in Punta Arenas.JPG
images/Flying to Punta Arenas (1).JPG
images/Flying to Punta Arenas (2).JPG
images/Flying to Punta Arenas (3).JPG
images/Queen Mary 2 (couldn't get any closer, sorry) (1).JPG
images/Queen Mary 2 (couldn't get any closer, sorry) (2).JPG
images/Geographical centre of Chile (1).JPG
images/Geographical centre of Chile (2).JPG
images/DSCN1167.JPG
images/All that's left of Puerto Hambre (Port Famine).JPG
images/Fuerte Bulnes (1).JPG
images/Fuerte Bulnes (2).JPG
images/Fuerte Bulnes (3).JPG
images/Fuerte Bulnes (4).JPG
images/View from the co-pilot's seat - Magellan Strait and Punta Arenas airport (1).JPG
images/View from the co-pilot's seat - Magellan Strait and Punta Arenas airport (2).JPG
images/View from the co-pilot's seat - Magellan Strait and Punta Arenas airport (3).JPG
images/View from the co-pilot's seat - Magellan Strait and Punta Arenas airport (4).JPG
images/View from the co-pilot's seat - Magellan Strait and Punta Arenas airport (5).JPG
images/Horacio.JPG
images/Magellan Strait ferry.JPG
images/Ex-Argentinian Police R60-5.JPG
images/Oscar's workshop.JPG
images/Me, Nancy, Oscar, Floppy, (friends of IscarNancy), Chino from Ecuador.JPG
Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Paraguay, Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)
images/The obelisk in the centre of Buenos Aires.JPG
images/At the Malvinas Memorial, B.A. (1).JPG
images/At the Malvinas Memorial, B.A. (2).JPG
images/Alec erecting his bed at Sandra and Javier's place.JPG
images/Alec and Karl in the workshop.JPG
images/Simon and Lisa on their way.JPG
images/Why I needed a new helmet.JPG
images/At Karl´s for an asado (1).JPG
images/At Karl´s for an asado (2).JPG
images/Appropriate last view of B.A..JPG
images/Uruguay (or could be Devon) (1).JPG
images/Uruguay (or could be Devon) (2).JPG
images/Uruguayan little chef.JPG
images/Asuncion.JPG
images/Uruguayan Senate Palace.JPG
images/Paraguayan little chef.JPG
images/Thunderstorm at Paraguay-Argentina border.JPG
images/Iguacu Falls (1).JPG
images/Iguacu Falls (2).JPG
images/Iguacu Falls (3).JPG
images/Iguacu Falls (4).JPG
images/Iguacu Falls (5).JPG
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Foz do Iguaçu and Rio de Janeiro
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images/Big black and yellow bird (1).JPG
images/Big black and yellow bird (2).JPG
images/Butterfly.JPG
images/Butterflies (1).JPG
images/Butterflies (2).JPG
images/Flowers.JPG
images/Moth.JPG
images/Wasps nest.JPG
images/A little light bike-washing (1).JPG
images/A little light bike-washing (2).JPG
images/Ipanema by night.JPG
images/Ipanema by day.JPG
images/Dirty suit.JPG
images/Yet another phone box.JPG
images/Inside the Cathedral of San Sebastian.JPG
images/Cathedral of San Sebastian.JPG
images/Rio street market.JPG
images/Patriotic shoes.JPG
images/On the way up Corcovado.JPG
images/Cristo Redentor.JPG
images/Distant view of Ipanema and Copacabana (1).JPG
images/Distant view of Ipanema and Copacabana (2).JPG
images/Sugar Loaf (1).JPG
images/Sugar Loaf (2).JPG
Brasilia, Amazonas
images/Brazilian little chef.JPG
images/Brasilia by day.JPG
images/Brasilia by night.JPG
images/Funky cathedral (1).JPG
images/Funky cathedral (2).JPG
images/Funky cathedral (3).JPG
images/Funky cathedral (4).JPG
images/Funky cathedral (5).JPG
images/Funky cathedral (6).JPG
images/Funky cathedral (7).JPG
images/People highways.JPG
images/Rocks.JPG
images/Caption competition (winner will receive whatever I think appropriate).JPG
images/Road from Teresina to Belem (1).JPG
images/Road from Teresina to Belem (2).JPG
images/Bar on the boat.JPG
images/Amazon sunset.JPG
images/River Amazon (1).JPG
images/River Amazon (2).JPG
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images/Hangers-on (1).JPG
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images/Lighthouse.JPG
images/Trucks of the river (1).JPG
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Amazon River to Manaus
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images/Kids playing.JPG
images/Colourful kid.JPG
images/Sunset (4).JPG
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images/Small town (1).JPG
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images/Guarding The Old Dear (1).JPG
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images/Onze de Maio.JPG
images/Gas and beer.JPG
images/Cabin door.JPG
images/Santarem (1).JPG
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images/Using a mototaxi.JPG
images/Hammocks for sale.JPG
images/Diego, Eduardo, Severin and I.JPG
images/Petrol station.JPG
