Early start today to move to Kamikochi, a location that can only be reached by bus or taxi. We drove to a big parking lot were people got on the bus. When bus was full, it departed over a winding narrow road to the bus station of Kamikochi, there it was full of busses. Also this seemed to be a […]
Today we, a friend from Hamamatsu and me, drove from Hamamatsu to Takayama, a place located in the Japanese Alps. We shortly passed by Shirakawa but a road was closed and it was too rainy for a walk, so O only had the view on the characteristic houses on a drive-by. We checked in to our home stay room for […]
From Cancun back to Enkhuizen and moving on to Hamamatsu. In 7 days from a timezone 7 hours earlier to a timezone 7 hours later. No wonder the jetlag is more heavy this time. The first evening to my favorite restaurant when I am by myself, some real sushi and sashimi. After working on the Friday I went for a […]
The beginning of October work took me to Cancun, Mexico. A global homologation workshop. The workshop was 4 days but I had to stay a week because of the holiday flight, it was cheap but above all a direct flight from Amsterdam. The venue for the week was the Breathless Cancun Soul Resourt, an all inclusive resort with 3 pools […]
On Saturday 13 September the annual Volante motorcycle tour was held. This time I was happy that we could join. I already made more mileage than in the last years. We had an early start as the tour start was on the east side of the country, the far achterhoek, close to the German border. The weather was not great, […]
Last Thursday we had a drive to The Hague, we had a big rain shower on the way. It was a little scary for me as my front tires are worn a bit, the inside are like slick tires, somebody needs to check my wheel-alignment I guess. It was quite busy on the roads. Luckily at night I could have […]
It was time for a weekend trip! No big distance again but an easy drive to the east. After picking up our friend we went to Garderen, a small place in the national park the Veluwe. The place is famous for the sand sculptures. We arrived at a farm campsite ‘de boerenzwaluw’, after looking around we decided to stay there. […]
It was ride-to-work day so I was lucky to make a big trip to Brussels. We started with the highway but close to the border we exit the highway and took secondary roads in the direction of Brussels. So we had a tour trough some small towns like Strijbeek, Hoogstraten, Zoersel, Lier and Mechelen. From Mechelen we took a small […]
Today I had the opportunity to get to know part of the area on this sunny day. It started with some nice, not too fast, twisty roads. After that it was on small roads towards the south, along many small rivers, windmills and through small historical towns. It is such a beautiful area here. It was a great ride in […]
Today I made a beautiful tour in our area. We have driven what is called the Crown of Holland, the north region of the province. The heat was over, so a decent 19 degrees which was good for touring. A lot of the tour went along the water, but most of the time we were driving behind a dike or […]