UK to Oz 2005

So here we are again a week on and the sun is definitley shining again.

On April 6th 2005 we set off from England on our 1150GS and began our trip back to Australia via Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We´re doing our best to live the dream.

Our trip across the world didn't start the way we had planned. There was no setting sun ahead of us due to the fact we left 6 hours late and it was dark and cold. We didn´t make it to the end of the A12 (40 minutes down the road) without a drama. The bike cover was strapped to a side pannier and at some point fell off. We back tracked for an hour to look for it. Scanning the side of the road with your visor up and in freezing conditions is not our idea of fun and adventure. Needless to say we didn´t find it. We did find a blue carrier bag containing a magazine of questionable quality.

We are saying a sad goodbye to Spain today. We would really like to stay for months but there is the rest of the world waiting for us.

We are quite proud of how we have coped with the language. A typical example of our interaction with the locals:

Spanish person: Blah, blah, blah, blah
Garry: Si, si
Jo: What did they say?
Garry: I think they said “Life´s a bed of roses”.
Jo: Roll eyes

We are saying a sad goodbye to Spain today. We would really like to stay for months but there is the rest of the world waiting for us.

We are quite proud of how we have coped with the language. A typical example of our interaction with the locals:

Spanish person: Blah, blah, blah, blah
Garry: Si, si
Jo: What did they say?
Garry: I think they said “Life´s a bed of roses”.
Jo: Roll eyes

The Monaco Grand Prix seems like a lifetime ago now! We have packed quite a lot into the last few weeks.

18th May 2005

Like most travellers we've had some ups and downs over the last few weeks. We developed a love-hate relationship with Italy and looking back we realised there has a continuing theme of red.