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I feel another long trip coming on... Natural progression perhaps ?
buenos noches mis amigos...
I feel another big trip coming on. I can't sit still long in a 9-5. Driving me nuts. It's going to be probably another 12 months away for saving purposes but It's coming....
Well, there are quite a few well known A-B's these days. A good trip which fits into six months and sub £10,000
Anyway. If you'd ridden South America, Africa and western Europe already; where would YOU chose to spend six months on a bike, if you fancied something different ?
Uk - Vlladivostok ??
UK- Australia ?
Alaska - Ushuaia ?
South India to UK ??
Let's brainstorm ?? I'm needing some inspiration here.
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Just Go Do It
Well Ted,
Not another POLL. Get out there and do it!!!!! anyone can see that your bored sh*tless, with endless polls that do start people posting, however You need to RIDE! 
Aus looks good, but do plan ahead as we is a BIG country with just a little bit of sand to remind you of Africa, not to mention all types of surfaces to challenge you.
Now, get on bike  , ride  , stop when you get here  .
Oh, by the way, we do have some good  over here, so good that some bloody pommy mob just bought our FOSTERS brewing company. Rant over.
Cheers from Oz.(Toto, witch way is home:confused1:?)
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Originally Posted by chucky55
Well Ted,
Not another POLL. Get out there and do it!!!!! anyone can see that your bored sh*tless, with endless polls that do start people posting, however You need to RIDE! 
Aus looks good, but do plan ahead as we is a BIG country with just a little bit of sand to remind you of Africa, not to mention all types of surfaces to challenge you.
Now, get on bike  , ride  , stop when you get here  .
Oh, by the way, we do have some good  over here, so good that some bloody pommy mob just bought our FOSTERS brewing company. Rant over.
Cheers from Oz.(Toto, witch way is home:confused1:?)
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hahah. Ride I will mate...
Yeah I heard about the sale of Fosters and VB. Fosters is dirty sheep piss though isn't it.
And I think the company who bought it are actually South Africa with just their head quarters in the U.K..
Not guilty
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Just hate having your life disrupted by routine, eh Ted?!
Yeah, do some aussie .. but it will crush your bank account.
Then ship to Dili, Timor-Leste ~~> into Indo, which is cheap['ish] ~~> Cross over into Malaysia. Return home via Singapore, KL or Bangkok.
Sorted.
Good luck
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Its harder to come home than it was to leave I think...
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Wherever you go Ted, just remember to pack that Argentinian football shirt, if its 'worn out' do a South America again and get another!!!!!
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My Bad, Its the South Africans
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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
hahah. Ride I will mate...
Yeah I heard about the sale of Fosters and VB. Fosters is dirty sheep piss though isn't it.
And I think the company who bought it are actually South Africa with just their head quarters in the U.K..
Not guilty 
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Yes Ted, Ive learnt that the brewing company has its head office in the UK.  (Yes Fosters is shit, thats why nobody in Oz drinks it and we Export it!!!)
Oz will challenge you like nowhere else, with its diverse riding conditions and its SUICIDAL wild life  , so limit riding at dawn and twilight.
As for Camels, in Oz we export these critters to the middle East, as we have millions running ferral in the outback.
These minor things shouldn't turn you off, we do have lots of straight roads as well as all the twisty bits. 
See you soon
Cheers from Oz.
Chucky55
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I second the Camino as a quick and cheap fix for post travel blues. I did it last year when I couldn't afford anything else, and had one of the best travel experiences of my life, and ended up spending nearly a year in Spain as a result. The camino is more than just a road - it shows you the way!
Unless of course you have a patella that is as wanderlusty as yourself. But if it's under control, I recommend it, as someone who had never travelled sans moto before!
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