[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] Met up with the germans and went out for dinner and a movie, Alice in Wonderland 3-d. After a heart felt goodbye and see them soon in the US we went to BMW and organized crating of our bikes for shipping. We left Auckland and traveled …
Happy April Fools – 2009 World Tour Progress Report Read More »
[Original post by Michael Cardwell – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] Starting back in May (2009), Elliot and I have traveled East through Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Transnistria (A breakaway part of Moldova & a small unrecognized ex-soviet province of half a million people), Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New …
[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] Made it through the pub crawl without any further furniture incidents. The next day I found information on a big Rugby match going on between the local Christchurch team, The Crusaders, and the Auckland Blues. This longstanding rivalry makes for an interesting atmosphere. So the stadium …
There’s never tea at tea – 2009 World Tour Progress Report Read More »
[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] At Pickton we boarded the ferrie to Wellington in the north island. The day in the south was sunny and clear skies. The north was supposed to be warmer weather than the south. But as every other time we leave a ferry it started to rain …
pudding and bisquits (dessertand cookies) – 2009 World Tour Progress Report Read More »
[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] At the lodge, the next day all the off road bikers went for some rides. I decided to go for a 2 hour hike and run around the lake. However the lake was like 4 km away, so it was pretty much a track to the …
From Kanuks to Kiwis – 2009 World Tour Progress Report Read More »
[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] In the morning we arrived to the Quarantine area and through a streamlined process, including a checklist, after about 2 hours we got our bikes. The only trouble we had to face was walking a mile from the quarantine area to the customs building. Before lunchtime …
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[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] So how am I supposed to feel now that we have arrived at the last country of our journey? It’s coming to an end in two months and one week. I have made many friends internationally, had so many wonderful experiences, learned that value is more …
[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] We arrived at Rick’s home and no one was around so we let ourselves in and stole some free wireless from unknown neighbors to check our emails. Then went to the store and bought some appetizers, they call entrees, and consisted of king’s island brie and …
Life’s a beach – 2009 World Tour Progress Report Read More »
[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] You can never be lost if you have no destination! We had to check out of Rob’s mom’s house today and went over to the bmw dealer to ask about crating options and costs if we need them for New Zealand. For lunch we stopped at …
[Original post by Elliot Mogerman – Transferred from yahoogroups.com] That night we went to the local pub next to the camp sight and the food was absolutely horrible. So we drank a few jugs each and were educated on the fine sport of cricket by a local who wanted to teach us. I learned that …
no worries mate. bloke is a bugga – 2009 World Tour Progress Report Read More »