Really enjoying this girls YouTube Cahnnel about her touring Europe and Asia on her Royal Enfield Himalayan for the past 7 months.
Really enjoying this girls YouTube Cahnnel about her touring Europe and Asia on her Royal Enfield Himalayan for the past 7 months.
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I enjoy reading some of the adventure threads on sites like
AdvRider. And recently just happened to see this thread
mentioned on KB.
What a great find. And thanks for posting a heads-up on KB.
Over the last few days, have spent some time watching her
videos. Up to video #90 at the moment. Very watchable.
For those interested, go to www.youtube.com , and then
just search " Itchy Boots " ( or " Itchy Boots episode xx" ,
where xx is the episode number. [No quotes needed.]
She also had a website: https://www.itchyboots.com/,
which shows her whole travel route.
Riding through some areas of interest to me (for a multitude of
reasons).
Iran
Have some Iranian friends from the early 1980's (studied chemical
engineering together), and have read quite a few travel books on
Iran. So it was great to see some video of different parts of Iran.
One of the wife's uncles (Dutch) was based in Iran in the 1960's,
busy flying helicopters and ferrying drilling equipment for various oil
companies.
His impression was not only of a very friendly and hospitable people,
but some great places to see as well. He had some great photos
from all around the country.
Our western press does Iran (like several other countries) a grave
disservice.
The Stans
Have also read a few books on the Stans. Each with a long history,
because of their location on or around the Old Silk Road.
A Danish cousin (and wife) from Copenhagen have just completed a
20 day tour of five Stans, though their itinerary was roughly in the
opposite direction to the rider.
It was interesting to get his comments as well, given that the Stans
were Soviet republics prior to collapse of the USSR, and have since
had to forge their own identity and each develop their own economy.
For me, the highlight have been some of the video through Tajikistan
(episode 75 thereabouts) along the Pamir and along the river separating
it from Afghanistan. Some quite amazing scenery.
Thanks once again.
You studied chemical engineering with the Iranians?
And in the 60's Iran was a nice place, before the revolution of 79 Iran was fairly progressive.
Having caught up to the current state of play in Itchy Boots I have to wait until she gets mobile again. She's hoping that'll be a couple of weeks. The planned ride is Patagonia to Alaska. She says that the seasons dictate she either takes six months or eighteen. She's currently planning on eighteen.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Morning. Just to clarify:
Studied chemical engineering here in NZ, and some Iranian students also attended
the same courses. Whom I happened to make friends with, and learn a little about
Iran.
From what I have read (and my friend's comments), Iran prior to 1979 was quite a
progressive country in western terms. But the SAVAK (Iranian secret police, that
were established with CIA assistance in 1953 post the Mossadegh coup) was to be
feared.
Morning.
I am still making my way through her trip videos (#112 at the moment,
but the end of the trip is in sight).
You had updated information about her future travel plans - did you obtain
that by subscribing to her blog ?
I'd be interested to follow her Patagonia to Alaska ride.
Cheers,
Viking
There is a Brit biker does YouTube clips, road tests etc. The Missenden Flyer (sp?). He did a (very) recent interview with her.
When I get back to my laptop I'll post the link.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
It's good while you are playing catchup, you can watch whenever you like. Once caught up you have to wait a day or two each time.
For the benefit of anyone else interested the interview starts fifteen minutes in.
https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MsHnx...JM545OrZzQS30o
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Yes, I have to agree with your first comment. Now that the end
of her last trip is in sight, I'm rationing myself to watching just
2-3 posts per day.
The nice thing has been the amount of video footage that she
has posted. Well, that, and an attractive presenter... 8-) Which
may explain her large number of followers.
My wife (also a Dutch blonde) happened to see one or two short
snippets as well. Her comments were more along the lines "Yes,
I can see the attraction, but no, you can't have another one".
Damned if I know what she was talking about... 8-)
From the interview you pointed out, Noraly mentioned just how
much time she had invested in preparing her video clips while
travelling. Which was considerable.
The new GoPro certainly provided good stabilisation when riding
over rough ground.
However, I couldn't find any mention on her blog what software
she had been using to import and process her GoPro video footage.
Which would be interesting to know.
I spotted this post looking at "what's new?" - And immediately thought of Project Binky. Unrelated I know, but we all have our little peccadilloes. I've been watching for years, posts are months apart and the bloody mini is still nowhere near turning a wheel.
Back in the day it would be 12 episodes at 7:30pm, every Wednesday.
Manopausal.
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