Here's some quick highlights of our round the world trip.

We left Canada in 1987, with a new 1986 R80G/S.

El Requeson Beach, Mexico, 1987 - two weeks on the road!

Ulurua - (Ayers Rock,) Australia, 1991

Susan and a friendly Koala, 1993

Trollstigen, Norway, 1997

Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, 1997

Malawi -the main highway from Tanzania, 1997

Road to Livingstonia, Malawi, 1997

Road to Livingstonia, Malawi, 1997

Local watching Grant on the road to Livingstonia, Malawi, 1997

Caprivi Strip, bush fires, 1997

Sand dunes, Namibia

Southern most point of Africa, Cape Agulhas, South Africa

Argentina, 1997

end of the road in South America, 1997

end of the road in South America, 1997 - from left, Roland, Germany; ? Germany; Max Elia, Italy; Susan and Grant, Canada, Greg Frazier, USA.

(If you use this picture I have the unnamed riders name somewhere!)

Chile, a famous sign. 1998

Chile's Atacama Desert, 1998

Chile's Atacama Desert, 1998

Peru, flooding - caused by El Nino

Peru - River in flood - bridge washed out, so the locals made a bridge out of pipe unloaded from a truck.

Peru - River in flood - bridge washed out, so the locals made a bridge out of pipe unloaded from a truck.

Road washout, nice and safely marked. Peru.

Peru - Bridge washed out, so riding down the bank and through the river.

Peru - Bridge washed out, so riding down the bank and through the river.

Ecuador - Andes mountain road, Amazon basin side.

Ecuador - Equator

Entering Colombia

Alaska, Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay, 1998

Alaska, Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay, 1998

Alaska viewpoint, 1998

Back at the beginning where we started, Mile 0 of the Trans-Canada Highway, Victoria BC Canada, 1998, after 11 years on the road. Still the same bike, and still riding it in 2003! Rode it across Canada in 2002.

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