69: Silver Linings in Trouble, and How To Avoid Hippopotamus at Night

ARR RAW round-table discussions with motorcycle adventure travellers - featuring Grant Johnson, Sam Manicom, Shirley Hardy-Rix, Brian Rix, Michelle Lamphere and Jim Martin.

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TOPICS:

Silver Lining: When has something gone wrong turned out to be for the best?

What a Small World: Have you met a distant relative or neighbor or friend-of-a-friend while in the middle of nowhere or halfway around the world?

Listener Suggestions/Questions:

Inspirational Places to Visit
Dan Collins:
Inspirational places that have been discovered that are worth visiting when passing? (edited)

Footwear
Daniel Campbell:
Would like a little talk on footwear. What they wear on feet for around the world is fine but more interested what they wear when going for short rides. Like trips around town or few day trips. When I commute to work I am just wearing leather shoes and I feel like it's pretty dumb. I wonder if pull on boots are OK or if they have heard of them coming off. I wear normal leather laceup work boots a lot and wonder if they always wear motorcycle boots.

Helmets: What are you wearing for helmets and why?


LINKS:

SAM MANICOM:

Amazon for Paperbacks, Audiobooks and Kindle: Amazon.com
The Book Depository - Free round the world paperback delivery: thebookdepository.com

Books (Signed copies) and T-shirts Direct from Sam - sam-manicom.com/shop/

 

GRANT JOHNSON:

Horizons Unlimited Destinations: horizonsunlimited.com/destinations

Horizons Unlimited Events: horizonsunlimited.com/events

Horizons Unlimited Circumnavigators: horizonsunlimited.com/circumnavigators

Horizons Unlimited Books: horizonsunlimited.com/books

 


SHIRLEY HARDY-RIX and BRIAN RIX:

Moto Cap: https://www.motocap.com.au/

Aussies Overland Books: https://www.aussiesoverland.com.au/books/

 

MICHELLE LAMPHERE:

The Butterfly Route: amazon.com
Tips for Traveling Overland in Latin America: amazon.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