WHY GO? 0km The other thing everyone always wants to know is why I`m doing this trip, why now and especially why alone. There are a number of answers so I`ll keep updating this as I go along and at the end we`ll all know why I did it (including me!). But to begin with in no particular order, first reason - ADVENTURE Of course, everyone says that. It would be an adventure though of course but I am slightly critical of people going off to do dumb trips like thi...

THE MOTORBIKE 0km I said in the beginning that I would give everyone a list of the stuff I have done to the bike, I also wouldn`t mind writing this down while I still remember. Firstly the choice of bike and why. The bike itself is a Suzuki DR650SE 2007 model. There have been basically no changes to this model bike since 1996 except the colours, which usually would indicate that the bike would be very reliable. By all reports it is, but I`ll tell you for sure...

DARKNESS AND RAIN 260km I woke up eager to get back on the bike after my `holiday` in Kyoto. Checked out of my hotel to find a big notice taped to the tank of by bike, lucky its a big tank. The bike parked next to mine had the same notice stuck to it so I guessed it was a don`t park your bike here sign. Mine had been parked there for almost three days now without having any warnings or the like so it looked like it was a good time to leave. It has cooled down ...