RTW on two over 20 year old bikes!

[Bea and Helle]

G´day mates!

To be honest, we had no concrete idea about what is waiting for us in an exotic country like “Uruguay”.

But maybe that´s the reason why we have been surprised in such a positive way!
We camped on wonderful beaches and isolated lagoons, we strolled along cobbled alleys through historic colonial style towns and met unbelievable friendly and curious people.

But that´s by far not all this small country located on the South American Atlantic coast has to offer, in our new travel report “Different than expected!” you will find out more!

Click here for the report:
Südamerika 23 - Uruguay - Anders als erwartet! - TimetoRide - Auf Motorrad-Weltreise mit Bea und Helle
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Enjoy!

Yours
Bea & Helmut


But that´s not all!
We also have a new update in our category „Equipment“!

We are quite happy with our sleeping bags, but we found out that their comfort temperature of – 2 degree is not enough in colder seasons and in high altitude… what helped?

Click here for the answer:
Campingausrüstung - TimetoRide - Auf Motorrad-Weltreise mit Bea und Helle
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Enjoy!

Yours
Bea & Helmut

 

[Bea and Helle]

G´day mates!

From now on the navigation in our category „Travel diary“ is even more easy, as you can now select your favorite travel report with just one click in an interactive Google Map!

Before we say goodbye to Uruguay we are visiting the capital Montevideo where we discover the historic old town by foot.

Helmut also has to do some major work on our trusted travel companions which takes quite a while. But at least now they are like new!

After a two week work stop near Montevideo the road is finally calling again and we are heading for Brazil.

Click here for our new travel report „Hasta la vista Uruguay!“ and our redesigned category “Travel diary”:
Südamerika - TimetoRide - Auf Motorrad-Weltreise mit Bea und Helle
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And as there are some questions we have been asked a lot we decided to publish a new category „FAQ“ – Frequently asked questions – on our blog to provide a detailed answer to this questions.

If you have further questions you want to have answered in our FAQ´s, please let us know!

Click here for our new category “FAQ”:
++ FAQ ++ - TimetoRide - Auf Motorrad-Weltreise mit Bea und Helle
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Enjoy!

Yours
Bea & Helmut

 

[Bea and Helle]

G´day Mates!

Right in the beginning of our time in Brazil we were facing a couple of surprises, adventures and nightly odysseys.

We didn´t expect that Brazil isn´t welcoming us with sunny beaches, summer temperatures and delicious cocktails but with dull November weather, short days and rain.

Despite these ups and downs we are looking forward to discover more of Brazil, but for now we want share some of our previous Brazilian adventures with you in our current travel report “A “frosty” welcome!”:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/06/20/südamerika-25-brasilien-ein-frostiger-empfang/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)



Enjoy the reading!


New update in our category „Equipment“!

Our SMH 10 Headsets accompanied us on our trip for over three years, but not it´s time for them to retire… but how do we stay in contact in the future?

Click here to find out more:
http://www.timetoride.de/ausrüstung/elektronik/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)



We hope you can get some useful information!


And if you are looking for even more adventurous, wintry or typical Brazilian pictures, please feel free to visit our Facebook page “Time to ride” (https://www.facebook.com/TimetoRide.de), where we post new pictures every few days!

Cheers, currently from Foz do Iguaçu/Brazil,
Bea & Helmut

- - - Updated - - -

G´day Mates!

Right in the beginning of our time in Brazil we were facing a couple of surprises, adventures and nightly odysseys.

We didn´t expect that Brazil isn´t welcoming us with sunny beaches, summer temperatures and delicious cocktails but with dull November weather, short days and rain.

Despite these ups and downs we are looking forward to discover more of Brazil, but for now we want share some of our previous Brazilian adventures with you in our current travel report “A “frosty” welcome!”:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/06/20/südamerika-25-brasilien-ein-frostiger-empfang/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)



Enjoy the reading!


New update in our category „Equipment“!

Our SMH 10 Headsets accompanied us on our trip for over three years, but not it´s time for them to retire… but how do we stay in contact in the future?

