Time and Tide
This thing all things devours;Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stones to meal;Slays king, ruins town,And beats mountain down. A resonant riddle from Gollum as bike touring ‘Time’ […]
Tag Archives: adventure
Somewhere over the Rainbow
NZ has recently provided the most monumental changes to our journey. Continued rendezvous with friends and family, back in the unique Kiwi bosom of an English speaking country, unexpected bouts […]
Nature: Unruly & Unrivalled
11th March 2011 is a day that scars the soul of Japan. An 9.0 earthquake hit their Eastern sea board generating a 25m Tsunami. Sanriku Coast felt the brunt. ‘Ria bay‘ […]
8 legs good, 4 Legs bad!
We’ve mentioned before the unknowns of travelling by bike and the parallels it has with our lives. None of us can imagine or predict what lies around the corner. This […]
Changing China: Dali to Disney
McDonalds restaurants snuggled amidst ancient towns. Olympic Park-esque high rise construction orbiting even the remotest conurbation. Hello Kitty and anglophilic electric scooters whizzing by. Breathtaking mountain vistas. Unexpected stories. Kind […]
Shedding weight & Sharing love
Christmas is a time for having it all, then having some more just because it’s there and finally coming out the other end aglow (and slightly swollen) with the excesses […]
Donkey & Horse, Thai Style!
Grace Jones is a slave to it and Gloria Estefan was damn sure we’d all get caught by it but no matter what your 80’s diva preference, life has a […]
Adieu Himalayas: Cash out in Kashmir
The Himalayas. A chain of mountains. The meeting point of the highest peaks on earth. The snow-capped hat of India and the wondrous soul of Nepal. A single name is […]
Cráic in Ladakh
There’s a nipple on your forehead. It’s swollen and ready to burst. You’ve tried creams, ointments and deep-sea salt scrub and nothing’s shifting this whopper. You’re not surprised that people […]
And, relax…..
Expectations can sometimes set us up for a fall. Valentines day will pass flowerless and chocolate free, the washing up will still be growing a week on and that take […]
The Adventures of Donkey & Horse 