Round the World on a Fireblade – setting off. Days 1-2. Packing, saying good-bye to my mum. Leaving Glasgow and heading towards Dover for the ferry to Calais in France. First break down. Yesterday was my last day of work. I didn’t have a set date or time when I would set off on my round the world trip. […]
Planning & Preparations | Round the World on a Fireblade (#1)
Planning & Preparations End of April 2018, I’m on the way back from my 6500 miles trip to Greece and Italy. Where do I go next? I already visited most of the European countries by bike, I want to go further. China, Himalayas? Around the world? With less than one thousand pounds in my bank […]
The Beginning
Hi, I’m Roxy and I’m about to set off on a 10 months long motorcycle trip around the world. But before I set off, I thought I would write a post about where it all started, to form the complete story. My real name is Roksana and I’m 23 years old at the time of […]
Greece & Italy 2018 (#7)
I only had one day to ride around Sicily (not even a full day). I was originally hoping to spend about 2 days there, but due to my sprocket carrier bearing collapsing I had to spend one day in Scilla, just before Sicily, to sort it out. While I was there, the garage that I […]
Greece & Italy 2018 (#6)
It was my last day in Greece. I found a nice and quiet camping spot at Elea beach the previous night. Beach was very long – as long as I could see – but it was empty. From there I had about 4 and half hours ride (the quickest way) to get to Igoumenitsa from […]
Greece & Italy 2018 (#5)
I was planning to stay at a campsite the previous night so that I could have a proper shower after 3 nights of wild camping and using wet wipes instead of shower. But since I broke my helmet visor mounting in the evening and had to find a shop to buy new helmet, by the […]
Greece & Italy 2018 (#4)
Day 7 – Greece 19/04/2018 The previous day consisted of small scenic twisty roads only. I did so many corners that day that when I woke up in the morning, I could still feel these corners in my head. I ended up pitching my tent up at the back of the restaurant where I stopped […]
Greece & Italy 2018 (#3)
Day 6 – Greece 18/04/2018 I didn’t make a lot of progress the previous day – I got to Thessaloniki where I stopped at a bike garage to try and fix the oil leak. Spent most of the day there and at first it seemed like oil leak was gone, but after about 10 minutes […]
Greece & Italy 2018 (#2)
Days 4-5 – Hungary to Greece 16/04/2018 It was day 4 already and I still had a long way to go to get to Greece. I ended up at a campsite just past Budapest the previous night. Woke up early, packed my tent and set off towards Serbia. Budapest – Serbia – Novi Sad – […]
Greece & Italy 2018 (#1)
Days 1-3 – Glasgow to Hungary In summary: 6500 miles – 10460 km 17 days (13 – 29 April 2018) mostly camping 1 girl 1 bike (Honda CBR 900RR 1998 Fireblade) Glasgow – Dover – Calais – Belgium – Netherlands – Germany – Czech Republic – Slovakia – Hungary – Serbia – Bulgaria – Greece – […]
Austria, Croatia & Montenegro 2017 (#5)
Days 9-12 – Montenegro & Grossglockner 25/05/2017 Following most of the day spent with possibly the nicest people in Montenegro and riding around south part of the country, then getting soaked by the rain in the afternoon, I ended up in Podgorica where I found a cheap room for the night. I didn’t really know […]
Austria, Croatia & Montenegro 2017 (#4)
Days 7-8 – Croatia to Montenegro 23/05/2017 I got to Split in Croatia the previous night. Plan for today was to ride South along the coast and get to Dubrovnik, and then to Bosnia or Montenegro. This was the route I did that day: Soon after I left Split the views were amazing: Views were […]
Austria, Croatia & Montenegro 2017 (#3)
Days 5-6 – Croatia 21/05/2017 Last night after getting soaked on Vrsic Pass in Slovenia, I ended up stopping at B&B near Udine in Italy for the night. I didn’t fancy camping all wet and this was the cheapest room I could find. For 10 pounds I got a bed, dinner and breakfast – cheaper […]
Austria, Croatia & Montenegro 2017 (#2)
