Gypsy Biker

I left the hotel in Helsinki in pouring rain… It had drizzled for much of the night, and by morning the rain came down in earnest…!! I made my way down to the dock area and was processed through the ticket clearing gate in a matter of minutes… No need for passport formalities in this [...]

On Saturday the 23rd, I left Olou and heading south for Helsinki, hoping to get there early enough to find a hotel and try and get my sweaty paws on a ticket to the U2 concert at the Olympic Stadium… I stopped in Pihtipudas to refuel and met a fellow biker heading north… “You going [...]

My ride out of Sweden and into Finland started well enough in fine weather, and ended 600 km later, in a very stiff “breeze” in the little town of Inari, on the far western edge of Lake Inarijarvi… I say “fine weather” only because the sun was shining and there was not a cloud about… [...]

Coming soon to a PC near you….!! Patience people…!! Patience…!! Meanwhile, check out the Trip Stats page to see where I am…!! Or… Open the Gypsy Biker World Tour Map, zoom in on the topmost blue balloon… It’ll make your head spin…!! Insane…!!