SwedishRider is the blog for Johan Lundin who is a 33 year old Swedish adventurer currently crossing South America on a motorbike. The trip started on March 17th, 2008 and will finish in the end of 2008. Johan normally lives and works as a software developer in the financial industry in London, United Kingdom. His spare time interests include alpine climbing, technical diving, snow boarding and dirt bike riding. | |||
The planned route goes roughly as: Buenos Aires, Argentina Ushuaia (south most city in Patagonia) Santiago, Chile Lima, Peru La Paz, Bolivia Sao Paulo, Brazil Natal, Brazil Belem, Brazil Manaus, Brazil Caracas, Venezuela Barranquilla, Colombia Panama City, Panama San Jose, Costa Rica Managua, Nicaragua Tegucigalpa, Honduras Guatemala, Guatemala Mexico City, Mexico | |||
Previous motorbike trips include crossing Thailand, Laos and Cambodia on a Honda 250 XR. A light bike is nice when the only way forward is deep mud or, as seen in the picture, thatched bamboo bridges. | |||
This time the bike for the trip is a KTM 640 Adventure. It has a 25 litre tank which gives the bike a range of 500 km. The bike itself weighs 160 kg but the full weight with fuel, packed panniers and rider is around 300 kg. The bike was bought a year in advance of the trip in order to get accustomed to the bike and be able to repair the bike in remote areas with no help from mechanics. | |||
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