Today I spent two hours with Zorica King learning the basics of Krav Maga. Wow, it was so awesome. I thought I was reasonably fit, but now I really know how much work I have to do to get into shape. Even though it’s only my first session I can already tell these combat […]
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Every time I’ve spoken to someone in the last 6 months about travelling through south-east Asia on a motorbike, their routine response is “ooh, you’d better be careful, lots of nasty gangs and militia out there”. So I started doing some research recently to see whether the threat of danger for the Wheel2Wheel team is
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I spoke to my cousin today, who is an avid road traveller in Australia, about some of the possible routes from Darwin to Brisbane. She was a terrific source of information as she had travelled many of the major routes. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/Wheel2Wheelchannel Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wheel2wheel Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wheel2wheelteam
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After years of fractured conversations and visions that wake me in the night, today we achieved an important milestone for Wheel2Wheel – we held our 1st ever official team meeting. A 3 hour conference call with team members scattered across 4 different countries. What became apparent to me on this call was how awesome it
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Today was freaky, there I am sitting at work, in what I thought was going to be another routine HR-arranged corporate insurance meeting when the guys from International SOS (www.internationalsos.com) walked through the door. We were scheduled to receive a presentation from SOS regarding a corporate subscription service they provide for companies who have employees
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Every great journey needs a great name. After a few weeks taking friends interested in joining or supporting the ride through a naming process, I’ve taken the vote and picked the name Wheel2Wheel. The name is a direct reference to the fact the adventure is on motorbikes, but also an attempt to capture that comradery
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I’ve had the BMW for almost a month and it is truly phenomenal. Not only is it the best looking bike in Hong Kong, it handles the traffic and mountainous urban terrain with ease. I’m really enjoying every chance I have to ride it. I feel we will be able to eat up massive distance
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1 April 2009 Today I went over to the BMW Motorrad (www.bmw-motorrad.com) showroom in Kowloon, Hong Kong and rode out in brand new F800GS motorbike. Wow, what a feeling buying my first ‘real’ bike. A bike that I know is going to take me on the adventure of a lifetime. The guys at BMW are
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