Originally from America. Proud citizen of Australia. Currently riding my motorcycle around the world. 44 countries so far and counting. ;-)
I truly had to stop and stare at it for a bit.. it’s the dag gone Alps!! I’m like, holy crap!! I didn’t expect to see them there.. and then the thought of riding a motorcycle over !!??? Yes.. I expected to see them in Austria.. but you can see how I was shocked. The lovely soft rolling hills of green. I assumed my clue that I was getting close to...
Happy New Year from WINTER in Tuscany Italy!! The good news after about 8 weeks, I finally have my computer back from repairs in Austria… that was a long and difficult wait.. But now I hope to get to work and get this blog updated! I can tell you I have seen so much, met so many amazing people and had so much fun since my last entry.. so I...
Onward and upward from Estonia to Finland! From here I must take a ferry. I started to think that this motorcycle trip around the world includes so many ferry rides.. seems like I am cheating! But then I remembered that the earth’s surface is 75% water.. and I’m on a motorcycle, what do you expect Sherri Jo??? Just be glad I don’t have to put on...
Red sky in morning, bikers take warning… Little bits of snow starting falling from the sky in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is such a massive city, so best option was to get on the highway around it and start heading west from the other side. Not long after, it turned into big rain and lasted the rest of the day. I knew this was coming, I saw the forecast, but as...
Three full days on a train, I was excited about this! It was fun for a while, but it got to be too long as you might imagine. I was really missing my bike, and I wished I hadn’t done this, but I tried to make the most of it. What surprised me is that the landscape looked the same the entire way!! Those 2 ladies at the window came well equipped with heaps of...
After a good sleep in my wooden yurt, I take off early again to get back to Novosibirsk.. and back to more familiar faces. First stop, a big drink of much needed fuel! I still waited to eat though. Hungry as I was, I could have found something in this town, but I knew I wanted to go back to the café at Aktash… Back to the same place I had been before...
I finally make my way to a planned village, Tsengel. I was really hoping to find some food.. It was around 2:30, so I was a bit hungry. I went into the café, and I saw what they were eating, and it just wasn’t going to work for me this time… some culture food works and some don’t! There is only one choice in this cafe.. boiled minced meat wrapped in a little dumpling...
Sunrise in Olgii Mongolia I didn’t get much sleep that night in my little guesthouse. It was certainly quiet enough around there!But what kept me awake was the thought that tomorrow I ride through rough dirt tracks by myself. What if I have to cross water, and I fall over. How will I pick the bike up.. Or what if I fall over anywhere for that matter? Will it be...
WELCOME TO MONGOLIA! This is actually one of the first photos I took in the country. It’s only 80 km from the border to my destination of Olgiy. Such an amazing change of landscape, I can see the magical mystical draw it has on people. The beginning of the journey was a typical extremely rigidy road as they are when they have a fair amount of...
I was so excited that today was the day I go to Mongolia!!! I have been dreaming of visiting Mongolia so many years since I used to watch the Travel Channel in America. It took some decision making to make this little side journey, because I was warned that I am too late in the season to visit this area due to the cold high elevations. I nearly...