I rode my motorcycle to Peru

It sounds ridiculous but it is true.
We also forgot to mention that we have been south of the equator since Quito, Ecuador. Today we made our way back to the ocean and are staying in a little surf town called Mancora. It´s a little touristy for our tastes but it will do for the night. Its pretty funny that Clay and I have become picky travelers. Any sight of too many other white people or a lot of english writing on the store fronts and we are turned off because we don´t think it´s authentic enough.... Pretty silly. Today was also the first time we got ripped off. We changed some money at the boarder with one of these money changer guys and apparently he gave us some fake bills. We´ve been using these types of guys the whole way down since Mexico and haven´t had any problems. We usually only have a small amount of cash on us by the time we get to the boarder anyways. We got taken for about 30 bucks not the end of the world, but it doesn´t leave you with a very nice feeling. The guy at the hotel said if we take the counterfeit notes to the national bank when we are in Lima they will change them out for us. We´ll see I´m not holding my breath. Seems like a lot of people would be getting free money if that was the case.
A general comment about the weather, in the afternoons we got rained on just about everyday while in Colombia and Ecuador. Now that we are closer to the cost in Peru I have a feeling that will stop. But it is really remarkable the effect that the weather has on you while riding a motorcycle. I mean Clay and I both have waterproof riding suits and we both stay, for the most part, dry while it is raining. Nonetheless riding in the rain is somewhat depressing and stressful. You are consistently wiping your face shield clean and trying not to breath too heavy so as not to fog the inside of the face shield. You have to watch your braking and lean angle because of the slippery surface and you are consistently worried about laying the thing down. All of this just makes you tired very quickly and makes you want to get off that damn bike (that said we have both become much better wet weather riders). But as soon as you ride out of the rain and the sun is shining and the pavement is dry, it does not matter how tired you were before you just feel completely energized and happy again and all the worries you had before are not even a memory. The sun has this amazing ability to make you feel wonderful. Like a good friend of mine says you need to get outside in that sunshie and recharge those solar panels.