Hey folks,

Let's say you had decided to take a few months off to travel on your bike, to the Sahara desert for example. Given two choices which one would you choose?

1. You do it on your own. You use your own money(which we assume you have) and do it entirely on your own terms, like so many on this forum do.

2. You manage to make an agreement with a TV station to make a documentary about it. They provide you with equipment and they or sponsors pay for the whole trip.
I say documentary and that of course means not just taking random shots whereever you are at the moment, but to write a rough script, do a lot of research, plan interviews, take care of lightning and sound, and all the other things that are needed to make a TV program interesting. But still it's just you. You don't have backup vehicles, fixers, translators, etc.


What are the technological/logistical/practical hurdles with option nr 2?


Here are my thougts on the two options:

Option nr 1: A great way to do it. You are doing it to please yourself, not others.

Option nr 2: When I travel, I like to take photographs, write blogs and so on, because I want to show the people at home how things in foreign countries look and work. I know thats a far cry from making a fully blown documentary, but still the underlying motive behind it is to present to others what I see. Also an obvious upside to this second option is that your wallet is not being affected, and we like that.


I think many will be tempted to say: First options nr2, then option nr1, since you still have the money. But lets say you had to choose either, which one would you choose?

I would take options nr2, I think.

P.S. I will also post this question on ADVrider, I think it will be interesting to compare the differences/similarities in the answers.