Happy New Year! :D

dear family and friends :)

I hope you had a nice Christmas and you are ready to celebrate the new year! :) ..I totally am! :D
so I went to this Party out of town the last weekend and it was really AWESOME!! :) met lots of cool people and Natasha joined me the second day (I kinda wanted to be there as early as possible and got a rideshare on Saturday). I bought a bus ticket for Natasha and happily everything worked out! ..the party had some lows.. first there weren't that many people as expected and then there was this strange story that the organizer got sued because some people drunk and smoked in the Hotel.. but overall it was a BLAST! :) and after the party ended earlier that announced, there was an afterparty at a friends place.. so we were about 10 people and had a looooot of fun in the Upstate of New York :) we drove back with our new friends, got in a traffic jam and made it finally back to Manhattan :) ..just had barely enough time to relax between the parties here ;)
Natasha bought me an Ipod (kind of my only X-Mas present this year ;) and she brought me back a beautiful pendant from Aruba (what a nice souvenir to wear and remember her!). She treated me out for dinner yesterday and we went eating Sushi :D this was the BEST Sushi I've ever had!!!! so yummi! haha :D was great.. we had raw salmon, cooked eel and a lobster.. together with a glass of sweet plum wine! my god!! this was truly wonderful and unforgettable! (since yesterday I can say, that I love Sushi! :D ..we walked through Dumbo (it's a place in Brooklyn, where you have a beautiful view of Downtown with all it's skyscrapers and lights). We went shopping and got a lot of tasty stuff.. we even visited an erotic store ;) hehe :) oh yeah.. haven't had that much sunshine in my life for a while!
I'll be missing her after all this! ..but still, I want to move on (my place is on my bike on the road). I lived so many things lately.. I feel really blessed to be on this trip... no, I really feel blessed to be on this planet, to be incarnated and having such a great life!! :D
I'm growing a lot on this trip.. normally I can't really tell how I changed, but there are quite a few things that I realize, have come to my mind! :) things that I've never thought of before and that have become so joyful now. for example the kinkiest sex on this planet! ;) haha :) yeah.. life is great! :D
I'm organizing my stuff now here.. will probably have to discard some things when I pack my bike again (and I'll be happy to be on the road with the things that I really need). Haven't played guitar for so long.. will also be good to have some time for me. want to get a bit more in shape (gained some wight lately I guess :P will have time to stretch my back and to some more fancy kung-fu stuff along the way. Will put my English on stand-by and start to refresh my spanish (oh boy.. probably have forgotten quite some of it).

well.. I'm drinking some chai here, enjoy the cozy apartment and getting (mentally) ready for tonight's party! :D

wish you all the best and my best blessings for the coming year!

hugs & kisses!!

..oh boy.. :)

hmm.. seems I have to catch up with a few things.. might leave out a lot.. happened so much!

well for the start.. I moved last night from Brooklyn to Manhattan.. now I am in a luxury suite, that I could never ever afford in my life and enjoy all the convenience one can think off ;)
unfortunately the circumstances weren't really good for this to happen.. Liz and I kept having a hard time since we came back from the Ukraine. She was totally stressed by not finding a job and getting her life together (and as I think suffering of the struggle between heart and mind). But she told me, it's her decision to stay here and I started focusing on my trip (just couldn't take it, when she moved all her stuff back to her room).
well.. then we had a lot of back and forth. I was begging to have a break.. it was just all too painful and sometimes you have to make a step to obtain change in your life. I'm don't want to break up, but I want to live the last 2 weeks here in New York in a different state of mind. I became so depressed and tired causing and experiencing all this suffering :( every day was we had an escalation in some form and I've seen Liz so hurt and angry (because having a lot of emotions that she can't control). Yes, she is MADLY in love with me and I'm sorry that the chosen form is just not healthy. To part our ways 2 weeks earlier is unfortunate, especially if the reasons are having huge problems with our relationship. But then seen for a year it doesn't make that much of a difference.. traveling I will be doing, what I'm doing now.. living.. loving.. learning and teaching. Except for knowing what pain I cause once more in Liz life (I would wish for she get's a different point of view.. feeling a love that can let go), I'm very happy here.. I have total privacy for a week. Natasha, a Russian girl that I met a week ago at a party, let's me stay here in her apartment, while she is reading books for her studies on the beach of Aruba ;) hehe :) (the way to do it!). She is an impressive person with a fascinating story how she got here from Sibiria (funny, isn't it ;) ..we had good conversations and eat super tasty food and spent some time together.. was such a relief for me!
after telling me to leave and begging me to stay, Liz can (more or less) cope with this so far.. even if the fact, that I moved in with a Russian girl didn't really please her. but there's a Psy Trance weekend to come and I feel, I want to go with Natasha.. I couldn't explain it all here, what's behind it, but it's important to her and I feel as giving a little bit back of the hospitality that I enjoy here and invite her to that place. Well.. Liz might also be there.. might be sad and angry.. I also don't like to be that ignorant about her situation, but it just doesn't work out between us at the moment :( both being super tense, waiting for a small issue to be confirmed in all the fears and worries and an emotional rollercoaster as I can't remember having had yet.. it makes me sad to see her in such a mood, being unable to be a good boyfriend (really performing bad after all that happened between us) and being miserable, making her sad an miserable seeing me like this. So even if this is a pretty hard and painful step, it might be better than continuing.. it just freaks me out and I will be running away after having desperately tried to have good time here. So I'm sorry I have to pick these two weeks for me out, but I think, it's for the best in the end.. I have not forgotten what Liz and I lived together and I understand her and the situation (ahh.. aren't wisdom and understanding such good things? ;) ..yeah.. if you want to know it in the end: it's not sure, if we would have made it together through this trip, but I would have stood up in Liz's place and dealt with her parents situation (creating a truer relationship through it). I don't like dealing with a suffering heart and never regretted a heart decision!
but Darma says that we have to go all our own personal way and that there's no way than through all this experience..

so well.. I had some good parties here in New York, met quite a lot of people (even tough that I wouldn't really hang out with them during the week --> was so occupied with relationship issues :/ but it's a really good vibe! People recognize my contact ball and I'm getting in the scene very quickly :D
NY itself as I heard is a pretty rough place. People are in a hurry and it's a lot about money.. of course.. big city. but still, beautiful with all the experience that can be made and with all the things going on (couldn't be more cosmopolitan ;)
what more.. (was troubled so many, many moments :( ..I went to see a chiropractor and went for some treatment.. was not too expensive and was good to hear, what's the current situation. so because of lower back spine problems, my hip is somehow moved back and causes pain by pressing on the nerves.. so I want to start some hoola hooping (fun and good for abdominal muscles ;) and do some exercises.. ah.. it kinda sucks, but then I can deal with it.. it's not killing me and as long I can dance on parties, I'm fine ;) the doctor is really cool.. knew what he is talking about and nice person (for me seeing almost never a doc ;)
there are some nice parks in the city (as everybody needs green space to stay well in the urban jungle ;) I had lots of good coffee and bagles :D ;) hehe :)
so.. that's it for the moment.. oh.. and we got snow here! :D there was a blizzard going on two nights ago and Sunday morning, the city was moving really slow.. hundreds of cars stuck in the snow (nobody got winter tires here :P ) and quite some accidents, as I heard.. crazy place! :)
if you want to google earth me, I'm close to the Grand Central in upper Manhattan.. it's a total awesome place! never was like this in the "heart" of New York :)

love and light to all of you and you'll hear from me! :)

..a night in Kiev..

..and just ONE night, and then I'll be on my trip again and out of familiary closemindedness!



if you are amongst the people that took time to see me and offered their hospitality, then let me say THANK YOU to you once more!! it was just wonderful and healing my soul, these few days back home.. seeing family, friends and going out to party! :D



I made up my mind quite a lot.. one thing is, that there is no "way back" to the old plan, because after all these difficulties, I'm happy to do that trip by myself.. sorry, there is a limit of inviting in and being enthuiastic.. so in best case, Liz will join me in June.. if either she finds out, where she can buy and register a car in South America or is willed to jump on my bike.

hmm.. was really freeing to see what awesome life with awesome people I'm having back home!!! :D ..I'm glad we met (even just for a short moment) in the middle of my trip (naah.. still more than half to go ;) because you never know what happens in life..

hmm.. this morning (I started this post yesterday and finishing it before getting on our plane) is our flight back to NY.. there were some events that happened (and won't be described in here) that may make me going away as soon as possible.. thank to Liz's parents.. after this we now really need a break. (was another unsatisfying night being seperated :( ..I'm sorry, but I just DONT CARE ANYMORE what they say or what they want and seeing Liz being humiliated doesn't help changing that picture :( ..she was crying when I came back home yesterday and instead of healful cuddleing, we had to play once more hide and seek with the bedrooms.. I'm really sick of being somebody that I'm not. I started to ask myself, if I'm just a rude person that doesn't accomodate others, but I think it's more my way to bring change to this world :) I think Liz's mom should learn (and accept), that adult people may want to sleep together and have some privacy! (and I failed to deliver that message, detained by Liz)

OK.. I'm going for breakfast now :) my back hurts since days (or weeks) and I should do some exercises to stretch and build up muscles. I might be very soon in Mexico once my camera and credit card that I forgot in Switzerland :P arrive.. maybe Liz is right and she needs to organize her chaotic life by herself.

Home.. Sweet Home..

who would have ever thought, that I will make it back to my beloved home country on this trip??

