Author Archives: Chris Burt

Post by Peter Berg.

Loading Celebratory Pisco Sours with the Swiss and Romanian Mototaxi Junket teams. All of us were way behind due to mechanical issues, and met up In Huánaco (the dangerous city we're not supposed to go in) after a very successful … Continue reading →

Loading This genius mechanic works out of a shack along a pothole-ridden road somewhere deep in the jungles of San Martin, Peru. He took my non-operational Mototaxi and fixed everything…new alternator, opened the engine and replaced all the seals, fixed … Continue reading →

Post by Peter Berg.

Loading A few times a day, I encounter these sketchy "toll booths" / roadside stops manned by "Seguridad" in dubious uniforms… At one of these there was a sign that said "detour" because the "main road" was closed (it was … Continue reading →

Post by Peter Berg.

Post by Peter Berg.

I’ve made it to Tarapoto! I was greeted by a double rainbow (all the way across the sky! so intense!) If you think traffic in (insert city here) is bad, wait til you see this place. It’s like driving through … Continue reading →

Mototaxi Junket, Day 4: Drove 220km through the most beautiful stretch of “cloud forest” in the Amazon region of Peru, heading east toward Tarapoto and the ancient Inca ruins nearby. My mototaxi/ducky mobile is holding up nicely after getting the … Continue reading →

Loading Rubber ducky preview! If you donate to my charities (SOS Children's Villages and Cool Earth), you also get to sponsor a rubber ducky which I will give away to a child I meet on my journey. Here are some … Continue reading →