Marko Round The World!

Day 7 36,010 – 36,207    197 Miles today (13,507 Miles Overall) Quito, Ecuador – Banos, Ecuador What a lovely day in Ecuador. I can’t believe how nice it is here after being here in January and being miserable. If I didn’t have to get tires here on the way down I would have avoided […]

Day 6 0 Miles today (13,310 Miles Overall) Quito, Ecuador Going to bed last night we all talked about our sleep issues. As I was walking to my room I said to christian “I will not be seeing you at 6am” since the man wakes up at like 5:30-6 everyday. Unfortunately i was up at […]

Day 5 35,647 – 36,010. ——-   363 Miles today (13,310 Miles Overall) Popayán, Colombia —> Quito, Ecuador The two other bikers from Colombia that stayed in my hostel room decided to get up at 4am and make a ton of noise getting ready to head out for the day. After they left there was no […]

Day 4 35,453 – 35,647 —- 194 Miles today (12,884 Miles Overall) Tatacoa Desert, Colombia —>  Popayan, Colombia I woke up at 5:45 today and hit the road. Weather looked pretty good and I might actually not get rained on today but who knows! I had a 7 or 8 hour ride to Popayan and […]

Day 3 35,263 – 35,453 190 Miles today (12,690 Miles Overall) Bogota, Colombia —-> Tatacoa Desert, Colombia I woke up at about 6 today and started loading the bike up straight away. The sun rises here super early and sets at about 5:45PM so I think early morning starts are going to be a thing […]

Day 1/2 New York, New York ——>Bogota, Colombia Big dilemma here. Not sure if I should continue from the last trip with the day count and miles or start fresh. Anyway…. Here we are. Back at it. It’s been a little over 7 months since I left the bike here in February and went back […]

Day 115  2/18/2022 Odometer  34,860 – 35,263  —–  403 Miles (12,500 Miles Total) Medellín, Colombia – Bogotá, Colombia The time has finally come to start my journey back home. I’m heading back to Bogota today where I will spend about 5 days with my friend Daniella before I fly out to Guatemala. I’ll be in […]

Day 108  2/11/2022 Odometer  34,650 – 34,827  —– 177  Miles (12,097 Miles Total) Medellín, Colombia – Jardín, Colombia and back After spending a few days in the city getting back into my routine of relaxing, salsa classes and Crossfit I felt pretty stagnant so I decided to take a day trip out to Jardin. It’s […]

Day 104  2/7/2022 Odometer  34,404 – 34,620 —– 216 Miles (11,920 Miles Total Padua, Colombia – Medellín, Colombia I had a rough night of sleep. Dagos house is under construction and all he has protecting us from the elements is a thin piece of sheet metal roof with some holes here and there. Well it […]

Day 103  2/6/2022 Odometer  34,300 – 34,404  —— 104 Miles (11,704 Miles Total) Salento, Colombia – Padua, Colombia We got up at the crack of dawn and met up in front of Dagos hostel. We loaded up the bikes and hit the road. I was leading the way since he didn’t have a phone mount […]

Day 101-102  2/4/2022- 2/5/2022 Odometer  34,253 – 34,300 ——   47  Miles (11,600 Miles Total) Salento, Colombia Day 101 Didn’t do much today at all. I felt like laying in bed between going out for breakfast and dinner. Watched a bunch of Netflix and slept. I think I’m starting to turn into a person I never thought I would […]

Day 100  2/3/2022 Odometer   34,240 – 34,253.  —-  13  Miles (11,553 Miles Total) Salento, Colombia I got up at the crack of dawn today, showered up and waited for Afshan in the common area of the hostel. As I was waiting to drink my coffee I saw a guy from the hostel walk in […]