..even if the circumstances aren't all that pleasant, I'm looking forward to come home for 10 days, see my Mom and family, visit friends and go to parties!!! :D

long story short.. our trip was DOOMED from the beginning :'( it didn't matter if I would have come here or not. Liz's parents are just so stubborn and afraid that something could happen, that they only allow her to visit me in Chile and Argentina (booooring!!). That is really disappointing, especially, because I thought we are making a compromise here and not getting a solution dictated :( anyway.. may be good to do it this way. I just got so sad about all this, about the situation, that we can't talk to each other about this (Liz had always to be the middleman), that I couldn't really smile and be happy --> I'm a straight forward person and as transparent as one can be. this doesn't mean, that I got unfriendly.. just not that euphoric and enthuiastic, as I was arriving here. this automatically got interpreted as "hostile" (the word her parents used, talking to Liz) and they figured, it would be happier, if I wouldn't be here.. what is in the way of a self-fulfilling-prophecy true, because if I get "exiled" this way, I don't really want to be here. So I'm REALLY happy to get out of here. Especially because we can't talk together about this.. I'm glad to not see their parents anymore (they went to bed earlier yesterday and got up earlier this morning, so I could avoid all personal contact with them). It's really sad, because I don't like to have relations like this with people, but it seems that they are totally unable to talk about this with me (we had a conversation a few days ago and Nancy got upset by the pure fact, that I'm expressing my feelings and concerns). So all this seems to me like tail-between-legs and run away instead of having an open and clear conversation about this.
I mean, I even accept the fact, that they say, better safe and single than allowing Liz to come with me, but I like at least to be able to talk about.. that's why I came here in first place, remember? ahh.. it's between poor and pathetic, but however.. it doesn't mean the end of my life and I enjoy getting the "good old energy" back again, that I lost over the last days.. I felt so terribly miserable in my mind, my heart and my body. I just could experience the destructive force of bad thoughts, of not being aware and present.. good I'm getting out of it.

so yes.. flying in a few hours to Switzerland and Liz will join me in a few days (after she had some quality time with her parents). then we are together for a week in Switzerland, go back to Kiev to catch our flights to NY.. so finally the trip was time and money consuming and very, very intense.
..instead of going to Baia, Mexico, I went to Texas, flew to New York, flew to Amsterdam, connecting flight Kiev Airport, driver to Kiev city, driver Kiev airport, Budhapest, connection flight Zurich, being 10 days home, Zurich to Budhapest, connection flight Kiev, driver Kiev city, sleep one night, driver Kiev airport, flight Paris de-gaule airport, connection flight New York, flight (or Bus) to Texas, where I gonna pick up my bike again... HELL I'm glad to be on my ride again after all this!!!!!!!! it's probably as crazy as it seems ;)
..and my back hurts :(((( ..to add a complaint more ;) HAHA :D ..ah.. whatever.. cu soon! :D

..the sun breaks through the clouds..

..today was actually the first sunny day with blue sky (was almost shocked.. how could this happen!? ;) hehe :)

on the other side, we progressed with our bilateral negotiations and the things don't seem that lost as before. I think, it took the million tears, to bring us to the point, where we stand now.

for Liz it meant, that she doesn't remain silent here and we can forge our plans and for me it meant, to get a bit more distance to our relationship (what isn't actually a bad thing, considering that I will travel for a long time by myself and considering the uncertainty of our future).

So yes.. somehow it seems possible, that we can get a car and travel on for quite a long time in South America, if this is what we want, once it's getting May. I mean, there are more hurdles to take, but for me it was essential, to know that there exists the possibility to do so.. otherwise I would have loosened our relationship right away (who wants to accelerate, if you're about to hit a wall?? ;) hehe :)

for me it's OK to join every single day that we still have here (and in New York) together and I think, I will start after Liz birthday (6th of January) with my trip and will have about 8 countries to cross. in the meantime Liz will try to get a job and save some money to contribute and we will see how we feel about us, when I reach Colombia.
it will be a mix out of three factors, how much we still love each other, how much Liz can contribute to this trip (I don't want to buy the car with just my own cash) and how much she feels to come to Switzerland after this (getting rid of all the stuff in New York and being prepared for a new stage in her life in the place where I'd like to settle down for 1-2 years after this.. close to Zurich, maybe even apply at my former employer (because I loved it that much there! :)
Liz will have 5 month to get into Spanish and make researches about jobs or studies in Switzerland.. this could be farming or serving tables, freshing up her German in case she wants to make some German studies or find some wicked English studies she wants to do or any work that her Russian/Slavic studies diploma would allow her to do.
I can't tell her what kind of jobs and possibilities in CH there are (as I don't know what I will do after this), but she will have time to figure out and motivate herself for this.

if it doesn't work out, then it's the way it has to be, but I think, then we will both have something better and we don't have to worry about this right now ;)
having the idea to give it a try and the word of their parents that they won't interfere anymore is enough for me to sleep peacefully ;) hehe :)

I mean.. we don't have the final "Yes" for that, but since Liz talked to her parents yesterday, it looks better than ever and I feel, I don't have anything to loose..
I was prepared to let go of all of this, because it was so tough, so much destructive energies, that my feeling told me to do so.. surprisingly things seemed to change (as her parents also care about our relationship) and let's see, how we will end up.. you don't get guarantees for anything in this life, so I should be more calm about all this ;)
what made me turning back to my original plan to do this by myself on a bike was also, that the ammount of difficulties was getting to high to still do all this.. especially when Liz said, that she doesn't know about coming to Switzerland (of course she can't right now, but she told me different things weeks ago.. so I said to myself.. "hmm.. let's see if this will have future"

but compared to the night before, the last night was super splendid wonderful!! :) we bought a tasty 5 dollar champagne and drunk it in the park, had a devine midnight snack at their place and cuddled seeing an animated movie, having a lot of fun! :)

today we were out (with the personal driver of Liz's dad) to a open air museum of old houses and how people lived in different areas of the Ukraine in different centuries. Was really nice!! I took a lot of pictures and will put them online soon :) I hope the black/white ones will be somewhat artistic ;) hehe :)

I'm also improving my english by making all this funny mistakes, that make Liz laugh and telling me, how it's supposed to sound ;) ..and we found small rubber bands for my hear, to section them up again, so I can crochet on and make them look even nicer.. HAHA :D (was hard to find these rubber bands here in Kiev ;)

..yes.. overall.. I'm very happy with my life, happy to be here, happy to love Liz.. can't complain. it seems, that sometimes happiness has to be bought with pain (what buddhists preach for thousands of years ;)

now I'm having a hot bath and then I will meet a CouchSurfing friend here in the city and talk about life and the universe :)

if you read this, drop me some lines! I hope, you're fine out there!! :)

..bitter tears of desperation..

jajaja.. how else could it be.. struggling with no end, because of over worried parents.. :'(

one thing that I try to figure out is about the second part of the trip by car.. if purchase and export will be possible and where to buy it. let's pray that some experienced travelers can help me out with that (found an excellent forum to post my request).

the other thing is, that Liz parents will be worrying anyway, once we start the trip, but as the
1 000 000 tear has been shed, I'm so exhausted and desperate that there is no other way as they agree to our proposition (or I will start to say good bye to this relationship, because I just can't take it anymore!!!) :'((( yeah.. it's really emotional here.. crying our eyes out a thousand times, the bed soaked with tears..

but I believe, it's all experience that has to be made and it will help me a certain moment in my life. even if it's just not worrying as their parents do, if I would be in such a situation.

the hammer came this afternoon, when I figured out that all they allow Liz to do is getting a round trip and join me somewhen in South America in the "safe" countries as Argentina and Chile and then travel by bus.. sorry, but this is doesn't get even close to the adventures I want to live with Liz! ..I mean.. what do they expect me.. to travel 12++ month by myself and then in 2 countries I can meet Liz before shy flies back to New York??!! ..HELLO!!! we are going to Switzerland after this and before getting there, I want our relationship to be proven traveling the way Liz and I prefere (what is getting a car and making WHOLE South America together).

so after getting the vibes of their parents, I don't really trust anymore in the whole situation.. I mean.. they will be fucking freaking out when she joins me.. no matter if this is tomorrow or in 6 months or in 6 years.. it's just NOT POSSIBLE according to them :'(
so there are two options for me now.. wheter say good bye to our relation (broken hearts and billions of tears, but no pain lasts forever) or having them AGREE on our plan to spend the 2nd part of the trip together, that would be South America after getting out of Colombia and still consists out of about 8-9 month (plans can varie, but let's assume it will be this ammount of time).

so yes.. we will come up with this proposition in about 2 days and I don't accept another compromise (I think, it's fucking compromising enough!) the idea of having her visiting me on my trip isn't exactly what I understand under "living love" and "growing together".

so yes.. that was a hell of an emotional rollercoaster ride we just had here and the plan born out of sheer desperation will hopefully be accepted.

I mean, there's way more about this.. one thing is: the world isn't that bad or that dangerous as most people believe out of the newspaper. So if you want to worry, worry all day long, but if you not let me life my life because of your worries, then I can hardly take it (sorry, does worry serve for anything anyway????)

second: if you don't face your fears / handle your worries, you will never change! we can only change through experience and processing this experience. So it doesn't matter when Liz parents will learn to be more at ease and calm their mind. that's why I want their word and agreement now, because I know, it won't be different in 6 month..

stress is if the outer situation doesn't match with the inner actitude.. so if you can't change the outside world, change inside. It's possible, I have done it, doing it all the time, billion of people are doing it along their way in life, so please.. don't tell me, I ask for too much.

yeah.. we gonna see.. but being stirred up to the limit, turned inside out and upside down, exhausted from being shivered through, we came up with this plan and heck, I will fight for it!!!

ah.. that helped :) haha :D ..I posted something a few days ago and deleted it again, but I think, the world earns to know this.. finally it's my diary and it shall be as complete as possible.

have a great time and gonna hear from me.. can't complain about a boring life here or too few emotions breaking up ;) and what doesn't kill you, makes you strong.. it's probably where the way I live my life is rooted. born out of the zillions of such moments I had (of different intesity) that made me the person I am and I can't complain about who I am :)

cu all!! was even thinking about to come back home with Liz, but as I feel at the moment, it's not the time right now..

