Hello World

As the adventure continues, this installment finds us (Strider and me) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Worlds away from our last installment.

There are a lot of pictures from Nepal and India for those of you who have not yet seen them. The last batches of pictures have been processed with new software (and computer) so it has a slightly different look and feel from the previous pages. I am still working on that.

Yes, my old trusty Dell finaly succumed to old age and the Indian electricity system, so that I was forced to replace it. The new "Dell" is an Apple MacBook (Black, what could be cooler?). Why Apple doesn't rule the world is beyond me.

The blog has almost keept up (only almost). The journals are still way behind, and the tracks are also a bit behind. But they will catch up eventually so keep checking.

Sao Paulo and the brazilians have been great so far and I am really enjoying it here. Unfortunately it has been a bit cold and rainy, so it will be nice to get my bike and head north, to the warmth. Again, something new for me, "heading north to the warmth" makes you realize you are on the southern hemisphere..

Ok, have a look around and enjoy travelling with me as I discover the world.

15.02.2006 Still in Goa; after all this time, why!?!

Web Updates

Well it has been a long time coming, but finally it is time to start moving on. The next stop will be somewhere in south India.

But first a little background about these pages. The web pages will now contain a section with news, which are standalone events that I have described more thoroughly in a separate "article" rather than bore anyone who isn't interested.

The journal and a lot of the other main pages will continue as previously, I have hijacked a lot of the content and will expand on it here as I go (hopefully). The links can be found on all the pages at the top and bottom.

Please note that if you are familiar with "old" pages, some of the items are now collated under Miscellaneous rather than clutter the menu bar with more items.

I am still playing around with the format and layout. But the data will be more or less the same.

Back On The Road

The last 4 months have been wonderful. The first month, I did absolutely nothing, besides spend time on the beach, reading, and hanging out at the internet cafe. Benaulim was still very, very quiet as there were no tourist here yet. Then I started doing some work on the web site, and maintenance on the bikes. All in all a little over a month and half was spent working on the two bikes. I will get into more details in subsequent NEWS items. A few hints can be found in the India Journal.

In between the bike work, I worked on the web pages, and did some more reading. In particular over the holiday season, while waiting for parts. But in the end everything was done that had to be done, and now it is time for the next step. Get back on the road. The facts are as follows. On the 4th of April I have to be out of India as my visa expires. Other than that I have no pressure to do much of anything, so I will do a leisurely round of the southern tip of india before heading north to Nepal. I am planning on avoiding any major city, say more than > 3 million people. Which in india is actually a pretty small city.

Further Plans

At the moment I am collecting information on getting my bike shipped to South America. I am hoping to start in Surinam and head south and around. Depending on when I finally get out of South Asia. If it becomes necessary I may come back to India after getting a new visa in Nepal, and possibly visit some parts which I will probably not get a chance to do now. The major issue will be the monsoon, although for some strange reason, I actually think it might be nice to see india in "full bloom" as it were. Or maybe not. we shall see.

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If anyone has any suggestions (all suggestions will be read, the best one will be enacted upon), please let me know

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