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26 Oct 2014
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G´day mates,
in our new travel report „Forces break” Germany” we are talking about our nearly six month stay back at home.
We had a lot to organize and to deal with, before we´ve been finally able to get back on the road at the End of September.
Click here for the report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2014/10/26/deutschland-letzte-vorbereitungen-der-countdown-l%C3%A4uft/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)
Cheers from beautiful Cafayate/North-Argentina
Bea & Helmut
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5 Nov 2014
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G´day mates!
The waiting time is finally over!
Grab a cold bottle of  , switch on your speakers and turn the volume up to the limit…
…and off we go: check out our brand new video “AUSTRALIA PART 2 – In the red heart of Australia”!
Accompany us on our exciting journey through the Flinders Ranges with its magnificent and unique wildlife.
Follow us into the solitude and be part of our adventurous ride along the trails of the famous Oodnadatta track.
Join us and discover the true Outback in the red heart of Australia!
Click here for the video:
http://www.timetoride.de/videos/videos-australien/
(English subtitles are present!)
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)
Cheers from beautiful Argentina,
Bea & Helmut
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12 Nov 2014
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Hello all together,
Our new travel report „On the Road again” is about our arrival on the fourth continent of our motorcycle world travel.
Thanks to the new culture, foreign language and one and another specific of the country our first days in South America have been quite turbulent!
What exactly happened?
Find out more:
www.timetoride.de/2014/11/02/s%C3%BCdamerika-2-chile-argentinien-on-the-road-again/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)
Cheers from Salta/North-Argentina
Bea & Helmut
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12 Nov 2014
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Great videos & stories Bea & Helle 
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19 Nov 2014
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@Bucket1960: Thanks! Great to hear that you enjoy following our stories & videos!
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19 Nov 2014
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G´day mates,
In our new travel report „It´s getting colorful!“ things are getting lively!
We are exploring the Andes off the beaten tourist tracks, we are picking up with the Argentinean vegetation which is proverbially leaving a lasting impression with us and we are hurling ourselves into the chaos of the traditional veneration of the saints together with hundreds of Argentineans!
Sounds exciting? It really is!
Click here for more:
http://www.timetoride.de/2014/11/18/s%C3%BCdamerika-3-argentinien-kreuz-und-quer/
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Cheers from the North of Argentina
Bea & Helmut
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29 Nov 2014
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G´day mates,
in our new travel report „In the valley of the moon” we are changing our transport into only 2 PS.
Furthermore we are exploring the valley of the moon with its impressive moonlike landscape.
And why Helmut went diving with his sleeping mat?
Click here for more:
http://www.timetoride.de/2014/11/12/s%C3%BCdamerika-4-argentinien-im-tal-des-mondes/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)
Have fun reading & traveling with us,
Yours Bea & Helmut
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13 Dec 2014
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G´day mates!
Our new travel report „The sky so close!“ is about breaking our first altitude record in the South American Andes, fighting against stormy natural forces and testing out the limits of our offroad skills.
Furthermore we celebrate a spontaneously overlander meeting with lots of interesting travel stories and very creative culinary delight.
Click here for the report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2014/12/12/s%C3%BCdamerika-5-argentinien-dem-himmel-zum-greifen-nah/
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Enjoy!
Bea & Helmut
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26 Jan 2015
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G´day mates!
It´s quite difficult for us to find a proper internet connection in Patagonia to update our web page regularly but today we finally made it!
We have released four brand new travel reports about our adventurous journey through the North of Argentina!
Click here for the new reports:
http://www.timetoride.de/reisetagebuch/s%C3%BCdamerika/
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Enjoy!
Yours
Bea & Helmut
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2 Feb 2015
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G´day mates,
Our new travel report „Bienvenidos Atacama!“ is now online!
On our way through the worlds driest desert we are batteling against the freezing cold which didn´t even spare our water supply, we are celebrating the reunion with some of our travel friends and Helmut tries to fix an unpleasant bike problem in a dusty little desert town.
Click here for the report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/01/31/s%C3%BCdamerika-10-argentinien-chile-bienvenidos-atacama/
(Please use the translation button on the right hand side of the page!)
Enjoy!
Yours
Bea & Helmut
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1 Mar 2015
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G´day mates!
It´s been a while since we last updated our travel reports, but today we even have three new travel reports for you!
In our travel report "Improvisation is everything!" we are visiting the world´s largest copper mine and after we literally make off back to the Pacific coast we meet up with other motorcycle travellers and try to solve our clutch problem in a very special way.
Click here for the report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/02/09/südamerika-11-chile-improvisation-ist-alles/
(Please use the translation button on the right hand side of the page!)
Our travel through Chile continues!
In our travel report “A ride into the uncertain” we meet up with a couple of old and new travel friends, enjoying some great days together.
Furthermore we are visiting the world´s largest pool which fits the unbelievable volume of 200.000 bathtubs full of salt water and we are heading towards the Lonquimay volcano, not knowing what adventures and challenges are awaiting us on the way.
Click here for the report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/02/14/s%C3%BCdamerika-12-chile-fahrt-ins-ungewisse/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)
You want to know if our river crossing was successful or if we “took a bath” together with our bikes?
You will find out in our new travel report “Chiles longest shortcut” while you will accompany us along an adventurous track into the mountain region of Central Chile.
But it´s not just that we have to cross freezing cold mountain rivers, we also have to climb up steep hills, ride or bikes on rough roads and, to crown it all, we have to battle against wind and rain as well.
How our journey ended?
You will find out here:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/02/23/s%C3%BCdamerika-13-chile-chiles-l%C3%A4ngste-abk%C3%BCrzung/
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AND:
We´ve made it!
Another huge milestone of our adventurous motorcycle travel around the world is done:
We have arrived in USHUAIA the southernmost city of the world!!!
