April 2, 2012 After a fun and rewarding winter season in Florida, I'm off on another adventure trip. This time a motorcycle trip through Nepal and Tibet. Before leaving Toronto, I had spent some very enjoyable time with my kids and grandkids. Michelle and Travis gave birth to their second child, Lily Naomi, on March 31. She is absolutely beautiful and healthy and is being taken good care of by her big 2 year old sister Maya Sophia. Robbie is busy working full time with Interactive Sports Technologies. He is doing very well, traveling all over the world, most recently a trip to China for the Asian Golf Association trade show. Johnny graduates this month in Business from Georgian College (Way to go Johnny!) There are 2 rumors going around about Johnny, one is that he ... read more

Oct 4 - Oct 18, South Island New Zealand After 24 hours in transit from Phuket to Christchurch, NZ, I was greeted at the airport by 2 very good friends, Phillipa Saxton and June Taylor. I met them on my trip 2 years ago in the Balkins. We spent the night at June's son's house in Christchurch. The next morning we toured Christchurch to see the damage from the 2 major earthquakes that happened in the past year. I had no idea how serious this natural disaster was. The city is basically shutdown. Two of the oldest cathedrals in the city were essentially destroyed. Since the last earthquake in February this year, there have been over 1000 aftershocks - in fact this week there was one that was 5.5 on the Reichter scale. They dont want ... read more

The Caucasion Challenge 2011 A car rally that will take Mike and Shelly across Eastern Europe from Budapest to Yerevan. Geo caching for 6500 kms. I am writing 11 days into our challenge. Tough to catch up but will capture the trip and its highlites the best that we can. We are finding it quite difficult to get to our destination on time, in fact, we are quite frequently, last in so to open up the laptop and write, we just dont have the time or energy. The days are long, the roads are trecherous, windy and our little Lada can't quite make it up the hills as quickly as the rest of the gang. A car rally such as this requires patience, accuracy and a lot of optimisim and we have already found ourselves in ... read more

Delhi to Kathmandu Oct 30 - Nov 7, Delhi to Kathmandu Shelly left early this morning at 2:35 am. I'm on my own now for another 5 weeks. Finally I get a good nights sleep... just kidding. I am exhausted though. This past week has been very tiring - lots of driving, lots of castles, forts and palaces, and meeting many great people. So I have a few days in Delhi to relax before flying to Nepal. Saturday Oct 30 I am staying at the famous Imperial Hotel . It was highly recommended by my friend Phillipe, as a "must do" experience. It is amazing, with incredible artwork and historical pieces, but it is a little overwhelming. After a good nights sleep, I treated myself to a full English breakfast, read the paper, and got caught ... read more

Rick Shaw Challenge Oct 12 - 22, Chennai to Hyderabad Oct 14, 2010 _ Chennai India - 33degrees Celsius We safely arrived in Chennai just before midnight without any problems! The flight was smooth, the food was amazing and of course having the advantage of going Business allowed us to be well rested! Arriving in Chennai, we already sense the chaos that will await us outside the airport. We immediately recognize the "Crazy Canucks" sign and welcoming team, Princley and Ahmed who take us straight to our hotel about 20 minutes away. We've been booked into Comfort Motel in Egmor, a sub-burb of Chennai. Clean and welcoming. October 15, 2010 Up and ready to welcome India! Because we drove in at night to our hotel, we both anxiously looked outside the window to take it in. ... read more