..how the hell did I get here? :D

..so here I am in eastern Europe, in the Ukraine! :)

New York got better and better and I'm looking forward to go back.. I met many of Liz's friends and they are totally awesome!! will enjoy to be there for another ?? weeks.. probably be there for new year and then heading down to Mexico :)

yes.. so here's the story:

we flew over the ocean, having a 5 hour layover in Amsterdam, where we slept for a while on the cold stone floor, before we continued to Kiev. ..it was raining and pretty cold (could be colder though). I don't get a word of what people speak here and couldn't read the cyrilic stuff (more cryptic ;) hehe :) but it didn't take me long to "re-map" the letters.. some I'm still struggling with, but a "N" is a "I", the "R" a "G" the "P" an "R" the "X" a "CH" and so on.. and some letters are super weird, but it's fanny to try to read things.. I feel as in the first grade.. haha :D

we live here in the super luxury apartment of Liz's parents.. they have a cook and a driver, a fridge full of tasty food and I totally like it here! :) (Liz parents are super nice and I think, we really like each other :)

next to eating as the kings, we went out, walked through the streets and have visited the Chernobyl museum (happened April 1986 and is still the worst nuclear disaster ever happened on this planet). after more than 20 years, there are still 3800 people employed to maintain the situation (that no other disaster occurs, as I have understood it). I envy Liz for she visited the reactor the last time when she was here.. tours are expensive and you need even a special permit to go inside.. was also super VIP thing that she had :) B-A-D-A-S-S!! hehe ;)

oh yes.. and of course.. what brought us here.. the situation with traveling together.. looks as followed:

because Liz's parents aren't comfortable with having here traveling through the "dangerous" countries of South America, she will join me, once I got out of Colombia.

so I will drive my bike by myself down to Panama (eventually ship it from there back home) and get a car for South America. We will still be travelling for 6 month ++ ..so it's not all that bad :) I get some more time to ride my dragon and we will stay in contact over internet. If our love survives this (what I strongly assume), then we will spend the rest of the trip together and come then together to Switzerland. until Colombia, Liz will get a job and save some money for a ticket down and eventually for traveling (still not a criteria).

hmm.. now I go and join them in the living. you'll hear from me soon.. as it's super easy to get online here :D

..New York.. New York.. :)

dear Mom and friends (as I heard, my Mom is the only active reading family member ;)

we arrived in NY 3 days ago and it's a lot colder here :-/ it's probably as Switzerland and Tunesia.. totally different climatic regions. but NY is cool!! staying here at Matt's place, a friend of Liz. I just got up, after spending the night on the couch in the living.. the to us designated room is unfortunately inhabited by bed bugs and poor Liz got bitten quite a lot in the first night. I didn't get a single bite, but I might have taken it better with my skin, because Liz got an allergic reaction to it, what made it a lot more itchy and painful.

hmm.. it's sunday and we gonna see, what we will do today.. it's sunny (and chilly) outside and we might ending up at Liz appartment (sublet at the moment) to store things that we don't bring to the Ukraine. I sorted yesterday quite a lot out and will have my backpack with me, stuffed with warm clothes :) ..yes.. despite the cold, the fact that I don't understand (or read) a single word Ukrainian, will be living 3 weeks with their parents and that eastern Europe has a depressive vibe, it might be very cool, to check that out.. there will be a Thanksgiving with diplomats and ambassadors from all over Europe (I got already a bottom down shirt and a tie ;) and there will be Sauna, cheap bear and chess and a taste of the balkan, getting a bit more into it's history..

I met already quite a lot of friends (and ex boyfriends ;) of Liz and they are all supercool! it's in fact, as I hoped.. getting to New York and having fun and meeting people out of Liz's earlier life (earlier = before we met ;)
I also think, staying here for a month in December will be a blast! the city is so cosmopolitan, many different people from different cultures come here together and to have the opportunity to live here for a couple of weeks is really cool! :)

that's it for the moment.. you'll hear from me wheter from here or the Ukraine :)

be blessed and have a blissful time! :)

..out there in Texas.. :)

hmm.. it has been a while.. or somehow it seems like this to me. lot of things changed and happened and I find myself everyday in a brand new day :)

so I made it to Austin, Texas in one day from Fort Stockton, by driving a new record in miles, but also on a nice and beautiful day, that made even flat Texas enjoyable to ride through! :D
I surprised Liz here (because she didn't check her Email ;) and we went out that night and celebrated Halloween the next day with her sister Sarah and a couple of friends :) I improvised a cave man costume in no-time! :) that was a pretty good job I did.. out of a pillow, a Teddy-bear-bag and some fake fur, I made a wicked and fancy Neanderthal costume! :D haha :) found a inflatable club for a dollar in the same second hand store and was at least correctly dressed for the event! :) there were totally awesome costumes (and hot chicks ;) but also some moderate things to be seen :)

then I brought my bike to Liz's Aunt and Uncle to store it between 2 and 14 month :P did this today professionally :) all cleaned, fuel stabilized, battery disconnected, all washed, oiled and gear properly boxed. all tarped and ready to be picked up at day X >< hehe :)
yesterday we went visiting her grand father in the nursery home and hiking on enchanted rock. the bike is where we stayed, at a place little outside of San Antonio in a rich peoples district with gate :) yes.. had a good time there. eat awesome food and have been invited to so many things!

have been busy days somehow.. just came back to Austin and went kayaking for an hour together with Sarah.

so now the bike is out of my mind for a while and we have our flights to New York in 2 days.. let's see what future brings :) it's all really intense.. it's by far biggest thing I've ever done.. but yes, it's beautiful to experience so many things together. Have met many very nice people and enjoy my time with Liz! :)

hear from me soon..

P.S. the weather is splendid! :) 30 degrees, blue sky, yesterday had a sunset-moonrise as never seen before :) totally enjoyable here!!

..driven by the storm..

wellwell.. :) haha :D here we are :)

I'm sitting in a Library in Fort Stockton in Texas.. a very flat and boring state, but somehow I don't have time to be bored driving, because I'm freezing my ass off!! :P

so we left the grand parents of Liz and drove that very day to the Grand Canyon.. I've seen quite a few things, but this is remarkably impressive!! (there will be a picture album filled with stunning shots of the Grand Canyon :D
we camped out outside of the Grand Canyon Area in the National Forest, where you can camp legally for free.. this is a really good thing, these "public lands for many uses". Having a bike it was really easy to get back to the campsite (just us and plenty of wildlife ;) and to the market plaza to get breakfast and supplies in the morning. We stayed 3 nights.. having a nice trip in the GC and some good hikes :)
we've seen hundreds of Ravens, dozens of Elks and mule deers and even a Coyote!! :D was totally nice to have these days (we left just in time to not get snowed in :) especially, because Liz's Grandma told her mother, that we are riding a bike (and not a car as white-lied before) and during the next phone call it became clear, that there is no way to continue together (her Mom was close to hysterical :P and because I don't want to upset her, I totally suggested, that she takes a bus from Flagstaff (especially, because I have already a ticket to the Ukraine, will stay 3 weeks with them and like to take Liz to South America in peaceful agreement with their parents.. so better not mess it all up right away ;) haha :D
so I dropped Liz in Flagstaff and she is already in Austin with her sister, while I'm taking my dragon down to meet her again (should be happen tomorrow :)
I had a beautiful ride down a Canyon to Sedona.. the trees shine in fall colors and the mountains are just incredible!! (sure you find pics on google earth of the place.. it's a energetic place and known for it).
I met a guy camping out the night and he set up a nice camp fire.. we talked and had a good time! was good to just be by my own.. gives time to reflect on the past days/weeks..
he's name is T.J. and he pointed me out some energetic points, called vortex. I went to one of them and wanted to find another one, pretty much out in the woods.. but failed to find this one. continued west.. bailing out to Cottonwood and Prescott and then back to Camp Verde and down to Globe, where I stayed for the night.
it was a very, very windy day to ride.. was kinda glad, to be alone on the bike with lighter load. I tried to loose the storm, that was founding in my back, but didn't really manage to get to more stable climatic conditions. in Globe was a sand storm going on.. there were some nice mountains to drive through after Camp Verde and in the Tonto National Park.. then it drops down and flattens out a bit. I missed Liz a lot camping in Globe.. was somewhere out of town on a public PicNic and Camping area.. couldn't do anything but staying in my tent and read a book about motorcycle poets :) ..outside it was windy, sandy and pretty chilly.
the coming morning I started very early.. it's hard to get Liz out of bed ;) and just having me delaying, it's faster to move on.. Okay.. I also have to say, that laying alone in a sleepy isn't not nearly as nice as to wake up together and to cuddle and snuggle for a moment! :D haha :D
I drove from Globe to Safford and down to the Interstate 10 Junction.. entering New Mexico.. a kinda boring State.. don't know a lot about it, because just passed it in that very day.. but it's not the most scenic state and the weather was way too bad to truly enjoy the ride of the day :-/
I ended up in El Paso (Texas) after I almost stopped at Las Cruces.. but the sky was blue again down there, so I took the extra 50 miles, that led me in strong rain and winds :P
yes.. it was a very wet day and there was no other way than to spend 45bucks to stay in Motel 6 (what I'm doing here as well), because it's so cold and wet, that it would just be a pain to stay outside.. rather have a warm shower, watch TV (to see what stupid things are running on US TV channels ;) and sleep in a warm and cozy bed. ..I'll end up watching cartoons later.. it's the most sincere thing and the propaganda isn't as offending as on other channels..
yes.. I was pretty much running away from the storm, that is coming from North, but I'm kinda 1-2 days too late, so it's not that nice to ride in these conditions.. on the other hand.. being another 2 days late would make the trip impossible (would have to wait it out), so I don't want to complain.
this morning I was riding through snowy mountains.. there was no snow on the street luckily, but I'm wearing 2 pairs of socks, 5 layers on my legs and 6 layers on my top.. the heated handlebars just prevent freezing my hands on the grips :P ..but it's about to get better tomorrow.. so I assume, that the long ride tomorrow to Austin will be more convenient :) ..380 miles will it be. will start as early as the weather allows it and see where I end up.. if I can't do it, because too tired, I stay another night somewhere, but easy and steady going, it should be doable. here the speed limit is 80 miles/hour (so 85 mph is still OK ;) that brings me a little faster where I aim to go, but also colder because of more wind and the bike takes lot more gasoline, but it's affordable with the gas prices they have here..

I'm also looking for a place where I could leave my bike and I think, I have some good options.. let's see, what it will be in the end.
unfortunately my insurance will be running in vane for 2 months.. makes a 300 USD going down the drain.. I hope I get a better offer from a different company for my next insurances and I won't make policies more than 1 month.. because all so unpredictable ;)

I think, that's it for the moment.. it's pretty harsh to ride at the moment, but soon I'll head out for some other adventures. ..too bad it's winter in the Ukraine.. couldn't Liz's parents be diplomats in South Africa? ;) I will freeze my ass off for another 2 month (so much about following the summer), but then I will head definitively for warmer places!!! :D eventually cutting out Mexico (let's see the situation and weather in January).

wishing you all the best and have a great time!!! (as I do here ;) hehe :)

hugs and kisses!

..across the States..

