It’s 5:30am and pouring rain in Vancouver….a perfect day to start a month long trip to South America!!! You guys feel sorry for me yet??? haha….just a little “spendin the night in the airport” humor….We left Vancouver at 7:00am Monday October 3rd for Toronto, where we then catch a connecting flight to Lima, Peru….pretty much a total of 15hrs travelling time with basically no sleep ( I can never get any sleep on a plane)… the “plan”…fly into Lima for 11:30pm, stay overnight at the airport for a 7:45am flight to Cuzco, arrive Cuzco at 9:00am, check into the hostel by 10:00am, spend rest of the day exploring the city….sounded great when we made up the plan a couple of weeks ago….not so much now….it’s about 4:30 in the morning and I’m plunking away on my keyboard with about 45 minutes of sleep waiting for this dam flight to Cuzco!! The whole idea was to save a hotel night by connecting to Cuzco when we arrived at Lima….not sure if we will ever do that again to save $100….anyhow, you live and learn and at least I have time for an entry in my blog…..

Closest thing we could find to a bed at Lima Airport...surprisingly enough, we weren't the only ones "spending the night"

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Yeah...that's me under that "borrowed" Air Canada blanket....

When we do make Cuzco this morning, we will spend 5 days exploring the city and Machu Picchu, then it’s back to Lima for a few days and see what that’s all about…..now it’s time to see if I can get a little more “shut eye”……

So, for those of you who know me…or at least heard me babble away for a little while, you would know that one of my “goals” was to ride up to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska (northernmost town in North America accessible by road)….Well, I planned on and was pretty much ready to leave right after the Labour Day long weekend… after spending the long weekend in Victoria (a little golf trip), I was gonna take a couple of days to pack up, then hit the road north…..it didn’t quite work out that way…..for the previous few months, I had been casually searching for a new motorcycle…BMW F800GS…as you may or may not know, there are not a lot of these bikes for sale and they are relatively hard to find, at any given time, there may only be half a dozen for sale throughout North America (usually on the east coast). Keeping my eye on Ebay, Craigslist, Kijji and other Internet classifieds , I was always on the “look out” for any F800’s in Canada or the US but there just wasn’t a whole lot out there…I even started checking out Ebay UK thinking there may be more over there….no luck.

The Labour Day weekend I was going with a few buddies to Victoria for a couple of rounds of golf and a little bit of debauchery in the city of Vic!!! We have been doing this trip for the last few years and has now become sort of a tradition, so if you’re looking to golf on the Labour Day weekend, you’ll know where we could meet….anyhow, the Wednesday before the weekend, while doing my usual online search for BMW’s, I came across Island BMW’s (Victoria BMW dealer) website that listed a 2009 F800GS with 7800km still under warranty!! To make a long story short, I gave them a call, we worked out a price, dropped a deposit and arranged to pick up the bike the following Saturday…..It worked out perfect!! I was already going to Victoria, I would pick up the bike before our round of golf on Saturday and ride the bike home on Sunday…It was just that easy!!!

My New Baby!!! It took a little searching, but I finally found one

This thing is great!!!! The KLR is still the best “value for dollar” adventure bike out there but it still has it’s limitations….The BMW is just a better more advanced overall bike, better power, better ride and better accessories. Of course, the bike choice for Alaska would be the BMW, but to get it ready for the trip, I would still need to add a few things….crash bars, new seat, windscreen etc…so back online and ordering up all the needed parts. By this time, we are looking at middle to end of September before all the parts arrive and get installed…checking the weather patterns for Alaska, Yukon and NWT for that time of year, it didn’t look good…although though the daytime highs looked ok, it was the evening lows (below freezing) and unpredictability that really had me worried…the decision was made to postpone Alaska (believe me, I will get up there some time) until better weather.

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Yeah I know…..I have been lazy again and haven’t updated this blog for a long time!! After San Fran and the races at Laguna Adam and I parted ways….he had to get back to home and I was on my way to San Diego to do a little golfing…. I was going to meet a few friends in San Diego for a golf weekend but I had a few days to kill….so whenever you have a few spare days, what do ya do??? Vegas baby!!! So off I was to San Diego via Las Vegas and I decided to get to Vegas thru Death Valley…never been there before and decided to sweat my a*** off and check it out….

One of the many never ending roads......I think it was about 110 degrees out!!!

Went over a few sand dunes to get this one......now thats a desert!

