Motorcycling Guides and Trips
Trips
Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France and back to Switzerland
In eight weeks we covered Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Albania, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Andorra and France. Originally we set out to ride the middle east and North Africa around the Eastern Mediterranean but due to political upheavals in Libya and Syria making travel difficult we modified our travel plans to cover as much of the Western Mediterranean as possible.
From Switzerland there is no option but to ride over the mountains in which ever direction you look. Over the past two years we have been travelling into, over, through and around every known and a few unknown roads in the Alps and the Jura. Here is a sneak peak of some of the mountain passes we have ridden over the past 2 years.
In October 2011 a whole new adventure begins...This time we plan to travel to North Africa taking the route less travelled through southern Tunisia to Algeria and then to Morocco via Spain. The whole adventure takes us deep into AQIM territory in the Sahara and on the trail of ancient civilisations from Carthage to Ghardaia.The missing piece of the puzzle is our Algerian visas.Sandstorms, camels, desert oasis and lots of dates. The...
The adventure of a lifetime saw Pascal & Arja leave on their motorcycle named Francois to ride from Sydney to Oslo. The adventure followed by local radio was to take them 11 months and through 25 countries ending their trip in September 2009 with a huge family celebration in Oslo.Summary of our trip in statistics:Distance covered: 37,950kmsLitres of fuel consumed: 1913.06LPairs of Tyres: 3Countries Travelled through: 24Days on the Road: 308Highest point:...