Click here to find out more:
http://www.timetoride.de/ausrüstung/elektronik/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)



We hope you can get some useful information!


And if you are looking for even more adventurous, wintry or typical Brazilian pictures, please feel free to visit our Facebook page “Time to ride” (https://www.facebook.com/TimetoRide.de), where we post new pictures every few days!

Cheers, currently from Foz do Iguaçu/Brazil,
Bea & Helmut

 

[Bea and Helle]

Hi all together!

We had a tough time over the last 3 month as we needed to ride our bikes about 10.000 km from Brazil to Columbia.
Therefore we had no time to update our posts here in the forum…

But that doesn´t mean that there is nothing new on our blog, quite the contrary, there is plenty of new stuff to explore!


The most important first: We´ve released A NEW VIDEO!

Join us on our way in the Argentinean Andes mountains up to nearly 5.000 meter where we have to battle with thin air, rough roads, strong winds an sand.

On our further way through Chile and Argentina we are following a track into the snow-capped mountains, where we have to face one of the greatest challenges of our previous journey that leads us to our physical and mental limits.
Will we be able to master this challenge as a team?

See for yourself and be part of our adventure America del Sur:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPIgSCpw8zI
~ English subtitles and HD video quality are available via the “settings” options ~


Furthermore we have released 5 new travel reports about our exciting and adventurous travel through Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia!

In the category “Travel diary South America” you will find an overview of all our new travel reports:
http://www.timetoride.de/reisetagebuch/südamerika/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)


In our newest travel report „No man´s land“ we are crossing hundreds of kilometers of harsh, scorching savannah.
In this part the Trans-Chaco-Highway turned into a mogul slope with lots of sand passages and so we are very exhausted but happy as we returned back into civilization just a few kilometers after the Bolivian border.

But we don´t stay long as the Second Death Road, one of South Americas most dangerous roads is awaiting us. The track turns out to be a real challenge for us and our bikes.

On our further way north we are riding higher and higher into the Andes up until 4.100 m, where we got hit by the altitude sickness with strong headaches, shortness of breath and racing heart.
So it happens that we are going to try a proven Bolivian household remedy: chewing coca leaves!

Still not completely recovered but nevertheless full of anticipation we were riding to one of THE highlights of our travel through South America, the Salar de Uyuni, a giant salt lake in the middle of the Bolivian Altiplano.

Click here for more exciting and adventurous stories about our travel through Paraguay and Bolivia:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/10/17/s%C3%BCdamerika-30-paraguay-bolivien-niemandsland/
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Furthermore we have updated our category „Field reports”!

We are using our gore-tex motorcycle clothing DANE LIMFJORD motorcycle jacked and BRØNDBY motorcycle trousers every day for more than 1 ½ years now and that not just while riding our bikes but also when we have to work on the bikes, when we sit on the camp fire, when we are on a short hike and sometimes even when we are sleeping.

How is our DANE motorcycle clothing dealing with this permanent use, which goes far beyond the standard use motorcycle clothing is actually made for?

We have tested the motorcycle clothing extensively and summarized the experiences and opinions we made in 1 ½ years of permanent use in our new field report.

Click here for our report:
http://www.timetoride.de/ausr%C3%BCstung/erfahrungsberichte/
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And we also have three new questions we would like to answer you in our category Frequently Asked Questions „FAQ“!

# How do I create a blog and who is responsible for our web presence?

# Who is responsible for cutting and editing our videos and how does it work?

# Reporting from on the road – how does it work?

Click here for detailed information to all three questions:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/06/08/faq/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)


But that´s still not all!
Our category „TRAVEL DIARY“ received a facelift, too!

From now on the category is structured even more clearly and you can select all travel reports via interactive Google Maps, sorted by continent.

Moreover you can select separate continents and our page will show you an overview over all our travel reports of the selected region.

We hope this improvement will make your browse through our travel reports even more easy and pleasant!

