germanlooker on tour 2006-2007

[speedy]

Well it is just about time to set off on our rtw journey, the house is rented ,nearly got all the utility bills sorted , the car is in my freinds garage for the year , the bags are packed i'm stressed to the eyeballs as i keep on remembering things i need for the trip when at work so cannot act on them . Cannot wait to get on the plane on Tuesday and let it all drift away ,just enjoy living again ,hopefully next time i post i will be more relaxed (back to my natural state)bumping around in a foreign city with a big grin on my face savouring life again .I am going to try and fit in as many showes along the way as i can ,first stop Thailand :laugh:
Till the next post then
cheers jon and helen

[volkdent]

If you go to Chiang Mai I know a great guy to look up. He's a Canadian Ex-pat who is retired there now and is working on a GL 356.

Jason

[speedy]

Jason it is as if you read my mind ,just the type of peson i will be looking to meet , i should be in Chang Mai in 2-3 weeks ,i am sure we can fill a night drinking and talking about our cars :D till the wee hours , i will take some pics of mine on a memory stick and add some pics of his and by the end of the trip i hopefully will have an alternative set of travel pictures ;) i will leave the landscapes and tourist picures to my fiance to bore the family with when i get back lol
cheers jon& helen

[volkdent]

Hey John,

His name is Robert, he's been trying to become GL.com member but with the new GL antispam stuff, it won't accept his email address. It is:

rgstraghan@yahoo.ca

I'm sure you will enjoy talking with him. Send him off an email. I'll let him know you'll be writing.

Jason

[zen]

speedy, best of luck. sounds like something many of us dreaming of being able to do (i know i do anyway). enjoy it. if you want to post pics of VW places and events you hit, let me know and i will get you access to upload them directly into the gallery. [i am working on this for general access to all members of the site, just haven't completed yet]

jason, sorry for your friends troubles in joining. it is all to keep this board clean from crap. i have seen too many board killed with spam that has to them be cleaned up manually. this is actually an old rule of Sandeep's that i choose/chose to just keep in place. it has worked well so far, but is inconvenient for many.

[volkdent]

Hey John,

Robert thinks it would be great to hear from you. He sent me this:

"Would love to meet Speedy, and my mobile is 084 809 6610".

Zen, if there is a way you can manually add his email address, please let me know, he is totally legit.

Jason

[speedy]

cheers for that jason i am in thailand now so will give him a ring in a few days and e-mail him ,zen , when i get a gallery together i will send some to you, i have been on modernbug.com which is a thai beetle website and have been given some good info on various bits and bobs ,incidently the thai's take vw racing very seriously and have some very cool bugs ,there is some racing on 14 oct but i will miss that will try to watch some later in november down at pattaya
till next time
jon

[speedy]

Hello, it has been a while since i have given an update ,been travelling for 8 months now and have had a fab time , i landed in the U.S.A middle of may and sorted myself a car out Karmann Ghia (not the most practical car for camping ) loved it on sight so that was that LOL .The last few days i have been staying with Jason (volkdent on here) .We have had a great time chatting about cars , modifications and going out for some fantastic meals.It also gave me an ideal opportunity to have a nose round his car and in particular the A arm front end (VVV nice) .I cannot speak highly enough of Jason , he is a really nice guy .Anyway we are off north towards Canada so if anybody fancies meeting up for a chat or drink , drop me a line on here .
Here is a picture of my transport for the next few months and new project when i get home to england
cheers jon
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l194/spriggit/DSC_0622.jpg~original
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l194/spriggit/DSC_0632.jpg~original

[Panelfantastic]

VERY NICE! Camping or not, you made a sweet pick for a ride.


Jeff-

[volkdent]

It was great to have you Jonathan, you and Helen are great guests!!! I look forward to checking out the GL scene in the U.K. and Europe too, so we can have some more travels in the future!

Jason

[speedy]

so i am now at billings in montana, and could do witha garage for a couple of hours to do an oil change set the vale gaps and adjust the brakes any takers , i dont mind travelling a little bit lol :D :D
cheers jon

[Panelfantastic]

I'm down in the very south western corner of Tennessee, no help at all for Montana but if you get down this way...


Jeff-

[speedy]

cheers jeff, we will be down there at some point in the trip, so i will speak to you closer to the time
jon

[speedy]

Just a quick post to thank panel(jeff) and his wife for an excellent few days relaxing at there house (sanctuary) i hope we did not outstay our welcome but it was hard to drag ourselves away from your superb hospitality .
Again thankyou very much and get on with your project :D no excuses
jon

[NO_H2O]

I saw speedy today on my way to work. Look forward to seeing them at the shop tomorrow.

[speedy]

We just had a fab week staying with panel and his wife and eating out far to much and then popped down to atlanta and had a great few days with no h2o (dave DTM Engineering ) , probably made a nuisance of myself poking around daves workshop whilst he was trying to work on that fantastic herbie beetle , in my opinion a testament to his great skill and creativity (thanks for the headlight and stock oem fan housing Dave ).Anyway as a pinnacle to the week we had a barby with dave his wife, Zen and Nigel , a fantastic day and night and a great testament to hospitality i have recieved from the people i have met from this forum. Cheers lads and any time you find yourself in England look me up and expect the same hopitality in return .

Jon and helen

[NO_H2O]

We had a great time as well. I am glad you enjoyed hanging out at the shop. It was fun to get a few of us together for a day and have some VW fun. You are welcome here anytime. I wish we could have worked out a day to visit Jake's shop. I think that would have been a treat.
Enjoy the remainder of your vacation and have a safe trip. Anyone who is hardcore enough to tour the US for an extended vacation in an aircooled Ghia is OK in my book. My hat is off to you an Hellen. Keep in touch.:agree:

[yellow73]

Jon and Helen,
It was great to meet you and I enjoyed hanging out with you both. I hope you made it home safely. I got home and realized that my Type 34 is the same color and year as your ghia.....just not in as good shape.

Let us know where we can see some of the pics of your awesome trip.