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    Thumbs up Itchy Boots

    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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    Your Avatar is distracting. . .
    102° Rx = + /_\

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    Quote Originally Posted by babysteps View Post
    Your Avatar is distracting. . .
    Ya Think? Na, go on!
    It's pretty normal around here.
    Had a dekko at some of her travels Spanky, she cetainly gets around, noice bike too. OK, it works.
    Every day above ground is a good day!:

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    I watch a few of the travel through Iran
    Amazed how many spoke very good English at the hotels and how nice they all were, Not at all as they are portrayed to be, so cheap too.
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    Itchy Boots - Enjoying the Trip

    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.

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    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Sichoe View Post
    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.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    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.
    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,
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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    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.
    Thanks. Did a quick search and found (and watched) the interview
    that you mentioned above.

    Have also just subscribed to her blog, so that should provide some
    advice of her South American travels once they start.

    Cheers,
    Viking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking01 View Post
    Thanks. Did a quick search and found (and watched) the interview
    that you mentioned above.

    Have also just subscribed to her blog, so that should providesome
    advice of their South American travels once they start.

    Cheers,
    Viking
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    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
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    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.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    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.
    Its taken years, but the quality of the brackets
    I enjoy that and they have even got the transporter for the second one.
    I enjoy them and the less talented Aussie duo of marty and Moog
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