29th May Away Day Well , we set off on our trip on the 29th May the weather was dry, but there is always the threat of rain , as it has been all over Europe for the last couple of weeks. We got onto the Eurotunnel, there was a large number of bikes, cars and families going on hoilday, quite and ecleptic mix, including Hells Angels and off duty police officers, not with each other! but all excited in going off on thier trips, including us. The weather stayed dry...

We are off traveling again, but after having been on an organised trip we decided to organise it ourselves, and use the mode of transport we most enjoy, our motorcycles. We will be leaving at the end of May and should be away until the middle of August. Route We are traveling through France to the Rivera then round the coast to Italy, we will spend time in Pisa, Florence and have a break from the site seeing with a stop at Lake Bolsena. We then move onto the ...

We have just arrived home today, as we had to leave the truck. Jack was struggling with the heat, as we have been in over 40 degree heat for nearly four weeks, at times over 50 this has taken its toll, as she has lost a lot of weight. We arrived at Agra and the town was the usual chaos, but even worse there were people defecating next to food sellers etc the smell of the open sewers is indescribable, how can they allow this to happen. We decided to upgrade ou...

We meet up with the rest of the group and cause the usual stir with the truck. We drive through lots of sand storms on the shortish trip (for us) to Jaipur. Most people have now started drinking rehydraton powders with some of their water, as well as drinking lots of normal water, this is vital in the heat we are encountering to stop dehydration. Everyone appears to have recovered from their various ailments, even those of us who were bitten by gnats at the las...

We have arrived in the mad city of Delhi, we have booked our own hotel as we wanted to ensure we had an air conditioned room and trusted restaurant. What a mad place this is and very hot. You cannot move for being stopped by rickshaw, taxi and tuk tuk drivers, so we duck our heads and walk to our hotel. We are greeted with a cool calm hotel with even a bell hop to run the lift. In the evening we venture out after having had a very nice curry, and wander the back ...