I'm nearly not here...

[Swoop]

It is difficult for us to post here as we are not seeing the sights of Urp.

C'mon. Where are the piccies???

[Ocean1]

I seem to be the only one posting to it.

Hello dude.

We's bin... y'know, out.

Riding.

On account of there ain't bin a lot of non-crap weather lately.

Make with the pic's eh?

[Ixion]

I seem to be the only one posting to it.
...

Well, there's no point us trying , is there? Cos, you aint here. But you are posting. So, clearly the thead is not here either. So how can we, who are here, post in a thread which is not here. So there.

[vifferman]

Alrighty then.
Jet lag? Applied coffee, serotonin and sleep to help with that.
Pics? I'm still sorting out what to do with them. there's somewhere between 3500 and 4000 images (after deleting all the crap ones) that need to be sorted. From these, I'll pick a few 'nice' ones to post. Unfortunately, I didn't take bike-related ones or any of sexy chix (saw many though, particularly in Holland and Italia).
Did see some weird stuff, that I contemplated foto-ing, like the street near our hotel in HK, called "Man Fuk Street", presumably where gays hang out.
And we did some strange things (apart from taking public transport everywhere in LA), like drive under the sea by train (London to Brussels) and car (Rotterdam). I'll try and dig out a few of the more interesting photos tonight. Should be easier now that I'm back at work, and not so busy.
Must buy a laptop too, so I can work at night in front of the telly. Unfortunately, I forgot we had two visa cards, and forgot to pay one, so we're paying interest on $8k, which isn't conducive to the accountant OKing the purchase.
Another unfortunateness is the wife's quit her job, cancelled her carparking, so I have to drive her to work for the next three weeks. That means three more weeks of no VFR.
Quelle horreur!

[Devil]

Nice work. Arsehole!
(secretly needs a holiday).

I have some blank dvd's and cases for jew.

[vifferman]

Say what?

[Swoop]

One does not see many humped pelicans, these days...

[vifferman]

Hong Kong
Gunshop:


15 storeys of bamboo scaffolding:


Brussels
Horsie:


Grande Place:


Holland
Get yer action here:


Batavia (at Lelyland):


Parking at the beach (Den Haag):



...more to come...

[vifferman]

Germany
Largest Cuckoo Clock:


Some smaller ones (there were three times as many - all different - as would fit in this pic):


Heidelberg, from the castle overlooking the town:


Rhine Cruise (one of many castles; I think this was the one owned by a Mexican):


Rhine Falls (Schafhausen):


Switzerland
Pilatus:


Tagging (didn't think they'd have this here. Note the tagging on the tag):


Swiss Chalet (up Mt Pilatus):


Band at Lucerne:



... more to come...

[Swoop]

I'm sure that cuckoo clocks were banned under the Geneva convention...
Something about "torture" iirc.

I bet that the gunshop in Honkers was only selling airsoft replicas.

[vifferman]

I'm sure that cuckoo clocks were banned under the Geneva convention...
Something about "torture" iirc.

They were kinda kewl, but the nicest clocks in the store were of the non-cuckoo kind, including one that was summat like 16K Euros.

I bet that the gunshop in Honkers was only selling airsoft replicas.

Dunno - I didn't cross the road to look.
I took a photo of a bike shop too, but didn't post that as it was kinda boring - just a row of bikes/scooters under covers outside on the road.
Interestingly (or perhaps not), the shops tended to be in clusters, so all the model shops were together, all the electronics stores, etc.

Seems as though almost everywhere we went (apart from LA), scooters ruled, with super-scooters outnumbering bikes. In Holland, you can ride a scooter on the bike paths/roads (they have separate roads in places for bikes), and don't need to wear a helmet.
However, in Nice and Lyon motards seemed to be popular, and there were quite a few more big bikes, like Triumphs, BMWs, etc.

I would've loved to be on a bike in Churmany/Italy/Switzerland: the weather was fantastic, the roads were good, and there were many bikers out touring around while I was cooped up in the bus.
I saw very few interesting bikes in my travels, apart from a crappy-looking VFR800 cop bike in HK.

[MacD]

I understand there are pictures of doorknobs!?

Any pics of Venice?

[vifferman]

I understand there are pictures of doorknobs!?

Hmmmm... CrazyPete needs a beating, methinx...
Yes, there were. Lots.
Started as a "Ooh... look at that weird doorknob!", then (when in Florence) I noticed they all seemed to be different, and some quite ornate. They will make an interesting photo collage.

Any pics of Venice?

One or two...
There might even be the odd Venetian doorknob....

But at least I didn't intentionally photograph knobs on nekkid statues or anything like that.

[vifferman]

The watery place:


The cars there have no wheeeeels:


And some flash shacks:




And fancy Venetian Glass lamps:


Bridges are required, on acount of the flooded roads, so there's a few:


Local taxi:


Although it was hot and sunny (or sunny and hot), eventually the sun got tired and went to bed:

[forkoil]

Hope the jetlag didn't hit too bad. Via Asia seems easier on the body than via USA.

Your idea of the Tom Tom sounds rather good. Urp has a few driving problems to avoid!

Have fun!


NGATT???

Hey, what about buy NZ, NAVMAN!!! (only cos I work for em)