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TaffyTDM
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PostPosted: 20:19 - 27 Jan 2019    Post subject: Silk road Reply with quote

Has anyone seen this series on amazon? Or better still actually done it? Tempted but at 25k plus bike its going to have to wait until the mortgage is paid off
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Lord Percy
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PostPosted: 03:56 - 28 Jan 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

A guy I know is doing something loosely similar at the moment with his girlfriend.

https://www.rideunlimited.co.uk/

https://static.wixstatic.com/media/df806b_0a232479142d4915acf9a8f47ed6a696~mv2_d_4000_2711_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_964,h_652,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/df806b_0a232479142d4915acf9a8f47ed6a696~mv2_d_4000_2711_s_4_2.jpg

They've been posting on Facebook fairly regularly. Went from Leeds, headed east to the end of Russia, then put the bikes on a boat to New Zealand and made a quick no-motobikes stop at Japan.

They're now having their bikes delivered to Italy for some reason, so I guess the original plan has been binned a bit.

They claim to be funding themselves as freelance digital marketers who can work as they go, performing SEO and 'social media management' services. Sounds highly dubious to me. If they're truly managing that, count me impressed. Part of me suspects they're just eating into savings.

Fair enough either way, it's still a hell of an adventure. Definitely a little bit jealous.
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P.addy
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PostPosted: 12:46 - 28 Jan 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lord Percy wrote:
Part of me suspects they're just eating into savings.


Probably right, but it shouldn't matter as its not your money. I would rather spend every single penny enjoying myself than sitting here behind a screen crying into my cup to refill it.
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M.C
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PostPosted: 13:14 - 28 Jan 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lord Percy wrote:
'social media management' services.

Eh?
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bhinso
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PostPosted: 15:47 - 28 Jan 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol go through Turkey and then turn left Sharpish to avoid Iran.

Also, how come they not visiting Sudan, Somalia, etc.

Be even more of an adventure then.
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rs700
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PostPosted: 16:50 - 28 Jan 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

shite map. After leaving New Zealand you would go East not west !
You can see NZ twice on the map !
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bhinso
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PostPosted: 17:32 - 28 Jan 2019    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow yeah, and when you go off the east side you come back on the extreme west.
What weird magic is this? #flatearth
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