25: Tents, Toes, and Feces

ARR RAW Round Table Discussions With Motorcycle Adventure Travellers

On this months RAW, at the round table we discuss if you really need a tent to go overlanding, is physical fitness important for a motorcycle trip, handling money in different countries and going to the toilet.


Traveller's Cheque: Sam Manicom supplied us with this photo - "This was my 'lucky' last reserve for years of travelling. I often went down to the edge of using it but never did. Still have the thing :)" ~~ Sam Manicom, Travel Author

Traveller's Cheque: Sam Manicom supplied us with this photo - "This was my 'lucky' last reserve for years of travelling. I often went down to the edge of using it but never did. Still have the thing :)" ~~ Sam Manicom, Travel Author

Tents: Do you really need to go overlanding with a tent?

Fitness: Is being physically fit an important part of setting out on a big trip?

Money: How do you handle your money or money sources when travelling? Carrying money? Transferring money? Exchange? Do you spend all your money in a country before you leave it and then get money in the correct currency in the next country? Or how do you do it?

Happy New Year: We’re in to 2018, what will the RAW panel get up to this year?


Public toilet at Jozankei Hot Springs, Hokkaido, JapanPhoto: David McKelvey from Brisbane, Australia; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Public toilet at Jozankei Hot Springs, Hokkaido, Japan
Photo: David McKelvey from Brisbane, Australia; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

ARR RAW Listener Question Answered: 

James G: There's one thing that makes me hesitant about travelling through Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It's not wild animals, dodgy food, or terrorists. It's poo. The idea of using a non-western toilet makes me pucker. How do you handle it? Do you bring your own loo-paper and pretend you are safe in your own bathroom? Or do you learn the lavatorial etiquette for each country you travel through?

How to Use a Squat Toilet: https://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Squat-Toilet
More Photos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet


Show Co-Hosts

Sam Manicom, Grant Johnson, Graham Field, Shirley Hardy Rix & Brian Rix

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Music used:
 

A Day In The Sun by Per Kiilstofte https://machinimasound.com/music/a-day-in-the-sun Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Bensound Groovy Hip Hop - www.bensound.com


Music: "Turbo Tornado" by Admiral Bob 2016 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/54272 "DIRT ROAD TRAVELER" Jason Shaw Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com