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10 Mar 2012
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I'm currently in New Zealand solo on a BMW f650GS - been here 2 1/2 months and leaving 2 April.
I've ridden solo from Alaska to the Mexican border but not in a straight line!! then from Toronto down to Florida - about 18,000 miles total.
None bike stuff - I lived in a Merc Unimog for a year and drove across Europe to Ukraine then back to France and though Morocco down to Ghana.
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I'm riding in Mongolia for a month on the way back to the UK.
Planning a ride up thorough South America starting in January.
Kate
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Originally Posted by mistress-kate
I'm currently in New Zealand solo on a BMW f650GS - been here 2 1/2 months and leaving 2 April.
I've ridden solo from Alaska to the Mexican border but not in a straight line!! then from Toronto down to Florida - about 18,000 miles total.
None bike stuff - I lived in a Merc Unimog for a year and drove across Europe to Ukraine then back to France and though Morocco down to Ghana.
Next:
I'm riding in Mongolia for a month on the way back to the UK.
Planning a ride up thorough South America starting in January.
Kate
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hey Kate,
when you get to Brazil let us know. I live in Rio for now and will be happy to meet with you. Contact Rio community pages or via my website below! 
Cheers,
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11 Mar 2012
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The next leg of RTW
Setting off again in June from Oz:- fly into Seoul, ferry to Zarubino, to Mongolia, back into and across Russia, southeast through Europe, winter in Greece, then Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal in 2013, before flying home to Oz again.
Riding alone on my 650 WeeStrom. 
Travelling now since August 2007, with some summers home in Tasmania.
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11 Mar 2012
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Zarubino
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Originally Posted by beemerbird
Setting off again in June from Oz:- fly into Seoul, ferry to Zarubino, to Mongolia, back into and across Russia, southeast through Europe, winter in Greece, then Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal in 2013, before flying home to Oz again.
Riding alone on my 650 WeeStrom.
Travelling now since August 2007, with some summers home in Tasmania. |
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Amazing journey.
I am booked on 06/17 ferry to Vladivostok,, no ferry to Zarubino any more, the old Dong Chun went kaput. We have to use DBS Ferry from Dong Hae to Vlad. www.dbsferry.com
If you are in Korea before my departure ,,Korean HUBBers will lay down a red carpet for you ala Bushman and strimstrum mode. Let me know.
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22 Nov 2012
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winter in Greece,
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Just so you know.
It snows in Greece! Down on the Peloponnese, Mycenae ... close to the sea... snow on the mountains in December. I was camping... look out one morning to see white stuff on the mountains. Was nice camping there by the way.
May not worry a taswegian, but was a bit of a surprise for me.
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22 Jun 2013
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How cool - I never knew there were so many!!
Not sure I count... my bike doesn't have an engine! But I have cycled through Africa alone, and North America and Central America (notched up about 40,000km in total). And start biking across Asia tomorrow starting in Siberia (as much of Black Sea to Bering Sea as I can, although I'm having to do it in 2 parts, summer and winter).
Better still, I got my license earlier this year so after this trip I'm upgrading to a motorbike  Then it'll count...
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23 Jun 2013
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TakeonAfrica's book is GREAT!
I'm just reading Helen's book Desert Snow now. It is beautifully written and I'm enjoying it hugely. Helen we met briefly at HUBB.
Pat and I ( Horizons Unlimited Motorcycle Travellers' Stories - Sheonagh Ravensdale and Pat Thomson) spent 6 months riding Honda Falcons in South America in 2006, then 16 months riding same bikes from Panama to Cambodia 2009-11 and are off in a couple of weeks to roam round Europe for a month or so, taking in the WIMA Rally in Switzerland.
For any woman traveller, WIMA has around 20 divisions all round the world, so a great resource and support network: see Wimaworld.com - main. Tiffany is also a member of WIMA.
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26 Jun 2013
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So far, I've only done the Alaska Highway (essentially, from Anchorage to southern British Columbia) twice, traveling with my husband. I rode my F 650GS and he was on his DR650. Had a blast, even through the road construction sections - my gravel skills aren't great and the gravelly road construction bits still scare me.
I'm eagerly planning my first major solo ride for next summer - I'm shipping my bike to Europe for a few months and will be spending a fair amount of time in eastern Europe. Not terribly adventurous, compared to so many stories here on the HUBB, but it's pretty adventurous for me
Liz
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1 Jul 2013
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I'm just reading Helen's book Desert Snow now. It is beautifully written and I'm enjoying it hugely. Helen we met briefly at HUBB.
Pat and I ( Horizons Unlimited Motorcycle Travellers' Stories - Sheonagh Ravensdale and Pat Thomson) spent 6 months riding Honda Falcons in South America in 2006, then 16 months riding same bikes from Panama to Cambodia 2009-11 and are off in a couple of weeks to roam round Europe for a month or so, taking in the WIMA Rally in Switzerland.
For any woman traveller, WIMA has around 20 divisions all round the world, so a great resource and support network: see Wimaworld.com - main. Tiffany is also a member of WIMA. |
Sheonagh - glad you're enjoying the book Thanks for the link to WIMA - that's one to remember for the future...
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4 Nov 2013
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MissRIDER
I call myself MissRIDER and my adventures love to take me extreme distances solo riding. During the summer of 2012, I rode 15,000miles/24,000kilometers from Boston Massachusetts down to the Panama Canal and back to Boston. Summer of 2011, Los Angeles to Boston, solo ride. Summer of 2013, Boston to Newfoundland Canada to New Orleans, to Florida Keys then back to Boston Massachusetts, solo riding.
I am always annoyed by the comments of people asking me, "aren't you scared?" See my blog entry on my site: http://www.missrider.com/
Future plans:
summer 2014 - ride from Boston to Utah back to Boston and to Nova Scotia, bike = my current Triumph Bonneville
summer 2015 - complete North America tour by riding by Triumph Bonneville to Alaska from Boston (round trip).
summer 2017 - Europe, South America, Australia, Japan, Russia
I would love to find a riding partner for the South America and Russia portion of my tour. I am fluent in Spanish. I will be riding a BMW700GS for the world tour starting in 2017. I will start in the Boston area and head south through Central America.
Last edited by mvelazquez; 21 Nov 2013 at 18:30.
Reason: changed the last paragraph
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12 Mar 2012
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How Many HUBB Women?
I am a lady rider, see my log in name?  I am planning a trip on my DR650, as soon as I can get some Monkeys off my back!
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22 Mar 2012
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India, Vietnam and now Africa
hi all
together with my husband we've ridden enfield's in the indian himalayas and minks the length of Vietnam.
In september we're leaving Europe and (all being well) heading all the way to Cape Town. We'll be on MT 350's old army bikes, tough as old boots and (hopefully easy to fix if needed).
So this time next year I should be able to join the 'continent' club!!
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19 Aug 2012
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I am riding Alaska to Patagonia and maybe back, solo, over about 11 months or so... just been up to Pru  e bay and back (and around ... about 30,00km) and am stalling in Seattle before I head on south sometime this week?
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2 Oct 2012
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I have never traveled alone but whilst in the states recently I met a women who had just too redundancy and bought a bike and when riding..! Inspiring
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3 Oct 2012
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There certainly are some km/miles clocked up here already. You ladies are all an inspiration, keep up the good work. I hope one day to join you. I have only ridden in Australia and I still have most of it to see on the bike. I am planning a trip in 2017 (when I can get long service leave) the main goal is to ride Ireland and the UK but I would love to ship into Turkey to see Gallipoli and then make my way from there to the UK.
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