July 18, 2006 GMT - The Final Chapter

I’ve just finished mowing the lawn and Liz is cooking tea. How quickly social conformity takes hold once again it seems. On the surface anyone looking at us would think life has always been like this for us, but they’d be wrong. For two hand a half years we’ve had the time of our lives, experiences we will never be able to share or explain to anyone, even those people closest to us. To say we lived life to the full would be a huge understatement; we lived a lifetime every day and came to know ourselves and each other like never before.

May 29, 2006 GMT - High Andes Tour
Well once again we find ourselves diverting from our own personal travels to work for a while. Although this time it does involve motorbikes. We are well into ur first tour as guides for Globebusters and already lots of adventures...

March 28, 2006 GMT - Ever North
Christmas is long gone, as are the chills of Tierra del Fuego and for the first time in 2 years the compass is reading due North. In less than a month Tierra del Fuego was over 4000 miles behind us...

January 07, 2006 GMT - It's not the End of the World, is it!
It was a long and cold ride across Tierra del Fuego to Ushuaia all in one day but upon reaching Rio Pipo campground it was like coming home. We pulled up at the gate to be greeted by old friends....

November 24, 2005 GMT - Bolivia, Blood, Sweat and Bugger all Glory!

A sand storm is just beginning, we're at 5,000 metres and still hundreds of miles from any settlements. The sun is dropping behind the mountains and the temperature will soon be below freezing and will continue to fall until the sun rises again in the morning. We've just come off the bike and petrol is pouring out of the hole in the tank where the tool box has just gone through. Once again we've made it tough on ourselves!

October 22, 2005 GMT - Adventures in Llama Land
Peru, Llama Land. Its a country which conjures so many images, Inca ruins, snow capped mountains, rich indian cultures, and of course the llamas. Everyone thinks of the same things when thinking of Peru and we're no exception. However, we've...

October 10, 2005 GMT - Looking for Peru
We left the South American Ambassador for Motorcycle Travelers two weeks after returning from the Galapagos Islands having undertaken 52 separate repair and overhaul jobs on the bike. Ricardo Rocco is a friend we shall remember dearly and think of...

September 14, 2005 GMT - Ecuador, Dragons and Motorcycle Maintenance, August/September 2005
We came to Ecuador with 3 things on our minds - To meet our good friend Ricardo Rocco, rebuild the bike after 19 months of rough roads and rough riding and to go to the Galapagos Islands. We have seen...

September 13, 2005 GMT - Kites and Smiles in Colombia August 2005
When the subject of Colombia comes up its all too easy to talk of guerrillas, kidnappings and danger. Yes, Colombia has all that but there's another side to the country, a side that never seems to be given the justice...

August 03, 2005 GMT - Adventures in Panama and beyond
Somehow life on the road just keeps on getting better. In our last update we said that we were craving a little adventure. Well, since then we've certainly been having adventure! Panama began for us with endless discussions of entering...

August 03, 2005 GMT - 501 days on the road!
501 days on the road is a long time by anyones standards. Does it feel like we've been traveling for that long? In some ways yes, in others no. When we look at the bumps and bruises on the...

June 17, 2005 GMT - On the road in Guatemala
We've been on the road for nearly one and a half years now which obviously makes us experienced "overland motorcycle adventurers". We're no longer "wanna-be's" or the people who need to ask the questions of the inexperienced. We've been there...

May 01, 2005 GMT - Belize there's no escape !
Well, life remains surreal for us in Belize. Our work completed for Wildtracks (the conservation organisation we were working for) it was time to move on. We were both ready to move too. Despite all the good times and the...

March 03, 2005 GMT - Life with a parked bike. February 2005
It hasn't been too long since our last update but it feels like a lot longer than it actually is since we temporarily parked the bike up, adapting to being in one place for a while has taken a bit...

March 03, 2005 GMT - Life in Belize. January 2005
The situations we find ourselves in on this trip of ours never ceases to amaze us. There we were, all geared up for a leisurely ride round Central America only to find that within a week of actually entering the...

