Egle Gerulaityte – 8 Years in South America, from 150cc to chasing dakar

Egle

In 2013 while backpacking Peru, Egle learned to ride a bike with the help of a passing rider. Bought a 150cc bike in Nazca, and took off to ride South America for two years covering the Peru-Tierra del Fuego-Colombia route with little clue, no experience, and no gear.

Hopelessly hooked on adventure riding and South America since, Egle returned there a few years later to travel the continent on her DR650, lead motorcycle tours, and chase the Dakar Rally up close and personal.

Whether you're a seasoned traveller or someone who's just starting out, Egle might have a tip or two about travelling South America and surviving the Andes Mountains - on a 150cc as well as a 650cc.

Egle

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Egle
Egle
Egle

Fanette Bossuyt – Adventures and stories of an (inexperienced) solo rider on the other side of the world

Fanette Cyclette

Hi, I’m Fanette Cyclette from Eyes & Tyres, a 34 years old chick from France who took one way ticket and went riding motorbikes down under… just to see how different life could be when dreams become real!

NEW-ZEALAND / One day I decided to pack my stuffs in boxes, to quit my job and to say goodbye to my family and my friends. That’s how I left Europe 4 years ago and flew to New Zealand with a vague idea but no plans. I spent a year zigzagging around the two islands on a BMW 650 GS no matter the road and weather conditions, camping in the bushes and breaking some bones while doing my first off-road rides. After 26 000 kilometers and hundreds of amazing discoveries in beautiful landscapes, I took an other plane to go over the ditch… to Australia!

OZ / The 3 months planed became 3 years. Because of the immensity of the country, because of covid, and other reasons like the need of financing the trip or fixing my damaged old Suzuki dr650.
I spent 76 000 kilometers riding across this crazy country… and I’m still not done yet !

I started this journey with no experience, almost no riding skills and zero mechanical knowledge. But mostly no confidence. I was scared but determined to have a go. And I fell off a lot – still does. I cry sometimes and I laugh often. I freak out and don’t give up.

Riding and meeting all those people on the road is the most thrilling experience. Encouraging others to follow their guts and have a go at accomplishing their passion by sharing my own journey is an absolute excitement and joy!

Fanette Cyclette
Fanette Cyclette
Fanette Cyclette
Fanette Cyclette
Fanette Cyclette
Fanette Cyclette

Pascal Pieters – Overland to Bangkok

Pascal Pieters

Pascal is an accomplished motorcycle traveller, motorcycle courier and a familiar face at overland meetings.

In 2017, he planned to visit a friend who has been working in Bangkok for years. And as a biker, if you have to choose between sitting 15 hours cramped on a plane or doing a 6 months long motorbike trip then you definitely choose the latter.

This story covers the journey from Flanders to Bangkok, through Iran, the stans to join a convoy that would take 30 days from Kazakhstan through the Chinese provinces of Sinkiang, Tibet, Yunan to Laos, to end the journey to Thailand.

A large part of this story is about what awaits you when travelling in convoy through China, obtaining the necessary documents , the specific rules , the numerous challenges, but also the everlasting bonds and friendships that have been formed during this convoy.

 

Pascal Pieters

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Pascal Pieters

Pascal Pieters

Pascal Pieters

Pascal Pieters

Pascal Pieters

Pascal Pieters

Winding Wheels – Let go of the plan, 40.000 kilometers criss cross through Africa

With the departure date set for early spring 2020, we planned and prepped our journey from our hometown in The Netherlands to Cape Town in South Africa. Then COVID hit. At first, we hoped to just wait out the storm at home. In September 2020 we realized waiting wouldn’t solve things. We decided to just go south and see what happens. We aimed for Morocco.

The border with Mauritania was still closed at the time, but we hoped that by the time we would get there, the situation would change. The opposite is what happened. Right after we entered Morocco, the country shut all its borders and we found ourselves trapped. With the freedom of wandering around through the deserts and mountains of Morocco, we cannot think of a better place to be locked in during the COVID-pandamic.

Finally Morocco opened its borders again. With Europe, not with its neighbouring African countries. After six months we decided to go back to Europe. Not to go back home, but to keep on travelling. We loaded our bikes onto a container in Rotterdam bound for Cape Town. A new chapter started, when we hit the start buttons of our bikes a couple of weeks later in South Africa. Open borders and new countries to explore, right in front of us.

Although not much is certain these days, there is one thing we know for sure. From here, the only way is up!

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Joshua Steinberg & Joana Breitbart – Sudan: Desert of humanity

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As we embark on our two-year journey primarily across the African continent, we find ourselves trapped in Sudan with the turmoil of Ethiopia's civil war under our noses and Covid's restrictions at our backs.

Stranded amidst the arid, inhospitable steppe of the Sudan-Ethiopia-South Sudan triangle, we encounter a bubbling fountain of humanity that carries us on its waves through the difficulties ahead.

Overwhelmed by the unspeakable hospitality we received and by the complexity of the contexts we were allowed to immerse ourselves in, we now feel the urge to pass on what we experienced.

The time spent in the barren desert state of Sudan, which for travellers is more of an obstacle than a highlight, surpasses in its emotional intensity all past experiences of our third, 24-month journey so far.

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Photo by wetzlosweltwaerts

Violeta Ivanova – Holy Moto – Solo RTW on a Harley

Violeta Ivanova - Holy Moto

Violetta from Varna, Bulgaria, a.k.a Holy Moto rides around the world solo on a Harley Davidson Fat Bob called Boris. Phychologist, human recourse manager, entrepreneur, mom of two daughters, passionate rider, president of WIMA Bulgaria, Ladies of Harley Officer and a so much more!

Violetta started her RTW adventure in April 2019. Until April 2022 she travelled together with her beloved Boris through Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Along the way she was faced with an accident in India, floods in Thailand and Peru, bush fires in Australia and a lockdown in Colombia. But most of all she had an amazing time everywhere, meeting incredible people from all over the world.

Violeta will be telling us about travelling solo as a woman on a Harley Davidson? Because, Why not?

Violeta Ivanova - Holy Moto

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Violeta Ivanova - Holy Moto

Violeta Ivanova - Holy Moto

Violeta Ivanova - Holy Moto

Violeta Ivanova - Holy Moto

Violeta Ivanova - Holy Moto