I reached the hottest point of the valley at about 200ft below sea level and it was HOT!!!! I was surprised at the amount of traffic travelling through, but I guess it’s one of those places that you just have to see at least once….Off to Vegas now…usual Vegas stuff except I stayed on Fremont Street (Golden Nugget) instead of the strip….It was actually a lot of fun and much cheaper that the strip!! I also got to sample the famous $1.99 shrimp cocktail (used to be 99cents)…not bad at all.

Stayed in Vegas a few days then back on the bike pointed towards San Diego for some golf…a few buddies were flying down and we had tee times at Torrey Pines and Steel Canyon….Usual guys golf weekend debauchery with no pics….that’s the unwritten rule amongst my friends…Had a great weekend, spent a lot of cash and lost a lot of golf balls!!! The boys flew out that Sunday and I was back on the bike headed north…time to go home…Pretty much just headed north with no planned destinations or stops other than Crater Lake in Oregon, It had been a while on the road and it was time to get home…..

Tight single lane road following Salmon River in Northern Cali...Believe it or not semi trucks travel along this road as I found out coming around a blind corner and saying hello to one of their grills....it was a close one as I was almost forced off the side of the road...whew!!!

Crater Lake in Central Oregon......

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Still snow in middle of July...I think the elevation was about 8000 feet....

After Crater Lake, it was pretty much 12hrs on the bike to get home….it was a loooong day, but I was glad to be home!!!!

I have been back in Vancouver now for almost a month now and it has been beautiful here!!! One day of rain in all off August!!! Sunny and hot the other days…..so it’s been kinda tough to leave on my next trip…Alaska is (was??) the next destination and I was planning to leave after the Labour Day long weekend…That got pushed back cause I ended up purchasing a new motorcycle…BMW F800GS….much nicer that my trusty KLR, but also much more expensive. Anyone wanna buy a KLR????

So the plan is to take the BMW up to Alaska, but I still need to add a few parts to get it ready for the trip. They are all on order now and I am waiting for delivery, but the problem is that it is starting to get a little late in the year and I am not sure how the weather is going to in Alaska for end of September…..hmmmm, so right now I am gonna fix the bike up and get it ready to go, then check the weather in Alaska and make a game time decision….If I don’t end up doing Alaska, I have another option of heading to Peru and Machu Pichu in October…..so only time will tell!!!!

San Jose to San Fran….Adam is a huge Sound Garden fan and found out that they were gonna play in San Fran wed night, day before the races start…he had to go, so we hit the concert wednesday (my ears were ringing for days after) and went for some seafood on fisherman’s wharf…

Bib on, drink in hand.....Bring on the crab!!!!!

a little race action going on...

I had a few pics from the concert, but they didn’t turn out very well, I guess it musta been all that jostling in front of the stage….The next day, we made the 2hr trek to Laguna Seca, set up camp and got ready for race weekend…

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Home sweet home...for the next couple of days...

Morning breakfast of champions...in the beer tent

View of the track from our camp site...notice the fog rolling in...even though it was end of July, it was still gettin cold at night...

The races were awsome!!! I’m not a race fan, but being at the track with all the people, race bikes screaming around and the demos they had going on was incredible…I would go back in a second, except maybe skip the camping…races ended on sunday around 5pm, we packed up everything and went to go find a hotel with a shower and nice bed for the night….tomorrow we part ways!!!!

We headed as far east we are gonna go and it’s time to turn around towards San Fran/Monterey so we can make the races at Laguna Seca starting July 22….Pretty much our plan was to make it back west as soon as possible (3 days) and maybe hang in San Fran for a couple of days before the races….But plans never go as planned, do they? We left Mt Rushmore on Sunday and were going to see how close to Salt Lake City we could get, we made it to Rock Springs Wyoming…not much to speak of here, just a lot of Interstate riding….Next day, back on the road through Salt Lake City with a stop at the Bonneville Salt Flats…If you haven’t been here before, it’s a pretty weird sight to see. For those of you who don’t know The Bonneville Salt Flats is a densely-packed salt pan in northwestern Utah that is a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville. It is the largest of many salt flats located west of the Great Salt Lake and is known for land speed records at the “Bonneville Speedway”.

Adam at the Salt Flats.....

Me at the Salt Flats.....

All you can see is white!!!! About 7 miles behind me is the Bonneville Speedway...