images/Dancing on deck.JPG
images/Diego crushing limes, Simaoa learns German.JPG
images/Dragonfly.JPG
images/Last sunset (1).JPG
images/Last sunset (2).JPG
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images/Daniel, Andreas, Diego.JPG
images/Diego and Colombian Hondas.JPG
images/Simaoa, her scary mum, and their new duck.JPG
images/Manaus Commemorating Brazil's discovery.JPG
images/Manaus Opera House (1).JPG
images/Manaus Opera House (2).JPG
images/Old tram.JPG
images/Colonial houses.JPG
Manaus, Venezuela, Colombia
images/Teatro Amazonas (1).JPG
images/Teatro Amazonas (2).JPG
images/Teatro Amazonas (5).JPG
images/Teatro Amazonas (4).JPG
images/Teatro Amazonas (3).JPG
images/Rain forest little chef.JPG
images/Waimiri tribal area.JPG
images/Pretty boy (1).JPG
images/Pretty boy (2).JPG
images/Another little chef in Amazonas.JPG
images/All together now . . ..JPG
images/Equator (1).JPG
images/Equator (2).JPG
images/Bandstand in Boa Vista.JPG
images/Petrol station picnic in Venezuela.JPG
images/Falls at the confluence of the Orinoco and Caroni rivers.JPG
images/Crossing the Orinoco (1).JPG
images/Crossing the Orinoco (2).JPG
images/Caribbean Sea (1).JPG
images/Caribbean Sea (2).JPG
images/Anyone jealous yet.JPG
images/Colonial buildings in Maracaibo (1).JPG
images/Colonial buildings in Maracaibo (2).JPG
images/Colonial buildings in Maracaibo (3).JPG
images/Colonial buildings in Maracaibo (4).JPG
images/Colonial buildings in Maracaibo (5).JPG
images/Colonial buildings in Maracaibo (6).JPG
images/Colonial buildings in Maracaibo (7).JPG
images/Colombian shrubbery.JPG
images/Right up there with the Macaroni penguin in mad design (1).JPG
images/Right up there with the Macaroni penguin in mad design (2).JPG
images/Right up there with the Macaroni penguin in mad design (3).JPG
images/Gorgeous Cartagena (1).JPG
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Colombia
images/Medellin, Palace of Culture.JPG
images/Botero sculptures.JPG
images/Medellin.JPG
images/Pretty bus.JPG
images/Clearing a landslide on the road to Bogota (1).JPG
images/Clearing a landslide on the road to Bogota (2).JPG
images/Clearing a landslide on the road to Bogota (3).JPG
images/Andes foothills.JPG
images/Ecologically-sound umbrella.JPG
images/The Old Dear scrubs up well.JPG
images/Trashed topbox mount.JPG
images/Shiny workshop.JPG
images/Rupert's bike gets a seeing-to from Alejandro (1).JPG
images/Rupert's bike gets a seeing-to from Alejandro (2).JPG
images/On to the trailer.JPG
images/Interested soldiers after the backfire.JPG
images/Bogota - Palace of Justice.JPG
images/Plaza Bolivar.JPG
images/Gold Museum, (preColumbian stuff) (1).JPG
images/Gold Museum, (preColumbian stuff) (2).JPG
images/Garden at Quinta Bolivar.JPG
images/Bogota (1).JPG
images/Bogota (2).JPG
images/Church and monastery on Montserrate overlooking Bogota (1).JPG
images/Church and monastery on Montserrate overlooking Bogota (2).JPG
images/Church and monastery on Montserrate overlooking Bogota (3).JPG
images/Repaired pannier.JPG
images/Yellow line painting.JPG
images/Smugglers' paradise in southern Bogota.JPG
images/New topbox mounting plate.JPG
images/Ready to go again.JPG
images/Ready to go again (2).JPG
images/More for the record in case of disaster (1).JPG
images/More for the record in case of disaster (2).JPG
images/Villa de Lleyva (1).JPG
images/Villa de Lleyva (2).JPG
images/Pedro and Juanita.JPG
images/Colombian scenery (1).JPG
images/Colombian scenery (2).JPG
images/Still here.JPG
images/Pedro, Juanita and the Virago.JPG
images/Note mandatory reg no on dayglo vest.JPG
Bogotá, Panamá
images/Hotel staff in Bogota seeing me off.JPG
images/Me, Pedro and Juanita having farewell drinkies.JPG
images/Lovely Carolina at the cargo place in Bogota.JPG
images/Another day, another warehouse.JPG
images/Proof of weight loss.JPG
images/Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal (1).JPG
images/Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal (2).JPG
images/Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal (3).JPG
images/Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal (4).JPG
images/ID please.JPG
images/Monument to Gaillard (who engineered the Cut).JPG
images/'Nuff said (1).JPG
images/'Nuff said (2).JPG
images/Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna (1).JPG
images/Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna (2).JPG
images/Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna (3).JPG
images/Night out at the Panama Motorcycle Club with Hubert and Luna (4).JPG
images/Caribbean (1).JPG
images/Caribbean (2).JPG