Wow.. it took me a long time to get to a computer and update this blog.. we were mostly emergency-organizing something or checking on weather ;)

so let me try to summarize the last two weeks.. :)

it was nasty to drive out of Seattle on a 5 lane Interstate, but made it finally to Highway 101, driving through some forests and camping out the first night on the shores of the Pacific :) we missed the sunset for driving a long time, but were glad to be on our own again and start an adventure like that. driving with our load and two people isn't that bad after all ;) just had to leave a lot of things behind, that I wouldn't want to miss on the long term.. as my guitar for example :)

we had a decent breakfast the next morning (drinking a lot of coffee here, but what can you do if they offer free refills ;) hehe :) so it was a beautiful drive down the 101, along the coast line, watching the endless sea on our side. Since I have a personal motorbike-greeter and photograph in the back, there will be more pictures online soon :) ..also pictures of my cute lady and my dready look, getting better day by day :)
there were some strange noises on the bike and I checked chain tension, finding accidently a leak of oil.. but just a very small one, so no need for quick changes. The guys from the garage were super, super nice and we talked a lot, got invited some burgers for dinner and they told us, where to camp out.. too bad, I forgot the name of the place, otherwise you could google-earth it :) we stayed on a sandy peninsula, having sea on both sides, beautiful dunes, watching the waves and playing jews-harp and overtone singing (we're getting better day by day ;)

the next day we continued down the 101 and it was another georgeous ride.. it's just fun to ride a bike through the world! :) I got a lot of hugs and massages from the back, what makes it even more enjoyable! :) ..we spent the night in a state park, on the beach, camping out illegal but for free :D it's good to have a bike.. so you can drive down small path and get off the scene for being unbothered :)

then the weather was about to change.. the tent was always soaked in the morning because of the moisture that you get by being just aside the ocean.
there was the end of this Taifun that swept over Japan and we got a lot of wind and rain.. the day was still okay, but we took a motel room for 60 bucks in Eureka, because it was about to rain and it was just too hard to camp another night outside with our stuff. So we enjoyed a hot shower and a cozy Motel room with a biiiig bed! :D

in the morning there was some blue sky, when we started, but we got hit by heavy rain just a few miles out of town and we just rode a 60 miles in total this day, before we stranded in Garberville. There are a lot of people looking for jobs to trim weed (now it's the season to do so), but because of high competition and because of it's still kinda illegal and things happen, the vibes are not that inviting. the town itself is supercool! ..small Hippie-town along the 101 ;)
we spent another 60 bucks to be dry and watched some TV (I enjoy doing that, despite all the propaganda they show in TV :-/

by getting more South and the Taifun passing, we made it the next day to San Francisco (SF), where we stayed with a friend of Liz. The vibe wasn't too bad, but we were urged to leave after 2 days, so I was happy to be out of the place again. It's too bad on the other side, because SF is a real cool place and I could have stayed for longer.. I mean, I drove over the Golden Gate Bridge (epic!! :) and we spent a day in the botanical garden and park in SF.. was also very nice!
then the next morning we figured out, that I have a flat tire in the back.. was kinda stressful to me, but what else could I do than try to get it fixed.
So I took my bike apart and it took me so long to break the beat (getting the tire of the wheel) and then the tube didn't show any holes?!?! so I hiked a long walk to get a entirely new tube (to be safe) and tried to put it in.. a guy came and helped me and when it was done and I was inflating it, there it was leaking because of unprober mounting (the wheel arms I used to put on the tire destroyed the new tube :( ..happened to me the last time..
..so I hiked again the same way to get another new tube.. this time had some other, more experienced people helping me.. mounted it, inflated it and it looked good.. so I built everything together, went to the other guys to say thank you and when I came back, it was flat again.. I could have cried!! :'(
so I got the direction of a garage and drove the bike with a flat tire back.. took me 6 hours and wasted some money on tubes, that I broke just right away.. was so unrewarding!! went to bed early and was destroyed myself by this day.

the next morning I inflated it temporarily and drove it to this BMW garage.. was about 220USD, but they checked everything and tightened the screws on my motor, so the leak might have been sealed now. I'm glad everything has been checked.. tires inflated to optimum and so on.. didn't have any more troubles so far :)

driving out of SF was also quite a way on the Interstate, but then finally hitting Highway 1. we camped on the cliffs in Santa Cruz (just North of SF) and listened to the sounds of the waves smashing against the rocks, 100 feet below :) that was cool!

then the ride down the Hwy 1 was probably the most beautiful ride EVER!! :D you have a curvy road, going up and down, just right beside the ocean with very nice mountains to the left! we've seen an Elephant-Sealion colony just hanging out on the beach and turned off the Hwy 46 east to take the 56 east, after being a short stretch on 101 (for those who want to follow us with Google Maps or Google Earth :)
we spent the night in green hills, just off the road, enjoying the sunset and having another night, laying in each others arm.. is sooooo nice!!! :)

then we drove through mountains and some flat lands.. along the way since we came to California we've seen wine, oil, cotton, lemons and weed production of this state :) it's really educative to check out this world!! haha :D
we ended up camping out in the desert, next to a car cemetary.. was cool to take some pictures there. will be online soon! :)

this almost brings us to the current day.. yesterday we drove from that place up the 395 to the 190, that goes across the Death Valley.. was still pretty hot, even if out of season. it's very stony, rocky, just some bushed, that can gather water from very deep below. there isn't that much life out there, but there haven't been died as many people either, as the name would claim :)
it would have been 50 bucks for this one day, if we would have registered and camped out in an official spot.. so we managed to save this money by just going our way. (spending it for expensive meal and groceries). yeah.. don't feel really guilty about it.. was just too stony and hot to pay a lot of money to be there ;) hehe :) you'll see some nice pictures of it.. wasn't the way I expected it and it's despite it's beauty hard to think, that this is a national park (I naturally expect some trees and rivers ;)

oh.. I didn't mention the redwoods, that we have driven through.. huge trees, that are houndreds of years old (some can be driven through, but didn't do that..). but these are the very big trees, that you see on the national park pictures :) they are truely awesome!

hmm.. what else.. that's all for now.. me and Liz are having a great time!! it's nice to ride with somebody (would be 1000 times more boring in the night, just camping out somewhere alone by yourself). But we also get stressed sometimes and feel a certain tension, but we can talk about it and that's the most important thing.. traveling together is way more intense than living together or being married.. so if we make it, we probably always make it ;)
I still enjoy being with Liz, sharing our thoughts and feelings! ..I got sometimes unpatient and harsher than I want to be, but I guess, this is the challenge of life and she has a lot of understanding and love for me :) I'm glad, we found each other!

Ok.. I might add stuff, if something comes to my mind later ;) we have to continue further South.. getting to Baker on Interstate 15 and finding a way to head down to Interstate 40 (and Route 66). The trip on the bike will end in Austin, Texas. There I'll have to find a place to store it for 2-14 month and we'll have flights to NY, to spend 4 days there to make preparations and then 3 weeks in the Ukraine and ?? days in December/January in New York.. and then we gonna see :) ..but so far, so good! haha :D isn't that f**cking amazing!! :) what a hell of a trip I'm having here!!! HAHA :D

my best wishes and blessings to you, dear friends and family!

Sleeping in Seattle.. ;) hehe :)

..yeah, we slept a lot here ;) hehe :) ..after Liz and I were finally reunited, we're enjoying every single minute together!! :D

when Hannah had her free day, we went to a park with coast and spent there the whole afternoon, together with Lydia, another friend of ours. Was totally, totally awesome, with a beautiful sunset! (had the color of Liz's hair.. including the purple and golden tones ;) yes.. a picture will soon follow (of her and the sunset ;) hehe :)

we haven't made a lot here.. didn't go to the Aquarium, didn't go up the Needle (this would be 25$) but had a splendid time here! I LOVE Seattle! :) met cool people going out and ended up in their apartment, had delicious breakfast, eat as the kings, went dancing one night when there was electro and psy. hmm.. actually, did quite a few things, now thinking about it ;) hehe :)

We started with Acro Yoga (have to look it up.. it's kinda artistic stuff). so I hold Hannah in the air with my feet, while she was making the plank and hold Liz in the air with my hands on her hips, while she was also making the plank.. I guess, it looked pretty cool! :D haha :) (especially, whit such beautiful girls ;) got even an applause ;) Liz and I want to do more stuff like this.. it's really fun!!! :D

then I got a second helmet and we made a test ride through the city and on the Interstate, to see if I can still handle the bike and if Liz likes it.. she loves it! :) so I organized a few other things.. like two hard plastic file boxes, tin bars, electric wire and a couple of cable ties and bend the things in form, used lots of duct tape and mcgyvered two front panniers with my Swiss army knife :D pretty cool shit! ..we left most of our luggage here and Hannah will send it to NY, once we arrive there.

it took us a few hours of discussion and some very emotional moments of confusion, but finally we got it together.. we start here tomorrow noon direction Highway 101 and then down the coast (epic ride! :D to San Francisco, Los Angeles then over to Austin (Texas) and continuing towards the east coast (Route 66, where it's still nice). will take us about a month to get there and yes, finally I drive though the States, because it seems what it right and matches with our ideas..

we're about to get our flights on probably the 10th of November to Kiev, where we will stay for about a month.. saying hello to Liz's parents and traveling in the Ukraine :) (fuck.. that was really not predictable ;) haha :D isn't that just GREAT!! life unfolds itself everyday in his devine beauty and there's no other way to go along with this flow! :) ..it will actually be cheaper for me, to spend a month in the Ukraine (including tickets), than the States. of course, I couldn't have been more uninterested in Eastern Europe, but life is change and I'm really looking forward now to get there! :D I want to experience the world of my soulmate as it is mine :)

ah.. and my dreads are getting better! :) after a total mess, we could fix it and are using now crochet needles to get it tightened :) Liz put a picture of mine online in Facebook. it's still from Burning Man, but gives and idea, how my dreads will be ;) you should check it out, if you're on FB and my friend ;) haha :D

hmm.. I wish you love and happiness! may you also be blessed in life, as I am! :D ..I found a wonderful girl that loves me, the way I love her! we're taking care of each other, caressing each other and having wonderful energies! we can talk about everything, can laugh and cry together and have so much understanding for each other! we are perfect in our imperfection and are a totally sweet and adorable couple! :) haha :D ..as my travels become bigger and more meaningful, so does my love and I feel, this is the Zenith of everything, that has ever been (except for our chemistry.. I just had fragments of it before and I discover land, that I thought is familiar to me already :) blessed universe!!! how could I not love life so much!! :D

all the best and hear from me soon! :)

..spread your wings my dragon and take me and my love high up in the air, through all the skies!

