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Category: Tourism & Travel

  1. Canadian Couple, living with orphans in Zambia are preparing to ride their motorcycle around the world...

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    ...to raise awareness and funding for Nomad Sports Academy for Orphans and Underprivileged Youth in Zambia.

    The journey will start in Livingstone, Zambia at the Victoria Falls, in December 2013 and head towards Tanzania, then Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, cross Europe all the way to NordKapp, Norway, then head east to Russia, across the great country to Vladivostok, jump on a ferry to Japan, cross the country of the rising Sun, fly with the bike over the Berring Strait to Vancouver, Canada, head South on the West Coast of US, Central America, cross the Darien Gap to Colombia, then head towards the great Patagonia in Chile, then North to Argentina, and Brazil to Sao Paolo, where we ship the bike to Cape Town, South Africa for our last leg to Zambia.

    The journey will take almost 2 years, with no support car, or crew, but us and our bike. 

    Complete reports of our whereabouts and our stories will be uploaded to the website, our twitter account: @johnnomad1, on Horizons Unlimited and on various newspapers and websites that have shown kindness in helping create awareness for this amazing project.

    Nomad Sports Academy for Orphans is a unique community of orphans that offers the children a great chance to become professional athletes and develop their characters and personalities for many other skills in life.

    For more info contact John @

    [email protected]

    [email protected]

  2. BIKERS WELCOME Banners

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    Listening to the request of our clients, we have ordered 1 ft x 4ft pvc Banners, with eyelets, ready to hang outside your establishment to let passing Bikers know that you welcome them.
     
    They simply say:
     
    BIKERS WELCOME
     
    They can be used all year or simply when you know that there will be many passing Motorcyclists in your area for Rallies, events or during the summertime... 

    If you are interested please order via the website here:
     
    BIKERS WELCOME Banner

  3. Sam Manicom’s Adventure Motorcycle Travel Books

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    Into Africa  

    This is the story of an enlightening, yet daunting (and sometimes downright harrowing) journey across fourteen African countries by motorcycle. Sam, a novice biker, decides to break free from the doldrums of everyday life in search of adventure. He finds it!

    Into Africa is upfront with adventure, mishaps, dust, heat and the thrill of overlanding. The word-pictures that bring a good travel book to life are all here; Sam’s perceptions of people, places and predicaments have real depth and texture, their associated sights, smells and sounds are evoked with a natural ease.

    Whether he’s being shot at, or knocked unconscious in the Namibian desert, this eye-opening tale catapults you into Africa. He lives in a remote village, escapes a bush fire and climbs a mountain. This is a captivating book.

    Into Africa, Sam Manicoms Adventure Motorcycle Travel Booksdescription : Paperback, e-book, enhanced e-book, audio book

    Adventure Motorcycle Travel books

  4. Compass Expeditions to sponsor Dakar team

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    Compass Expeditions is very excited to announce that they will be sponsoring the privateer team of SimonPAVEY.com/Delta Kunststoffe Husqvarna UK for the 2013 Dakar Rally.

    Compass Expeditions has signed up as a sponsor with the privateer team of SimonPAVEY.com/Delta Kunststoffe Husqvarna UK. Simon Pavey will participate in his 9th Dakar with co rider Canadian Don Hatton.

    “Its is a great thrill to be involved with Simon and the team in this way” says Mick McDonald, Compass Expeditions Co-founder, “it enables us to be somewhat involved in this iconic rally, Simons 9th, and to see the Compass Expeditions logo on the graphics of the bike makes it even more exciting” continues Mick.

    Simon and the team will be producing a web based documentary; “Making Dakar is something that I’m really excited about. People are always asking me about the preparation for Dakar, the training, bike building, scrutineering and all the bits that the TV isn’t able to cover. It’s our way of giving something to Dakar fans that I think is being missed at the moment.” Says Simon Pavey

    Simon will also be in Australia August 2013 for some off road training in the Flinders Ranges in conjunction with Compass Expeditions.

     For more information contact 1300 887 327 (within Australia) or +61 3 5368 2113 (outside Australia) [email protected] 

    or visit www.compassexpeditions.com

  5. Sam Manicom’s Adventure Motorcycle Travel Books

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    Into Africa  

    This is the story of an enlightening, yet daunting (and sometimes downright harrowing) journey across fourteen African countries by motorcycle. Sam, a novice biker, decides to break free from the doldrums of everyday life in search of adventure. He finds it!

    Into Africa is upfront with adventure, mishaps, dust, heat and the thrill of overlanding. The word-pictures that bring a good travel book to life are all here; Sam’s perceptions of people, places and predicaments have real depth and texture, their associated sights, smells and sounds are evoked with a natural ease.

    Whether he’s being shot at, or knocked unconscious in the Namibian desert, this eye-opening tale catapults you into Africa. He lives in a remote village, escapes a bush fire and climbs a mountain. This is a captivating book.

    Into Africa, Sam Manicoms Adventure Motorcycle Travel Booksdescription : Paperback, e-book, enhanced e-book, audio book

    Adventure