Another lovely day - another very nice breakfast. Sorry to say goodbye to this spot but needs must. A lovely drive along the coast on motorcycle friendly roads. Wonderful views and the roads fairly quiet. Arrived for coffee in the seaside resort town of Sarande, lovely little harbour town with a couple of visiting super yachts moored in the bay. From here we rode through a national park until a river blocked our path, for 300 Lek we were transported to the other side on a wooden barge. From here we had about 20k to navigate over rough and narrow country lanes until finally emerging back on the highway. Quick stop for gas then the border which was quick and straightforward. We have loved our time in Albania and could have spent more time exploring this hospitable country. But we’re on a mission...... So into Greece, followed the coast for a while then inland through fairly uninspiring country but as we moved south the lush valleys appeared and also what must b...
This journey doesn’t seem to want to end. Firstly we had to wait in the plane in Bali for 20 minutes so we wouldn’t arrive in Sydney before the 6am opening time. We were expecting to land in Sydney in a few minutes when the captain informs us there has been a major malfunction with air traffic control and the landing time scheduled for us is outside the window of fuel remaining on board. So we diverted to Canberra for more fuel and a new flight plan to return to Sydney. We arrived in Sydney 3 hours late and someone had parked their plane in our space! Of course we missed our connection to Auckland. We are booked on an afternoon flight, it could have been worse. We had a lovely day with Paddy and Jules in Auckland with a nice brunch followed by a walk on a local walkway. Very relaxing in the warm sunshine. On Monday we collected the bike with no fuss, it was great to be reunited. We then had a miserable ride to Cambridge in torrential rain....
The guys at the carwash have been super helpful. I have stripped it down quite a bit and they’ve done the hard yards. Funny watching the different layers of dirt come off, I remember riding through that colour..,, Even Kiwi got a scrub. It has taken nearly two days to complete, we have all done our bit with Robyn getting stuck in. The men were a bit concerned, so they got her a chair. So a big thanks to George and Sally and the team at White Bear Car Wash and Spa. Robyn has also made use of the laundromat and all our kit is now clean and tidy. I rang the air freight people and the bike needs to be delivered on the 8th and it flies on the 10th. Too easy. So another big thanks to the Maskargo team It is great to have all the logistics in place now, we can relax a bit. We have both been shopping for some new clothes, 6 months with a couple of t shirts and a pair of travel pants gets a wee bit tedious. Robyn has found it more difficult t...
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