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After leaving Amsterdam to ride to Tasmania we changed plans in SE Asia: we shipped our bikes from Malaysia to South Africa to ride back home with our best friends.
www.eatwithalocal.com connects travellers with local people willing to cook for them in their homes all over the world. It is free to join and free to use and gives a good insight into the culture of a country.
There are ways to see the world, and then there are ways to feel the world. Motorcycle travel is the latter. This trip, or rather the next period of my life promises to be full of that freedom, and I hope to share it with you through the thoughts, photos, and videos on this blog.
An ongoing tale of biking, hiking and endless cake stops tracking my journey from Yorkshire in England to New Zealand with photos and videos from the road.
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3 KLRs travelling starting in Santiago, Chile heading South to Ushuaia, Argentina then turning around to make the trip home to Vancouver, Canada. The website describes our adventure and provides pictures for the view audience to follow along.
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Bruce Smart is a serving police officer and in October 2012 he is setting off to ride a Suzuki GSX-R 1000 sports bike, 100,000 miles around the world, through over 66 countries to raise £1M for his four selected charities. They are The Royal British Legion, the Born Free Foundation, The Children’s Trust, and the St Christopher’s Hospice. He’s fulfilling a promise and embarking on an epic journey. Follow the build up to his incredible journey (and eventually the trip itself) here.
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Global Rescue is the premier provider of medical, security and evacuation services worldwide and is the only company that will come to you, wherever you are, and evacuate you to your home hospital of choice.
Additionally, Global Rescue places no restrictions on country of citizenship - all nationalities are eligible to sign-up! Travel medical insurance is also available, currently the limit is 90 days. (TIP: For Evac insurance - Click Multiple Trips and 365 days to get year long insurance.)
Ripcord Rescue Travel Insurance™ combines into a single integrated program the best evacuation and rescue with the premier travel insurance coverages designed for adventurers.
Led by special operations veterans, Stanford Medicine affiliated physicians, paramedics and other travel experts, Ripcord is perfect for adventure seekers, climbers, skiers, sports enthusiasts, hunters, international travelers, humanitarian efforts, expeditions and more.
Ripcord travel protection is now available for ALL nationalities, and travel is covered on motorcycles of all sizes! NOTE: Travel medical insurance currently has a limit of 90 days.
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