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Baja Baja California is also bigger than it looks on the map and some of it's flat and very boring and with long ruler straight roads with nothing to amuse you, hold the throttle and look out for cows. James, my former host did not, and broke bones and his bike and a cow. Going over the mountains is always fun and there are lots of them around. The first night was spent at thge Old Mill outside st Quintin. I got adopted by 7 yanks who were down there fishing, after all Baja is their home turf. I got: beer, more beer, food, more beer and good company. They got: me. The were a motley bunch: American, Mexican, Chinese, Salvadorian, Argentinian and to top that 1 pcs Swede. United nations in a nutshell. Of course ... read more

California dreamin'/ baboons arse After Joshua tree I went up to King man where i was supposed to couchsurf with someone but she lived in an apartment and beinbg paranoid I didn't want to leave Orange outside in case some druge crazed Yank wantedd to steal it. So it was motel time, boringgggg. Nice Mexican dinner though with a Margarita for desert. !3 th annual River run AKA a Bike meet in Laughlin, so much chrome, so many tattoos, so many very loud exhausts, so many tarted up women in to small clothes, so many fat guys with pony tails, mine was probably the only gay in the village, sorry KTM in town. Grand canyon time, yihaaa. On the map it's close but in reality it's quite far some 350 km or so from Kingman, lots ... read more

Sleepless in Claremont Jet lag sucks, my head is more woozy than not. I've tried to sleep but it's not some thing I can do on command so instead I read a bit, snooze a bit and wait for the morning, Yesterday I spent more money and bought some boots, a back protector, a pair of gloves so now I'm kitted out ready to Rock'n Roll. My landlords/ hosts took me for some canyon carving yesterday, that means that you drive up and down in the canyons and look at the nice views and enjoy all the curves. Speed limits are for suckers, especially when there's noone around. We didn't suck at all, especially Colleen and James, they took off like bats outta hell. Anyway now I know my Orange a lot better. Shame on me ... read more

Asti was nice to walk around both in the evening and during the day. I prefer old cities with a bit or a lot of history to glass and concrete and skyskrapers. The hotels breakfast was ok , not German style but ok. The breakfast hostess was alaugh though, some old tart dressed up to kill with 12 cm heels and made up to go, a red lamp would have made it complete. Last day are boring, you just mope about waiting for your train, ferry,flight. I decided on taking a detour to Alessandria, to check it out for future reference. France has nice name for it's cities but methinks that Italy beats the frogs hands down. Costliglioe d'Asti, Nizza Monferato, Aquiterme. Inchisa Scappino, Castel nuovo Belbo just to mention a few. Note to self: most ... read more

My hotel is filled with divers who all eat breakfast together and talk very loudly to eachother. They're going out to les isles du Levant or something. Breakfast done, teeth brushed, I'll leave the rest to your imagination. The concierge is not at his desk, I wander around a bit a shout and he's very gone God know's where. I wrap my hardearned but well spent euros around my key and leave it on his desk and leave the med to it's own devices. A no so very smart idea is to follow the coast all the way to Nice a very nice idea but it so turns out that just about everyone and their uncles have the same idea. Here the BMW comes handy, lane splitting is fun especially when you pass a couple of ... read more