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TRAVEL :: The Moped Diaries - Part II

Posted by Forest, 02 September 2009

Day 3: 6:00 AM -John wakes me up in the morning to shoot sunrise. "Hey man, I don't think I'm gonna..." is all I need to hear. When we wake up next the sun is well on its way. Exploring the town we are informed that there is no mechanic, but the old campesino running the gas station might be able to help us. You get funny looks riding a scooter. The looks are even funnier when you only have one scooter to share. Pulling up at the gas station, we find Jorge, a taciturn old fellow with the bronzed and weathered look of a man who has lived life a bit closer to the sun and the earth than our...

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TRAVEL :: The Moped Diaries - Part I

Posted by Forest, 02 September 2009

2 underpowered mopeds. 4 days. 600 Kilometers. Following winding mountain roads through the ancient whitewashed "Pueblos Blancos" of southern Spain our two heroes (read: Dumb and Dumber) set out over the Sierra Beticas in search of something more than the inside of the classrooms and museums of Sevilla.

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