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Who's ever worked as a Motorcycle tour guide. Pros and cons ?
Hi Ted,
Two quick comments from me. Firstly thanks. Whatever you decide this thread has given me a couple of laugh out loud moments, between your whinging rich guys with no balls to go it alone, and the tour guide who copped for a paddle strike and kept on smiling.
Secondly, while lots of comments ring true here, if you fancy trying it what have you got to lose? If you love it great; if its not for you at least you’ll have scratched the itch and it might help you decide what next. After all none of us would have done the travel we have if we’d listened to all the sage ‘don’t do it’ advice we inevitably got when we told our nearest and dearest about our plans :-)
Good luck with the decision!
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After all none of us would have done the travel we have if we’d listened to all the sage ‘don’t do it’ advice we inevitably got when we told our nearest and dearest about our plans :-)
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I still remember my mum’s horror when i told her i was off to Thailand on holiday as a 20 year old. “What do you mean you are off to Thailand. You can’t do that, you haven’t bought a washing machine yet….”
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lol, my Mum (83 years old now) confessed to me that if it weren't for me and my sister she's have never left England, never mind the UK ... when I was young I figured out the best course of action was to never tell her what was going on to avoid getting my ear bent over every little thing.
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I was talking with a tour guide some years ago.
River cruises, not bikes.
He said the cause of their biggest problems is something they have no control over - the weather.
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I was talking with a tour guide some years ago.
River cruises, not bikes.
He said the cause of their biggest problems is something they have no control over - the weather.
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This is a motorcycle travel forum. The op asked about motorcycle guiding. Apart from that, your contribution is excellent. Thank you
Could you rig a sail on your land yacht and if travelling down wind you'd save a lot of gas
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Maybe it's a cultural thing, and I just don't get the joke, Chris?
Seems to me that @Hustler added something thoughtful to the conversation. I can see that weather could cause major problems for both river guides and motorcycle guides and that that could be something to consider when thinking about guiding, no?
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Quote:
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Maybe it's a cultural thing, and I just don't get the joke, Chris?
Seems to me that @Hustler added something thoughtful to the conversation. I can see that weather could cause major problems for both river guides and motorcycle guides and that that could be something to consider when thinking about guiding, no?
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Ok............ Gotcha........... Don't be a motorcycle guide if it rains (assuming the pictorial contribution is relevant in the discussion...............). Very sage advice.
Or do guide if it rains................? Not sure. A cultural thing?
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Could you rig a sail on your land yacht and if travelling down wind you'd save a lot of gas 
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been done - many years ago a couple of people tied their bikes together and rigged a sail, I think on the salt flats, and possibly the Atacama. Worked well they said. Somewhere I have a pic...
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