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Day 56 Petroshock and revisiting the Pacific coast

July 23rd 2015
Distance driven today: 238 miles / 383 km Cumulative distance driven: 10,079 miles / 16,221 km (6,000 miles to go) Today’s trip: Machala, Ecuador to Piuna, Peru Border crossings: 1 Less than an hour after leaving Machala this morning, we had arrived at the border between Ecuador and Peru. At least we had been driving in the direction towards the border, according to the big and very cl ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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Christer Garbis

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We are a dad and a daughter from Seattle on a double mission; to help a small part of the world increase its digital literacy, and at the same time ride the PanAmerican highway. Hence our name "Ride the world for reading"! We are both passionate about literacy and education, each in our own way, and this trip is our way of giving back to society in a way that combines our two passions, i.e. adventure travelling and education. We plan to ride our BMW GS 1200 Adventure motorcycle from Fairbanks Alaska to Ushuaia in southern Argentina. The PanAmerican highway is the wo... full info

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