images/Caribbean (3).JPG
images/Cuba, allegedly from 6,000 feet. Make up your own mind (1).JPG
images/Cuba, allegedly from 6,000 feet. Make up your own mind (2).JPG
images/Streets turn into rivers when it rains.JPG
images/Novel Traffic Light Configuration.JPG
images/Funky Panamanian buses (1).JPG
images/Funky Panamanian buses (2).JPG
images/Funky Panamanian buses (3).JPG
images/Funky Panamanian buses (4).JPG
images/Funky Panamanian buses (5).JPG
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images/One for the ladies. Nearly as fetching as Colombian police riders..JPG
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images/Replacement Engine (1).JPG
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Panama & the Canal
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images/Riding down Via Espana to the ice-cream shop.jpg
images/At least outfits don't fall over when you jump off.jpg
images/Petrol tanker coming into the top-level lock.JPG
images/You can see the two tug engines just to the left of the hull.JPG
images/Coming in.JPG
images/Now you can see the tugs on the right.JPG
images/Coming closer.JPG
images/Now she stops.JPG
images/Now lower as the water is evacuated from the chamber.JPG
images/The gates open. Two sets in case the ship hits the inner set.JPG
images/The tugs start again. The ship in the western lock flight (behind) is carrying wind turbine blades. The two flights are always operated out of phase for safety and water conservation.JPG
images/Here she comes.JPG
images/She's under steam as well as she leaves fresh water for sea water - density differs and the tug engines need a bit of help.JPG
images/Through the gates.JPG
images/The tugs descend using a rack and pinion mechanism.JPG
images/Ship's deck now level with the quayside.JPG
images/Emerging into the lower chamber.JPG
images/Sixty centimetres clearance each side for a Panamax. The toll for this ship is $72,000.JPG
images/Almost fully into the lower chamber.JPG
images/The chamber will evacuate and the gates on the Pacific end of the Canal will open.JPG
images/Happy crew.JPG
images/Registered in Malta.JPG
images/Police cadets on a day out.JPG
images/Ciudad de Panama from the causeway.JPG
images/The Bridge of the Americas.JPG
images/Sunset at the Pacific (southern) end of the Canal.JPG
images/Markus photographs the city.JPG
images/Why did someone put a doll's head in a piston and hang it from the exhaust pipe of their 125.JPG
images/Luis and Marla at El Pavo Real.JPG
images/The stables at Playa Coronado.JPG
images/Blue, who appears to be the progeny of a disreputable hearthrug and Cerberus.JPG
images/Blue with Luis the stable boy.JPG
images/Not as safe as a bike and much more difficult to steer. Her name is Honey. Pix by Lucy Marshall, my hostess (1).JPG
images/Not as safe as a bike and much more difficult to steer. Her name is Honey. Pix by Lucy Marshall, my hostess (2).JPG
images/Not as safe as a bike and much more difficult to steer. Her name is Honey. Pix by Lucy Marshall, my hostess (3).JPG
images/Not as safe as a bike and much more difficult to steer. Her name is Honey. Pix by Lucy Marshall, my hostess (4).JPG
images/Not as safe as a bike and much more difficult to steer. Her name is Honey. Pix by Lucy Marshall, my hostess (5).JPG
images/Not as safe as a bike and much more difficult to steer. Her name is Honey. Pix by Lucy Marshall, my hostess (6).JPG
images/Being fumigated at the Costa Rican border.JPG
images/Costa Rican little chef.JPG
Costa Rica, Honduras & Nicaragua
images/Plaza in San Jose.JPG
images/Sculpture moving nearly as fast as a real street sweeper.JPG
images/Beautiful Main Post Office. Ugly Bank.JPG
images/Great department store.JPG
images/National Theatre of Costa Rica.JPG
images/Cloud forest.JPG
images/Plank bridge.JPG
images/Scenery 2.JPG
images/Disinfection at the Nicaraguan border.JPG
images/Nicaraguan fire engine for Reggie. Dunno why it says Feuerwehr on the front, though.JPG
images/Iglesia de Guadelupe in Granada, Nicaragua.JPG
images/And the electrician who checked my house before I rented it out had the cheek to say my wiring was dangerous.JPG
images/Friday evening rush-hour in Granada.JPG
images/Street scenes (1).JPG
images/Street scenes (2).JPG
images/Street scenes (3).JPG
images/Street scenes (4).JPG
images/Street scenes (5).JPG
images/Street scenes (6).JPG
images/Plaza de Independencia, statue is to women - Love and Sacrifice (1).JPG
images/Plaza de Independencia, statue is to women - Love and Sacrifice (2).JPG
images/Plaza de Independencia, statue is to women - Love and Sacrifice (3).JPG