Click here for the newly designed category „TRAVEL DIARY“:
http://www.timetoride.de/reisetagebuch/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)


As you can see, there´s plenty of new stuff to check out on our blog!

Enjoy!

Cheers, currently from windy and cold Bogota/Columbia,
Bea & Helmut

 

[Bea and Helle]

G´day mates!

Some of the categories on our web page will get a new look in the next couple of weeks.

The category “About us” is the first one and is now providing even more insights into our lives before and during our travel!

Click here for the new edited category:
http://www.timetoride.de/über-uns/
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And we also have a news update in our category „Electronic“:

Over 4 years of sand, dust and washboard have left it´s traces on our Nikon D5100 which we have in use since we started our trip. So now it was finally time to get the camera exchanged.

In our category “Electronic” you will find detailed information about our new camera:
http://www.timetoride.de/ausrüstung/elektronik/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)



Enjoy!

Yours,
Bea & Helmut

 

[Bea and Helle]

G´day mates,

In our new travel report „Bolivia hard as nails” we are following the trails of the Spanish colonial masters, we explore a Bolivian witch-market and we are sitting in the first row, when real power ladies with flowing skirts and flying ponytails entering the ring to fight against each other.

Besides we have to battle with chaotic traffic, tired of life drivers and unwilling gas station attendants.

Click here for our new travel report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/11/23/südamerika-31-bolivien-bolivien-knallhart/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)



Enjoy!

Yours,
Bea & Helmut


But that´s not all, we have also update our “service categories”:


LET THERE BE LIGHT!

We have updated our category „Equipment“ -> „Camping“.

A couple of no-name-headlamps conked out during our travel already, so now we decided to buy a quality headlamp from Black Diamond.

If they keep what they promise?

We use our new headlamps for a couple of month now and if we are satisfied with them you will find out here:
http://www.timetoride.de/ausruestung/camping/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)




NEW CATEGORY!

We have received many email requests from you regarding to the topic “SOFTWARE”:

- Can you recommend a good web page provider where everyone can set up his/her own web page in only a few easy steps?
- Which program do you use to create your videos and your animated travel route?
- What about photo editing?
- Are there any possibilities to send large amounts of data from abroad?

In our new category “Software” we will give you answers to this and many more questions!

Click here:
http://www.timetoride.de/ausruestung/software/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)



We hope to provide some useful information for you!

Cheers, currently from Columbia,
Bea & Helmut

 

[Bea and Helle]

G´day mates!

Right in time for the first of Advent we are presenting all about OUR PERFECT TRAVEL MOTORDCYCLE in our category MOTORCYCKE MODIFICATIONS.

A relationship that can´t be any more intense.
Beside the inner values the external appearance counts as well and so Helmut took action himself and modified our bikes over and over again.

AND THE BEST:
As from the 1th of December instead of an chocolate-Advent calendar we will reveal a new “door” with exciting details regarding to our bike modifications every day:
http://www.timetoride.de/motorradumbau/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)

We have opened 5 doors already, but there is plenty more to come!


BUT THAT´S NOT ALL!

From Bolivia we are heading for Peru, but on the border we encounter problems with picky border officials and unexpected problems already which had cost us a lot of “persuasiveness”.

After we managed this obstacle, southern Peru is awaiting us with several extraordinary experiences.

We are visiting the 3.800 m high Lake Titicaca, where we catch a boat to the unique “floating reed-islands”.

Furthermore Helmut is battling with the spare parts supply in Cusco, a city of 350.000 inhabitants, for days.

Eventually Helmut solved our motorcycle problems and it´s time for us to explore one of the highlight of Peru: We are going to visit the famous Inca-town Maccu Picchu. But we haven’t expected that even the ride there turned out to be a real adventure!

In our NEW TRAVEL REPORT “THE HERITAGE OF THE INCA” you will find out more:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/12/05/südamerika-32-peru-süd-das-erbe-der-inka/
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PLUS: The ultimate Maccu Picchu-guide! All facts about arrival, costs & interesting facts about the legendary Inca-town!

We wish you a pleasant Advent!

