because the shipping of the bikes was included with Nick Sanders tour i joined them, also thinking that riding along with him and his knowledge of borders crossings etc. and inclusive hotels on most days it would make life easy...i pretty much regretted it from day one, he was amazingly disorganised, so many things got screwed up because of him alone and being part of a large group was a bad thing. if you are thinking of doing something like have a max of four riders.

i have done plenty of bike trips myself so once we hit northern mexico and everything he was covering was done i took off, so i did around 12,000 miles with the group and the remainder of the ride solo, and once i was alone it was great i had more fun, met more people, had way more adventures and got to ride where i wanted when i wanted.

so that being said i take off and keep going in May 2013 ALONE!!!! and if i meet riders a long the way, great so be it, but if its like that then i always have the option to continue riding alone whenever i want