1 Million Views!

1 Million Views!

You read right everyone, my video officially went incredibly viral with 1,000,000 views in less than 2 and a half weeks! Thanks to everyone for the incredible support.

My video was featured all around the world, from magazines in Australia, Newspapers in Europe, online in over 50+ countries and even featured on the evening national prime time news in Chile and Argentina. I even got phone calls from people in those countries just wanting to speak with the man who created the amazing video.

The experience has been unreal to say the least, my favorites though have been being featured as the GoPro video of the day, on CBS News, ABC  News and the most popular internet page in all of Brazil the Uhull.

That along with companies sending me gear, helmets, clothes, tools you name it just to try and I imagine they think it will magically somehow make it onto my videos. Sadly this attention comes at the end of my journey, but looking ahead there's so much more due to this instant internet fame! Hundreds of thousands of new facebook friends request, twitter followers, YouTube subscribers an more is a brief view of my success thus far and it only grows extensively each and every day.

This opens up such amazing opportunities coming up soon, Africa is the next project, and with all this support from everyone, I"m confident it will happen.  As well another opportunity to travel to India driving some Royal Enfield through the Himalayas has come up with a big brand name, who may it be you ask, stay tuned for more details on that as well, but its very exciting as you may see my Modern Motorcycle Diaries video and India tour on some national commercials.

It has given me so much joy to read all the crazy YouTube comments on my video, see pictures people have sent me of their own journeys in the past, talk with others, and have many tell me I have inspired them to get out and try the same. The feeling is amazing to say the least.

This only goes to show about my theory that one video can change the world.

I urge everyone to keep sharing the video, tell your friends, and if possible help me out to make Africa a success so that again I may bring you the world, traveling vicariously through the magic of amazing videos, pictures and blogging. Check out the new Africa Tab and info by clicking here

Everyone has said my documentation is unparallel and am  leader in on the cutting edge of motorcycle adventure travel and social media sharing in ways no one has ever documented this Epic Modern Motorcycle diaries ever before!

I leave you with a picture of a fan that emailed me and sent me thsi picture from 1980 of the the same road to Alaska I road that he did so long ago, and I'll share with you the two coolest comments on YouTube  so far :

"Alex, you the coolest land explorer cosmonaut I've ever seen , keep exploring the world for us!"

"Alex, I love you, I love you like a fat kid loves cake"

Jean in 1980

Alex in 2012

Ask me Anything- Reddit

After some popular demand and hundreds of requests I have decided to do and Ask Me Anything on Reddit, This will be for June 20th, at 2pm eastern time. So if you have some far out and interesting questions, look for the thread or stay tunned at at my facebook on Thursday for the direct link!

User name Reddit - ExpeditionSouth

 @ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alexs-Motorcycle-Adventure-through-Mexico-Central-and-South-America/105918289474776

Texas to Mexico and Guatemala....why not!?

Hello everyone! Thanks for sticking around for more of ExpeditionSouth!

As from my last update, my video has almost 1 million hits! The media attention has been incredible to say the least and lots of opportunities have presented themselves which should make for some interesting developments in the next few weeks!

On a new note, I am currently running a quick tour from Texas to Guatemala with fellow riders Cody and Kevin from Texas.

Here's Cody's Spot Tracker so you can see where we are at! http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0t4vb0PdrLmM2Tq5ts17eXj2cfIqv9MtK

The guys are great, very enthusiastic and well mannered, we all get along great.

We set out from Austin to Reynosa the first night. We ate some dinner and came out to see that our bikes had been stolen in those few minutes we were gone! Before we freaked out someone yelled that a tow truck had taken them. We looked around for signs of towing and nothing was there, these guys just took all three bikes for fun.

So a police call later, and lots of yelling from the people at the tow place we got the bikes back for a mere $75 a piece, I didn't have enough time take them to court so I just went along with the highway robbery.

Next day we got into Mexico, with a few speed bumps at the border and one angry official that gave us 2 hours of headache.

We then continue down the eastern part of Mexico along the coast and down through the mountains. Here's the story in pictures!

We will be hitting Mexico city and Chiapas soon, so stay tunned!

ExpeditionSouth Goes Viral!

