gijoe1313's piccies from his invasion of the mainland!

[gijoe1313]

Ninja has been velly busy, ruck you! Is hard work killing people, poisoning sheep and hanging upside down all day! This bweach is called Gillespie bweach, has many fwat stones, good for paddock pwucks! No know? Ruck you!

On horiday, ninja goes to bleach! Berow is pictures fwom horiday, no can see ninja? Ruck you!

Pic 1 : Karamuri ninja skills ... brend in with suwwoundings! No can see ninja? I laugh at you!

Pic 2 : Karamuri ninja skills ... when ninja is tired, adopt log like position! No can see ninja? I scorn your upbwinging!

Pic 3 : Karamuri ninja skills ... when you think I am nwear, I am far! When I am far, I am nwear! Fwear my ninja skills!

[gijoe1313]

Righto me hearties, I see you has been keelhauled for the duration of this post! Arr! After Franz Josef we rode to Invercargill to stay at the mighty manor of McJim and Chickadee!

They be two hornswoggling the finest jackanapes a squabby can latch their landlubber legs on! A cabin fit for a pirate captain king and with booty enough to plunder for vittles, drink and a hearty shelter to get yer head down fer th'night! Yo ho ho!

McJim's thunderous Scottish voice was like a cannonade to the mizzen mast! He be a canny man an' no mistake! Arr!

Using this port as a base to begin our raiding explorations inta' th'soft underbelly of the South Island, we sallied out many a time ta' find unexplored highways to plunder! Avast ye scurvy scallywags!

Pic 1 : At Daffyd's place to have a bit of a group ride, waiting for Jantar to turn up

Pic 2 : Angel, Daffyd and Gremlin, arr Gremlin, ye be spying a good hindquarter ta boot? Arr Daffyd, ye be spying a good hindquarter ta boot as well?

Pic 3 : Arr! A ninja! They be treacherous asian scallywags! Those eastern slant eyed pirates deserved to be shotweighed and sent to Davy Jones locker arr!

Pic 4 : Piratical plundering pirate fleet getting ready to sail the seven seas for some rapacious raiding, rapine and riding!

Pic 5 : Bluff the bluffer arr! When all was said and done, there was to be more pirating ta be done! In the dead o'night I unfurled the sails and betwixt the long yard arm of night and dawn, I rode to the furtherest point on the Isle yaarrr me hearties!

Pic 6 : Ghost ships parlay in th'night with will o'wisps and other supernatural ken... shivers me timbers mateys!

[gijoe1313]

Well the days still did not have enough milage for me, I had to keep riding and since I was in night city Invercargill, I could not help myself and had to check out the local night scene.

Boy racers driving up and down the main drag in endless repetitions ... around the roundabout at the end, drag each other up to each set of lights, turn around near the monument stele at the end, rinse and repeat!

Mind you, getting flashed by girlies getting their girly bits out for me made it a great night

Pic 1 : The big umbrella ... oh yeah baby, this is a modern marvel in NZ! Check it!

Pic 2 : Big Ol'Hornet putting on the bling bling lights, yeah yeah man!

Pic 3 : Massive respect for the war dead who allowed us to have our way of life. Respect.

Pic 4 : Big Ol'Hornet acknowledging the irony it is a japanese built machine in front of those who fought its possible ancestral makers in the great conflict of 1940-1945

Pic 5 : Something you don't see everyday much less at night, a blinged out LED Big Ol'Hornet, a giant Tuatara and a pyramid! Madre por dios!

Pic 6 : In the botanical gardens a Hornet swarms tonight ... ooo eee ooo wee ooo wim wum wum a wayyy ( sung to : In the Jungle, the mighty jungle...) And yes, I did ride illegal into the park. Between locked gates, but I am filthy biker scum ain't I!

[gijoe1313]

Nothing like cruising the mean streets of Invers, the lads are keen, the girls even keener! Rode past the Toad tavern where four years ago I was manhandled in my manbits, had my shirt ripped off and molestmacated by the local lasses there!

But seeing as this is a wholesome family site I will divulge no more!

Pic 1 : Just doing penance for the whole sinful filthy biker scum lifestyle thing.

Pic 2 : I luvvies my Big Ol'Hornets I does!

Pic 3 : Angel entertains McJim and Chickadees bairns! They be loving her! It was always "Angel this!", "Angel that!", "Play with us Angel!" and that was just Gremlin and I! ... the kids loved her too!

