At midlife, Sinomar Godois Tavares, a father of three and a hospital manager in a small city in Brazil, got divorced, retired, went dancing and met Edivania Marques, roughly half his age. Then he bought a motorcycle. Neither he nor Ms. Marques had ever driven or ridden one before. They decided to bike the entire length of South and North America, and have done so, in two hauls. First they went to Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina, a contender for the southernmost city in the world. A couple of years later, they went the other way, from Brazil to the northern end of the Pan-American Highway at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Now they are headed back.“One hundred forty-four days,” Mr. Tavares, 56, said on Tuesday night,“36,993 kilometers.” That’s about 23,000 miles. A few people on the street not only break stride, but pause to confirm that the sign means what it says. He produces a business card that explains, first in Portuguese,“Velho Doido Motociclista,” and then in English,“Crazy Oldman Rider.” He is listed as the pilot, and
At midlife, Sinomar Godois Tavares, a father of three and a hospital manager in a small city in Brazil, got divorced, retired, went dancing and met Edivania Marques, roughly half his age. Then he bought a motorcycle. Neither he nor Ms. Marques had ever driven or ridden one before. They decided to bike the entire length of South and North America, and have done so, in two hauls.
First they went to Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina, a contender for the southernmost city in the world.
A couple of years later, they went the other way, from Brazil to the northern end of the Pan-American Highway at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Now they are headed back.“One hundred forty-four days,” Mr. Tavares, 56, said on Tuesday night,“36,993 kilometers.” That’s about 23,000 miles.
A few people on the street not only break stride, but pause to confirm that the sign means what it says. He produces a business card that explains, first in Portuguese,“Velho Doido Motociclista,” and then in English,“Crazy Oldman Rider.” He is listed as the pilot, and for more details....
First they went to Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina, a contender for the southernmost city in the world.
A couple of years later, they went the other way, from Brazil to the northern end of the Pan-American Highway at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Now they are headed back.“One hundred forty-four days,” Mr. Tavares, 56, said on Tuesday night,“36,993 kilometers.” That’s about 23,000 miles.
A few people on the street not only break stride, but pause to confirm that the sign means what it says. He produces a business card that explains, first in Portuguese,“Velho Doido Motociclista,” and then in English,“Crazy Oldman Rider.” He is listed as the pilot, and for more details....
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