The Short Way Round 2007
Welcome
OK here is the official web site of The Short Way Round 2007 TM (apologies Ewan and Charlie). Its an intoxicating combination of a low budget and highly disorganised web posting that I am sure those 2 guys were hoping for when they weren't being given free BMW's or signing autographs for drop dead gorgeous women in all their ports of call. Condolences to anyone who thought I actually did have competence in IT or expected something more.
Chapters
CHAPTER 1 – BACKGROUND AND PREP
CHAPTER 3 – INTO AND AROUND MOROCCO
CHAPTER 1 – BACKGROUND AND PREP
Deciding to go on a long distance travel through weird and wonderful countries is not something that usually takes place on a whim...
CHAPTER 2 – MEETING IN SPAIN
CHAPTER 3 – INTO AND AROUND MOROCCO
CHAPTER 1 – BACKGROUND AND PREP
With a 1:00 ferry the following morning, it would be easy to think I had enough time up my sleeve to just jump on a bike and head 100 miles...
CHAPTER 3 – INTO AND AROUND MOROCCO
CHAPTER 3 – INTO AND AROUND MOROCCO
CHAPTER 4 – OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
Breakfast with Federico, Estrella and the kids, a few photos and we are off down the coast. On the road and it feels like the first day of holiday...
CHAPTER 4 – OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
CHAPTER 6 – WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACES BOYS, A FERRY AWAITS
CHAPTER 4 – OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
OK no time for slacking, its off to Fes today, regarded by many as one of the finest example of a walled medina city in the world...
CHAPTER 5 – PARIS-DAKAR? YOU MUST BE ENGLISH!
CHAPTER 6 – WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACES BOYS, A FERRY AWAITS
CHAPTER 6 – WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACES BOYS, A FERRY AWAITS
Wake up and crane our heads out the window to a palmed oasis, 100 metres from the front of the hotel. A solitary 120 Metre High Sand Dune...
CHAPTER 6 – WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACES BOYS, A FERRY AWAITS
CHAPTER 6 – WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACES BOYS, A FERRY AWAITS
CHAPTER 6 – WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACES BOYS, A FERRY AWAITS
Essaouira a decent place to chill out for a bit, if it was not for this pan handler stalking us through the medina for 2 days. Usually the guys asking for money in Morocco genuinely need it...
CHAPTER 7 – SALT LAKES AND HEARTACHES
CHAPTER 7 – SALT LAKES AND HEARTACHES
CHAPTER 7 – SALT LAKES AND HEARTACHES
36 hours of suffering on the ferry and we are released from captivity in Sete, France. A quick lunch in Sete...
CHAPTER 8 – ITALY, GREECE & TURKEY
CHAPTER 7 – SALT LAKES AND HEARTACHES
CHAPTER 7 – SALT LAKES AND HEARTACHES
Pierpaolo today is on a weight watchers mission, and manages to instantly shed 15kg from his bike and post it off back to his home...
CHAPTER 9 – MOLDOVAN POLICE ACADEMY
CHAPTER 7 – SALT LAKES AND HEARTACHES
CHAPTER 10 – TURN LEFT AT KIEV - THE ROAD HOME
Berna is up way too early to go to work, but we manage to kick ourselves out of bed at the same time and get geared up for the days riding...
CHAPTER 10 – TURN LEFT AT KIEV - THE ROAD HOME
CHAPTER 10 – TURN LEFT AT KIEV - THE ROAD HOME
CHAPTER 10 – TURN LEFT AT KIEV - THE ROAD HOME
Kiev was to be one of the highlights of the trip; neither Pierpaolo or myself had been this far East and it represented something that was...