From now on we will only head North.
If we would follow the straight route along the Panamericana, we would be in Alaska in not more than 17.848 km.
So let´s meet up in Prudhoe Bay in about 14 days! 
Yours Bea & Helmut
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3 Mar 2015
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G´day mates!
Even if it´s been a while since Christmas Eve, in our new travel report „Feliz Navidad“ it´s all about Christmas. Unfortunately we haven´t been able to celebrate Christmas with our families and friends for the fourth year in a row, but we still enjoyed the time just with the two of us.
Furthermore a typical Bavarian dish nearly ruined New Years Eve for Bea.
Why?
Click here for the (unpleasant ) details:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/03/01/s%C3%BCdamerika-14-chile-argentinien-feliz-navidad/
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Enjoy!
Yours
Bea & Helmut
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8 Mar 2015
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G´day mates!
We have heard a couple of stories about the famous Carretera Austral already.
This some hundred kilometres long offroad track in the very South of Chile should lead through dense, untouched rain forest and along empty ocean bays and deep blue lakes. But stories are told that the track also is in a very bad condition, full of thousands of potholes, deep enough that allegedly some fellow travellers disappeared in them and haven´t been seen ever again. Together with thick, loose gravel and endless stretches of wash board riding this track should be a real challenge.
But what´s really true about this myth and what not, that is what we wanna find out ourselves and so we set out for the dream road of every Patagonian traveller.
In our new travel report “Carretera Austral” you will find out what we really experience on the road!
Click here for the report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/03/08/s%C3%BCdamerika-15-chile-carretera-austral/
(Please use the language select button on the right hand side of the page!)
Enjoy!
Yours
Bea & Helmut
Ah, by the way!
We are not just working on updating our travel reports regularly, the category “Equipment” needed a spring-cleaning as well!
We started with the subcategory “Electronics”, which is now even more detailed and informative.
In addition we will present all our new equipment we are travelling with right now on the home page of our blog periodically.
We will start with the SENA Bluetooth Audio Pack for our new GoPro 3 + which opens us a whole range of new and interesting possibilities for our videos.
You may be curious!
For more information click here:
Elektronik - TimetoRide - Auf Motorrad-Weltreise mit Bea und Helle
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Enjoy!
Yours
Bea & Helmut
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17 Mar 2015
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G´day mates!
We have made the first part of the famous Carretera Austral with no problems, but our ride along the rough and wild coastal landscape in southern Patagonia hasn´t come to its end yet!
In our new travel report “Carretera Reloaded” we are hiking on the top of an still active volcano, exploring hidden marble caves in the Lago General Carrera and battling the capricious Patagonian climate.
Click here for the whole travel report:
http://www.timetoride.de/2015/03/17/s%C3%BCdamerika-16-chile-carretera-reloaded/
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Enjoy!
Yours
Bea & Helmut
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19 Mar 2015
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Horizons unlimited photo contest calendar 2016
We need your support!
We are very happy that one of our pictures made it in the final selection of the Horizons Unlimited Calendar 2016 which made us very proud. But we are not in the calendar yet.
Only the 13 pictures with the most “likes” and “shares” will find their way into the famous calendar.
So if you would like to see our picture in the new 2016 HU calendar, please follow the links below and like and share our picture:
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We are picture number 3 (#hu16_3)!
Thank you very much for your support!!!
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Check the RAW segments; Grant, your HU host is on every month!
Episodes below to listen to while you, err, pretend to do something or other...
2020 Edition of Chris Scott's Adventure Motorcycling Handbook.
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Read more about Grant & Susan's story
Membership - help keep us going!
Horizons Unlimited is not a big multi-national company, just two people who love motorcycle travel and have grown what started as a hobby in 1997 into a full time job (usually 8-10 hours per day and 7 days a week) and a labour of love. To keep it going and a roof over our heads, we run events all over the world with the help of volunteers; we sell inspirational and informative DVDs; we have a few selected advertisers; and we make a small amount from memberships.
You don't have to be a Member to come to an HU meeting, access the website, or ask questions on the HUBB. What you get for your membership contribution is our sincere gratitude, good karma and knowing that you're helping to keep the motorcycle travel dream alive. Contributing Members and Gold Members do get additional features on the HUBB. Here's a list of all the Member benefits on the HUBB.
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helps answer the question - Why Go? Inspirational stories by veteran travellers Greg Frazier (5 times RTW), Peter and Kay Forwood (193 countries), Tiffany Coates (Mongolia Mayhem) and Rene Cormier (University of Gravel Roads).
Get Ready! covers planning, paperwork, medical and many other topics! "Inspirational and Awesome!" See the trailer here!
What stuff do I need - riding gear, clothing, camping gear, first aid kit, tires, maps and GPS? What don't I need? How do I pack it all in? Lots of opinions from over 150 travellers!
break down language barriers, overcome culture shock, ship the bike and deal with breakdowns and emergencies."Just makes me want to pack up and go!" See the trailer here!
Grant demystifies the black art of Tire Changing and Repair to help you STAY on the road! "Very informative and practical." See the trailer here!
Ladies on the Loose! For the first time ever, a motorcycle travel DVD made for women, by women! These intrepid women share their tips to help you plan your own motorcycle adventure. They also answer the women-only questions, and entertain you with amazing tales from the road! Presented by Lois Pryce, veteran solo traveller through South America and Africa and author of 'Lois on the Loose', and 'Red Tape and White Knuckles.'
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Motorcycle and travel books to inspire and inform you!
The definitive guide to planning your motorcycle adventure! This insanely ambitious 2-year project has produced an informative and entertaining 5-part, 18 hour video series. "The ultimate round the world rider's how-to!" MCN UK.
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