From Niagara we entered America through Buffalo, this may have been a mistake, we had to queue in the traffic for an hour before we even reached the control point and then the fun began. America, the home of bureaucracy and boxes that we need to fit into, and well, we don't fit the boxes. Who would ride their Australian registered motorcycle around the world, and why would we want to?? That is pretty much what was said to us! So when it comes to filling in the fi...

From Halifax we headed east again, which is kind of odd when we should be heading west, we followed the coast as much as possible, passing through small towns on our way to Cape Breton Island. It was lovely riding on near empty roads, even if their condition was often rather bad and the people we met as we went were just so incredibly friendly without being over the top. On Cape Breton Island we headed to the National Park that we had been told was a must visit p...

To get to Halifax we had to fly via Frankfurt, where we were expecting a 2.5 hour stopover, the airline had other ideas, we ended up there for 5.5 hours, they had had to fix the plane in Kenya, this didn't fill us with confidence! After a long flight though we arrived safe and sound in Halifax. We then caught three buses to get to our hostel and arrived some time just after midnight, meaning we had been up for 24 hours by the time we got into bed, it had been a l...

After dropping the bike off in Southampton we caught the train to Cambridge where we were staying with a friend for a couple of days. Cambridge was a very interesting and quite expensive town, all the lovely old college buildings to see, but when we were there it was end of term and graduation time, so all the colleges were closed to tourists and the place was packed with parents and students, we did get to look around one college on our last day before catching ...

From Wales we headed down to Southampton to make arrangements to ship the bike to Halifax in Canada. We had already found a shipping company that offered Roll on Roll off, but we just wanted to be sure of what we were getting and to tie up loose ends. All was good and the lady we were dealing with was most helpful. On the way to Southampton we stopped and had a look at Stone Henge and Salisbury Cathedral, in the rain and wind. Some people have said they didn't th...