Marko Round The World!

Day 73 1/7/2022 Odometer   31,835 – 32,000 —— 165   Miles (9300 Miles Total) Minca, Colombia – Cartagena, Colombia I woke up sort of sad to leave Minca today but I was happy to not have to deal with the mosquitos anymore. I got up and had some free breakfast on the balcony overlooking […]

Day 72 1/6/2022 Odometer   31,800  – 31,835 ——- 35  Miles (9135 Miles Total) Minca, Colombia Just waking up to another day in paradise I guess. My bed was pretty uncomfortable so I didn’t get to sleep much. I got up at 8am and walked right down to the river to jump in and “shower”. […]

Day 71 1/5/2022 Odometer   31,790 – 31,800  ——– 10  Miles (9100 Miles Total) Minca, Colombia Slept like a baby last night and I was surprised to see 8:15 on my phone when I woke up. My plan today is to go for a long hike and switch hostels. But I’m going to try to […]

Day 70 1/4/2022 Odometer   31,780 – 31,790 ——–  10 Miles (9090 Miles Total) Santa Marta, Colombia – Minca, Colombia I slept pretty well at the hostel which I was surprised at. I got up at about 7:30, took a cold shower, packed up in a rush and grabbed my bike from the parking garage. […]

Day 69 1/3/2022 Odometer  31,381 – 31,780  ——–  399 Miles (9078 Miles Total) San Gil, Colombia – Santa Marta, Colombia VIA THE HOTTEST ROAD ON PLANET EARTH. The plan today was to ride 6.5 hours to Aguachica. The hostel owner told me the road from there to Santa Marta is weird, which was another 7 […]

Day 68 1/2/2022 Odometer   31,340 – 31,381—-  41 Miles (8679 Miles Total) San Gil, Colombia Alejandra was the name in my dorm room that was there with her family. I told her this morning that her dad is a champ at snoring. She replied that it was my mom! I couldn’t believe it. Haha. […]

Day 67 1/1/2022 Odometer   31,280 – 31,340 —-  60 Miles (8640 Miles Total) San Gil, Colombia What a lovely night of sleep with no one snoring. I’m learning to appreciate quiet nights in the dorm rooms a lot more now. I went out for breakfast and it was so quiet on the streets at […]

Day 66 12/31/2021 Odometer  31,050 – 31,280 —– 230  Miles (8580 Miles Total) Bogota, Colombia – San Gil, Colombia When I went to bed last night I knew I was going to have a miserable night. Some guy next to my bunk was snoring like it was his day job. I really wanted to open […]

Day 65 12/30/2021 Odometer  31,050—— 0  Miles (8350 Miles Total) Panama City, Panama – Bogota Colombia Country #39 Country #37 Via Motorcycle I didn’t get much sleep last night along with half the other people in my dorm room. I’m actually kinda thrilled to see that other people my age are up in the middle […]

Day 64 12/29/2021 Odometer  31,050—— 0  Miles (8350 Miles Total) Panama City, Panama Today was a day to relax. I got up around 8am. I went out for breakfast and did some work on the computer. I worked on the blog for a bit at the cafe, posted in the forums about my bike issues, […]

Day 63 12/28/2021 Odometer  31,030 – 31,050—— 20  Miles (8350 Miles Total) Panama City, Panama Todays the big day I rushed my ass down to Panama City. The bike is getting shipped to Bogota, Colombia. I woke up at 6:30, pulled the bike out of the parking garage and loaded her up. I had a […]

Day 62 12/27/2021 Odometer  30,710 31,030——320  Miles (8330 Miles Total) Paso Canoas, Costa Rica – Panama City, Panama I didn’t sleep much at all last night. I had so much anxiety about this border crossing I’m about to do. I’m cutting it so close with time to make it to Panama. I read last night […]