September 9, 2022

Breaking News

Melbourne security officers After disassembling and packing up our trailers for the third and final time we felt relived and went to the airport expecting flights with no bigger issues as we had brought our luggage trough security checks all over the world already. But the security at the Melbourne airport had a different idea. So far, we only had a problem due to the batteries in Fiji so we double checked the airline regulations before booking our flight.

August 20, 2022

A Massive Shortcut

In our last blog entry we were a bit stuck and in the tiniest of villages called Darlington Point. And yes we luckily made it the following day to the next village. A few days later we found our self in the proper outback. With a bit of imagination it was possible to see the curvature of the earth. There was absolutely nothing blocking the view, no hills, no trees, no farmland just a lot of nothing.

August 4, 2022

Restart

We left Sydney about 20 days later than planned. It took the border control that long to check our baggage. Even though they took everything apart, funny enough they didn’t complain (or find) an open package of nuts we accidentally left in our baggage, which is (to our understanding) considered as an illegal item. We got help assembling our bikes from friends Meanwhile in our hostel, we met a bunch of exchange students who were just about to start their exchange and haven’t found a room yet.

July 19, 2022

California Dreaming and a New Continent

Yosemite National Park When I wrote the last blog entry, I was sitting at the beach of Lake Tahoe with a cool beer in my hand. That was already quite a few weeks back and it is definitely time for an update. Yosemite National Park behind the famous El Capitan From Lake Tahoe, our route led us south through a part of Nevada, so we still got to experience how it is to ride in the desert (as could be expected, not too much to see besides sand and now and then a rattle snake).

June 19, 2022

Over the Rocky Mountains

Rocky mountains After riding through farmland, farmland and more farmland for weeks, seeing the rocky mountains felt like a relieve (and being used to the alps it also felt a bit like home). The first day then already lead us to the highest mountain pass either of us has ever conquered on a bike (around 3100m above sea level). The landscape in this area is just incredible! That day was one of the few tailwind days and on top of that is was sunny all day long so we flew up the pass and for the first time on this trip we had too much energy going uphill.

June 19, 2022

Crossing the Midwest

Chicago was great but so was the arrival of our new panels. We had mentioned previously some of our solar panels were broken. So, fairly excited we left after a long night of fixing and mounting the new panel. After a not so minor complication with the bike computer (which regulates the motor) - I spare you the technical details - we left the Chicago area and entered the Midwest.