Day 6 - 10 Orosei Sardinia

Day 6

A lovely day which starts after breakfast with the morning ritual of coffee in the Piazza.

Nice walk around old Oresei and then a drive to Judith and Graham’s’s favourite beach spots.
So beautiful.















Day 7

I have spent most of the day thinking that I must have died in my sleep and gone to motorcycle heaven. 
Graham & I travelled 400 km today on the best twistys I have ever seen. The roads are like a billiard table and not a pothole in sight. I could go on and on but to all my motorcycle friends believe me these are the best roads in the world for motorcycles. Put Sardinia on your BUCKET LIST. 

And guess what?
We get to do it again tomorrow 😄🏍

Day 8

Another awesome days riding. 455km of awesome motorcycle roads mainly to the North west. Brilliant scenery. Bikers come from all over Europe just to ride these roads.




Day 9

Sleepy day today. It has been raining steadily since last night and forecast to continue for the next day or so. We are planning our route, sorting washing and trying to organise photos and videos. Videos are proving a challenge but hopefully we will get there. 
Farewell dinner at a really nice local restaurant 

Day 10

Unfortunately it is still raining, it just hasnt let up since Saturday night. 
Just as I went out to get the bike it stopped raining and it hasn’t rained all day😄😄
We took a trip over to Bosa very picturesque and then made our way to Cagliari. We stopped on the way to see a stone structure largely intact and occupied between the 7th and 14th centuries BC.You can walk around inside it.  A little place called Losa. Very impressive.


We then made our way to Cagliari where after a bit of route finding difficulty we found the correct port entry and we are now on board the ferry to Naples for the next 14 hours. 

So Arriveverderci Sardinia and the best motorcycling roads in the world. 
Huge thanks to Judith and Graham for their hospitality and to Graham for his tour guiding brilliance. And Judith for introducing us to a little Italian culture, even if I did mangle the language. 

Comments

  1. Audrey Larsen24 May 2019 at 11:54

    Wow, great photos! Enjoying your posts

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Robyn 26 May 2019 at 06:51

      Glad you are enjoying the posts. We are having a great time.

      Delete
  2. Repe25 May 2019 at 09:08

    Hi Mark & Robyn, I have been enjoing your Great pictures and stories from your adventure.�� Sorry for your phone��
    What is your phone number now? We are one week from seeing you in Santorini ����������Thats 5 beers when we see.
    PS. We just won Russia 1-0 in ice hockey WM 2019 and will be playing for cold tomorrow
    Your reindeer - brother Reijo from Finland

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Robyn 26 May 2019 at 06:52

      Really looking forward to seeing you both in Santorini

      Delete
    2. Rick26 May 2019 at 12:52

      I'm in Helsinki watching the final on TV. Go Finland 🏒🏒🏒🏒🏒

      Delete
    3. Rick26 May 2019 at 12:57

      Final Third and it's one all ....

      Delete
  3. Rick26 May 2019 at 13:30

    We (The Fins) won Gold 🇫🇮

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Auckland - Home

Image
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....
Read more

Tribute to a Tiger

Image
I agonised for months about which bike to bring on this trip and then spent more months preparing it for the journey.  It hasn’t missed a beat.  3 oil changes 3 tyre changes 1 set of front brake pads.  The 14T front sprocket is badly worn and will end its days on display in my workshop.  Punctures 0 😄 It has been used and abused, dropped, and ridden on many many roads and trails it was never designed to be on.  This kind of trip is all about compromise, sometimes I wished for a bigger bike, sometimes I was glad it wasn’t bigger.  It has handled everything we have dished out to it and not once let us down.  It is a miracle it hasn’t shaken itself to bits.  It has been a great servant and we couldn’t have asked for more. 
Read more

Day 166. Cameron Highlands - Kuala Lumpur

Image
It was funny packing the bike today knowing that it was for the last time.  The descent from the Cameron Highlands was a delight, narrow winding roads with beautiful bush scenery in cool mountain air.  Before we knew it we were on the motorway and heading for the megatropolis of Kuala Lumpur.  What a massive city.  We entered from the north and are staying in the south closer to the airport.  We navigated the labyrinth of the motorways and found our hotel ok Our hotel is quite large with apartments as well as hotel rooms.  There is a large shopping complex nearby so we should be ok here for a few days. Also the carpark has a carwash with very obliging man so things are falling into place.  The next few days we will be busy organising the shipping for the bike and cleaning it thoroughly for NZ customs.  Suddenly  our journey comes to an end.  It hasn’t sunk in yet.  So this is the last daily post. Thank you all for reading it.  ...
Read more