Chapter 17 – Seven Island Odyssey

East Timor – Indonesia – Malaysia – Singapore After the third bounce I opened my eyes and looked out of the aeroplane window. “I’m in the wrong country!” was my…

Chapter 16 – A change of plan

Australia Riding east from Kununurra I felt tired, very tired. Not only had it bee an eventful few days but I’d ridden 34,000 km since arriving in Oz last November…

Chapter 15 – Crossing a Continent

Australia Autumn was making itself known as we rode out of Warragul. Not only were many of the trees turning various beautiful shades of red but the temperature had dropped…

Chapter 14 – Riding round in circles

Australia Raised eyebrows followed by “Bloody Hell; you’ve seen more than us!” has become the de-rigueur answer when the Australian’s we meet discover that we’ve managed to ride 13,000km between…

Chapter 13 – Back in the saddle.

New Zealand – Australia Going Solo With Danny’s saving running low he had no choice but to accept the offer of ‘job sponsorship’, made by one of a group of…

Chapter 12 – Winter down under

   New Zealand I’d ridden about 20km along the road to Jackson Point before I spotted the sign saying ‘The Craypot – Closed’. Bollocks! I’d been looking forward to ‘Fush…

Chapter 11 – Changing Hemisphere’s

Thailand – Malaysia   Missing parts…   “…Sorry, sorry, sorry…” gasped Garry the workshop manager at Autobavaria, Malaysia’s largest BMW dealer, as my hands tightened around his throat. Having ridden…

Chapter 10 – 1st Anniversary: A year on the road…

  Cambodia – Laos – Thailand It’s hard to believe we’ve been on the road a year, for March 17th, St.Patricks day, 2006 was the day we rode away from…

Chapter 9 – Deja Vous…

Nepal – Thailand – Cambodia Siem Reap, Cambodia, and our seventh suspension failure between us to date. Still, I can think of worse places to be holed up awaiting the…