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marcm 29 Mar 2013 23:27

Is that that the campsite after Cartagena,on the the right and up the hill from main road?..I had a night there in 2011,place was full of retired English ex pats...good interesting road along to it though..

jim lovell 30 Mar 2013 01:23

Loving your trip Ladycruiser, great photos. I too love riding in the Pyrenees, so beautiful..

Jim

LadyCruiser 2 Apr 2013 09:40

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Originally Posted by marcm (Post 417165)
Is that that the campsite after Cartagena,on the the right and up the hill from main road?..I had a night there in 2011,place was full of retired English ex pats...good interesting road along to it though..

Hi,
the campsite name is "Bella Vista" when I was there it was empty ;)

LadyCruiser 2 Apr 2013 09:41

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Originally Posted by jim lovell (Post 417169)
Loving your trip Ladycruiser, great photos. I too love riding in the Pyrenees, so beautiful..

Jim

Thanks Jim :clap:

LadyCruiser 2 Apr 2013 09:59

Marbella
 
I spent night in a house of charming polish woman who lives in Spain for more than 33 years. She showed me Marbella... This city resembles Cannes (France). It is full of exclusive boutiques, you can see on the streets Ferrari, Rolls-Royce or Bentley..
But my attention attracted only architecture of this region. White Andalusian-style houses! :mchappy:

BTW I can listen for hours history of life of my hosts.

p.s.
I started day with the rain and ended with temp. +38 C beer

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I melt in.. I want to jump in my "armor" in to the sea!!

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new friend? this guy hook me on the gas station.. he also rides on VanVan

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LadyCruiser 4 Apr 2013 11:29

Gibraltar!!
 
Gibraltar!!

Yesterday, I arrived at Gibraltar with the Shogun (Suzuki VanVane). I'm glad that I had a "little" baggage, because it was soooo windy. If the VanVan wouldn't be loaded I would certainly write to you from Morocco

It was a special day for me because I crossed the halfway point of travel - 6 000km!! Now I can say that I'm "coming home".. I can't wait for next kilometers... probably a lot of adventures, fabulous sceneries are waiting for me... and lots of great people to meet.

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GPS shouts: "you are off the track"!

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aircraft ahead :eek3:

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dave sallnow 4 Apr 2013 13:10

:thumbup1:Some fantastic photo's well done. I have just joined today and yours was the first thread I came across, very impressed. My friend and I are doing Europe in July from Scotland and covering the story of the Great Escape from Stalug Luft III and we will be paying our respects to Auschwitz.

LadyCruiser 5 Apr 2013 09:42

Seville
 
Fate again smiled to me :D Members of the Suzuki VanVan Moto Club took care of me in Seville. And everything happened quite by accident - the true magic of motorcycling! Do you remember guy in red t-shirt who I've met on the gas station? Paco wrote about me on the forum of his club... and boom!! "you've got mail!!" :w00t:

All the spanish cities are different... So far.. the most charming for me was Seville. Which despite many historic sites doesn't lose youthful vigor, thanks to its residents. The city is the capital of Andalusia, which is full of fabulous views, which will always remain in my memory. :punk:

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new friends!!

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VanVan buddies :P

LadyCruiser 5 Apr 2013 09:54

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Originally Posted by dave sallnow (Post 417701)
:thumbup1:Some fantastic photo's well done. I have just joined today and yours was the first thread I came across, very impressed. My friend and I are doing Europe in July from Scotland and covering the story of the Great Escape from Stalug Luft III and we will be paying our respects to Auschwitz.

Hi Dave :)
Great adventure waiting for you!! If you will need help in Poland just mail! I recommend you to visite also Cracow, Wieliczka Salt Mine and Castle in Pszczyna with nice market (it's very close from Auschwitz).
And if you like history and IIWW you have to visit in Warsaw - Warsaw Rising Museum http://www.1944.pl/about_museum/visit/

venture 5 Apr 2013 11:35

Cross Europe
 
Fantastic Post.
Well done.
Moss

Noel900r 6 Apr 2013 04:43

lovely photo's
 
You must wake up some days and wonder at the incredible journey you are having.I continue to follow with interest.Noel:D

Walkabout 6 Apr 2013 10:52

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Originally Posted by Noel900r (Post 417863)
You must wake up some days and wonder at the incredible journey you are having.I continue to follow with interest.Noel:D

"Had" - this particular trip was during 2011, IIRC.

LadyC,
I'm just curious about what time of year you travelled - presumably during the summer but in which months?

Also, you carried camping gear (there is a mountain of gear on the bike!) but you were riding into hours of darkness which you don't recommend - why did that happen so often?

Finally, what do you think of the GoClever GPS - the hardware (is it water resistant?) and the maps?

Caio,

LadyCruiser 7 Apr 2013 19:15

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Originally Posted by Walkabout (Post 417875)
"Had" - this particular trip was during 2011, IIRC.

LadyC,
I'm just curious about what time of year you travelled - presumably during the summer but in which months?

Also, you carried camping gear (there is a mountain of gear on the bike!) but you were riding into hours of darkness which you don't recommend - why did that happen so often?

Finally, what do you think of the GoClever GPS - the hardware (is it water resistant?) and the maps?

Caio,

Hi,
I started my trip in first week of September. Whole trip last 48 days (I spent one week in Nice, France). Why I was riding after twilight...? You can try to plan everything but reality it's much more different. I was lucky that nothing happend to me :) I used my camping gear few times... mostly i slept in hostels and in "couchsurfers" homes.
I get GoClever GPS as a present from my family and I love it! Easy to use, waterproof... of course it sometimes surprise me with proposition of route while option "avoid highways" :smiliex: but it was ture adventure and riding to the unknown. BTW My friend uploaded me maps of Europe (automaps).

If you have more questions.. just ask! ?c?

Walkabout 7 Apr 2013 22:59

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Originally Posted by LadyCruiser (Post 418030)
Hi,
I started my trip in first week of September. Whole trip last 48 days (I spent one week in Nice, France). Why I was riding after twilight...? You can try to plan everything but reality it's much more different. I was lucky that nothing happend to me :) I used my camping gear few times... mostly i slept in hostels and in "couchsurfers" homes.
I get GoClever GPS as a present from my family and I love it! Easy to use, waterproof... of course it sometimes surprise me with proposition of route while option "avoid highways" :smiliex: but it was ture adventure and riding to the unknown. BTW My friend uploaded me maps of Europe (automaps).

If you have more questions.. just ask! ?c?

Thanks!
That is a great month to ride in Europe: the kids have gone back to their school desks, their parents have done much the same thing from their annual holidays and the roads have more room, once again.

I would have gone for wild camping, on the side of the road if necessary, rather than continuing to ride when tired and into the darkness.

LadyCruiser 8 Apr 2013 11:52

Portugal
 
Portugal welcome me with the strong wind... I felt pain in my neck...
The magic of the ocean caused the desire to rest. I found a cozy camping where I stayed for two days... staring at the waves crashing on the cliffs. :biggrin3:

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