About an hour past the Salt Flats at a gas stop, I noticed that my chain was makin a lot of noise, a quick glance down revealed that my chain was slowly coming apart and looked like it would go any second….this wasn’t good, here we were just into the state of Nevada, it’s about 5pm saturday evening and we have to find a motorcycle shop for a new chain….We tossed around the option of just continuing on and hoping the chain would hold till Reno (another 250 miles) but the idea of being stranded in the middle of the highway didn’t sound too appealing….luckily, at the gas station, the people there were very kind and helpful (unfortunately I didn’t get their names) and the owner went to a lot of trouble to find us a bike shop and get them to open up and sell us a chain (they were already closed for the day)…I can’t thank those people enough as we may have been stuck there till the following Monday…After all the calls were made, we back tracked a bit to a town called Elko in Nevada where I got my new chain..by then it was too late to continue on and we spent the night in Elko at the Red Lion Casino Motel (they have casinos everywhere in Nevada!!)…Next day, back on the road to Lake Tahoe for a couple of days rest and some riding throughout Lake Tahoe….not sure why, but I didn’t get any pics while we were there?? In Tahoe, we found out that the Vancouver Whitecaps were playin the San Jose Earthquake and thought it would be a great idea to go see them….So off to San Jose to catch a soccer game!!!

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Adam on his wayb to San Jose....

Adam again...action shot....

Break time!!!

San Jose Earthquake vs. Vancouver Whitecaps...it was a lot of fun and the game ended in a 2-2 tie.

Tomorrow it’s to San Fran to catch a Sound Garden concert for the night……

I’ve been a little lazy the last couple weeks and I haven’t posted for a while….To tell you the truth, it takes a little time to update this blog and we have been putting on a lot of miles lately, so I’ll try to summarize what we’ve been doing this past week. After Colville Washington, the four of us made our way into Idaho and ended a full day of riding in a quaint little town named Orofino which started out as a little gold mining town…the goal was to make our way to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming…still a long ways away!!! Over the next couple of days we hit the asphalt and packed on the miles to Yellowstone, nothing too much to report other than the fact that we ran into one of the worst rain/hail storms I’ve ever been through, cars were pulling over but we pushed on to at least the closest motel we could find….maybe not the smartest thing, but it sounded much better than getting pummeled by hail at the side of the road…Anyhow, we did eventually make Yellowstone safe and sound and experienced Old Faithful (even though it was pouring rain at the time)…

The crazy twisty "Spiral Highway" in Idaho on our way to Yellowstone....

Top of the "Spiral Highway"

Adam passing me and my slow KLR.....

Old Faithful in "standby" mode....the weather kinda sucked, it rained all day long...

"Thar she blows!!!!"...Bill and Liz are posing....a little hard to see cause of the weather...

In the visitor center drying off and warming up......Adam, Liz and Bill

Leavin Yellowstone, we run into a few of these guys....they were all over the place!!

It had been several days into our trip and it was time for Bill and Liz to start making their way back to Vancouver (they had to get back for work) and Adam and I to start making our way to Mt Rushmore in South Dakota….We spent part of the day making our way out of Yellowstone (and running into a lot of buffalo) and by mid day, we hit a fork in the road….Bill and Liz continued on north towards the Canada/US border, Adam and I headed east to make our way towards South Dakota…..

Road work delay on hwy 212....notice all the bikes on the road.....

Hwy 212 criss crosses the Montana/Wyoming State line climbing to over 10,000 ft...hence the snow...it was a little chilly, but the views were incredible!!

More snow heading east on Hwy 212.......

We were hoping to make Spearfish South Dakota that day, about 400 miles, but once again we ran in some bad Wyoming weather….lightning, thundershowers and hail…once again the crappy Wyoming weather cuts our riding day short…we veer off to a town called Sheridan and booked into the Best Western for the night….Next day it’s into Spearfish, Sturgis and Mt Rushmore in South Dakota…All of these stops are relatively close together and make up an incredible area of small western towns, beautiful motorcycle roads and incredible scenery (this is probably one of the reasons why Sturgis is home to one of the largest motorcycle rallies in North America)….definite deserves a return visit!!!

Riding thru "Main Street USA".....

Mt Rushmore....here's the boys....most common comment "I thought it was bigger"

Us with the boys in the background.....

Riding around Mt Rushmore....some of the roads/tunnels were barely big enough for car to get through....

So after touring around South Dakota for a couple of days, it was time to start heading back west towards Monterey CA for the races at Laguna Seca…….

