I leave Anchorage this evening on my journey home, it is with mixed emotions, this certainly has been the most amazing trip. It is kind of sad that it has ended but I am looking foreward to getting home and staying in one place for more than a few days. Here in Anchorage I managed to meet up with a friend who I have known since school, Glynnis Brent her maiden name, she is married to a Canadian who is in charge of mineral exploration for a company up here in Alaska. It was really nice to catch up, she was really happy to see someone from back home, I think it can be kind of lonely here when you have left all your old friends and life behind and moved to this cold and often miserable climate. So if the bike does not go back to SA I have found a good home for it.What makes or breaks this kind of trip is the people that you meet or interact with along the way, foretunately for me I have not met too manydissagreable folk. Before comming to the States, I didn’t know what to expect as the world media often portrays Americans as arogant people who want to control the world, or stupid fat people. I have been most impressed with the average american, the are such nice caring people and most are fairly well educated and know what you are talking about and where you are from. Many have been to SA, and many others are planning to visitin the future. My impression of the States is a good one, the average american are wonderful people.The visit has been great but I am an African at heart so I am happy to be going home to a warm friendly place in the sun. To all the people that have been so kind to me along the way a big thank you, what goes around comes around, I will do a summery of the trip and post pictures when I am back in SA. So Long Farewell and Godbless.