So the trip is over, the bike has been repaired, pictures and videos have been uploaded and the trip has been documented.

Thirteen days total with 2265 kilometres (by the Garmin) traveled. The weather was spectacular with temperatures in the high twenties and low thirties for the majority of the trip. It rained once while riding for an hour or two. Three nights it rained with one being a heavy thunder and lightning downpour. (...)