Petrocan Station gettin ready to head out for the MidWest USA..left to right, Bill, Adam, Liz, me

It’s Saturday July 9th and I’m parked at the Petrocan on Burrard and 2nd meeting up with Adam, bill and Liz to begin our trip into the US heading east…… It’s been a few days since I have returned from Thailand and I am barely over the jet lag but after a little maintenance on the bike and a few good nights sleep, I am ready to go!!!! My return from Thailand actually was extended by a day courtesy of Air Canada…my flight from Thailand to Japan (Narita Airport) was late by a few minutes and Air Canada closed the gate for our connecting flight…..from the looks of it, it sounds reasonable, but we had plenty of time to get to the gate and to add insult, the flight left late!!! So anyhow, after much “discussion”, we (there was 5 others supposed to be on the flight as well) basically got no where and had to spend the night in Narita… In the end it wasn’t a huge inconvenience for me as I didn’t have to be back right away, but there were others who did and it just screwed up their plans…..anyhow, I got to see Narita (about 2hrs outside of Tokyo) and experience a little bit of Japan….Will definitely have to go back….

Got on the road about 9:00am and headed south towards the border, skies clear, temp mild, generally a beautiful day for a ride!!! The plan was to make Spokane Wa. that day, about 700 km, but we would take all scenic country roads…no interstates!!! Adam and Bill have ridden thru Washington State many times and are quite familiar with the neat little roads in the state, so I was just a follower cruzin through all these scenic byways making our way east….we only made it to Colville Wa (about 70 miles north of Spokane) the first day, but had some great roads to get there…..not too many pics as I concentrating on road  makin sure I didn’t end up in a ditch….
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Back in Bangkok again on election day......

Left Chanweng Beach yesterday and now back in Bangkok for one last dentist appointment before I catch my flight back home….It just happens to be election day here in Thailand and the police are bracing for any kind of riots after the results are announced….If you remember from the previous few years, Thailand has experienced political unrest and demonstrations that has involved the military, several deaths and many injuries…I am curious to see what will happen after the elections today (as is everyone else), although it seems like the people will accept whatever outcome the election brings, you just never know….anyhow, I am hopping on a flight to Tokyo tomorrow morning, so more than likely, if anything does happen, it’ll be after I have left….

Just to sum this whole last minute trip to Thailand…as for the dental work, I ended up having to get more work done that I had anticipated, but everything seemed to work out fairly well. The dentist here found that I had to get a root canal done as well as a crown on a different tooth than what my dentist back home suggested… I was a little hesitant, but my tooth was really bothering me and the thought of waiting till I got home just didn’t cut it…so I went ahead with it all and I am really glad I did… If I had gone with my dentist back home, I probably would of had gotten two crowns as well as a root canal which, without a dental plan, would of cost a small fortune!!! Here, I got the work done and probably saved enough money to cover a good part of my trip….and I wasn’t in pain!! So all in all, I would do it again…maybe not make a special trip for it, but if you’re already here, go for it!! Btw, they do a booming business in cosmetic surgery as well, so if you are looking for that kinda stuff, it might be worth checking out…
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I have really enjoyed my stay here and would recommend it to anyone…I got to see a little bit of everything Thailand has to offer…from the big metropolitan city of Bangkok to the rain forest jungles of Chiang Mai to the white sandy beaches of Koh Samui, Thailand has something for everyone…I would recommend this to anyone!! (wow, I sound like a travel brochure)…I would definitely come back and maybe plan some trips to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos as Thailand seems to be a natural base for visiting those countries….one thing that I did realize while on this trip was that I found that I need to keep moving…I found that a week in any one location was too long for me and after 3-4 days I was checking the maps to see where else I could move onto ( I almost took off to Malaysia for a few days, but couldn’t work the flights into my schedule), so when I do come back, I plan to have a lot of destinations in store…..

Tomorrow I make my way back to Vancouver and that will end another little trip in my adventure….I will be back for a week then back on the bike to head south again into the US. This time I will be with a few other riders and we are gonna see how far east we can get before we have to start heading southwest (try to make it to Mount Rushmore).From there southwest to San Fran and San Diego….anyhow, more on this next week…

See ya at home….

Beautiful white sand beaches.....

and it’s not raining!!! I’ve been here at Chanweng beach in Koh Samui…It’s the largest and most popular beach here on Koh Samui and with it is all the nightlife/tourist stuff that goes along with this popular beach destination…Koh Samui is only second in size (and popularity) to Phuket but has all the amenities of it’s larger cousin. Koh Samui is located in the south east in the Gulf of Thailand as opposed to the westcoast where Phuket is located…apparently during the “rainy” season, the east does not experience as much rain as the westcoast which is why I ended up here…so far, so good….we’ve only had a few thundershowers since I’ve been here and those were usually during the evening, still lots of sun and heat (and humidity!!).

