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Learning a lot about travel and motorcycling, Martyn is making his way round the world trying not to just blast city to city.
My trip from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia to New York. Ruta 40 was hell, the soft gravel and ruts combined with the ferocious side winds made staying vertical virtually impossible.
In Assam, to our surprise, we had taken on celebrity status. Everywhere we stopped we would draw crowds of hundreds, all wanting to take a look at the strange foreigners on even stranger looking bikes.....
The very first motorcycle trip this Canadian takes keeps getting bigger- from North America, to Mainland Europe, to Iceland, to Iraq, to Africa, to... To he really doesn't have a clue until he winds up at the border.
An Irish couple ride through North West Africa and the fun and problems start on day 1
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On the road since Jan 2009 and a lot of the world still left to see.
While up mountains at 5000m, it is unwise to make massive, life-changing plans. The lack of oxygen may well be affecting you. So if you decide suddenly to go on a round-the-world adventure on a 21yr old motorbike for a year or more, think Very Carefully. Or just do it.
The package holiday with a difference; ultimate motorcycle, stunning environment and a superb accommodation.
That's GSHeaven! Standard with our GSHeaven rental: Fully equipped BMW R1200GS Adventure, Side and top pannier (Touratech), Tank bag, Fully comp Europe wide / Morocco insurance (over 25's only), Garmin Zumo satellite navigation, Airport transfers to & from Malaga airport (20 mins), Unlimited mileage, Low seat option on each bike, taxes (VAT), Pillion goes free. Optional B&B accommodation at B&B Guest house Casa Don Carlo in Alhaurin el Grande (Malaga).
When Allison and Mark left London for Africa, they still had not bought a map or figured out how to use a GPS... so when they got off the M25 things were looking up.
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