MY FRIENDS ...
Before leaving Raf van Dyck for his last minute support to make this website up and running. Funny Anita, grumpy Bill, weirdo Fred and frenchy Mark for their close help and fun support during those long months of preparation. Alexandra, Mary-Anna, Claire, Vero, Joe, Mark, Vlad, Irina, Jen, Chris and Erin, Brad, Karl, Souli, Benjamin, Kari, Jim, Ulric... for their warm support. Danny&Elke and Nicolas for giving me the taste of adventure motorcycling. All my friends for just respecting and supporting this project. A BIG hug and thank you to my dear fun and warm family for creating, educating, loving me, and especially for giving me this "little crazyness pea" that allows me freedom and great fun in life! During the trip
Gato (and the whole team), Felix, Jorge Marbel and Oscar in Buenos Aires. So nice to share evenings with you and learning about the Argentinian culture. Buenos Aires was by far my favorite town.
Oscar and Sonia in Ushuaia. Well, the other best welcome during this trip. I thought I would be bored in Ushuaia and would turn around very quickly, but staying with you and Corina, Balam, Chris and Juan was just awesome. Thank you thank you thank you.
Lucy and Julio. Sorry to have missed you in Puerto Madryn. It would have been a pleasure to spend more time with you.
Theresa and all the people in Coihaique
for their amazing help and good mood. I can't think of better people soemwhere else in the world. Everybody there was just super friendly. Vincent, the young 78 years old French traveler, finishing his 18 years trip around the world.
The BMW team in Santiago and Roberto for helping me in getting this tired bike in shape.
Meeting Marc in Uyuni and then seeing him again in Tupiza on his way to a farm and the hard life of Bolivian labor.
Todd and Christina, met very briefly in Uyuni.
Meeting with the French and Canadians in Potosi. Can't stop thinking about this horrible woman in Uyuni though, what a bitch!
Gert in Sucre and the fun ride on the "blue" bike!
Frederic in Cochabamba and his wonderful idea of going to La Higuera. Yes, it turned out to be an excellent ride that is probably the best adventure I had during the whole trip, but it was tough...
Jean-Paul, the Germans, the Austrians... so many people met between Cusco and Copacana. The most amazing was that I didn't know you, but you knew who I was! Every biker knew who was the French lady alone on her bike.
Jeff at the Norton Rats in Cusco. Thank you for this bar where all the travelers can meet...
The KTM shop in Lima...!!! I really enjoyed fixing my bike there, I learned a lot, thank you very much.
The week vacation with Jen to the Sun Temple. This friend, as a very good friend, made the trip all the way to Peru to visit me for a while. Ok, we didn't hike the Inca Trail but we had some other good fun.
The friends in Huaraz, Ibett, Marcello... the Japanese on their 250CCs. So much fun to be and break down there in the middle of the Cordillera Blanca.
Aaah, the Sam family in Trujillo, this town stuck in this horrible flat, foggy and windy desert along the Pacific coast in Peru.
The fun fun fun moment in Ambato. You guys and Oscar and Sonia in Ushuaia have been the 2 best welcome of the trip. Fun riding, good conversation, excellent laughs... I wish life was only leading me to people like you, it would be awesome.
Juan Carlos and The baby in Salento. I whish I could have been back to Ibague and spend more time with you guys.
The fun group of Bogota sharing visits, drinks, cooking lessons, good fun, good laughs... Excellent.
The quick visit in Managua, Nicaragua at Monsieur "Pas de Bol". Sorry for getting lost again... But Managua has some serious progress to do with addressing!
Bernard and Rosemary in San Salvador. I was very sick with high fever and had been taking care of so well during 4 days. Thanks for the French taste you gave me, it was needed at this time of the journey.
Melanie and all the friends in Caio Belize. It was like coming back home after 5 years I was working there. The presentation at the school was also a lot of fun.
Omri, great OPmri in Guatemala, helping Brad and I so much to find tires and other needs. Was lot of fun to stay at your house.
The mecanics near Tuxla for fixing my fuel pomp a second and last time.
Esther, Armando and Diego at Reforma for inviting me for breakfast and sharing interesting stories.
The Magali family, for hosting me during 4 days in order for me to fix my fuel pomp.
The "cousin" in San Rafael, Mexico. It was so much fun to find relative of relatives of my mom in this remote part of the world.
Patchie in Tuscon for letting us work on our bikes in the garage.
Mike and Cindy in Phoenix, trying to hide me from the heat... and helping me with this heating bike.
Chris and Erin in Boulder... rethinking packing.
Bill and Lucy in Helena, Montana for their fricky stories!!
Pete and Lynn in Calgary letting Sacha and I stay and enjoy the Calgary Stampede, my first rodeo ever!
The fun weekend in Keno with "Mister Funckegruven", CJ, Jim, Ivan in our funny cabin.
Sandy and the guys is Dawson City for the fun Canada day and the few days in Dawson recovering.
CJ in Tok. Will never, NEVER forget that awesome salmon. And... how to change tires!
The excellent week with Ivan, the Argentinian traveling on his Honda Transalp. You owe me a few beers buddy after getting so much free ones because of my charm :)
Chris, Travis, Jen and the "fucking man" in Talkeetna. Was so much fun those few days there going rafting. My computer is still alive though!
The friends from the hostel in Homer.
Michael in Anchorage for hosting all of us a few times.
The friends from the boat between Bellingham and Valdez: Deb and Ken, the Germans, the Haiwian but especially John, Chad and Celes.
Kathrin and Bill for welcoming me in Olympia.
Jim's mom for hosting us the first night. |
