Trip End

We've decided to end this trip and have returned to Singapore as we miss Singapore food and lifestyle, being easily understood by people and friends with common languages. We both felt that we were no longer enjoying the trip, dealing with tedious vehicle customs paperwork and the constant moving. The 10 years of striving to prepare for this trip has not been in vain, as had we not worked hard and be thrifty to save up for this trip, we would not be debt free in our early thirties. Starting on this adventure was also necessary for us to try for ourselves and experience what it could have been, so that we now understand ourselves better, that we actually prefer being regular tourists like everyone else.

We would like to thank all our sponsors (Motovation Accessory, Ban Hock Hin, JR Pte Ltd, Chong Aik International, Panjang Garage, CSK Landscape Services) for helping to defray startup costs of motorcycling equipment and our friends who have kindly assisted us along the way, and having everyone along for the ride.

With all that said, we will still continue to see 6 continents in the future to satisfy our curiosity about the world, but without the bikes.

At Bogota, Columbia

We are still waiting for our bikes to arrive here, so we have some time on our hands. We went to the Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) and the admission was free! We also enjoyed some local fare too.

However, an unfortunate incident happened while we were at La Candelaria area. On a crowded street where they are many people and buskers performing, a pickpocket syndicate made a move on both of us and they stole Kelvin's wallet and phone. I was lucky that they didn't grab anything from me as my pockets were empty and all my belongings were in my backpack. - Debbie

I lost a couple hundred bucks but most of the cards were actually inactive cards and the driving license in it was also the spare one that's reported lost. It was my 'mugger's wallet'. Guess it could have been worse - kelvin

A Visit to the historic Panama Canal

Finally! Sightseeing! I am in awe as to how the French and later the Americans built this canal at the turn of the 20th century.

Into Panama City

The border crossing into Panama was quite straightforward and after crossing into Panama, we stopped over at David for a night and rode in the rain for the first time since we have started this tour.

On the next day, we pushed towards Panama City and thankfully, the weather was sunny and the rain was behind us so it was nice condition to ride at higher speeds of about 120-130 km/h.

However, there were so many traffic police hiding at different spots along the way towards Panama City that I got caught TWICE for speeding. I had been caught for speeding several times in Singapore and I thought it was all behind me. Now the traffic police has caught up with me in Panama! LOL!

It was all good. None of the traffic police issued a ticket. So, I'm lucky! But since I didn't want to be stopped every now and then, I decided to be a law abiding citizen and stuck to 80 km/h. It was miserable to ride so slow but I thought I might lose even more time if I get stopped by traffic police again.

We reached Panama City on Monday afternoon and on the next day, we sent our two motorcycles to Girag located at Tocumen International Airport warehouse to air freight to Bogota, Columbia.

Then, on that evening, I realised that I was shivering and feeling unwell. I realised that I came down with fever which lasted until this afternoon. This morning, my temperature went up to 38.9 degree Celsius. I am worried because I don't experience any other symptom apart from having body aches that was probably caused by the fever. I hope it's not something serious that puts me behind schedule again like in Guadalajara last month. If that happens, it will cause me to feel frustrated & stressed as it will be a waste of time being stuck in one place.

- Written by Debbie