Around the World Journey

Benin

12-14APR2010. Was great meeting this small Westafrican country and spent a night in the city drinking a beer with new friends. Thanks Didier.

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Our new French friend Mr. Didier from Benin

The engineer's taking us out for a drink

Ussel Mammut ready to leave Benin for Nigeria

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Welcome friends around the world!

Hi, I'm Mick, a guy with itchy feet and great eager to travel, most important I like to ride my VFR everywhere and sleep the most crazy places on my way around the world. You probably found your way to my site because you love to travel? We met on the road? You have a motorcycle? Am I an adventure rider? Or do you have to be owner of a speciel bike to be an adventure rider? I let you decide that! What does it matter in the end as long as you have a blast of a journey. One thing I know, I do it my way, and I like to be different from anybody else, so why not take a VFR out on the dirt roads, into Africa and see where it will take me? I wish you welcome to ATWJ - mhoey.eu to follow my adventures around the globe by meeting PEOPLE. If you have any questions, or want to contribute with something, feel free to write! Take the tour from "START"... Don't forget to leave your mark in the "Guestbook"

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CURRENT POSITION OF THE SMELLY BIKER!!!
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LAST STOP:
Santiago, Chile

NEXT DESTINATION:
Paso Vergara, Argentina/ Chile

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DOING WHAT?:
Busy making the roads dangerous!

DISTANCE COVERED:
68.924 km

Odometer on the VFR:
134.871 km

CONTINENTS/ COUNTRIES VISITED:
3/ 33

ATWJ - mhoey.eu LATEST VFR MAINTENANCE:
22SEP2011 at 133.891 km/ Changed brake pads

ATWJ - mhoey.eu LAST UPDATED:
21FEB2012

News from the road

Who's got my stuff?
Waiting for the Chilean aduanas/ postal service to release my personal items they have in their costody at the very moment!
21FEB2012

Luck, what is that?
Something most of us takes for granted, even me! Laptop crashed a couple of weeks ago, lost my pocket camera the other day. Am I whining, haha!
27SEP2011

Lost my Mojo¿
These days things are only going downhill. It is like running your head into the wall!
24SEP2011

Interview with TVN televison
Tomorrow at 10 am I am giving an interview with TVN in Santiago brought by Coleman. Things will go on down in the cellar next to the bike for the viewers to get a glimse of the red VFR and what it is like to have travelled from Denmark to Chile on two wheels - Taking the long road home...
25AUG2011

Running out of rubber
Not the rubber you would normaly think of, but tyre rubber! After more than 2 years and 66.000 km on the road I am finally runnung out of tyres. Avon are not able to help me in South America/ Chile as they do not export to here. Meanwhile I hope I am able to have a good friend to take a couple of tyres with him on the plane from USA...
25AUG2011

A bit of a tune up!
The VFR has gone under a bit of maintenance the last couple of weeks. New Barnett Clutch from Barnett Performance Products in USA and new Royal Purple Synthetic Oil. I must say it is like getting a new bike back after these adjustments. Now I am only waiting on a new battery kindly offered by Express Batteries
13JUN2011

Bike down with faulty battery
After a little riding in the weekend the battery of the VFR decided to die on me after 2 years, 66.000 km, 33 countries and lots of times discharged! Well I guess one can't ask for more :-)
13JUN2011

Do I belong here?
Will try and see if I can get a job here in STGO. If not able to do that, something tells me to head up to San Pedro Atacama and then over to Sãn Paulo, Brazil to visit friends 13JUN2011

Back in STGO de Chile
Nice being back in Santiago. But I had a great time in Argentina, lovely amigos. Time for beers after a 800 km journey today...
10JUN2011

Dakar Motos BA Things good as old times in Dakar Motos, lovely being back in good old DK in Buenos Aires with the two grumpy old men Tom (US) & Dan (UK) 01JUN2011

BA
Leaving for Buenos Aires on Domingo 27MAY2011 A bit cold in Argentina, even for a Vikingo! Guess the winter has set in. I am on the road again, lets see where it takes me? The customs of Chile wouldn't extend the importation document of my bike in Chile
20MAY2011

Norbar Torque Tools Inc.
Representive of Norbar Torque Tools in Latin America Gregory is coming by with a torque wrench this weekend and to do a photo shot of ATWJ - mhoey.eu and the VFR. Big thanks for fast and great support by Norbar Torque Tools, David Rollason & Gregory J. Young
15APR2011

Waiting for spare parts!
After a Valve Clearance Inspection I am waiting on new shims arriving from UK 10APR2011 Rukka helping out ATWJ - mhoey.eu When the Danish importer of Rukka refused to help me out after I in 2009 had purchased his products. The headquaters come into assistance. New Rukka clothes have been send to my parents in Denmark. I will receive it later on when my parents visit me out in the big world. The short story is that my clothes was starting to wear down, zippers etc. and I later got my jacket stolen in Río Grande, Argentina. Thanks so much to Mari & Rukka clothes..
17MAR2011

Aduana's de Chile
When coming back from Mendoza, Argentina they customs of Chile only gave me 1 month import of the bike. I have a 3 months visa. I am at the moment trying to get an extension to be able to stay some more here in Santiago regarding job possibilities! 09MAR2011 A warm thanks to the Danish motorcyclist's I send a big thanks to the people back home that have supported me after my story was printed in Touring Nyt. Thanks so much!
09MAR2011

Danish rock band in Santiago
Danish Kashmir gave concert at Amanda yesterday. What a fucking great experience. It also seemed that the great people of Chile enjoyed it to the maximum. The location was full!
09MAR2011

UK Adventurer!