Important Connections | Trip to South America - Episode 3

All right, this video is going to be a quick update how my preparation to South America is going. At the moment I am in Bamberg, Germany. And you might say, Pavlin, what the hell are you doing in Germany and how all of this is going to help you with your trip to South America? Well, everything helps and I'm going to explain you why and how just in a minute. But if you remember, a few weeks ago I told you that I'm not going to ride my motorcycle in South America. It will be Honda XR-E that will be given to me from a German guy named Thomas. So I came here to meet Thomas. Because, guys, it is nice to have friends here and there, to have these social networks or online communication, to try to deal with people online. It is much easier. But because I am an old-fashioned guy, I prefer communication face to face. And when Thomas told me that another guy, Cesar, who lives in Colombia, he's a motorcycle mechanic, and the guy who is going to give me the motorcycle actually in South America, is going to come to Germany, he said, if you have time, you can come to Germany and meet me and meet Cesar as well, so we can have a really nice fun here riding around and discuss everything in the future. So when I heard all of this, it was like, boom, immediately. So I started the motorcycle and came here. So I got like 2,000 kilometers to come here. I will have another 2,000 to get back. And yesterday we spent like 500 kilometers going west from Bamberg to meet Cesar in a small town near. Wonderful riding day around small villages, a lot of twisty roads. We enjoyed very much. The company of Thomas was great. So we went there. I met Thomas. And, guys, I met Thomas here, but the other day I met also Cesar and another one of Thomas' friend's class. Wonderful time. We had a dinner. Fantastic people. So if I have to come here, spend these 5,000 kilometers just to meet Thomas, I'll do it with pleasure. That's powerful is the connection with people, motorcycle travelers like you. And Thomas let me sleep in his apartment. Now I am in his travel room full with any kind of motorcycle gear, any kind of gadgets, a lot of maps and atlas and directions. He's like a map freak like me. He has a lot of information here as well. So I can easily spend a few hours in this room just checking what he has. He has also many motorcycles. We discussed a lot of things. As I said, we had a wonderful time. But the most important deal now for South America is security. And this was, as I said, very important to me to have face-to-face connection, to shake hands, to agree everything, to talk with Cesar, the guy, Colombian guy, wonderful guy. Laugh a lot with him. So yeah, if you ask me, will I do it again? Absolutely. Even though on the way back I will have like 2,000 kilometers. Very boring ride. Mostly highways to get back to Bulgaria. I'll cross Austria. Highways only. Then Hungary. Highways only because I just need to get as quick as possible. Only in Romania I will have like a normal twisty roads. But in Romania and Bulgaria. But even so, as I said, I did it with pleasure. Because connection with people is something that we all need. When you have these connections everywhere around the world, they help you travel much easier. And now in my case, priceless. Also Cesar will help me with everything that I need once I arrived in Colombia. He will also help my friend Plamen to find a motorcycle in Colombia. Because he needs to buy there. And after that he will help us to sell Plamen's motorcycle. And all of these great things. In the next video episode I'm gonna tell you how I plan to use the motorcycle. What kind of documents I'm gonna need. Insurances and stuff like that. So all of this information might be useful to someone who plans to travel in this direction. But so far the most important job, motorcycle and connections over there are already made. And as I said, this is priceless experience to me. I hope that this information will be helpful to at least one person. So press like or dislike. Whatever this video deserves. I'm sorry it's a one-go. I cannot edit it. But it is what it is. See you in the next one. Ciao!