Yours,
Bea & Helmut

 

[Bea and Helle]

„ROAD WAR!“

Ruthless drivers, breakneck driving maneuvers and many life-threatening situations determine the daily riding life on our way through Peru.

In our NEW TRAVEL REPORT we report about our daily battle on the Peruvian roads in detail!

Click here for our new travel report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/12/22/südamerika-33-zentral-peru-der-straßenkrieg/
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We will continue revealing new doors in our MOTORCYCLE TECHNOLOGY-ADVENT CALENDAR even AFTER the 24[SUP]th[/SUP] of December as we have plenty more modifications that changed our trusted companions into OUR PERFECT TRAVEL MOTORCYCLE to share with you:
www.timetoride.de/motorradumbau/dicke-rosi
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It was long overdue, our new category „TIERES EXTREME – THE GREAT 100.000 KM TEST”!

The adventure bike´s “black soul”.
We have tested them and took a close look at the tires of the last 100.000 km of our journey to find out the strengths and weaknesses of different dual-sports tires:
www.timetoride.de/ausruestung/erfahrungsberichte/reifen-extrem-der-langzeittest
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“The gift of Christmas is the insight, that while we are searching the great and extraordinary, we will find our happiness in the inconspicuous and small.”

A Happy Christmas to our family, friends and all the fantastic people out there who are accompanying us on the adventure of our lifetime!

Your enthusiasm, your support, your encouraging words and your joy make our journey what it is.

Therefore we want to say THANK YOU!

Thank you for 4 ½ years and over 110.000 km full of adventures and freedom, but also full of borderline experiences and difficult moments, which we had to master as a team.

We are looking forward to many more kilometers on the road and many more adventures we will experience together with you in 2016!

And one thing is for sure, there are still plenty of exciting things out there to discover and as we´ve never been friends of fixed plans and set routes, we´ve just recently decided to change our travel plans for the next year and, instead of following the beaten track, we are heading for new shores…
You may be curious! :-)

Kind Christmas greetings from Columbia,
Bea & Helle

 

[Bea and Helle]

Hi together!

Over the last two month it has been pretty quiet about us, but we haven´t been been just sitting back doing nothing. Quite the contrary!

We and our motorcycles braved a stormy sailing trip with a historic two-master sailing boat from 1903 which brought us and our trusted travel companions over the rough Caribbean sea until Cuba.

When we finally arrived at Cuba after this exciting and adventurous crossing, we became the unique chance to unload our bikes from the ship and explore Cuba on our own bikes!

We went on an unbelievable time-travel back into another century and so it also was with the internet availability which is very limited and very expensive in Cuba.

So it happened, that it has been pretty quiet about us during the last time. But we can reassure you. We are fine, we are still on the road and above all: In the near future we have plenty of exciting news, pictures and stories for you!

And if you want to have a first impression about our unique time in Cuba, check out our Facebook page where we have posted a couple of spectacular pictures about our motorcycle journey through Cuba already:
www.facebook.com/TimetoRide.de

Enjoy!

Yours,
Bea & Helle


Finally we have a NEW TRAVEL REPORT for you!

In our new travel report „EL PADRÓN DE COLOMBIA“ we are wandering along the tracks of the legendary drug lord Pablo Escobar, who covered his home country with death and terror for decades.

Furthermore we are visiting a gigantic salt cathedra, hiding about 200 m below the surface and we are exploring the historic old town of Bogota with its gold museum, countless pomp-palaces and heavily armed security forces.

Click here for our new travel report:
www.timetoride.de/2016/03/16/s%C3%BCdamerika-36-kolumbien-el-padr%C3%B3n-de-colombia
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We´ve been asked a lot about how much our motorcycle word trip costs, what budget we have and how it works that we are on the road for so long now.

There is no simple answer to this questions, as it depends on your own way of travel and the visited countries, but yet we try to give you a rough idea about this essential question in our FAQ´s:

# 10 What average monthly budget is needed on a motorcycle world trip?
http://www.timetoride.de/faq/#Reisebudget
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