Monthly Archives: March 2012

Accumetrics Donates to Rally Around the World

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Accumetrics Donation Check

Accumetrics, the manufacturer of the VerifyNOW point-of-care clincial analyzer, donated $3000 to Rally Around the World as part of their national sales meeting in Celebration, FL…I  was presented this enormous check by Tim Still and Andy Chisholm!!  As part of the agenda, the Accumetrics sales group was divided into 3 teams and given the task of developing their own giving program for heart-related charities.  Each team made a formal presentation to the judges, I was included, and teams were ranked based on  presentation and potential effectiveness.

If you would like to make a donation to give all kids diagnosed with cancer a better chance at living the full life they deserve, please visit Rally Foundation & Rally Around the World.

Around the World in 40 Days

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Got a great suprise in the mail from my friends at Sempermed USA…they did a wonderful job framing the Repertoire article from the December 2011 issue.  Thank you Billy Harris, Karl Neubner and all the folks at Sempermed for your caring generosity and support of Rally Around the World!

This is going to look terrific next to my framed Repertoirearticle from January 2003 on my bicylce ride across the US in support of cancer research.

If you would like to make a donation to give all kids diagnosed with cancer a better chance at living the full life they deserve, please visit Rally Foundation & Rally Around the World..

Seoul, Korea Entry – some important details

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Since I can’t quite figure out how to ride from Anchorage to Seoul, Korea, I will be flying and air freighting my cycle into Incheon Airport just outside of Seoul and Wendy Choi has been quite helpful providing customs and travel information – she will require that I provide my passport, international driver’s license, cycle registration and shipping air bill to clear customs and book my DBS Ferry trip from Dong Hae to Vladivostok.  The ferry only travels on Sunday’s and I plan to board on August 12 – keep in mind that time of year is holiday and many Russians take the trip south to Dong Hae and the beach resorts on the eastern coast of Korea…a must to book early!!

The DBS Ferry will cost approximately $600 USD for the cycle, $250 USD for me and $20 USD for other charges totaling about $870 USD – this is a 24-hour trip and the cheapest accommodations is 72 persons in a room!! – not sure that is for me!!  Contact Wendy Choi – wendychoi2@gmail.com or +82(0) 17-213-3961

She will also be booking my short ferry ride from Incheon Airport to the City of Incheon – it is illegal to ride a motorcyle on Korean freeways and the only access from the airport to the mainland is by freeway.  I will then be riding secondary roads from the west coast of Korea east to Dong Hae which should take 5 – 6 hours – the dry cleaner I use here in Spring Hill is Korean-owned and she thinks I’m a bit crazy…she laughed the other day to say the roads are not quite like they are here in the US.

VISA Update – Russia & Belarus

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Update – Since there were some issues obtaining a VISA via Poland & HTL-Strefa, Jarek Moleda recommended I use Cinderella Travel Corporation out of New York.  The contact there is Marina at 718-275-8434 or visa@cinderellatravel.com and she is quite helpful…I can apply for my Russian VISA 90-days prior to entry and should receive within 2-weeks after completing the application, supplying passport photos and my passport. 

Also, after discussing in more detail with Jarek and Piotr Mlodecki – HTL’s director of business development, I have decided to skip Belarus and run northwest out of Moscow and meet Piotr at the Russian/Latvia border crossing – he plans to ride with me to Berlin…gonna be great having a “local” along for this leg!!  Jarek and Piotr have been terrific with their assistance to include providing me with road contacts in that part of the world.