Arrived in Seattle..

yes, this is where I am at the moment :)

staying at the apartment of Liz super cute and extremely nice best friend and meeting my beloved one in just a few hours.. FINALLY!!! :D

I got some stories to tell (they are naturally about to come, when you journey out into the day! ;)

So I started pretty early in Vernon.. missing one of my two Sarongs, that hopefully will be sent to me later.. (got lost in the mess there ;)
was a nice ride, met some other bikers and they invited me a coffee.. shared some good stories and I continued to Kamloops and then west, where the road leads down the Frazer Valley. That was a really beautiful ride!! :D sorry, just enjoyed for myself and no pics.. light wasn't suitable for taking pictures. I ended up this night in Harris Hot Springs, where I found myself and abandoned house in the city (camping was insanely expensive!!!) so I tried to be unseen and leaving no footprint. I was having some beers on the lake and when I walked back into the property, there was a police car standing.. must have been there for at least half an hour (got delayed, be saving a ball out of the water ;)
so yeah.. somebody saw me, called the owner, this one worried, called the cops and there we were ;) was totally easy going.. was a bit nervous walking towards that car, but mastered the situation exceptionally! :D they were checking on my bike and didn't find anything.. so after another 30 minutes, they had no information about the bike, nether my insurance, but it was OK.. I seemed to be OK ;) so after they called the owner back and asked if I could stay (the answer was "no", but I had to try ;) I left the place went swimming in a hot pool and spent the night in the forest, next to a walking trail.. cold and dark, but for free ;) hehe :D

next day, I was driving to Vancouver Island.. almost got in the city, by taking the wrong highway ;) but then finding Horseshoe bay, where there are ferries (newly bought in Germany) over to the Island. Had two hours to stay and went down on the beach, playing guitar, meeting a total awesome guy and having a great conversation! :) hopping on the ferry, enjoying strong wind on deck.. you could lean strongly in the wind.. totally fun! :D
the Island is pretty big and I didn't want to travel all the way to the top, but Tofino seemed to be a good destination. because also this several hours, I made it to Parksville, where the coastal road begins. wanted to stay on the beach, but seemed to not upset the people, I start asking around. the first try was unsuccessful, but then there was a guy who let me park my bike and told me to come back in an hour, when his wife is around.. I did so and I was welcomed in, got a super tasty and healthy salad for dinner and we talked the whole night long, smoking spliffs in their kitchen and drinking two bottles of wine! :D they had a wicked house (he works in house improvement and it's the first private house I've seen with an urinal!! :D that rocks!!) and they had me a bed to sleep :)

the next day I spent some hours on the market in Coombs.. first just playing with my tools and then playing instruments and busking in the street :) made 10 bucks ;) hehe :) had nice conversations and could pass something on.. just not sure, if I want to take money for that ;) but was a nice experience, never did this before and there might be a time, where I travel this way. but because of poor guitar playing, better poor didgeridoo playing ;) hehe :)
was getting really cold then to drive to Tofino.. I had this picture of a pepperoni cheese pizza in my mind, that guided me so far.. but FREEEEEZING cold!! :(
I got my pizza, some beer and went to the city park beach and stayed there for a night. the Pizza lady told me that.. camping is not allowed, but everybody does and because of the end of the season, it wouldn't matter that much :) so met some people on the beach and talked and slept just a stone throw away from the surge, watching the stars :) was a special night.. missed Liz a lot!!! ..and was pretty cold.. slept in all my clothes + bike jacket :P

next morning it got rainy and I stayed in Tofino until noon. meeting people, doing my stuff in the city and figuring out, where to go.. was a farm of a hippie dude, that was just outside of town :) so I met a lot of random people there, got a dry place for 10 bucks and helped with trimming work. the people that are living there, do so for weeks or month and I bet, it's even more lovely, if it's warm and dry ;) was a big peace of land with forest and walkways, trailers and tarp-cottages, where people would stay. ..I got the "Tharp Mahal" :D haha :) pretty much space and a fire place, that I didn't dare to use ;)

started then my ride down to Victoria early in the morning the next day. Almost all days, I went to bed pretty early (cold and dark) and slept quite a lot (cold and wet in the morning ;).
so in Port Alberni I took the gravel dirt road to Bamfield, but heading further down to Lake Cowichan and from there over to the coast.. so my bike got once again all over dirty (looks badass, but have to wash it this afternoon :P
after Bamfield junction it got really, really, REALLY nasty with bumps and wholes in the ground. the street requires good shocks! was glad, that I made it to a paved road again and was lucky to arrive in Victoria after another pretty long ride along the coast. On the way, I hit the ditch, but not too bad.. once again: a pannier out of shape and I had to unload the bike. the first car stopped, asked if everything all right (didn't get any scratch.. was pretty controlled ;) so he helps me moving the bike and I'm on the road again after 5 minutes :)
and then.. I see this black bear crossing the street!! :D I slow down, getting closer and he hurries over the road, I stop, he stops, watching each other and the he disappears over the edge. that was really cool!! :D never saw a wild bear so close.. he was probably: "Oh shit dude, gotta get of the road.." ;)

I spent this night 30 dollars to have a warm place to stay in the HI hostel in Victoria (hate doing that). but it was to cold and nasty to not do so.. ;) I don't like hostels that much, because it rembers me my Lonely Planet times and the people there are either very much for themselves or then it's not the kind of party people that I'd like to meet.. so I went out and met this night about five random parties in a row, having beer, good conversations and a wonderful time! :) was really fulfilling! could ask some people on a table and sit down and when we split up again, it was such a good vibe! listened to their story and told them mine.. my trip, my new love and about the uncertainty of the future :) was GREAT! :D
the next morning I got despite every caution a parking ticket, that I tossed, after I have been advised to do so :D haha ;) yeah.. they don't make the effort to bust tourist.. sorry about that :) wasn't blocking the road anyway :P
went on the Black Ball Ferry down to the states.. Passport stuff and customs.. happily the guy in the hostels tells me, I have to be there 90 minutes early.. just made it in time, without reservation, all totally easy. don't get even searched ;)
got invited by a older couple, that drives a big truck with goods around and they invited my second breakfast and .. do I have to mention it: totally nice and fulfislling! people are so incredible lovely!!! it's just a pleasure to be on this planet and meet this awesome people!! of course do I have faith in mankind!! how could I not?? :D

getting on US ground, the weather was again changing.. changed along the way my gloves to the winter edition and wrapped more things around my head to keep me warm.. in the next days we will decide how and where to continue and if it's possible to ride the bike together.. wouldn't be for very long then and next to the packing issue comes now the climatic aspect.. it's probably already too cold.. but yes, it's only 10 hours away from meeting each other again!!! :D and then we gonna see, what our plans are ;)

I drove to Seattle.. over some really cool bridges! :) but also a lot on highways and I liked it more in Canada.. so somehow California or New York or South America.. but it's one of these moments, where I'd feel to speed up to the warmth ;)
I met Hannah here last night, we went out to have a salad and spent then some time talking on her balcony, having a glass of wine! :) as enjoyable as it sounds!! ;) hehe :)
now it's time to fix the bike and get some minor tasks done (as washing the beer soaked underwear, caused by leaking containers after special driving maneuvers :P ..so all not too bad ;)

wish you all the best and will hear from me, once I feel, enough things have happened, that I can let the public know ;) hehe :)

L'n'L!

..in total Symbiosis.. :)

huh.. here we are :)

we drove to this music festival close to Yosemiti National Park (BEAUTIFUL nature!! :D and I had an incredible intense and fulfilling weekend! I lived, experienced and felt many things and it will probably take some time to process all this.. it was like a big BANG and I found myself amongst all this beautiful people, loving hearts and so much inspiration and creativity! I listened to Atmos, Kox Box, Halicinogen, Perfect Stranger, Ace Ventura and Sphongle and it was EPIC!! haha :D ..yeah.. danced a lot, went on many trips through the forest and to different planes.
was happy, that I didn't have to sell something.. that I just could be there to participate in devine love. Missed Liz a lot.. a lot.. A LOT! yeah.. was quite an experience, but I guess, good to go through all these stages, to hear the inner voice clearer and clearer.

oh yes.. and Celia went to the festival.. after driving back the 1000 miles ;) so I had the perfect rideshare to my bike. I drove about 7 hours during the night and did a pretty good job! :D gives me faith in my driving skills and this is what I need for future things, that may come :)
so today I'm doing all my little jobs and changed the chain.. 170 bucks for a chain and a lock :P but however.. it will last longer than my plans to ride it. was a bit tricky to change it, but could use Gerhards tools :D awesome guy!! speaks better German than English and got all the help I needed! ..was the same place, where it was impossible before to do some service on my bike.. but guess, I got luckier by the time.. HAHA :D ..ah.. kissed by love, living the devine! I'm looking so much forward to meet Liz again on 1.10. in Seattle..

so the plan is to start tomorrow to Vancouver Island.. there I might spend up to 5 days, chilling out on the beach and meeting interesting people :) but also riding my dragon for some more days.. riding it save (service has been made ;) and reflecting upon me and my life. it will be good, to have some time to make my own way.. I'm sure, that it will lead me to Liz.. there's no reason, why not to give in to all this beautiful things, happening in my life :) I always was a heart follower and will continue to be so ;) hehe :) I think this will be great.. it will be the GREATEST thing of my life.. it already is! :D
so yes.. once more.. letting go of old things, making room for new things. go with the flow. follow your heart. make things happen. everything is possible and with all my being, with all I experienced and lived, I start a new episode of my life. being there for somebody, that appreciates you in the same loving way as you do, somebody that cares about you and you care about, somebody to share all the love, beauty and pleasure of this universe! :)
HELL YEAH!! :D ..that sound's good to me ;)

I'll be taking care of my dreads.. that are starting to look more and more bad ass ;) hehe ;)) hmm.. will have to see then, how this works with my next job, but at the moment I enjoy just twisting my hair to something really tribal looking.. totally wicked!! there will be pictures of this! haha ;)

I guess, this is it for the moment.. writing a new song about the ocean and the sky.. :) always nice to be inspired!! :D haha :D

big hug and all my love to everybody out there!! sometimes I wonder, who the heck wants to read all this stuff exept my mom ;) hehe :)

thanks for being out there!!