images/Plaza de Independencia, statue is to women - Love and Sacrifice (4).JPG
images/Children's presentation for national day. All about repelling English pirates (1).JPG
images/Children's presentation for national day. All about repelling English pirates (2).JPG
images/Children's presentation for national day. All about repelling English pirates (3).JPG
images/Children's presentation for national day. All about repelling English pirates (4).JPG
images/Children's presentation for national day. All about repelling English pirates (5).JPG
images/Note English pirate in England T-shirt.JPG
images/Marching bands (1).JPG
images/Marching bands (2).JPG
images/Marching bands (3).JPG
images/Marching bands (4).JPG
images/Marching bands (5).JPG
images/Marching bands (6).JPG
images/Marching bands (7).JPG
images/Marching bands (8).JPG
images/Marching bands (9).JPG
images/Marching bands (10).JPG
Costa Rica, Honduras & Nicaragua
images/Nicaraguan little chef (1).JPG
images/Nicaraguan little chef (2).JPG
images/Tortoises in the hotel bar.JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (1).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (2).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (3).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (4).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (5).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (6).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (7).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (8).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (9).JPG
images/Marchpasts by schoolkids in the run-up to National Day on Sept 14 (10).JPG
images/Cathedral, Leon, Nicaragua.JPG
images/Memorial to Sandino.JPG
images/Iglesia, Leon.JPG
images/Lake Managua (1).JPG
images/Lake Managua (2).JPG
images/Lake Managua (3).JPG
images/CA-1 = Central America Highway 1, the InterAmericana.JPG
images/Three English bikers having afternoon coffee at a Nicaraguan Little Chef (1).JPG
images/Three English bikers having afternoon coffee at a Nicaraguan Little Chef (2).JPG
images/Three English bikers having afternoon coffee at a Nicaraguan Little Chef (3).JPG
images/Coffin shop, Esteli.JPG
images/Independence Day, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with El Presidente and pretty soldiers (1).JPG
images/Independence Day, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with El Presidente and pretty soldiers (2).JPG
images/Independence Day, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with El Presidente and pretty soldiers (3).JPG
images/Independence Day, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with El Presidente and pretty soldiers (4).JPG
images/Independence Day, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with El Presidente and pretty soldiers (5).JPG
images/Independence Day, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with El Presidente and pretty soldiers (6).JPG
images/Eternal flame, Tegucigalpa.JPG
images/Metropolitan cathedral, Tegucigalpa.JPG
images/Honduran little chef.JPG
images/Honduras (1).JPG
images/Honduras (2).JPG
images/Honduras (3).JPG
images/Honduras (4).JPG
images/Honduras (5).JPG
images/Honduras (6).JPG
images/Honduras (7).JPG
Costa Rica, Honduras & Nicaragua
images/Scarlet macaws - endangered species (1).JPG
images/Scarlet macaws - endangered species (2).JPG
images/Scarlet macaws - endangered species (3).JPG
images/Scarlet macaws - endangered species (4).JPG
images/Scarlet macaws - endangered species (5).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (1).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (2).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (3).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (4).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (5).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (6).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (7).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (8).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (9).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (10).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (11).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (12).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (13).JPG
images/Ruinas de Copan, Mayan city (14).JPG
images/My Guatemalan tax disc.JPG
images/Guatemalan little chef with friendly English-speaking owners and friends.JPG
images/Guatemalan friend lends protection, but I worry about the target.JPG
images/View over Guatemala City (1).JPG
images/View over Guatemala City (2).JPG