Introduction

Hello friends, acquaintances, and strangers currently reading this. My brother, Aaron, and I, Nathan, are avid travelers. I'm an EFL teacher who has spent the last couple years teaching in Asia and Aaron is an Army Veteran who is now going to college. We've traveled Southeast Asia, Ireland, and the UK together and have done some pretty extensive trips apart.

Since I’ve returned home from Vietnam, Aaron and I have been planning a trip from Chicago, which is where our parents live, to Tierra del Fuego, the tip of Argentina. [it’s the green spot at the bottom of that picture]--->

We're thinking of leaving early September.

There's me on my
Kawasaki KLR650

What we’ve done so far is buy a couple Enduros [mine’s the shiny one there on the left], look at a map for awhile, and think of ways to avoid the areas that really ought to be avoided. We’ve taken the bikes on a few experimental rides and are currently working on making sure they’re trustworthy. The itinerary is still being worked on. At the moment, I’ve got a lot of cities lined up and a good idea of what it will take to do it, but any input regarding places, people, or activities we shouldn’t miss between the US and Argentina would be appreciated.

Me at the Red Square, Russia

Me hanging out with a rainbow at the
Great Wall of China

  So I guess what comes next is what we expect to get out of this. As Aaron recently stated,

"When people hear of the adventures I am planning, they often respond with, "That does not make sense," or, "Why would you do something like that? It is dangerous." I respond with this: "What amazing discovery has been made by a person unwilling to step outside of what is comfortable, common, and normal?"

   [I like to think that's him saying that right below this text]

Aaron at Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Aaron at Petra, Jordan

Said in another way, we're looking to ride for a long time, get some interesting stories, take some crazy pictures, fill our passports, and hopefully record a lot of it and make something entertaining to watch. That's the reason for this blog.

Additionally, we'll be looking for great camping, climbing and cliff jumping, charity work, fishing, and off road trail adventures.




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To the left here we have an example of a practice ride. We took a trip to Western Iowa from Northeast Illinois using the Trans Iowa Trail (TIT), which is an off road route, for a part of the ride. We practiced waving down and engaging strangers for information and gasoline, converting a camelbak bladder into a gas siphon, and push starting a motorbike with a dead battery.

Here's Aaron on his Suzuki DR650