- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
The last leg
The journey back across Newfoundland is a long haul in one day, and I sleep soundly in my ferry seat most of the way back to Cape Breton....
- Sep 27, 2019
- 2 min
Quebec to Newfoundland
I leave Ontario and skirt around the metropolises of Montreal and Quebec City, and work my way up the eastern side of the St Lawrence...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
The Prairie
As I head out of BC, through the Crowsnest Pass, I take one last look at the magnificent Rocky Mountains, and steel myself for the vast...
- Sep 12, 2019
- 4 min
Return from Tuk
The return from Tuktoyaktuk was reasonably uneventful. I hate traveling the same road twice and had braced myself mentally for the return...
- Sep 9, 2019
- 4 min
Riding the Dempster to Tuktoyaktuk
I’m away from Dawson City early. I want to give myself plenty of time, as I’ve heard so many varying reports on the condition of the...
- Sep 6, 2019
- 4 min
Vancouver to 'the Dempster’
Dealing with our shipping agent in Vancouver was the polar opposite of our experience in Vladivostok. Yuri (our Russian agent) was...
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
Vancouver - the long wait
Having left our bikes entrusted to Yuri in Vladivostok, Ingo set off to visit Seoul (Korea) and Tokyo (Japan), while I flew to Vancouver,...
- Jul 10, 2019
- 2 min
Mongolia to Vladivostok and the Sea of Japan
The final leg of our journey across Russia was reasonably uneventful. Just many more days on the Trans Siberian, with a few forays into...
- Jun 28, 2019
- 7 min
Mongolia
Border Crossing day begins with a ride in the rain. That's OK, it's not heavy rain and we hunker down for the long haul to the border....
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
Lake Baikal
With our new tyres fitted we head for Lake Baikal. After thousands of kilometres of straight road, we enjoy rolling hills and switch...
- Jun 18, 2019
- 2 min
Irbit to Irkutsk
Yet more days spent on the Trans Siberian Highway. This 11,000 km stretch of road, that links Saint Petersburg in the west to Vladivostok...
- Jun 10, 2019
- 2 min
Kazan to Irbit
We leave Kazan early in the morning, our next destination is the Ural motorcycle factory and museum in Irbit. Irbit is in the Ural...
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
Saint Petersburg to Kazan
5 days riding across this vast nation, and we seem to have made little progress. Our journey takes us into some more remote areas. Here...
- May 31, 2019
- 1 min
Saint Petersburg
We arrive in Saint Petersburg late in the afternoon, and check into our hotel. Kathy and Ingo’s wife Claudia arrive shortly after. Saint...
- May 28, 2019
- 4 min
The Russian border
Our border crossing is booked for 8am the following morning, and it’s a near sleepless night for me. There is lots of paperwork and...
- May 27, 2019
- 2 min
Detour to Tallinn
Our journey through Estonia is mainly through coastal forests as we head to towards Tallinn. Ingo has problems with his aging laptop. He...
- May 22, 2019
- 2 min
Working our way towards Russia
Leaving Germany behind us, it’s on into Czech Republic. The Czech border town amuses, a little shabby compared with Germany, and many...
- May 19, 2019
- 1 min
On the road at last
Departure day has at last arrived in Zürich, Switzerland. It’s 8:30 am, the temperature is 7C with high of 12C predicted. Kathy takes a...