Saturday, April 23, 2011

Back home, just in time for riding season

Got home from my month-long business trip around the world. Whew.  Was a great trip, but I sure worked many long days.  I even had a bit of free time in Auckland, New Zealand and decided to rent a bike.

The rental was from this place:  http://www.motorcycle-hire.co.nz/.  Aiden was great to deal with and he set me up with a nice Suzuki DL650 V-Strom. I rode about 400 Kms from Auckland down around the Coromandel Penisula. Spectacular vistas, stunning scenery, and terrificly twisty tarmac.


Somewhere along the Coromandel Forest Park











View of the Auckland city scape from the bridge, 
shot from the back seat of a taxi after returning the rental bike.
The sunset was great - a perfect end to a perfect day.