Bob after a day of riding through the Hell of the north….in India!Day Two and Three On my first night on the road I stayed in Kanchrapara - a bustling township. The hotel wasn’t easy to find but once located it was reasonable - the standard of things here is pretty...

Day One. India! After leaving Adelaide on the 29th of  December I headed to my old school friends pad in Sydney for three days before flying out to Hanoi on the first day of ‘24. I then spent a fantastic two weeks with Lu travelling around Hanoi and Hoi An. We did so...

The Road to Adelaide On Sunday there was a sense that I was at the ‘beginning of the end’…somehow the ending of the Princes Highway signalled the end of the first half of the journey from Sydney to Adelaide. In my head it did anyway! After a days rest In Traralgon, I...

Tuesday: Bush camping at BellbirdToday was a ‘Princes Highway’ day….put simply, a day of tarmac, traffic and tortuous hills. Whilst there was some relief from the rising mercury from the forested areas, at no point was it particularly enjoyable. I arrived at the one...

Having arrived in Sydney to my mates home in Avalon on the 24th, I promptly fell very sick - fever, cough, blinding headache….,it wasn’t covid at least, but whatever it was it totally buggered up my Christmas and New Year. I sensed my body had simply had enough -I was...

Some parts of the ride were challengingMonday: I started Monday with my usual Banh Mi - crusty roll with egg - in a small street food stall where I got chatting with Vietnamese family who spoke English…and who paid for my breakfast! It’s lovely when hospitality like...