Days 3-4 – Austria (Tyrol) to Slovenia 19/05/2017 I got to a campsite at Lake Constance the previous night, near the border with Austria. Woke up in the morning and went to pay for the campsite. The only option was to pay by cash though, and I only had my mum’s credit card with me (since […]
Austria, Croatia & Montenegro 2017 (#1)
Days 1-2 – Glasgow to Black Forest In summary: 4.300 miles / 7.000 km 11 days (17 – 28 May 2017) 1 girl (21 years old at the time) 1 bike (Honda Fireblade 900rr) mostly camping UK (Glasgow) – Dover – Germany – Austria – Slovenia – Croatia – Montenegro – Bosnia – Croatia – Slovenia […]
Scandinavia 2016 (#5)
Days 13-15 – Norway to UK 08/09/2016 After having to stay 24 hours in Tromso to sort £1500 speeding fine out, I managed to make up some miles the previous afternoon / night and got to Kalix (just above Lulea) about 2am. Stopped at a campsite which was closed because the season was over. But […]
Scandinavia 2016 (#4)
Days 11-12 – Norway 06/09/2016 I stayed at a campsite in Olderfjord the previous night with two guys (brothers) from Poland who I met in Nordkapp. They were heading in the same direction as me so we decided to stick together. This was the route I did that day – from Olderfjord to Tromso: Olderfjord […]
Scandinavia 2016 (#3)
Day 10 – Nordkapp 05/09/2016 I made it to the Arctic Circle the previous night and ended up at a campsite 30 miles north from Rovaniemi for the night. It was mid September and the temperature dropped to 0 degrees at night. When I woke up, there was frost on the ground. On a plus […]
Scandinavia 2016 (#2)
Days 8-9 – Estonia to Finland 03/09/2016 I got to a campsite near Tallinn in Estonia the previous night. I was trying to get as close to Tallinn as I could so that I could take the ferry to Helsinki in the morning. Once I woke up, packed my tent and headed to the ferry […]
Scandinavia 2016 (#1)
Days 1-7 – Glasgow to Estonia In summary: 7000 miles – 11000 km 15 days but only 10 days of riding (26 August – 11 September 2016) 9 nights of camping 1 girl 1 bike (Suzuki GSX650F restricted to 47hp as I was still on A2 licence) Glasgow – Dover – Calais – Szczecin – Mazury – […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#6)
Days 8-9 – Alps and ride home 22/06/2016 This was the route I did that day: Malvaglia – San Bernardino Pass – Bernina Pass – Gavia Pass – Stelvio Pass – Umbrail Pass – Fuorn Pass – Fluela Pass – Amden After I did the Nufenen, Grimsel, Furka and Oberalp passes the previous day, I […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#5)
Day 7 – Alps 21/06/2016 Once I woke up, got ready, packed the bike and set off. This was the route I did that day: Bourg-Saint-Maurice – Little St Bernard Pass – Mont Blanc – Nufenen Pass – Grimsel Pass – Furka Pass – Oberalp Pass – Malvaglia There was a supermarket two minutes away […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#4)
Day 6 – French Alps 20/06/2016 I left Cagnes-Sur-Mer around 9am. My plan was to stop at the nearest supermarket to get some breakfast and then find motorbike shop in Nice to buy more chain lube as I was running out of mine. After that I was planning to head to Col de Turini and then […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#3)
Days 4-5 – Andorra, Spain and France 18/06/2016 Bed in the hotel was very comfy and it was hard to get up in the morning. I only had 9 days for this trip though so finally I managed to convince myself to get up and get ready. The hotel didn’t have a car park – […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#2)
Day 3 – Pyrenees 17/06/2016 Before I went to sleep last night I looked at a map and decided that in the morning I will go to Gavarnie and do mountain pass Col des Tentes. Then see where road takes me next. This was the route I did that day: Pau – Gavarnie – Col […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#1)
Days 1-2 – Glasgow (UK) to Pau (France) 15-16/06/2016 Before I start, just to summarise: 9 days (15 – 24 June 2016) 4350 miles 1 girl 1 bike (Suzuki GSX650F restricted as I was still on A2 licence) route: Glasgow – Dover – Calais – Pyrenees – a little bit of Spain – south of France […]