March 02, 2005 GMT - How Plans Change. January 2005
We only plan to spend eight days or so in Belize. Yeh right!!!!!!!!!! having come into Belize on the 3rd January we were looking forward to nothing more than seeing Camille and Alex (our friends from England) and seeing a...

March 02, 2005 GMT - Dances with Scorpions. January 2005
Having seen several Maya ruins and loved every minute of it we moved on to the coast for Christmas. We were going to go to Belize for Christmas but as we got closer and talked to more and more people...

March 02, 2005 GMT - Through the Mayan World. December 2004
At the time of sending our last update we had just arrived in San Christobal Del Las Casas having ridden 2500 miles in a little over a week. We were riding hard so we could spend Christmas in Belize but...

March 02, 2005 GMT - Dirt, dust and Heaven. That’s Mexico. December 2004
On the 28th November we came back into Mexico south of Tucson and it was like coming home. The Mexican Immigration Officer sat and chatted to us for a while and showed us good places to stay on the map...

November 18, 2004 GMT - The Grand circle Nov 2004
The Grand Circle Well, here we are in LA waiting for parts for the bike and enjoying staying with our friends Denise and Chris. They have very kindly opened up their home to us and made us very welcome. The...

October 28, 2004 GMT - South to the snow. October 2004
I never thought I'd say this but we've been feeling a bit 'treed out'. Since Canada we've seen nothing but trees, EVERYWHERE. We're ready for a change of scene and not being ones to do things by halves Death Valley...

October 28, 2004 GMT - South to the sun. October 2004
Its only been a month or so since we came back into the States but it feels like an awful lot longer. Since getting a caution for speeding we've completely ignored it and ridden round the country like to people...

October 28, 2004 GMT - Canada 2
We've just spent a month or so in British Colombia and it seems like five minutes. Our time there was packed with doing stuff, seeing stuff and at times seeing absolutely nothing at all through the rain. As we expected...

October 28, 2004 GMT - Greetings from BC. Sept 2004
Well, we didn't expect to writing another update quite so soon but we've seen so much in the last few days that we thought we'd do one before we forgot just what we have done. After waiting out the weather...

October 28, 2004 GMT - Resuming the trip 2
After a tough time back in the UK we crossed the Atlantic once again to resume 'The Trip'. Landing in Miami we stayed a few lovely days with Chris's brother and family bringing the bike out of hibernation and doing...

October 28, 2004 GMT - Resuming the trip. Aug 2004
It is with extremely mixed emotions that I am able to tell you we have resumed our trip and are now in Florida preparing the bike for the next leg of the trip, to Canada. As you know we came...

October 28, 2004 GMT - Copper Canyon 2
In an attempt to be unpredictable we thought we'd send another update before you were expecting it! Since the 'Copper Canyon Update' we've, well, been back to the Copper Canyon. It was so good we decided to visit the Southern...

October 28, 2004 GMT - Update from Copper Canyon
Its been a while since our last 'group update' and I guess for some people this will be your first update as you were foolish enough to give us your email address when we bumped into each other on the...

October 28, 2004 GMT - Update from Baja
Well, we've been in Mexico for just a little under a week (at time of writing this). Without wishing to sound smug I'm writing this sitting with a beer beside me and looking out over the most idyllic bay I...

October 28, 2004 GMT - March 2004
We’ve been in Mexico for a week today. In some ways it feels like we’ve been here for ages and in others its like we just got here yesterday. Crossing the boarder from the US was really easy. We were...

October 28, 2004 GMT - March 2004
We've finally got the bike now. It took a while ( a week late) but it arrived in one piece. US Customs was a doddle, signed a few pieces of paper, swore to be good and rode off into the...

October 28, 2004 GMT - The trip begins
We have spent the first few days getting used to America and driving on the other side. We left LA virtually straight away and headed over the mountains to Joshua Tree National Park, out in the Mojave desert. The scenery...