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India’s Heartbeat

Published on January 12, 2013 By Steve

Beep beep… beep beep…. Coming through!!! Beep beep.. and we are all coming through!! Signs on the back of trucks and buses welcome you to “HONK” and everyone does!!! Horn use mandatory! Mayhem… motocycles and scooters in waves, trucks billowing black exhaust, Tuk-tuk’s cutting in and out, and pulling U turns. Oohhh for silence but with 1 [...]

Bosnia and Herzegovina Welcome!

Published on October 1, 2012 By Steve

Parked with a million dollar vista high above the Adriatic, a Polish crew pulled up as we were having a spot of tea, and with the exuberance of a football team descended on Pumper with enthusiasm fit for the world cup final… Driving a real classic, an impressive group of guys and gals, part of a [...]

♫ ‘I Want To Ride My Bicycle…’

Published on August 23, 2012 By Steve

Walking into what appears to be part Italian deli, part café, and 3 parts wine bar, we are introduced to the locals, a crowd of musically inclined, no, talented, assortment of Italians, Germans, Colombians and Cubans. The language is a concocted mix of each with English thrown in for good measure. With just as rich [...]

Baja Breakout

Published on April 13, 2012 By Steve

Getting sick on our last day in Cabo, the timing was far from perfect surveying the pile of “stuff’ that was piled high ready to be packed. It was only too apparent that after 5 months in one place the wardrobe had expanded along with the shoe collection, scarf collection and yes, jewelry collection!! Under [...]

What’s On Your Canvas?

Published on February 28, 2012 By Steve

Waking to the sound of a beating drum… no, that’s blood pumpin’ up a storm through each and every corpuscle…, racing to grab another glorious day and more moments of wonder and joy. That thing called a Gratitude Journal, thankful for the many life’s events and inspirations, and all the magic and… can’t help it, [...]

Mexican Mantra’s n’ Rant’s

Published on January 28, 2012 By Steve

With a Buddhist Karmic take on things, there is a deep inner joy and peace at looking at the entirety of life … all contained in a VW bus!! No wanting or needs just bare bone basics. Mind you this afternoon on the hunt for a nice good old English Decaffeinated Tea bag, we had [...]

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, …

Published on December 18, 2011 By Steve

… it’s off to work Steve goes… how weird Is that???.. Far from normal routine, whatever that word means!! Dropped at the airport on his way to Toronto I was left clutching the steering wheel and praying that Pumper would get me to Cabo without puffing smoke or a flame display as she had earlier in the [...]

Baja Karma And Governors…!!!

Published on November 18, 2011 By Steve

Sitting outside a coffee shop looking out over the Sea of Cortez in the pretty little colonial town of Loreto, Baja California Del Sur, Mexico while Steve fiddles with Pumper’s distributor thing  and we are suddenly surrounded by 8 or 9 very large SUV’s… all sorts of commotion as men start rolling out of the [...]

‘Don’t Worry… Be Hippie’

Published on May 31, 2011 By Steve

There are worse places to be cooling our heels than Cartagena Colombia while Pumper sails back to the US. We raved about this place in earlier blogs and it’s great to spend more time taking in this beautiful colonial city… and getting some beach and pool time. We’ve had lots of invitations to stop en [...]

Close Encounters Of The Boa Constrictor Kind…!!!

Published on May 19, 2011 By Steve

We have arrived in Cartagena after an exhausting 5 day slog from Ecuador.. but more on that ordeal later! Life seemed sweet apart from the small issue of the stifling heat and humidity… How easy one forgets!! Stripped naked .. One has to do what one has to do.. Lets face it Pumper is nothing [...]