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Motorcycle travel can be exhilarating, but many riders fall into common pitfalls that can dampen their adventures. In this episode, the RAW panel discusses motorcycle travellers' top mistakes and how to avoid them.
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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NOW RELEASED. The new book from Sam Manicom and friends, and it's already receiving great reviews.
Traverse Magazine: 'Sam Manicom has done it again, compiling a collection of travel stories that not only tell a story of travel, but inspire. The Moment Collectors Asia is an exciting read of 20 journeys, by 20 individuals, all with a similar life lesson. The Moment Collectors Asia is possibly the travel book of 2024.'
ADVMoto Magazine: ‘An excellent curation of 20 stories from 20 authors that happen to be as diverse as the continent itself. You’ll have trouble putting this book down.’
Exploring Overland – Exploration Magazine
'I really like the first-person voices of the stories. This makes it intimate, like you are invited along on rides. Nearly every contributor is slightly mad (British English for “crazy, but in a good way”)—is this true of all adventure riders? Perhaps—I’m not sure I know any really serious adventure riders who would clock in as “normal.” Humor pervades many of the tales, some with outright guffaw-inducing moments. The Moment Collectors – Asia is a bargain for fans of adventure travel tales, and highly recommended.'
What's 'The Moment Collectors ASIA' all about?
Take 20 motorcycle travellers from nine countries, experienced and novice, and ask them to write about travelling the world’s largest and most diverse continent: to share a moment from those travels which became priceless. A moment that had them thinking, ‘this is exactly why I’m out here!’
Connected by motorcycles and an insatiable curiosity, the stories shared take you from the heat of the central Asian steppes to the snow-topped mountains of Nepal, from backroads India to riding the history of Korea, and from the forests of Burma to the extremes of eastern Siberia.
Some of the contributing authors ride two up, some ride in pairs, and there are solo riders too. Their chapters are illustrated by over 70 drawings and paintings by Simon Roberts, plus 20 photographs from the authors.
With the Foreword by Elspeth Beard, these are The Moment Collectors:
Chris Donaldson, Anatoly Chernyavskiy, Maria Schumacher, Jacqui Furneaux, Heather Ellis, Jeffrey Franz, Simon McCarthy, Heike Fania, Fern Hume, Sheonagh Ravensdale, Sherri Jo Wilkins, rtw Paul Stewart, Candida Louis, Simon Roberts, Anita Yusof, Carl Parker, Zebb Penmann, Leigh Wilkins, Heather Lea and Sam Manicom.
Available directly from Sam - https://www.sam-manicom.com/shop/
From Amazon as both paperback and Kindle.
From Barnes and Noble as a Nook e-book.
Many Thanks to This Month’s Top Supporters!
Graham McIntyre
Scott Walseman
Mark Keinath
Andre Blum
Chris Hoerenz
John Ciribassi from Emmaus MotoTours