Pic 4 : Oh I say Angel, that is a rather large pimple on your face!

Pic 5 : Never mind Angel, it seems to have gone now!

[gijoe1313]

The trip looming past half way, we left the merry abode of chez McJim and Chickadee, riding to Wanaka was a good experience made bitter-sweet that we would be leaving Angel at this stage of the journey (she has work to do to earn her keep on her holidays here in NZ!)

Picolo came out of wherever he was hiding and mooched around Wanaka for a bit. I do believe he enjoyed the balmy days and sunny climes!

Pic 1 : Always is Picolo in the kitchen. He is always hungry om nom nom! Backpackers always loved this little guy and would treat him nicely!

Pic 2 : Ah postcard picture perfect purrs Picolo!

Pic 3 : Picolo playing "10 guitars" and "duelling banjoes"

Pic 4 : Pecking up a reply on Tanuki-Facebook, he has raccoon friends all over the world you know!

Pic 5 : Aha! A storehouse of sustenance left by some unsuspecting hoarder! It's mine! All mine ... now how do I get into it?

Pic 6 : Ummm ... a little help here please? I seemed to have got stuck!

[gijoe1313]

With Angel gone, Gremlin and I rode to Christchurch where we would stay with Trump Lady's parents. Did the local roads around Akaroa and enjoyed it immensely. Local knowledge is always the best!

Of course, I had to keep riding. I did it at night and in the early morning!

Pic 1 : Parting shot from Picolo .. "these boots are made for walking ..." in Wanaka outside the backpackers we stayed in.

Pic 2 : Akaroa by night, a jetty extended out and I rode the Big Ol'Hornet over the rickety planking.

Pic 3 : "Hold it right there! Perfect!"

Pic 4 : "Fantastic! You make a fabulous model darling!"

Pic 5 : In front of another war memorial, in honor of the valiant who fell to defend their heath and the security of generations to come. Dulcet et decorum est, pro patria mori.

Pic 6 : The lighthouse. Moved from original position to make it easier for tourists to take their photos next to it!

[gijoe1313]

After I came back from Akaroa, my pootling instincts, long denied on this SI ride due to the conspiracy of Gremlin came to the forefront. I was strongly surprised at how I missed doing what I love doing most!

Getting lost in cities and streets and roads I don't know. I remembered Christchurch from four years back and I wanted to revisit it again with a vengeance! I basically criss-crossed the entire city in a grid fashion. Up and down every road.

Pic 1 : The Cathedral in Cathedral square. Funny that.

Pic 2 : Bemused people saw a red clad ninja doing picture taking things. I like making peoples lives more surreal!

Pic 3 : Crikey, looks like someone made a giant waffle cone and left it when they ate all the good bits out of it!

Pic 4 : Remarkable how few people there were here, guess they were trying to cram into the watering spots to try and get a hook up for the night!

Pic 5 : The spirit of adventuring ... to go explore, to chart new courses, to find places you have not been. I get that.

Pic 6 : I loved this place, images of romans marching beneath its arches and the tread of hob-nailed sandals resonated in my imagination ...

[gijoe1313]

Well my lovelies, at this point that is about all I can do to entertain you for a while. The other candid photos I did take all reside in Gremlin's possession and it will be a while before he will sort it out for some semblance of posting.

Thank you one and all for those who took the time to peruse through my assorted offerings.

Mayhap it may has given you a kernel of an idea that will ignite your own passions to go and ride afar to vistas anew.

I do so hope you will share that journey with us if you do.

For now, may the fair gods of the riding winds be behind your back and long may you keep your rubber to the road.

[Sharry]

Wonderful finale gigoe.
You have shown what has been achieved
what can be achieved
what should be achieved and what will be achieved by others inspired

[Gremlin]

I think Gremlin had trouble holding camera steady and was fixated on the German cutie next to me ...

Hey... she was cute, and judging by how close she was to the screen... had an eyesight problem... perfect for me!!

Also, proving how small NZ is, we encountered Danny from Botany Motorcycles, one of the people who sold me the Big Ol'Hornet was there! He was without bike and was traveling with his family.

Poor bugger... we're probably two of the people who give him the most grief (and business) and he has to bump into us in the middle of the South Island, and we're all on holiday

Ninja has been velly busy, ruck you! Is hard work killing people, poisoning sheep and hanging upside down all day!

The number of weird looks you earned from people... and there was I, having to the take shots of your... well... the beach.