..living as the kings..

hi there :)

I think you should know about this.. I made it with train and bus to San Jose (a little bit down to the south, but still SF Area). I got picked up by Allison and ended up in a multi million dollar mansion with pool, tennis court and all kind of fancy stuff ;) I'm having a private bathroom with tub in the "African" room.. it's just totally amazing!! :)
I eat incredible tasty food and had inspiring discussions with the people here (..of course spreading the word of my new plans and how exciting life is at the moment ;) we made some music together and are having a great time!

of course, I miss Liz and finally my phone is working, so we can text each other :) ..even her Dad agrees with our plans and her picky friends seem to like me ;) hehe :) of course, why not ;) hehe :) I wonder if my family and friends already know about it.. hope to receive some support from back home. but I guess none of my friends would be unhappy about the latest events in my life ;) :)) ..so tomorrow we head out for Symbiosis and I will make it happen to find some work here along the west coast. like this, we can save some money for the coming trip.. it's as crazy as it sounds and it will be fucking amazing!! (not to say, totally epic! :D

sending my love out to the world and be blessed! :)

..two hearts bursting of love..

..phew... what should I say.. here I am, sitting at a computer in Oakland, where friends of Liz's parents live. they are incredible kind and helped us totally out!
Liz is gone.. on her way to the airport. If the universe still supports us, we will meet again. either here on the west coast or in New York. The future is uncertain, but whatever comes, I want to continue with Liz in my life!!
it might seem very much in a rush, to make plans for five years in just five days, but it's nothing more than the reflection of deep and true love between two beings in this universe, embracing their divinity! ..it's the most beautiful thing, that ever happened to me! never loved the way I love Liz before!! I met many beautiful hearts in my life and sometimes the way there was long and stony, but never ever before, somebody would enter my heart in such a loving and caring way!
I feel, that there are no words (and no way) to describe what is going on in me.. but if you know me, know about my mind and about my heart, then you might be able to get a slight touch of it.
if there was ever a person, I wanted to spend my life with, to make it more colorful, more tasteful, more joyful, then it's Liz!

my burning love.. :D

this is a seperate post just for Liz, the most amazing and most beautiful person, I've ever met!!! :D

we met on the psy trance floor on saturday morning and somehow we ended up cuddling in the chill out tent.. she is 22 years old and has lived all over the world (her parents are american ambassadors). she speaks German and Russian (I'm learning this now ;) hehe :) and she is totally beautiful in her mind, her spirit and her body.. she is one of the girls, that every man would fall for and I never, never ever had such a good chemisty with a girl as with her.. :D

so yes.. we have totally fallen in love and are about to change our plans.. in fact, we already did ;) haha :D ..she flies soon back to New York to sub rent her apartment and I get my motorbike down to California. then we meet again and try to make some money here in California.. then we might head back to NY to get her things ready (and having a great time in NY ;) and we would buy a Jeep and head down together to South America :) ..maybe a trailer for the bike and maybe I just leave it somewhere and see in one year, what I'm going to do with it.. I just think, travelling together is much more beautiful than riding a motorbike ;) she is AWESOME!!! I never had such mind changing experiences.. so when the white-out (sandstorm in the desert) stopped for a while, we went from the chill out tent to some other places and we passed the Orgy-Dome and decided to eve drop for a moment.. there were some couples inside and a total beautiful, lovely atmosphere.. so we sat down and shortly after we were into loving each other, having the most spectacular, inspiring and thrilling first time ever!!! :D ..and I would never have thought, to be able to do this and far less even having a lot of fun doing it!! :D haha :)))) so we were pretty inspiring, I guess ;) at a certain moment, I turned my head around and there were a dozen people sitting.. probably waiting for some space to make love to their parter :) ..oh my god.. this was one of this very deep, mind opening experiences.. and Liz is much more than this! haha :D she is so incredible loving and caring, has such a beautiful mind and horizon and she is SOOO much fun!!! :D we are such a beautiful, lovely couple.. we want to give it a try.. I kinda like the idea to reach the end of Argentina with Liz.. and then to move on together to some place.. she understands me in a very special way.. I met many woman, that pushed me away, because they can not handle my love and my need for being close.. but Liz does.. in fact, she is exactly like that and the hottest girl, that I've ever met!! :D blessed me!! thank you so much mighty universe, for leading us into each other!! :D ..we are both special persons, that do great things in their life, that believe, everything had to happen this way, to bring us to this very moment!

it's a pleasure to have her around.. people like her for she is so friendly, helpful and positive! She is exactly the person I'd like to have on my side.. (and we're having best sex ever!!!! HAHAHA :D blessed me!! ;) :))

yeah.. feel really, really happy and looking forward to all the new things.. I feel free to change all my plans, to do what my heart tells me and to follow the flow of the universe! ..you never know, what future brings and we are aware of that.. we live day by day and see how we feel.. but she is one of these persons, I could imagine to spend my whole life together, discovering ourselves everyday a new (or better.. creating ourselves everyday anew). WOW!!

be inspired by my love and sending you my best energies and blessings!!

may you be full of love as well! :D

..MINDBLAST and Transformation!

my dear friends and family :)

here I am back and don't know where to start.. things happened, that changed my plans (and my life ;) ..hmm.. so it was a 1000 mile drive down from Vernon to Black Rock Desert.

it worked out with my early entry pass and I arrived on Saturday noon, helped setting up the camp and lightwired the art truck of the Barbie Death Camp :)

hmm.. there is one thing about Burning Man, that you have to know:

you can't understand it, unless you have been there by yourself!

every attempt to explain it, will fail pathetically, but I gonna try anyway ;)

imagine a city, build like a clock.. streets from 10 o'clock down to 6 o'clock and up to 2 o'clock. then there were streets from A - K .. so you could find any place by knowing the "time" and Letter of the corner.. there were 40 000 people out in the desert and the only things that you could buy was ice and coffee in the center camp. everything else you had to bring by yourself.. water, food and whatever else you want to take out in the desert ;) people made themecamps and threw parties there.. so most groups have one or two events, where they offer workshops, drinks, sound and a lot of other fun stuff.. like battling in the Thunderdome or Flamethrower shooting range ;)

there were hundreds of art trucks.. equipped with sound, lit up in the night and of course.. flamethrowers to bring on the heat! :D haha :D ..I have never seen something that crazy! and I want to go again!!! they had about 150 art sculptures, where you could get in or climb on (haven't seen a lot of them, because being so busy and distracted ;) people ride their fancy bikes or trikes or other strange vehicles.. there were a lot of burning and flaming things around.. the world most dangerous festival.. haha ;) imagine thousands of bottles of propane somewhere out in the desert in 40 degrees Celsius ;) haha :D

so the festival consisted out of meeting tons of really cool people.. everybody has it's cup, where you get free drinks and coffee in the morning at the coffee-camp. there was a pancake place and you could go to yoga, massage, healing, music, firespinning.. oh my god.. there is no end! you can never ever imagine, what is going on, out in the desert.. there was an airport, ranger and medical stations. and all runs on the vibe of sharing and gifting.. people invite each other and nothing does cost anything. OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS SOOOOO AWESOME!!! it's the way the world should work.. I have been deeply touched and transformed by this loving vibe!!

in the night, there were a lot, lot, lot places where you could go dancing on the playa (Playa is the middle part.. the center of the clock.. it's probably 1 km in diameter).

so I tripped around and had the best time ever!!! :D ..of course.. the desert goes pretty harsh on you. the alkaline sand makes cracking your skin. so from time to time I washed my feet with vinegar to avoid the worst..

oh.. yes.. by the way.. I got my hair dreadded :D I anyway wanted to do that and the Playa-dust is just perfect for it. (hope you will like it Mom ;) hehe ;)) ..that's a really new experience and it makes me look much more tribal.. *howl* :D now I'm wrapping them up every day a little bit and it will still take quite a while until they become really tight.. but they look already cool! :D

I haven't taken pics (maybe five :P ) ..so I will skimm through the internet and download some to make a picture album on my site. I'm sure, there are people that anyway took better shots of the things I want to show in my album.. so give me some more days and there will be a nice sortiment of what I call Burning Man experience! :))

I was cycling a lot around.. found some psy trance and a lot of cool spots and camps and friends.. mostly just for a night or a day and then I ended up somewhere else and it was OK like this.. it's meant to travel, to change and to journey out by yourself.

hmm.. I feel, that I know barely put 1% of what I experienced and this is only 1% of the festival.. so GO THERE!! SEE IT!!! it's so much worth it! ..be a burner! haha :D

..the Man must Burn!! :D

..phew.. here we go.. so I spent an incredible nice evening with John, Celias neighbour, waiting for her to arrive. John plays the guitar and was very inspiring to play together.. in fact, yesterday, there was a "free mic" evening at a cafe and I arrived just in time, to join them in their last song (I guess, if there would have been any minute of waiting time, I would have gotten nervouse, but there was just no time ;) hehe :) ..so yeah.. was really graet to play and people enjoyed. I'd like to pick a turn to show some didge, juice harp and simple guitar songs ;) maybe when I come back..

so we used the next day for preparing the week-end.. Celia is incredible! she makes a lot of tasty food and got a lot of stuff, that makes camping convenient ;) hehe :) ..so we had our big shelter and met a lot of people, that were passing by..
the drive was about 6 hours.. considerately short, thinking on the 22 hours to Burning Man ;) hehe :) but whatever it takes.. I will be there!!!!

