Images: Jeremy Kroeker and Elle West
MOTOTRAVEL SERIES: SEASON 1 - PART 6 - SOUTHWARD CHRONICLES
Part 6 of the first season of Adventure Rider Radio’s exclusive MotoTravel Series featuring motorcycle riders and adventurers from around the world. Each season we will follow a rider or riders’ adventure trip, from beginning to end. You’ll get an intimate perspective of how things unfold in near real time.
Images: Jeremy Kroeker and Elle West
One evening, while checking in to a hotel…
Elle: What Country Are We In?
Jeremy: I Don’t Know
Jeremy and Elle have been travelling for more than five months and have now reached Argentina. In this stretch of their trip, they’ve staved off hunger pains by eating some Coca leaves on their hike in to Machu Picchu, Jeremy’s bike has broken down, they’ve visited a floating island on Lake Titicaca and one woeful evening they even ended up eating dinner in separate restaurants across the street from each other. All part of the fun.
Images: Jeremy Kroeker and Elle West
Jeremy and Elle have been together for a couple of years, lived in different cities and spent weekends together. They haven’t lived together or spent any significant extended time together. They describe themselves as fiercely independent people, they’re both experienced riders and they have both done long motorcycle trips, but not with each other. This is the first time that they are spending this much time together.
Jeremy described their planned trip as that they are on separate, but parallel journeys. They’re travelling together but are riding separate motorcycles, and taking separate gear, including camping equipment. They’re fully prepared to go their separate ways if that should happen, for whatever reason. There’s some distinct personality differences to deal with as well, so follow along as we hear from both Jeremy and Elle as they grow and change separately and together on this journey.
Images: Jeremy Kroeker and Elle West
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If you liked this story listen to the first five Southward Chronicles episodes, all found on one page:
https://adventureriderradio.com/mototravel-series
Jeremy Kroeker is the author of Motorcycle Therapy and Through Dust and Darkness, and the editor and publisher of Motorcycle Messengers and Motorcycle Messengers 2.
Website: http://www.oscillatorpress.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremy_kroeker/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elle.on.wheels/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Kroeker
Follow along for monthly episodes to find out how it’s going with Jeremy and Elle. Subscribe to the ARR RSS feed.
And if you missed it, listen to Jeremy talk about his travels and writing Motorcycle Messengers way back in September 2014 (Early years for ARR).
Behind the Scenes at the Dakar with Jimmy Lewis
Image: Jimmy Lewis
Jimmy Lewis, a former Dakar racer who helped train the first American winner of the Dakar Rally 2020, talks to Jim about the race and the connection that it has with adventure motorcycling.
The Jimmy Lewis Off-Road Riding School teaches safe motorcycle riding skills to riders of all abilities on all types of bikes. Based out of Nevada, classes run Fall through Spring.
Jimmy Lewis: Jimmy Lewis Off-Road
Image: Jimmy Lewis
MUSIC CREDITS:
Title: Funky Folk
Title: Greasy Wheels
Title: various beats
Artist: house
Title: Wayo Wayo-Summer Edition (ft. JhonBlack, cdk´s synth.)
Artist: wellman
modified
http://ccmixter.org/files/wellman/22358
Title: Walker (ft. yanterrien)
Artist: septahelix
http://ccmixter.org/files/septahelix/58861
Title: Mellow (ft. admiralbob77)
Artist: Darkroom
http://ccmixter.org/files/mactonite/14897
