Daytona Bike week

Tuesday 3rd March
Relaxing in Deland at the moment it's a small town just 20 miles from Daytona we have been made very welcome yet again courtesy of Lauretta and Kit from couch surfing.com

Venezuela 1 2014

Exiting Brazil at Santa Elena, the border office is easy to miss. Its a building on the right with a sign saying "Stop Police Check". There is no TIP paperwork needed for motorcycles entering or exiting Brazil. Entry stamps INTO Venezuela are in a portable office on the left and the TIP (temporary import permit) is in the building on the right. After presenting all motorcycle paperwork we were told in Spanish that we needed a permit issued in the next town 20km north IN Venezuela.

2nd Jan 2008 - The first week on (or indeed not) the road

Day 1
The setting off was liable to be somewhat chaotic with lots turning up to see us off (make sure we went more like). Trip down with Raymondo in the van was just nice to chill out. Dragged bikes out of van to find first problemo- i had left my topbox keys on the kitchen worktop- so now was unable to access the topbox to retrieve my helmet and gloves. Oh how we laughed. Arranging with Dave by phone to send the keys to Bilbao we boarded the "Pride of Bilbao". Air con on the boat killed me so i was an unhappy bunny, so enough of that, Kirst put up with me very well.Day3

photos

Tatuine

Just to make sure you stop at police checks!

Unexpected lakes in the Atlas

Herman in his garden

Topah Nevada

Monday 4th May continued

India: Ooty - Goa

Great riding through central south India. Slept in a beach hut at "Paradise" beach. Attacked with coloured powder and eggs as part of the Hole festival.
22 Feb – 1 March: Ooty, Mysore, Hosdurga, Hampi, Gokarna, Panaji

Had an enjoyable time in Ooty, visiting Hebron International School where my brothers and sister were students back in the day.

Shopping

The following morning after a good nights sleep some breakfast and cups of tea, we started the bm up and headed out to do some food shopping and sight seeing. Our first stop was the village of Issogne. A small village with a few market stalls selling fruit and veg, a mobile fish and meat stall and a corner shop. There was also some kind of church which was full of tourist's looking around. We then rode off to the Town of Verres found a supermarket and done some food and wine shopping.

Update

Dr Evermor's Forevertron

Sunday 5th July
Another sunny day, loading the bike up this morning outside the hotel was covered in a swarm of dead or dying insects. Apparently they were fishfly's and they have this problem throughout the months of July and August and have to clean them up nearly every day.

This flight will be boarding in 24 hours and 50 minutes

A quick check through the baggage and paperwork, for the umpteenth time, shows the following to be my closest friends for the coming year.
I am over-prepared for this little trip. If I had jumped on a plane 2 weeks ago, or even a month ago, I would probably have been prepared enough. But since I'm still here I've looked through that little red bag of mine a dozen times, adding things and taking things away.

Here are some of things that have been considered over the past few months

Update

Iran

Petrol cheaper than waterWe waved byebye to Mount Arrarat, the mountain guide who had 14 children ( and had promised his mother to have 20 !) and 3 English lads who were cycling from London to Bejing.
The hip flask was drained and a book swap managed ( very important ).
We changed money to Rials and ,for once in our life were millionaires, as there are 16000 rials to 1GBP.

Colin went into the Iran weather on the Net and was very impressed- as you can get the weather for the actual piece of road you are travelling.