Europe Itinerary for la grande boucle: cycle touring around france

okay, for those who want to know my movements over the next couple of months, here's a brief(ish) breakdown of the trip:

9th May Auckland to Kuala Lumpur (to visit Annie and Simon)

13th May Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam

15th May Amsterdam to Paris, then to Clemont Ferrand to see Emma and JJ

Some of the CYCLING trips planned include:

• Lyon - Weekend of the 20th May
• Bordeaux and Le Truc Vert Beach - 23rd to 29th May
• Loire Valley with Kurtly, Orleans to the coast - 1 June to 6th June
• London - 9th June to 16th June
• Wales for some mountainbiking - 16th to 26th June
• Paris - 27th to 29th June
• Pyrennes and Barcelona - 1st July to 10th July
• French Alps including Le Tour de France (Jan Ullrich hehe) - 13th July to 22nd July

If you're keen to come along on a trip, let me know : )

25th July Lyon to Amsterdam to Chicago to Green Bay, Wisconsin to catch up with the Johnson Clan!

3rd August to 5th August Chicago to Auckland

phew!!!!

East Cape Cycle Tour Easter 2006

Some pics from our tour round the east coast...

The trip round the east coast was fantastic! Those along for the ride included myself, Ben, Mike, Zane, Warren, Rich, Misty and Ces... We started the journey on Easter Thursday, venturing from Ohope Beach (although some of us started in Opotiki). The first day took us through Opape, Hawai and finally to Te Kaha, where we found accomodation for the night at a campground.

Aussie Open

January brought tennis fever, so Kane and I headed over to Melbourne to take in the sights and delights of the Australian Open.

The tennis was fantastic: saw all the big names including Federer, Baghdatis, Davenport, Sharapova and Henin-Hardin to name a few... Plus have seats 6 rows away from the court and a few metres from the players box certainly didn't hurt-prime picking for Kano to spot the cute girlfriends ; ).

We went to the night sessions so it allowed us to enjoy Melbourne during the day... when we weren't sleeping in anyway!

Other exploits included a whirlwind trip down the Great Ocean Road, including a stop-off at Bells Beach, koalas and the 12 Apostles; a trip to trendy St Kilda (minus the gay pride parade this year!); shopping; and an exhibition of Stanley Kubrick.

Temp was hot hot hot (with one cool day thankfully!), 43 degrees one day, which necessitated finding shade whereever we could, esp when waiting for trams , and the consumption of a lot of beverages and icy treats.

Beginnings

2006 Brings the start of a few adventures, including:

• The Aussie Open
• Tour de East Cape
• The Europe Expedition
• Vanuatu

So to keep you up to date with the travels.... here goes