Hi,
Dont forget that the way you look will have a big influence on the way people treat you not only at boarders. If you look like you have come directly from mars, people will treat you like money on legs.
Also in third world countrys the roads are very bad so you dont expect to ride very fast. Then you also dont need all the protection stuff.
I went around africa yust wearing normal jeans and a old army jacked so i did not look more fancy then the local people who then were amazingly friendly to me:
http://afrikamotorrad.de/?report=en_transafrika
While riding around Southamerica i had a nice waterproof motorbike jacked combined with a very light plastic trowses over my jeans. The jacked was nice to have high up at 5000 meters in the rain/snow but too hot to ride wih in Peru, Argentina and Brasil so most of the time it was straped on the bag. To not geting sunburned i was wearing a long sleve shirt like the locals.
Travel save, Tobi
Last edited by ta-rider; 2 Sep 2013 at 15:05.
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