Monday, May 28, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Going Solo
My Hunny got me my very own domain a little while back, but I've been slow to get started up there. This weekend I finally took the plunge.
Pay me a visit and get my first installment of the road trip saga.
Pay me a visit and get my first installment of the road trip saga.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Road trip!
I apologise, it's been ages since I last posted, but I've got a good excuse ;-)
My Hunny loves maps, google earth or a good map book can keep him entertained for hours. So last Christmas I bought him a big laminated wall map on which he could plan and mark our bike trips. We put the first few pins in the map just after Christmas when we took the bikes out to Nelspruit. That was also my first proper trip on the Kawasaki ZZR 400 I got last October and also my first trip actually riding a bike, not as a passenger.
The Map is on a wall in our spare bedroom, the same room that I blow dry my hair in. It during this exercise one morning in February, filled with nostalgia from looking at the pins marking our Nelspruit trip, that I said to my Hunny: "Wouldn't it be nice to takes the bikes all the way down here?", pointing to the southern most tip of Africa, Cape Aghulas.
After a lot of planning and anticipation, last Tuesday morning the 24th of April, we set out on that trip.
On Wednesday the 2nd of May we pulled back into our garage after 4000 km's, stop overs in 7 different towns, 8 days of riding, one days rest, one accident, much junk food and traces of several thousand bugs our helmets.
It was a great trip despite some not wonderful weather. I kept a notebook, so over the next few days I'll write a more detailed account of the experience and post some pictures ...
Have a great week,
Alex
My Hunny loves maps, google earth or a good map book can keep him entertained for hours. So last Christmas I bought him a big laminated wall map on which he could plan and mark our bike trips. We put the first few pins in the map just after Christmas when we took the bikes out to Nelspruit. That was also my first proper trip on the Kawasaki ZZR 400 I got last October and also my first trip actually riding a bike, not as a passenger.
The Map is on a wall in our spare bedroom, the same room that I blow dry my hair in. It during this exercise one morning in February, filled with nostalgia from looking at the pins marking our Nelspruit trip, that I said to my Hunny: "Wouldn't it be nice to takes the bikes all the way down here?", pointing to the southern most tip of Africa, Cape Aghulas.
After a lot of planning and anticipation, last Tuesday morning the 24th of April, we set out on that trip.
On Wednesday the 2nd of May we pulled back into our garage after 4000 km's, stop overs in 7 different towns, 8 days of riding, one days rest, one accident, much junk food and traces of several thousand bugs our helmets.
It was a great trip despite some not wonderful weather. I kept a notebook, so over the next few days I'll write a more detailed account of the experience and post some pictures ...
Have a great week,
Alex
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