the party was incredible!! very small for the line up.. Space Tribe gave a 3 hour set and I know, all my Goa friends would be jalous ;) hehe ;) ..I guess, there were around 300 people camping out on a mountain, in a mystical forest on a beautiful river.. we had the best campsite EVER!! just on the river, with personal bathroom and beercooler ;) close to the main floor.. so you could just dance over to the tent and grab some fruits or home made granola bars! :D isn't that totally awesome!! :D haha :) ..so there was a lot of good music and at least 10 nations present.. we had Israel, Iran, Japan, Austria, USA, England, Austria, Africa, Russia and Swiss next to Canadians :) that was a blast! :) made a lot of friends and as usual on these special kind of parties.. tons of good energies.. lovely people.. inspiring encounters and an incredible ammount of fun!! :)

so after two days we drove back and arrived somewhen in the morning, after a longer nap along the way :-P ..here we are preparing now for Burning Man..
I will have a bycicle (need one in a built up city of 50 000 people in the desert) and I found the most awesome rideshare for the last part! (touching wood)
because Celia picks somebody up for the last part, I was urged to find out how to make it.. bus seems very complicated, but I thought, hitchhiking might be an option. so this morning I extended my wish to the universe and sent some emails to people, that offered a ride share.. and Ka-Boom! after 30 minutes I got the perfect ride share! somebody has an early entry ticket and I get in with the people, that build up there theme camp.. the BARBIE DEATH CAMP! :D
..so and now comes best.. my friends from Anchorage told me, that they will camp out with the Barbie Death Camp guys.. so it's true: Everything is connected within this universe! :D ;)

my lovely little dragon will now sit for some while here, while I'm on foot ;) I bought some spare parts today and gonna change them tomorrow.. Oil, Oil- and Airfilter, rear Tyre (first time :) then check the bike and store it for some weeks.. I actually might hang out in California for a while, once I'm there ;) never know, what happens after Burning Man.. muhahaa ;)
there is a BMW dealership close to here, so once I get back, I will let check the breaks at their place.. otherwise.. this bike is totally cool! seems to be pretty reliable and runs smoooooothly! :)

I got goggles (for the sand storms at Burning Man) and went through the 'survival-checklist'. I will be so totally fine, being together with people, that have done this before.. it's exactly the way I wanted to have it. ..hmm.. just make it happen!! once you learn about your true powers in life (and that's no fancy flying through the air ;) you can create yourself everyday anew and with yourself, you create your reality.. pretty amazing stuff ;)
basically: love first! ..then comes respect, honesty, sharing and caring.. simple: just listen to yourself and ask, what higher being you could become.. and you make it happen! :)

..my latest project here is a soft rope dart.. I have to sew (brrrrr) some fabric and might have it ready tonight.. that's a dogdoy (soft ball) in a long cone of elastic fabric.. so it's real fun! :D haha :) you do this kinda kung-fu monk stuff and wrap the rope (fabric) around you, while twisting around, unwrapping it and shooting it away, holding the other end of the fabric, so you pull it in again and make some other twists.. :) ..and it's so soft, that you can pounch people, without harming them.. it's a real amazing thing! :)

..oh.. and about amazing things.. I started with spooning.. that are two spoons, bent and put together with duct tape.. in a way they tap on each other when you hit them against your hand or leg. so it's a simply rythmic tool, that can be quite tranceful :) the sound changes with the shape of your hand and I've heard that playing with some electronic music and it just rocks!!! :D just gonna take me a while until I get there ;) hehe :) the guy does it since he was eight.. :)
but yeah.. spoon on.. and then I will give free spoon lessions to people :)

so.. you will (eventually ;) hear from me again.. that's all for now ;)

have a great time and I gonna try to make a picture album of Burning Man.. that's what I would call my "Mekka" :)

my blessings to all of you and take care!

..old McDonald has a farm.. :)

..after I lost my last entry, I just make here a second part.. what's published is published ;)

So I spent the last days on this farm.. had very nice company! a guy from England and a girl from Norway and it was just totally fun toghether!! :D we cooked (even I cooked and found even pleasure doing it ;) and we had great conversations, drunk port wine, played risk and had a totally fulfilling time together!
maybe I also have to mention the Israeli girl, that brought me to the place.. that was a challenge!! I have never experienced somebody like her and I've met quite a lot of people and have been in some relations.. but I had never so much drama, shouting, escalations even getting beaten up.. ah.. you couldn't imagine and it doesn't matter that much. showed me a lot about people and showed me, that I can stay calm and in harmony in very extreme situations ;) ..it's probably a mix of past experiences, cultural background and 2 years in the military, that messed this girl so much up.. but yes.. glad we run into each other, because otherwise I wouldn't have been on the farm, wouldn't have experienced all this and the resulting wounds are minor.. a bruise that it's about to go away and when I get needle and thread, I can fix my pullover as well ;)

so we fixed IKEA beds and moved them around, got hay for the animals.. they have horses, donkeys, cats and a dog. We dug some holes for posts and painted a fence.. was fun to work as well. Friday evening we wanted to go out and I managed to drive the old Ford pickup on the empty tank (who would know, that they have 2 tanks ;) to run out of gasoline and had to tow it.. because diesel enginges are a bit more complicate to get running again, once out of gas ;)
I learned quite a lot about diesel technology :) so was adventurous.. and we had many helping hands, when we were out in nowhere at night :)
I was hiking on Sunday on a hill and had a nice session with my flutes, didgeridoo and shakers up there.. just by myself and that nobody could hear me ;) haha :D that was FUN!! see the pictures of the lake and the place where we stayed in my Picasa-Album.
met dozens of nice people!! GREAT people should I say!! it's so fantastic, what happens, if you just travel, if you just talk to people.. if you respect them, if you are interested what they do (because we can always learn from it) and how they do it. ..everybody is a human being, everybody has the right to do things the way he does and everybody wants to be loved.. pretty simple, isn't it ;) hehe :)

so I drove yesterday from Gray Creek to Vernon, so we can pack today all we need for the festival at the week-end (Juhuii!! :o) ..my plans from here are: go to the Psy-Trance party in a green valley, come back, do some stuff and get ready for burning man, drive down to burning man (it looks, as these would be 5000km :P and hang out some time down and then get back and continue somehow the motorbike trip ;) hehe :)
yesterday was quite a strange day of driving.. probably because my mind was still full of the experiences of the last days and then I wasn't used to drive anymore that much. It's different, if you drive 6 days in a row from morning to evening.. then I was somehow more into it (but got a sore ass of it ;) so I enjoy having a good mix between driving and staying in a place.. for the next 3 weeks it looks, as my bike would stay here and I gonna make a trip by myself ;)

hmm... yes, that's it.. catched pretty much up.. I'm here in Vernon at Celias place. I met her on Shambhala and she's doing what I am doing.. following the festivals and having fun! :D so yes.. I guess we might getting to know each other pretty well in the next weeks :) she speaks also french and her children (some seem pretty grown up on the pictures hanging on the fridge ;) are with their dad.. so I actually gonna find out in a few moments, what is going to happen the next days :) when we're having breakfast together..

have a great one and may the sun tender your skin! :)

HAPPY SHAMBHALA!! :D

..so yes.. we were floating down the river for hours and there was even a wicked rope swing to jump out in the water! :) ..it took me quite a while, until I dared to climb up that tree, but it was totally cool swinging out and I even landed free of pain ;)




..oh dude.. this is how it gets messed up with my blog. the last entry disappeared in data heaven despite auto saving :( ..hmm.. anyway.. seems, I have to post it shortened again :P




so I was on Shambhala and it was just sooooooo incredible beautiful, inspiring, touching and full of love!! :D oh yeah.. made a lot of friends (what happens, if you travel by yourself ;)
it's a totally awesome place with forest and a river flowing across and the weather was just perfect! :D ..I was pretty excited the evening before, if everything would work out fine and then it came way better than I could have ever expected it ;) I just passed the cars that were lined up and left out the parking overflow zone.. talked to a man with a hat on a ATV and got my ticket very quickly (motorbike rulez!! :) I went to the main gate, waited 10 minutes and was the first motor driven vehicle of the normal guests that entered the area :D
I could leave it then at the drop off place under some trees (just works with motorbikes and talking nice to people ;) and walked in. ..the first person I met (and talked to) showed me a beautiful and shady place in the forest, where I could pitch my tent.. totally nice neighbours and a great spot, as I figured out later (compared to the car camping.. hot and dusty most of the time ;) ..so yes.. was from the beginning a wonderful weekend! lot's of lovely people with their awesome costumes (you should check some pictures on www.shambhalamusicfestival.com). That's a big deal here.. to have fancy costumes :D ..but me, I'm anyway always in my indian/hippie look, so matches perfectly ;) hehe :)
words couldn't tell, what happened there, but be assured, it was a totally beautiful time and it made me so much richer!! :)
only the end was a little bit abrupt.. they played music until 9.00 in the morning and at 12.00 the people were supposed to leave.. no chance to camp out another day, what would have been really necessairy after 4 days of party.. :-/ but made it back pretty quickly (passing all the cars lined up and trying to leave the area ;)

I spend another day at my friends place, but for some reasons, she wasn't very much at ease any more (I just felt SOOOO good after this festival!! :D ..so I decided to leave the next morning and went on to Gray Creek (that's close to Crowford Bay). It was a very rainy day and I got soaked (for once ;) and was glad, when I finally arrived at the place. Passed Nelson, that's supposed to be a very nice little town, but it was to wet to check the place out :P
the place in Gray Creek was an organic farm and I was doing some WWOOF-work (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms), where you get food and a place to stay for 5hrs working every day. it's a pretty fair deal for people who want to travel like that..

..before the storm.. :)

Hi there :D



I just had a totally awesome week and it's not about to stop! :D haha ;)



so.. I changed my tyre in Prince George.. had some help, because I didn't always know, if I'm doing the right thing :P but now I did it for the first time and I'm able to do it on my own :D

I travelled on to a beautiful rest place on the river and camped out there. I had two beautiful dragonflies, that hunted the nasty mosquitos around me! :) oh, I just love those insects!! they are cruising through the air and eating their prey on the fly :) (too bad they were filled after half an hour and it got really bad with those bloody blood-sucking suckers ;)



I drove into the Rocky Mountains and stopped 30km before Jasper (a very, very, super touristy spot, I don't wanna be ;). I had no food that night, but run into the right people and we had great discussions and they kept me alive ;) had even a fantastic breakfast the next day and continued to Jasper.

it was actually cloudy that day and a few drops of rain fell.. so I hoped the next day would be better and hell he was! :) a bright day, blue sky and perfect visibility for driving through the Rocky Mountains! ..and believe me, this is one of this very super cool things you do: fly to the other side of the world, pick up a motorbike and just drive along the most beautiful strips.. these roads are totally EPIC!!! :D

there will be a picture of two of that amazing day of riding! :)



I left out various hot springs, because I didn't feel to stop there (camping next to them is generally not possible and there are a lot of tourists around :-/ but camped then at a lake in the mountains in Golden (yes, that's the towns name :)

was also an interesting evening, as I made friends with all the people camping out there ;) got compliments for playing the guitar are for fire juggling :D (oh, I just love doing that stuff!! ;)



the next day I drove to Revelstoke and then down to the ferry to cross the Arrow Lake. They are having several forest fires here (long dry periode), but it might be rainy the coming weekend (even if I hope not too much on Shambhala ;)
this was also a very beautiful ride.. a lot of motorbike riders on the road, because it's narrow and very curvy, therefore fun to ride! :D stopped at a river to jump into the water and cool down a little bit (it's really hot here.. but still prefere it to the cold ;)
I met then my random stranger host here in Castleguard ;) a friend in Dawson City gave me her contact and it has been really a fulfilling time here so far! :)
I helped her out at her fruit stand (entertained the customers with guitar and magic tricks ;) and then the evening we went camping out on a river.. sleeping in our hammocks to the calming sound of flowing waters :)
the next morning we went having super delicious organic breakfast and then for a horseback ride.. I LOVE IT!! :D ..then noon we hooked up with a lot of friends to float down the river. I got my own P.F.D. (personal floating device)

..to be continued.. (battery is low ;) :P

IMPORTANT IF YOU READ THIS!

