Bulgaria

by | May 2, 2015 | Places we have visited

  After a reasonably easy border crossing we rode into the Bulgarian countryside to visit the Rila Monastery, a UNESCO world heritage site. Just to prove it’s a small world before we walked inside the monastery’s grounds a couple of men came up, friends of Nikos,...

Greece

by | Apr 18, 2015 | Greece, Places we have visited

April 5 – 15 Back in 2003 we met Nikos and Judy when we needed passport photos done. We’re still friends and arriving in Athens to collect the bike was the perfect opportunity to renew our friendship. Also in town were friends from Melbourne – Damien and Rae Kingsbury...

Coming Home

by | Mar 7, 2013 | Australia

      Excitement levels were peaking when we landed in Perth.                 Our old mate, Rex Haw, was there to meet us and we spent the best weekend with good friends Russell and Cathy and Wendy and Merv. We...

The rest of Africa

by | Feb 18, 2013 | Africa

        We left St Lucia with sad hearts – we knew it would be the last of our ‘real’ Africa experiences with the incredible animals of this continent.                   We headed west to the land of the...

St Lucia – more animals and a fair bit of rain

by | Feb 1, 2013 | Africa

    We leave Kruger in brilliant sunshine and visit the Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre where they care for injured and orphaned animals including vultures and birds of prey.               Brian tempted one of these...