Looking at it on a global scale there are great swathes where there is only one road. In my experience in Australia and Southern Africa once you commit to a route, that's it for several hundred miles. Sure, there are turnings off to farms and small communities but these are often not a network of back roads because the distance between the settlements is to large. Sometimes it turns out to be a really pleasant ride, other times it can just be days of the same thing.
What I'd like to find is a map showing all the roads that would get a Michelin 'green line' on them interlinked with extended off road routes like the TAT and Sibersky that eventually forms a viable route right around the planet. It's not about avoiding civilization as any extended journey is, and should be, a mix of getting away from it all and interacting with different cultures and people. It is about justifying why a motorbike is the best way to travel.
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