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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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Photo by Sean Howman,
The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
cold late October, Tajikistan



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Starbucks to the Mall
More truth then fiction for most.
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I believe this is what's known on the rest of the Internet as "a shitpost".
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I believe this is what's known on the rest of the Internet as "a shitpost".

Ohhh come on. It is funny and more truth to it as not.
Geeez lighten up!
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Yea Funny, I giggled
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More truth then fiction for most.
I don't get it.
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starbucks to mall
wow thats what i call an adventure !
But how many people actually follow through there plans ?
I would say not a lot !
Off to morocco fro 3 months on wr250r over xmas. so if anybody want to meet up .
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but is 4x4 assistance provided plus satellite phones? otherwise not going.
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dont need them at "Starbucks "
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got totally lost now ..... HELP !
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STARBUCKS TO THE MALL: More truth then fiction for most.
So.....?

I live in a place where I commonly ride to the Mall and to Starbucks and to the grocery store, etc.

In fact, I spend more time riding around town, than I have spent riding out into the wilds. And so what? Should I buy a special bike- without panniers and a GPS mount- and keep it shiny, so people (like you?) don't laugh when I park at Starbucks?

I don't get this, at all. I know a lot of people who have ridden to some distant places, but I've never heard anyone claim a trip to the Mall as an 'adventure'.

(Maybe I totally missed the point. I think I've had too much caffeine this morning.)

..............shu
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well over 1,700 people have viewed the Starbuck adventure !
bet its made a lot of you wanting to do it !
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The photograph below is worth the proverbial 1,000 words, and both D1 and D2 are still laughing and not taking themselves too seriously, which they claim keeps them young.


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Starbucks to the Mall? Yeah, had a go at it last year but failed miserably. Still working out where it all went wrong with my councillor but I recon it was stopping off at Dunkin Donuts that did it. The drive-thru line just went on and on and I got worried I'd run out of fuel and be stranded with nuthin to eat or drink. It doesn't get much worse than that.

Anyway, I'm writing a book about my experience so anyone following on can learn from my mistakes. Loads of pictures in it 'cos, as we all know, without pictures it didn't happen. Ride safe now.
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glad you ok ............. try a shorter adventure next time !!
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glad you ok ............. try a shorter adventure next time !!
Def over-reached myself. Not gonna try that again.
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