Dear Friends :)

I hope you can make me a favour.. for some strange reasons, not everybody might have received this link. So you would do me a HUGE favour, if you spread the word of this page (and the pictures on picasa.com)

so if you work in ABB, you might see friends of mine, that don't have the link

if we know each other from Psy-Parties in the woods, then there might be other people from my family, that might be interested to hear about this.

if we used to play Life Action RolePlays together, then there might be other members of the "fellowship" :)

if you were in my role play group, make sure the other dudes received that link at least once ;)

and we lived together for a year, let those other fellows know about this blog.

THANKS A LOT! :D

I miss you all and I'm grateful for the time we had together (and may have in the future).

when I started this, I didn't like the idea of a blog, but now I'd like letting know my friends about this.. so it's their decision, if they check it out from time to time (I won't be mad, if you don't ;) haha ;) :)

good vibes to the world and carry on! :D

..the town of rocky tocky and an unexpected wedding..

dear friends and family :)

once more I feel like catching up.. there happens so much all the time! you just get a glitch of it.. to document all of it, if just too much :P

hmm.. there are some people who haven't get the link to this blog yet.. so probably have to send it to all of you again.. sorry for the inconvenience ;)

for those who got my email with the links.. I might have been a little bit too harsh, about not having personal contact ;) hehe :) I mean.. my mailbox remained mysteriously silent (as you would have taken it very serious ;) and it would be sad, if I wouldn't get a single email of anybody for 1.5 years.. so feel free to comment, commit or whatever you feel :) I'll find time somewhen to drop a few lines back..

so.. after the last post at Watson Lake, I run into some Swiss guys, that were traveling after being in a language school and we had a great evening! :) eat some pasta and discussed about life.. I tried out my hammock and it totally rules :D (just better to do that in mosquito less areas ;) ..I patched myself up in the morning (shower and stuff) and head then down the Cassiar Highway to a place called Dease Lake, where I turned in to a dirt road to Telegraph Creek. I actually wanted to climb the Mt. Medziza (you should google a picture of it, then you know, why I wanted to stand on top of it! :D

so after 112km, I just figured out, that there is no way to get there.. wether 5 days of hiking after crossing the river with a canoe or flying in with a float plane (out of budget once again ;)

anyway.. the ride there was pretty thrilling (you should check the pictures on picasa.com) you just come one time too fast into a curve and you are as totaled as your bike is ;) you probably rather survive a jump off the 5th floor than that. but anyway.. it was not a problem. you just are very, very aware and drive very slowly. So I'm still alive, but having a lot more experience, driving my bike ;)

when I got there, I found a ghost town.. I mean.. half of the houses are inhabited, but half of them have been abandoned decades ago. makes them pretty creepy and full of stuff.. there was a lot of catholic french written things lying around in the old church.. even a fridge in another house (hmm.. now I wonder, what was inside.. should have opened it ;)

yes.. had a nice time there.. slept on the balcony of the old church, so it was another night for free ;) hehe :)

there was also a wedding that night and I got invited (as everybody was invited). they had absolutely delicious food there and some wine.. but the party itself wasn't a lot of my taste. OK, I'm not into weddings anyway, but it was kinda closed community and half of the people were just there, because they are supposed to be there.. others were really drunk (pissed, fucked up or shit-faced, as people would say here ;) hehe :)

this happens mostly to native people (Indians), who don't have an enzyme in their liver, that's needed to digest alcohol. So what happens is, that they just get fucked up really quickly (remember the old western movies, where they had the drunken indians, because of the fire water? ..it's truly like that.. :-/

so I had to drive back that road the next day and moved on to Kitwanga.. (actually even a little bit more, so I broke my driving record.. made more than 600km that day).

was totally crushed in the evening and found (after some less friendly people) a very nice guy camping out there.. he invited my dinner and me had best discussions about spirituality and philosophy.. he's just a great guy! :) fire fighter and on vacation :)

oh.. do I have to mention, that it was just GORGEOUS to drive down the Cassiar Highway? I just love seeing all the nice things around.. OK.. no wildlife so far, but I think, these fellows just run away, when they hear the motor sound.. anyway, how much fun is it for an elk to hang out at the road? :D so I might still have to watch discovery channel to see the bears ;) hehe :)

at a certain point, I figured out, that I can lift my bike up by myself.. it was again like pulling it over. wasn't driving fast.. one time by sliding backwards. then I have to unload the things on the back, grab it in the right spot and lift it up again.. takes me less than 5 minutes, but of course, sucks doing it (for it should not happen ;) but so far everything fine.. it would also be very costly to have a crash at higher speed, so I naturally try to avoid ;)

then from Seeley Lake (close to Kitwanga) I had a easy day (but hell of a sore ass already) to get to Vanderhoof (no, it's not in the netherlands ;) where I met Richi, the husband of my deceased god mother. he lives in a very, very beautiful and quite spot in a very decent house.. so I slept in a twin bed and could my limbs stretch out ;)

we had nice discussions the whole evening long and I could do some on the pendent work.. pictures upload, clean my stuff, wash clothes.. and service the bike.

he is an excellent cook and I eat delicious and healthy food (yes, it's possible ;) fresh salmon with potatoes and salad and a fruit salad for desert :)

this morning I was busy getting my things ready and then we went visiting Karma (yes, that's a name ;) in Prince George. I got my own phone number here and found a place, that had a new tyre for my bike. the old one is pretty worn out, but it's just 65 bucks to get a new one and I will appreciate the better grip it will have :)

tonight I stay here (checking out the night life ;) and tomorrow I head back to Vanderhoof.. wether my friend tells me, she likes also camping out for a few days in Jasper (in the Rocky Mountains), I would start already tomorrow to Prince Goerge (back and forth and back and forth ;) change tyre and oil, stay for the night and then go to Jasper and down through the Rockies.. weehaaa :D it's just so totally cool driving around here! :) BEAUTIFUL!

ehmm.. that's it so far.. 

if anybody thinks, leaving all behind and traveling that far is hard, then you're wrong! ;) it's just totally awesome, inspiring, lovely, fulfilling and hell a lot of fun! :) it's pretty easy in fact and fit's my personality ;)

have a great time and be blessed! may the sun shine bright in your life (especially in Switzland ;)

..discovering new land..

so.. here we are :)

for those who want to google-earth it: I started in Tok, passed through Chicken and stayed a night in Dawson City, then a long ride down to White Horse, where I slept last night and now I am in Watson Lake.. I hope, they have some pics in Google Earth.. I'll upload mine in a few days.

hmm.. that was really exciting so far! :)
a beautiful road (mostly dirt ;) through the Yukon.. plenty of space, fun to ride.. and a lot of beautiful scenery around. I'll have the pictures speak for that later ;)
the boardercrossing was very easy.. just a lady giving you a stamp. that's it :)
I arrived then in Dawson City, a very small and beautiful town (lot's of colored houses :) just very touristy.. there was a festival at the weekend, but I missed it.. never mind, there are others ;) ..I found myself a shack of an abandoned house, that was for sale and bunkered my things there. I would have spread out my mat and slept there, but crashed in a tent on the other side of the river (Yukon river rocks! ;) after we had a jam session at a bonfire over there.. actually, I wasn't even 24hrs in that place, but met a lot of people!! many of them stay around for the summer and the city is so small, that you ran into each other all the time! :) ..it's maybe 5 min walking from one end to the other ;) ..it was a short, but intense time and enjoyed people and place a lot!

the next day (just little bit hangover ;) I rode dawn to White Horse.. that's a longer distance, than my homecountry from east to west plus north to south ;) ..it really gives you an idea about space and distances! :) ..arrived quite late and the guy I supposed to meet didn't write back.. so I found myself another shack of another abandoned house, just 7 min from downtown ;) hehe :)
I just find it very, very, extremly very boring to spend money for a room to sleep.. rather meet people or find myself such a place (because pitching the tent every night sucks ;) ..lazy Markus ;) hehe :) ..and it's fun and adventurous (I learned that from my former room mates in Switzerland ;) ..when I got back to the place at night, it was pretty creepy and I decided to sleep outside.. but was about to play guitar in the city center, so I just picked the instrument and went back.. so playing, at a certain point, to guys showed up and I ended up sleeping at their place, in a hard tent out in the woods.. and a comfi matrass and a cozy blanket ;) what a good night! :)
we walked quite around a bit, before we got to that place.. so I have seen White Horse at night from the sacred, old native burial ground.. pretty awesome experience! :)

this morning ran into another Swiss ExPat, that settled down there.. there are plenty around! :) it's a decent spot to end up.. so why not ;) just 7 month of winter isn't what I'm looking for ;)
had a good ride to Watson Lake (it seems to be a junction only ;) and maybe I turn around and enter the coastal highway further south..
it's just beautiful to ride a bike and see all this lands here!! even if it's sometimes a bit more complicated, it's great to be on road like this! :D (I couldn't do that cycling anymore ;) it takes just forever to get somewhere ;) hehe :)

yes.. that's it in short version :) ..it's obviously pretty censored here, but as I can't share everything with everybody (at least not so informal through internet), I have to leave out some very cool experiences ;)
I anyway can't tell, how people would look at me, after they read all this.. but hey, it's me! :) if you like me, then you have to take me the way I am.. and for this trip: this is just the right thing! :)

okay.. have a good time and gonna hear from me in a few days I guess.. :)

miss you and have a good time!