Originally Posted by Simon Kennedy

Isn't it reasonable for kids to throw stones at us? It's their place, not ours. We have no right to be there - we visit as a priviledge; if they don't want to extend an invitation, so be it.

Look at it from their point of view.

On my RTW I came accross the kids and stones thing only once - in northern Pakistan on the KKH.

Simon

Originally Posted by hook

The only time I´ve had kids through rocks at me was in Peru. I was on the road from Puno to Copocabana, Bolivia. I saw two kids rush from a field to the side of the road and knew they had something in their hands. I slowed down a bit and gunned it as I passed them, the rocks they tossed at me missed. They were pretty big rocks! Peru is also the only country I´ve managed to get my boot to ¨make contact¨ with a yapping/chasing dog. This dog came roaring off a sidewalk to my right- barking like Cujo. I slowed and his head nearly hit my front tire. My right foot (size 12 in MX boots) was already up and I hit him hard at maybe 30kmph. He went down hard and got up slow. Don´t tell PETA! Strange how most dogs could care less about motorycles. I often wonder what motivates the chasers.

Originally Posted by Robbert

Hi Denis,

Seems you're getting up to cruising speed...

I've been traveling in Tunesia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania several times. I've done more km's there then most people ride in a year. One kid threw one cloth of earth at the rear window once (I was riding in the passenger seat). That's maybe something like a stone every 100 days, which I personally don't see as a 'problem' when 'adventure' traveling in remote areas.

On the other side, it seems that different people had different experiences. And I'm tempted to believe this has a lot to do with how you stand in that other part of the world.
I've seen enough typical western "I'm untouchable in Africa cause I have the money and my govt will make fuss if something happens to me" style of arrogance. Maybe this has something to do with it?