Woohoo! The first of what will be many more to come, I got interviewed on the Radio Show, Cash Flow with James Martinez, or AchieveRadio.com, and it’s now podcast. I talk about the fall of Argentina, economic destruction of the USA, and bicycle expeditions in far flung, remote places in this show. The link to Cash Flow with James Martinez, July 25th, guest speaker David Nghiem is here.

It had to happen. Eventually my adventures had to appear worldwide. So, here it is. This was broadcast on SMTV, through out the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australasia, and Africa through satellite, cable, and internet networks. I appear about 20 minutes into the program, which gives a decent overview of the expedition.

David Nghiem’s 6000 kilometer expedition through South America

Not bad! The publicity is going well. I apologize to the audience for not updating the website lately, but stay tuned. I have some video of the Amazon tribes to put up.

Regards,
Your Adventure Maniac
Dave

It’s out! I’m working on catching up with the next set of essays about the Bolivian section of the adventure, so bear with me. But, the video trailer is finally up and running regarding the adventure.

Video Trailer on Youtube

Typically, when you do adventure cycling of this sort for a long period of time, ie more than several months, you`ll end up breaking things. Here`s my canonical list so far. By the way, I`m enjoying myself thoroughly here in Uruguay, after a hectic week and a half mad dash through Rio Grande do Sul to get out of Brazil before the expiration of my visitor`s VISA. Next time, I`m gonna have to figure out how to get the scientific cultural VISA for more time to explore Brazil.

 Busted items

• one bontrager 26 inch rim, split down the middle. How that happened, I dunno. Got a VSPAN brazilian made rim for free from a local bike shop in Joinville. Apparently, the owner thought I was doing something that was extremely out of the ordinary. I dunno, it feels pretty normal to me.
• 3 treads. I`ve just about destroyed two GEAX kevlar treads, one cheng shin hybrid tread, and am now in the process of grinding down a cheap, rubber tire from Brazil.
• One internal axle. When I was at the bike shop in Maringa, they took out my rear hub, disassembled it, and discovered the worst, worn down axle they`d ever seen. Hmph, guess they`ve never met adventure cyclists before.
• 10 spokes. The race down through Rio Grande do Sul was strange, because everyday, for 5 days STRAIGHT, I broke two spokes a day, which gave me no end to consternation. Now, for some odd reason, here in Uruguay, everything seems to be fine.
• two digital cameras. Kaput. Dead. One HP Photosmart, ancient 3.1 megapixel, and then a Canon A401 powershot 4 megapixel. Doesn`t anyone make a bomb proof camera anymore? I`ve fallen back on my trusty Pentax ZX-5N with black and white film, and slides.
• Four rechargeable Ni-Mh batteries. They no longer hold their charges anymore.
• One Timberlands bottom soles. Got those replaced in Cuzco, Peru.
• 4 pairs of sandals and flip flops
• Both sides of my JANDD expedition rear racks. The lower aluminum posts snapped off after tons of abuse on dirt roads, so I had holes drilled into both sides, and bolted thick steel posts on to them. Then, after one too many breaks of the bolts that attached the rear rack mounts, I had em welded onto the bike! No more rack problems baby!

This of course, has helped me generate tons of ideas for future expedition equipment and modifications.

 In anycase, it`s good to be speaking and flirting in spanish again. The uruguayan people are wonderfully warm and friendly, and I`m definitely taking my time to get through to Buenos Aires.