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« on: February 02, 2010, 07:04:41 pm »
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=269251

amazing trip. well worth the read.
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2010, 09:27:45 am »
It was worth the read. WOW. That's all kinds of guts and stupid and daring and ignorance and ... fun.
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2010, 11:59:11 am »
Way to destroy my productivity at work. ADV often destroys my days.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 01:46:32 pm »
might i add, nsfw....
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2010, 03:32:59 pm »
I guess so. I didn't think of it that way.
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2010, 03:55:31 pm »
definitely a good read.

took me a damn long time to finish, and still pretend like i was working.
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2010, 04:33:33 pm »
Quote from: beyond on February 04, 2010, 01:46:32 pm
might i add, nsfw....

lol is reading national geographic NSFW?
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2010, 05:44:54 pm »
what an amazing waste of my time.. i love reading trip reports like this and just getting lost in them.. almost feels like you're there
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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2010, 05:49:18 pm »
Well something about nudity got a lot of strange looks in my office...
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2010, 06:45:28 pm »
the craziest/most interesting parts to me:

1. when he has to ride on the beach through the dooflgager or whatever it was called.

2. he and jose fought in the same war on opposite sides, but can still be friends.
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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2010, 07:19:59 pm »
Quote from: dragknee on February 04, 2010, 06:45:28 pm
the craziest/most interesting parts to me:

1. when he has to ride on the beach through the dooflgager or whatever it was called.

2. he and jose fought in the same war on opposite sides, but can still be friends.


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« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2010, 10:12:19 pm »
There we go, finally had a chance to finish it at home.

I like that saying - carpe the living shit out of diem!
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2010, 07:51:57 am »
I think that excursion on the dunes and ocean was pretty poorly planed and very stupid. They nearly ran out of gas one person got injured. Even if they had a SPOT who's going to show up to save them?
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« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2010, 10:28:56 am »
DK, thanks for posting, great read!
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« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2010, 10:42:33 am »
Quote from: beyond on February 04, 2010, 05:49:18 pm
Well something about nudity got a lot of strange looks in my office...

There's a pointed difference between nudity and pornography that Americans fail to grasp.

Pornography is specifically intended to cause sexual excitement.  Only the most conservative bible thumper could find the pictures in that thread objectionable.  Hell, the women there were walking around topless, and it's not like all the dudes were sporting wood.
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« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2010, 01:01:13 pm »
Just the riders. I've been around so many breast feeding women these past few years I've been inoculated.
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« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2010, 04:25:17 pm »
'twas the strip clubs that did me in.  Reminds me of the South Park where Randy figures out that the internet has ruined 'regular' porn for him.  He needs to be able to find sick shit online to masturbate :p
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« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2010, 05:16:10 pm »
Quote from: in4mation on February 05, 2010, 07:51:57 am
I think that excursion on the dunes and ocean was pretty poorly planed and very stupid. They nearly ran out of gas one person got injured. Even if they had a SPOT who's going to show up to save them?

you get stuck here, you get f@!#%d here lol



the other crazy thing, i forgot to mention. the fact that out in the middle of freakin nowhere, they run into some italian dude riding solo in a land cruiser lol
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« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2010, 10:01:20 pm »
I didn't read that part. I'd much rather stick to south america.
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« Reply #19 on: February 10, 2010, 12:34:14 am »
incredible story.  makes me feel like a whimp for sure.  our country is just so sacred now that we dont do as much of this hardy stuff anymore.  they are from south africa already though right?  thats makes it more understandable at least.  i had a friend that did a desert trip to Namib once in a truck.  put the truck in a ditch 4 days from the nearest town...he loved it!  its so cool that these trips can be done all over the world.

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« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2010, 02:33:38 pm »
DUDE EPIC.  I want to do something like this so badly its not even funny.  Perhaps south america would be a fun trip.  That section where the highway drops off for 100 miles i bet is pretty fun. 
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« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2010, 08:36:13 am »
This is a pretty good story. The most epic though this one http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504942 , How to ride through Afghanistan in one piece.

The photos tell the story and are all 1st rate National Geographic type. They really get to know the people and their heartbreaking stories.
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