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Citizenship: USABorn in MO. Raised in St. Louis. Rollins College in FL. CO for the last 4 years.
Hobbies:Motorcycles, Skiing, Outdoors, Hiking, Golf, Movies, Mountain biking.
Favourite places:Colorado, San Fransico CA, Byron Bay Australia, Manta Ray Bay Fiji
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Posted by billbesher | 29th December 2005
So Dusty and I decide to go for a ride before my first day of work at the Pig & Whistle. Where should we go? How the hell do I know? Arrowtown was recommended to us and it was only about twenty minutes away. Perfect!!
So the typical South Island road takes us there. It meanders in a way that makes you think that it was designed for riding bikes. The pavement is so course that you can actually watch the tread wear down on you tires. The speed limits here stay the same for the most part no matter what the road types or shapes are. If it is a hairpin corner they will suggest a slower speed but by no means would they actually ask you to slow down by law. Ironically when you get out onto the open dessert like stretches that proceed you entrance into the mountains the speed doesn't change either. Painfully slow in those areas if you aren't severely braking the law. Getting sidetracked.
We arrive in Arrowtown. Dusty often misunderstands my mumbling and thinks that I am talki
Continued | Two Guys, Two Bikes, Three+ Countries
30 Sep 2005
Nadi Bay Hotel first two nights.
Beachcomber Island Resort, 2 nights
- Drank beer, rum and Kava
Manta Ray Bay Isaland Resort, 5 nights
- Partied with Dave, Tabby, Dusty, James, John
- Seven dives
- sharks (sharks, octopus, eels, sea snakes
Nadi Bay Hotel, 1 night and off to Auckland
- Dinner with Dave (English), Tabby (Dutch),
Bierte (German), Adam (Kiwi), and Michael
(English)
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