Everyone should be able to work like this....not that I'm working!!!

I’m staying at the Muang Kulaypan Resort which is located on the north end of the beach which is the quiet end yet only a five minute walk to all the main action of Chanweng Beach. The resort is model with a Japanese zen like theme including lots of waterfalls  and mats…I almost felt like meditating out by the infinity pool everyday!!! ( for those who really know me, that would never happen) but it was nice none the less….

Chanweng Beach in Koh Samui really reminds me of any beach resort town in mexico, just in a different language….the usual bars, souvenir shops and restaurants that you would find at any beach resort, having said this, the locals are really nice and not quite as “pushy” as some other places ( I can only speak of mexico really).

After a few days of getting my “bearings” and getting acquainted with Chanweng Beach, I decided to do the usual tourist thing and rent a scooter for a couple of days at the cost of about 200-250 baht/day, equivalent to about $8 cdn, quite an economical mode of transportation…the one caveat, Thailand has the highest number of scooter accidents and an alarming number of fatalities, this in part due to the number of tourists as well as the driving habits in Thailand, but, I think if you play it safe and don’t be stupid on the roads, more than likely you’ll be ok (oh yeah, experience riding motorcycles would help as well)…

Here's my ride for a few days.....110cc of raw power!!!!!

So off I went touring the Island, it really doesn’t take that long since the island is really small and takes about 2 hrs to drive around the whole thing…There’s really not that much to see other than a few temples, waterfalls and beaches….

Big Buddha stands over 12 meters tall on the northern part of the island

One of the many waterfalls on the island...had to hike for an hour to get to this one!!

Grandfather Rock in Lamai Beach....what does this look like??? There's a female version as well (Grandmother Rock) but I couldn't get a pic...

Quaint little cove by Grandfather Rock....

One thing I did find interesting was at Wat Khunaram, a monk that died over 20 years ago in his meditation pose has been preserved in the same position and is on display in a special enclosure…..

Dead for over 20 years!! This monk is remarkably preserved, they say due to his meditation and veganism...they put sunglasses on him cause the caretakers found bugs in his eyes....

So, the scooter has been returned and I just plan to hang on the beach for the next few days and relax….then back to Bangkok for a few days before I return to Vancouver.

Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to mention, if you have been to Ko Samui (or Phuket for that matter), you would of noticed that 90%…ok, more like 98% of the scooter riders do not wear helmets (tourists and locals) even though it is officially the law to wear one. Pretty much it seemed like one of those laws that is just ignored (helmetless riders routinely ride by police without any action at all)….until the cops need to replenish the kitty. The scooter I rented came with a helmet but it was two sizes too small, I inquired about a larger one but was told they only had one size…so I just tossed it aside thinking “what the heck” and everything was fine as I passed many policemen…until the second day…the cops actually had a road block setup specifically for helmetless riders just outside their station (how convenient). They were pulling over so many riders that there was no room to park!!! The fine was 300 baht (about $10 cdn) which had to paid right away…what a cash cow!!! They barely even wanted to know your name…maybe payday was coming up and they were running a little short….at least the locals were getting fined as well and not just the tourists….hmmf, first ticket I’ve had in over ten years…

Pouring rain!!!! Just like Vancouver

Who would of thought??? Just because it’s rainy season and all…..hahaha ….. usually the only rain I’ve seen has been the tropical downpours that last about 20 minutes, then it clears up and dries in about 15 minutes….this has been going on all afternoon, glads it my last day here cause the forecast calls for rain in the next few days…..So today I got my zip lining in. The tour company showed up this time and this morning I was whisked away to the jungle about an hour and a half outside of Chiang Mai. The tour was called the “Flight of the Gibbons” and was actually a well organized, well run outfit,  basically 3 hours of zip lining, a waterfall hike and a decent lunch. Fortunately I caught the morning run and missed all the rain in the afternoon… I know we’ve got zip lining at several spots in Vancouver/Whistler and I never had the inkling to go, but it’s something about being on vacation that you do things you normally wouldn’t (hmmm, maybe when I get back i should be a tourist in my own town????)

Waterfall hike before the zip lining.....more dammmm stairs to climb!!!

After the hike it was off to the zip line platforms…..

Who's that dude with the ugly lookin hat???

One of the short little lines to cross.

A day at the zip lines!!

That’s all I got for Chiang Mai….tomorrow I catch a plane to Koh Samui and head Chaweng Beach to lounge and relax….not that I haven’t been relaxing this whole trip!!!