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Photo by George Guille, It's going to be a long 300km... Bolivian Amazon

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by George Guille
It's going to be a long 300km...
Bolivian Amazon



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Africa, north to south

Hey guys,

I'm about to start a west coast African adventure. I'll be posting my vids here. Leaving in 3 days!

Edit: I'll now edit this post with the new videos at the top for ease of viewing.





















































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A vid from the BACK of a moto in my current home, Phnom Penh. Excited to soon be in the driver's seat! Leaving tomorrow!

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Lucky you!!! Good luck buddy!! thanks for sharing your experience here!!
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So I'm finally on the road, currently in Algeciras. Here are a couple updates I've made over the last few weeks. I've been taking some gopro footage, so future vids should be more interesting. Heading to Africa in a couple days!







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Crossing the Pyrenees. This is the first vid with riding footage. Made a few before this which you can see on the channel, but not including here because they're kind of boring.

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Have a nice trip mate!
Looking forward to your "African diaries"
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keep posting mate I'm really enjoying these diaries. All really good stuff.
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Here's a bunch from Europe and into Morocco. Almost caught up with posting vids. Lots of riding footage in the next few vids.









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Keep em coming. Loving your presentation style. You are giving me some very good insight to a trip I hope to god someday.
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Thanks for the encouragement!

Here's a sped-up walkthrough of the Chefchaouen medina:



Currently in Dakar, way behind on videos, will try to keep them short and sweet.
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A few more updates from the road.

Spent some time in Dakar and got my phone stolen:



On the road to Mali:



New friends at the Mali border, my first flat of the trip, and riding footage in Mali:



I'm in Ouagadougou waiting on my Ghana visa. I have tons of footage to edit and post but the internet is terrible here, so it'll have to wait to Accra or beyond.
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It's getting interesting. I'm in! keep posting.
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way cool
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Keep em coming.
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Going back in time a bit. From the dunes in Merzouga:

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