Do you have any evidence of this, or are you just hating on her?

I think that would be hard to do.

You must make sure everything you use is always on the bike, nothing popping into shot that's been in the support van for days. No sudden use of a massive tripod or reflector for better shots. No extra glass on the hotel table.

Anyone you meet on the road must be somehow stopped from posting on social media with the same producer in the back ground.

You must be careful to edit out any refference to the support. No one passing you stuff from off screen.

A drug mule and their minder might do it, but they are staying off social media.
A production like Long Way Whatever can do it by editing with the continuity supervisor taking notes.
A pod cast of this type though? Managing it when studio based TV gets a runner or assistant in shot often enough?

Still, let's see if there is anything by way of additional information. It's certainly a bit of a wild claim to make without anything extra.

Andy

That's awfully strong, effectively calling her a serial liar.

Some of her quotes: I'm a Dutch woman traveling alone...
Riding a motorbike on your own in Ladakh as a female solo traveler...
I've ridden 150.000 kilometers solo around the world and still counting!...
I've lived, worked and traveled solo in more than 80 countries by now...
A solo traveler on a mission to travel the world by motorcycle...
traveling alone also pushes you to face every struggle by yourself...



She consistently describes herself as a solo traveller, so why should you be so confident she is lying?

Evidence she was not traveling alone?

No hard evidence, and again, I really do not care either way.

I became skeptical when I saw her Darien Gap episode where she was in Turbo, and the boat part where she was going to Panama.

I made that trip myself. Turbo is not a city where you can leave your bike unguarded for any period of time. Someone was there watching her bike, making sure nothing was stolen.

I could be wrong, but I don't think she covered the boat part to Panama very much, because she didn't want to show the other bikes and travelers on the boat.

Bah humbug!


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I don't care, therefore I'm going to write a complete explanation?

She left her bike at that underground car park so it was safe whilst making arrangements. Also she met up with someone (Juan) in Turbo who did the actual arranging - so whilst she was not alone as a traveller she was - unless you include the people that pump her gas, lift her bike on and off boats etc in which she had a load of people with her, personally I don't include them.

She has not been alone the whole way - she met up with Charly Sinewan for a bit and then whilst she was mending after a crash she was with Ed March. If she was with someone, then she wouldn't have needed their help.

This is all people looking down their noses at someone that is out there, doing it. For me, I find it interesting, I am not an avid watcher but it is interesting - and seeing how she copes with the events that life throws at her is reassuring (particularly border crossings).

Sigh... many posts are now unapproved. "The thread has been nothing but chauvinism, sour grapes, envy and arguments. Not HUBB's finest hour."


Also discussions of k'nap potential aren't a great idea for obvious reasons. It may be a low risk discussion here on the HUBB, but a google search will find all sorts of things here.


Let it be folks.

Noraly filmed and posted on YT a couple of nigerian cops who asked her for money, although in a relatively non demanding way (my personal view) But absolutely not what a copper should do towards a foreign traveller anywhere who had done nothing wrong or against the law.

Luckily the nigerian court system got an interest of this and didnt let those dishonest cops getaway with it. They are not cops anymore and probably never will be again and its seems they got to spend some time behind bars too….

https://youtu.be/ASrCKnoViMI?si=faWVWSj77Yndd_0U

I'm happy they got caught but the cynical me thinks that the only reason this was dealt with and televised is because they were caught on camera. When someone blatantly demands money and not even during an actual infraction, then it's deeply systemic.

Watching her videos of Nigeria in quite a few of her interactions one can see a familiar tactic that many women learned when they were young; keep smiling and be jovial ... because it's all a joke, until it isn't.

That was the feeling I got when she spoke with the police who asked for money - if you say "oh, you're so silly, haha, yeah that's a good joke!" then they can stay in the "shroedinger's douchebag" zone of saying it's all a joke and play it off when they don't get their way. The moment you start to freak out or take it as a serious threat, they'll escalate.

I haven't watched this video, but your description of this "tactic" sounds precisely what I've always done, too. For women it's more important, since there is (sadly) survival value in it which comes into play a lot in normal life.

I've also had experiences where I crossed the line into being too jovial--the response being "So you think this is a joke, son...."--and others where I pushed too hard or let my impatience show, provoking a dangerous escalation.

FWIW, I don't think anyone travels by bike much in West Africa without having similar experiences periodically. Same in Latin America, parts of Asia, places like Ukraine. And to be fair I've seen it on rare occasions in the USA as well. What she did is not unusual, but from the sound of it she's highly skilled at it.

Does it matter ?
 

Does it really matter if "itchy" has some back up at times ?
She may or may not !
But she makes fantastic viewing !
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