Finally after returning from my trip I finally had a chance to compile all the 600+ hours of video from my trip into one video for all to enjoy. It had 1,500 views in 3 weeks, then one day...today I woke up to 500+ emails from YouTube and over 58,000+ views on Youtube! Its officially gone viral! Its wonderful to see others enjoying this journey as well after all the work, effort and time I put into my life dream. Hopefully this will finally get the exposure I need to possible hosting my own TV motorcycle travel show or movie.

Here's the video

And here's the websites that it's been featured on so far, in one day 50,000 views, imagine what will happen by next week! Thanks to everyone! And if you see this video features anywhere else please email me with the url and where it at so I can put it on this list. Thank you!  ExpeditionSouth@gmail.com

National and International Media Coverage !

CBS News

ABC News

Univision America

GoPro

Peta Pixel

The Awesomer

Live Leak

Wimp

Shock Mansion

Uhull Brazil

Huffington Post

http://www.1001experiencias.com/general/diarios-de-una-motocicleta-de-alaska-a-argentina-en-500-dias/#more-15502

http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/video/il-traverse-22-pays-%C3%A0-114618945.html

http://www.photoventure.com/2013/05/14/alex-chacon-road-trip/

http://www.hdawesome.com/epic-motorcycle-journey/

http://www.visualnews.com/2013/05/06/motorcycle-diaries-1-man-503-days-83459-miles/

http://trendingon6abc.typepad.com/the-trending-channel/2013/05/trending-modern-motorcycle-diaries.html

http://sociedad.biobiochile.cl/notas/2013/05/12/joven-creo-su-propia-version-de-diarios-de-motocicleta-recorriendo-america-en-500-dias.shtml

http://www.adventure4you.com/ita/news/news-da-adventure4you/le-americhe-in-moto-con-alex-chacon-video.php

http://scoutmagazine.ca/2013/05/10/smoke-break-1034-modern-motorcycle-diary-of-a-long-trans-american-road-trip/

http://www.standaard.be/cnt/DMF20130511_018

http://nyheter24.se/nyheter/utrikes/745145-en-man-500-dagar-och-22-lander-alaska-till-argentina


http://www.viikonloppu.com/?p=6072&cat=11&mtype=new


http://www.mybike.gr/topichttp://www.mybike.gr/topic/64671


http://www.forocoches.com/foro/showthread.php?t=3243336&page=2


http://rideapart.com/2013/05/expedition-south/


http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/6541900/15fb0fce/motortrip_van_alaska_naar_argentini%C3%AB.html


http://www.wykop.pl/link/1498417/alaska-argentyna-w-500-dni-motocyklem/


http://www.snotr.com/video/11061/The_Modern_Motorcycle_Diaries


http://westcountyexplorersclub.org/2013/05/08/motorcycling-from-alaska-to-south-america/


http://bikepost.ru/blog/travel/34964/Motoputeshestvie-Aleksa-CHakona-video.html


http://laughingsquid.com/the-modern-motorcycle-diaries-alex-chacons-500-day-journey-across-north-south-america/

http://www.motosiklet.net/forum/motosiklet-videolari/116017-motosiklet-ile-503-gunde-alaskadan-arjantine.html

http://www.motosiklet.net/forum/son-haberler/116127-klr650-ile-alaskadan-arjantine-132-000-km-video.html

http://www.meltyxtrem.fr/alex-chacon-en-gopro-132-000-km-de-l-alaska-a-l-argentine-a178648.html

http://unofficialnetworks.com/modern-motorcycle-diaries-503-days-82459-miles-22-countries-122237/

http://cink.hu/ilyen-szepek-amerika-utjai-499564477

http://www.fazedoresdechuva.com/forums/showthread.php/1661-22-Pa%C3%ADses-e-500-dias-em-2-rodas%21#.UZFUmbU-bpE

http://www.fastandpowerfulnews.fr/The-Modern-Motorcycle-Diaries-Le-Recit-en-Video-du-Voyage-d-Alex-Chacon_a897.html

http://www.fastandpowerfulnews.fr/The-Modern-Motorcycle-Diaries-Le-Recit-en-Video-du-Voyage-d-Alex-Chacon_a897.html

