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Photo by Helmut Koch, Vivid sky with Northern Lights, Yukon, Canada

I haven't been everywhere...
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hope your all watching itchy boots in morocco !!
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Sorry to destroy your hope but no, not me
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Nope, lots of rubbish about the country and illegal use of a drone
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Sorry, no. Washing itchy parts of my anatomy instead. When not doing that, actually riding a bike in interesting parts of the world while listening to the Bee Gees and Kenny Rogers on my MP3 player. Quoting Marvin Lee Aday: "Two out of three ain't bad"

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Nope, lots of rubbish about the country and illegal use of a drone
If she is illegally flying a drone, I would watch the episode from inside a Moroccan womens' jail.
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Welp, I for one am watching and enjoying.

The drone use did surprise me a bit - I suspect she got some kind of permission or something? It's entirely possible that she's already out of the country by the time the episodes go up, but I doubt she would knowingly risk problems with entering Morocco again later.

As for "rubbish about the country" - well, this is the internet, every time someone expresses any kind of opinion, there will be someone there to tell them it's rubbish.
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I like her videos, I don't watch everything, but the border crossings are very interesting to me. She's doing my dream route (west africa) so I am exited to see if she can make it all the way down.
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I loved the first series. It was raw, honest and felt real.

Much like ‘Million Dollar Moron” India vlog.

After that it was commercial YouTube meh and sensational thumbnails.

But hey, she’s done more than have lol


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I loved the first series. It was raw, honest and felt real.

Much like ‘Million Dollar Moron” India vlog.

After that it was commercial YouTube meh and sensational thumbnails.

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I have similar feeling about travel writers, their first book is usually the best as both their travelling and writing gets more polished in subsequent editions.
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I have similar feeling about travel writers, their first book is usually the best as both their travelling and writing gets more polished in subsequent editions.

That’s it I think.


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I have similar feeling about travel writers, their first book is usually the best as both their travelling and writing gets more polished in subsequent editions.
Yep, whether it's writing, blogging or vlogging the first series is invariably the best. It's generally more raw and you can often pick up a sense of wonderment as the person does all this for the first time. After that it tends towards commercialisation or self promotion - "All the local bikers came to welcome me as I rode into town" or "Don't you envy my fabulous lifestyle" - and I can't be doing with that. There are very few people who can manage to do something remarkable and original more than once.
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Several posts have been put into moderation.

@badou likes Itchy Boot's videos and thought to share. More than a dozen other members chipped in saying they enjoy the videos.

And for sure, not everyone agrees on the value of weblogs and videoblogs, but this is one of those situations where if members don't have anything useful to say, it's probably best to pass on by, and enjoy the other threads on HUBB.
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Good point Tim.

Would be awful if the website ended up like the god awful Facebook site.




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Are people on here really the target audience?

I know I aren't. Other people's holiday videos are rarely of interest. There is no "OMG, they crossed a border into abroad and must now surely die/ be thrown into the black hole of Calcutta/be made to drink with fruit in it" factor.

On other forums where two weeks in Brittany or a Welsh road with gates causes NASA levels of preparation, she is popular. On that basis I'd say she's doing it well.

If you should be pleased at inventing a soap opera for 60 year old men who ride to drink coffee with like minded fellows, I hope she doesn't care who watches and enjoys the money it generates without it ruining her trip.

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If there is a target audience I might be in it, I'm not able to travel to remote places / for long periods and how she goes about her travels is how I'd like to think I would too if given the opportunity, so I like to dip in and enjoy it vicariously
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