My Travelling Experiences

Driving in Argentina  30 days Approx, 6000  km. Driving Map in Argentina After getting searched by those two policemen after Entering in Argentina, I continued my journey and was looking for a place to spend the night as it was already getting dark and scary (Forest). I reached a small town named "El Dorado" searching for a hotel. Since I had not purchased a mobile SIM card in Argentina, I was without a data pack there and was in need of a Wi-Fi. I enquired at a shop, and he gave me access to his Wi-Fi and also suggested a hotel nearby. I went there. The hotel was run by an old lady. It was a HERATAGE sort of hotel. The room tariff was a bit on expensive side for my expectation, but I had no option but to check in. I got a room on 4th (top) floor. When I got up in the morning, the view from the window was very calm and peaceful. It had rained the previous night, and everything was clean and tidy. At the moment I realized the advantage of the taking a journey across the countr...

After Getting CPF number in Brazil ( how to get CPF in Brazil) , you need an address in Brazil, I used my friend’s home address for this. He had sent me the "Invitation letter" that mentioned his address. Additionally he gave me his Gas bill duly notarized (attested by government certified notary) as a proof of address. I don’t know which of them really worked but I showed both the papers everywhere. I guess any other mean of Resident address can also work because people really don’t asked me the notarized address proof (the Gas bill).   I searched for small motorcycle in market. There were three shops in Botafogo area. Suzuki was cheaper than Honda in the same segment of 100 o 150cc. I bought Suzuki 125 CC for 5900 Brazilian currency. Credit card swipe costs 3% extra. After making payment, the dealer will give two tax forms to pay taxes; It was around 150 Brazilian currency.  You need to go to nearby Lottery shop and pay the taxes. Yes there are many Lottery shops whe...

I toured the continent of South America in 2016 from March to August. Seeds of my journey were planted in year 2007 when my super boss, a Brazilian himself,  heard my  travel story of motorcycling from Kharagpur (West Bengal) to Jaipur (Rajasthan) India (in 2006 after my Post graduation). It was a Department selection interview in my company and our directors was assessing all the trainee and after listening to my long travel of about 2000 km, he suggested me to read the book "The Motorcycle diaries" by Che Guevara. I purchased the book and read first two pages and decided "I am not gonna read this book , I am gonna live it.". Yes the ' Desi-Che-Guevera' style you may  say :) The book remained with me for ten years and reminded me, every time I saw it, of my self commitment to tour the Latin America. With a humble background and a need to earn for family, it  was not easy to venture into such tour. Travel in general was a luxury and touring on motorcycle in ...