Hi mates,

Ride To Roots, this is my new project.

I'm very interested to discover Africa. I have been in Morocco a few times, and I found its people incredible. I have the impression that Africa represents the mirror of the world, because people of this continent still being humble and sharing basic values. Of course, there are some places in conflict, but I'm sure that these wars don't represent the true essence of Africa; it's a reflection of interests of a crazy world.

I'm tired to read newspapers and watch them whenever news about the world we inhabit. I need to travel to Africa to learn about this great continent and to better understand this world.

The Rider To Roots website was launched one month ago and we started to promote the project through Internet. The main objective of this project is explore Africa alone by motorbike, from Barcelona to Cape Town, and finally donate the motorbike to Riders For Health organization on my arrival.

I'm promoting the project from:

1. Our project website: Ride To Roots | Viaje en moto por África
2. Facebook: Ride To Roots | Facebook
3. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ridetoroots
4. Moterus (the spanish social network only for bikers): grupo motero ride to roots - moterus
5. Several motorcycle forums.

I'm focusing on Spanish language but I expect to publish the web in English soon.

I'm working to get BMW, Yamaha or KTM, to be involved in the project and make a donation of a motorcycle. This bike would make the journey.

I'm working to get more sponsors to afford the trip and to make the maximum donation to Riders. For the sponsors, I offer advertising and the opportunity to collaborate with Riders for Health.

Another important aspect of this project is my diary (the diary of this journey). I will write and publish an eBook about the trip. I want to contrast the African style with Western style, where people have lost their most important values.

My girlfriend and I own a small Internet company, and we are experts in internet applications development and marketing online services. Through the Ride To Roots website we want to pre-sell the eBook (in Spanish language, and I'm looking for an English professional translator to develop the English version) so that buyers will be direct collaborators of the project.

Sale Benefits of the eBook will be allocated to the project, mainly to expenses like petrol and maintenance during the journey.

I will travel with camping equipment.

We have several sponsorship options to help us get the bike ready to have maximum guarantees for the trip. Also, I took classes on keeping the bike, to handle mechanical problems and perform bike maintenance during the trip. Everything will be defined as soon as the sponsors come into the project.

Riders is a credible and trustable organization, and they are supporting this project. I want to speak about it openly because people should know the aim of this trip and project.

I have noticed that many people in Spain do not know Riders. I'm looking forward to this project because of the following:

1. Understand Africa
2. Speaking of relations between Africa and Europe through the diary of this journey.
3. Help improve usefully, directly and through the Riders for Health.
4. Promote the activities of Riders for Health.

The trip is programmed for October 2011, and I anticipate it will last about three months.

Any show of support and contributions are welcome.

Thank you!!!

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