Hey, what is The Twilight Project anyway? It's the project that keeps me going in my "twilight years". You remember the doomsday clock? The clock that ticks down towards midnight and the end of humanity? Well, I'm at about 7:30 PM on my own clock; ie., twilight. Now that's not saying that some mornings I don't feel like the ball is already dropping, but most mornings I'm OK.

So my project is a multi-year solo motorcycle trip around the world on a 1975 BMW. It was originally to be a 5-month dash around the globe in 2009, but that wouldn't have left much time to see anything, and so I decided to split it over two years... 2009 to be spent in North America, and 2010 to be spent on a trip from London, through central Asia, to Vladivostock, on the east coast of Russia.  Well, in the 2010 trip journal, I outline my reasons for turning around in central Turkey and heading back to London ... leaving the round-the-world trip uncompleted.

I was unable to continue the trip in 2011, but did return to Europe in 2012 where I spent another three months traveling to places I did not see in 2010, including a quick poke into Russia.  While I am preparing to head out to Europe again in June 2013, circumstances necessitate that this year's trip be a short one. I'm still not all that anxious to finish, and so will set seeing a bit of Scandinavia perhaps as a short-term goal for now.  Russia still awaits!  It's not going anywhere.  And besides, my Russian only gets better every year.

Thanks... and best of luck on your own travels!  Let me know about them...

Sam