travelling

Britney came bounding up the stairs at Walaba ; “we are going with you to Panama tomorrow, we booked seats on the same shuttle, hope you don’t mind”. “How could I mind having the company of a couple of luvly young ladies such as yourselves”? I said. Kayla and Britney, a couple of nineteen year … Continue reading »

Maria just dropped by to tell me my beer has been delayed; a young German guest has a fever and has been taken to the hospital to get some tests for malaria, my beer awaits the results of those tests, for the driver must stay with the wounded. What a beautiful place I find myself … Continue reading »

When I arrived in Monterey, Henrietta was whining something terrible. I parked her up and went for a walk down Cannery Row, with all the other tourists. Along the way, I noticed a Harley parked on the side of the road, looking around I noticed a bloke sitting on a bench with all the leathers … Continue reading »

The last time I was in San Francisco I stayed in the city which was ok but now I had transport, I decided to stay outside the city. Coming south on 101 just before you go over the Golden Gate Bridge there is a turn off for Sausalito, a left before you get there and … Continue reading »

I met Peter in the hostel in Seaside; he was from Canada and was riding a Kawasaki which he had bought in Panama. He had ridden up through Central America and Mexico and was almost home, he had a bit of trouble getting out of Panama he told me, “three times I arrived at the … Continue reading »

Olympia! I’d been here a couple of times, changing buses when I was looking at bikes, so I was familiar with the place. Even though this is the capitol of Washington State, it is a lot smaller than Seattle; there was one hostel in town, which turned out to be a little 2 bedroom weatherboard … Continue reading »

  “Who’s Joe?” I asked Bill one day, he looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and shouted over to Carmelita,” who’s Joe, Carmelita”, Carmelita shrugged and said “dunno”. I’m still trying to work out what the mystery was? There never seemed to be anyone hanging around at the end of the bar, I never saw … Continue reading »

I ended up staying in Seattle longer than I’d imagined, I thought I might have the bike sorted in a couple of weeks but I was to stay there four. I looked at many and got a good insight into the Harley range, so that when I found the right one, I could go ahead. … Continue reading »

  I felt refreshed after a fantastic time in Whistler and was planning a trip to Vancouver Island, which I’d heard so much about. I was walking down Granville Street in downtown Vancouver when I smelt the familiar smell of marijuana, not unusual anywhere on the west coast, I’d gotten used to it by now. … Continue reading »

We went off to get my boots, skis and lift pass, I already had my tour guide and all I had to do, was tag along. We got on the gondola, at the bottom of Blackcomb and headed up the mountain, it seemed to go on forever but eventually we were getting off, only to … Continue reading »