http://alkislarlayasiyorum.com/icerik/118279/503-gunde-alaskadan-guney-amerikaya-motorsiklet-seyahati

http://www.blackperfecto.com/roadtrip-moto-alaska-argentine-solo/

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/alex-chacon-modern-motorcycle-diaries

http://www.meltyxtrem.fr/alex-chacon-en-gopro-132-000-km-de-l-alaska-a-l-argentine-a178648.html

http://www.hypeness.com.br/2013/05/homem-percorre-22-paises-de-moto-durante-503-dias-e-registra-tudo-com-uma-gopro/

http://www.tuxboard.com/traversee-de-lamerique-en-moto/

http://touron2wheels.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/82500-miles-motorcycle-tour-adventure-alex-chacons-trip/

http://www.lyonne.fr/journal/journal/feuilleteur-pdf.html?dateParution=10/05/2013&edition=24

http://agentlemansword.com/?p=2131

http://actioncam-freestyle.de/modern-motorcycle-diaries-gopro-motorrad-tour-alaska-bis-suedamerika/

http://www.advridermag.com.au/forum/showthread.php?91-Awesome-ADV-Riding-Video-This-weeks

http://rustyknuckles.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-modern-motorcycle-diaries-503-days.html

http://larnakaink.com/videos/video/85VErvTqgWc/The-Modern-Motorcycle-Diaries.html

http://www.zingmit.com/man-travels-from-alaska-to-argentina-on-a-motorcycle-films-it-all/

http://klikpic.com/single-motorcycle-journey-82500-miles

http://westcountyexplorersclub.com/tag/motorcycles-2/

http://buffleheadcabin.com/post/49986958190/laughingsquid-the-modern-motorcycle-diaries

http://www.ride-ct.com/?p=6997

http://mling.com/the-modern-motorcycle-diaries-video_de43dd534.html

http://devour.com/video/the-modern-motorcycle-diaries/

http://www.hdawesome.com/epic-motorcycle-journey/

http://www.360celsius.com/news-2/motorcycle-diaries-1-man-503-days-83459-miles/

http://blayze.com/posts/modern-motorcycle-diaries-crazy-trip-from-alaska-to-argentina

http://allyoucanlove.com/2013/06/epic-the-modern-motorcycle-diaries/

http://www.wanderlustbiker.com/the-modern-motorcycle-diaries/

http://ugen.tv/the-modern-motorcycle-diaries-by-alex-chacon/

http://regator.com/p/260311597/the_modern_motorcycle_diaries_alex_chacns_500_day/

http://www.ridelust.com/the-modern-motorcycle-diaries/

http://www.expeditionportal.com/component/content/article/41-w/2123-motorcycling-from-alaska-to-south-america.html

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/alex%20chacon

http://revelintheride.com/dream-motorcycle-adventure-the-modern-motorcycle-diaries/

http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2013/05/10/modern-motorcycle-diaries-travels-22-countries-in-500-days/

Need helping planning your own Adventure?

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ExpeditionSouth in the Canadian Newspaper!

My recent visit in Kamloops Canada did not go un-noticed, as I was interviewed for the local paper and my couchsurfing host was quoted as "Alex kind of inspired me". Made my day! Inspiring the world one person at a time!



Check out the full article here http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20121211/KAMLOOPS0107/121219975/0/kamloops/surfs-up-growing-numbers-join-world-8217-s-largest-travel-community

Episode 11 - Arizona to Canada

ExpeditionSouth is back with the next episode in the Epic adventure. After finally having time to edit and produce this I invite everyone to join me in the continuance of Argentina to Alaska. Enjoy!

A Trip Around the World, I need your help!

Friends and Family,

As many of you know I have been doing this thing called CouchSurfing recently through my travels. This organization is sponsoring a video contest for a trip around the world, and I need your help to win! Please check out my new video about CouchSurfing and be sure to hit the "Like" button to vote for the video, I greatly appreciate your continued help and support. Thanks!

Episode 10 - Route 66, welcome to the USA!

It's finally here! Episode 10 of Alex Around the world! Thanks for waiting and enjoy!