Blogs from North America - page 8739

Der Wecker laeutet um 6 Uhr - der Beginn eines laaaaangen Tages. Um 7.30 Uhr geht es mit dem Flughafenbus nach Muenchen, von wo wir nach Philadelphia fliegen. Die ersten strengen Sicherheitskontrollen in Muenchen - seit kurzem duerfen bei USA-Fluegen ja keine Fluessigkeiten mehr mitgenommen werden - passieren wir mit ersten Diskussionen, da wir Nasenspray im Handgepaeck dabei haben... Nach dem 9-Stunden-Flug gehts dann in Philadelphia zuerst durch die Immigration und dann zum Gepaecksband. Waehrend wir auf unser Gepaeck warten, tapselt ploetzlich ein kleines Huendchen herbei und schnueffelt wie wild am Handgepaeck herum. Am anderen Ende der Hundeleine steht eine strenge Beamtin...der Schreck faehrt in unsere Glieder - sie haben uns erwischt!!! Wir wussten ja schon zuvor, es ist gefaehrlich, verbotene Dinge in die USA einzuschmuggeln, aber wir haben es halt riskiert - 2 Aepfel und ... read more

What's up folks?! Finally managed to find time to relax and catch up with the blog, we have been flying round like mentalists lately! As you may of read in the last blog, we made it to our hostel in West Hollywood where we spent just under a week. We were right in between Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard which was wasn't exactly glamourous as previously imagined, but silver lining, it's where all the cool bars were! Unfortunately everywhere in California closes at 01:30 but we did go to the famous Canters Deli on Fairfax for a 3AM breakfast (Thanks Chantal!) Most evenings we would sit on the patio chatting (Yo Mark) with some tinnies before going out or going to the in-house bar for double rum and cokes at a $1 each, which helped both ... read more

I got up real early to make it to the Western Union first thing and I noticed some people had come in really late last night into the dorm. One was already awake and his name was Hiro - he had Japanese heritage to his credit but he was born in Mexico. He was in Santa Monica just a few weeks out from studying biochemistry at UCLA. I chatted to him as I checked out a workmate’s MySpace. We both laughed when I tried to close it down but KillSwitch Engage blared out through the PC speakers, possibly waking up the rest of the hostel. After checking email (without the inhabitancies of the Aussie nerds playing poker), I ventured down to the Western Union on 4th St, just two blocks up from the hostel. As ... read more

Motorhome News from North America 22. 1st -12th September 2006 Nova Scotia - Cape Breton to The Bay of Fundy and ghostly ships Bright rose hips are gathering in the hedgerows and maple leaves are showing their first signs of change; those pale shades of yellow and chestnut brown, as we pass along the highway. Fall will be with us all too soon but we must mark time for a while to fulfil our plans to reach New England and the blaze of colour dreamed of for so long. Winnie was booked in for minor maintenance at Adventure Sports at Dartford, just outside Halifax, in the caring hands of Dave’s men, Scott and Michael. Whilst we waited, Janice came with me to the gent’s barbers - just to make sure they cut it short enough to ... read more

Untitled2001 Honda ST1100 THE ADVENTURES OF “RT & ST” THE ABILENE TOUR SEPTEMBER 2006 Our real tour starts when we cross the Brazos River. The problem is we are parked near the banks of Village Creek just South of I-30. Some freeway running is needed to escape this concrete jungle known as D/FW Metro Mess. Allow me to introduce myself and my running buddy. My official model designation is Honda ST1100, but I go by names such as ST Eleven, Pan European, Sport Touring or just “ST”. My running buddy, you will see in the following photos, is a BMW R1100RT sometimes called Beemer, Oil Head, or just “RT”. Please excuse his Stainetune exhaust rumble and popping. You might say this is not our first rodeo. We have seen lots of two lane highways in Arkansas, ... read more