Travel

A while ago i embarked on a most epic and amazing adventure with some of my closest friends. Over 11 days we covered more than 3,500 miles on our motorcycles. We saw 6 states and 2 countries. We rode amazing roads, had experiences that ran the entire gamit of emotion from pure bliss to frustration and fear. It was a trip that can never be duplicated, including in writing. What you'll find here are simply some small bits i can put into words. If i really had to tell you the whole story it would take a month... and we were only gone 11 days!

So here's the recap of my rides in Sydney (with pics here)

I just got into my hotel in Penrith, Australia after an interesting evening. Here's how my day broke down:

Man, how i love selecting the "motorcycles" category with the "travel" category for posts. whenever you put those 2 together you have the opprotunity for greatness. Hopefully this trip is no exception. I have just booked myself a F650GS from ozmoto (they didn't have any more VFR 800's) for the weekend. I'm gonna jump on a train tomorrow after class and get rockin on my weekend. It's gonna be expensive on my shoestring budget, but man it should be epic. No matter what, i'm gonna have a story that can start with "...so yeah, when i was motorcycling thru the blue mountains in australia...", and not a lot of kids from ohio can say that.

Suddenly, Sydney is more exciting The blue mountains wait. so does whatever adventure i manage to get myself into. thank god it's an adventure bike, eh?

so i finally made it to sydney. Business Class rocked... the seat was huge and fully reclining. I sat next to a cool lady whose husband didn't get upgraded, so they traded around half way into the flight (7 hrs). I slept most of the way.

I got in at 6am, passed thru customs and got in a cab to the Sydney Harbor Marriott. Pretty pimp setup this place has. I checked in and went up to the room. While i was waiting for my bags i flicked on the television and watched the last 8 laps of the MotoGP in Laguna Seca (yay for GP back in the USA!!!). Nicky Hayden won it, with Collin Edwards in 2nd and Rossi bringing up the rear. One/Two finish by americans and the rebirth of american GP. awesome!

I spent the rest of the day wandering around sydney and seeing all the tourist stuff i'm supposed to see. Got some pics of me in front of the major tourist attractions and saw some interesting things. there was a guy doing a street performance act in the harbor with a slackline, he finale'd by balancing on the slackline 10 ft off the ground on 1 foot while juggling flaming torches. He was damn funny, too. Then i came back to the hotel for a bit and had some chinese food. Then out for a haircut, and now i'm back agian.

Can't wait to see how my class is tomorrow, and what trouble i'll get into while i'm here... so far the highlights have been motogp on public tv (that'd never happen in america) and that street performer. hope sydney has more to offer