The Mission - Globetrot It sounds easy, and others have done it before. I had planned on doing a Trans Africa Trip on a motorcycle for awhile. The first step was to get a bike for the journey. I chose a 2003 KTM LC4 Adventure. Her name is Maria and she is all lady. The next step is to to get ready for the great journey. For a bit of practice I rode Maria across Canada from my home in Red Deer, Alberta to Crapaud, P.E.I. It took a month to do the 16000 km return journey. This trip helped sort out a few things with the bike and my luggage. And what else is important? Documenting the trip is important. I was invited to ride a 2006 BMW 1200 GS across most of the United States on the Trans America Trail. Ramona Eichhorn* and I set out to do this project. From her I learned a great deal about photography. The most obvious thing I learned is that it requires two people to properly record a motorcycle trip. You can see some of Ramona Eichhorn/Uwe Kraus’ work in several bike magazines, including RoadRunner. Ramona has a website as well. See the Links provided. My World on a ktm
 
Maria, near Nelson, B.C.
 
Me, Jeff Sherren, camped somewhere in the jungles of Mexico.
My next step was to abandon my life for six or eight months.  This is, by far, the hardest part of the trip.  It can be done.  Just set a date and go.  I can’t help you beyond this.  
 
Still not headed to Africa as originally planned, I headed south from Canada hoping to get to Patagonia.  I set aside six months for this.  I fell short of my goal.  I got as far south as Quito, Ecuador.  I then returned to Colombia to store my bike there.  I flew back to North America to do a little trip on a TransAlp and to work for a few months.  In October of 2007 and I  returned to South America to get my bike and continue the journey.   I went to Colombia for my bike, stayed awhile, and headed back to Ecuador.  I spent another five months between  Colombia and Ecuador, stored my bike in Quito, flew to Honduras to do a couple months of diving, went back home for a few more months to work then again returned to Ecuador to continue the journey south.  I have now made it to Ushuaia and in a less than heroic way - to Buenos Aires - the end of my South America Motorcycle Adventure.
 
So now I am told it is the time to think about settling down with a wife and kids and stuff.  So, obviously, I have started to learn Russian.  (No I am not ordering a bride you pervy git.)  Guess where my next trip will be?  On second thought, maybe I will settle down a bit - I need another person to help with the photos...
 
I started this site to document my trip.  I have been changing its format a bit to share more  information about motorcycle travel - I am open to suggestions about what else might be needed.  I won’t bother with border stuff - it changes all the time and it will change depending on what country you are from.
 
I should mention, the photos I have published on this site are my second best photos.  You have to ask for the really good ones, which will probably come with a great story.