Well, just to show you that motorcyclists can potentially 'unite' countries.

I rode with Jo and Gareth Morgan on a journey through South America in 2002. Gareth and Jo have gone on to do major rides all over the world - the complete length of silk road, Cape Town to London and more. Riding under the banner of Silk Riders and World by Bike.

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and Silk Riders - Gareth Morgan traveling in the footsteps of Marco Polo

So now the latest is the journey through Korea - both North and South crossing the DMZ. The crossing was part of a 9,000 kilometre journey that began in the Russian city of Magadan, and aimed to traverse the mountain "spine" of the Korean peninsula, from Mount Paektu in the North to Mount Halla in the South.



ABC News Article -----> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-3...h-sout/4923918

What a great achievement. Well done to them.

Cheers, SB

 

Great stuff. Brave souls for sure.

I'd be really worried about going to some of those places. You never know these days what some governments, cartels, and mafia types will do once you're there.

 

Totally ****ing awesome.

 

What few people know is there are few to no roads connecting Central America to South America. You really have to know what your doing. From what I've heard, there are just a few dirt roads that you can safely (and that's iffy) use. If you go to google maps, try to voom in on any roads connecting Panama to Columbia.

If you start heading down some dirt road in Colombia, you may find yourself on cartel property and your going to get shot.

I can't find anyone to tell me different.

edit: I forgot to mention that, in Colombia, kidnapped for ransom is a big problem. LINK
Its a risk factor 4 on this LIST
I'm sure Jo and Gareth Morgan have done their homework before setting out on their fantastic journeys.

 

That is absolutely incredible that North Korea let them into the country at all much less let them cross it un-escorted. I always thought the only way in was by plane and then you basically went on a guided tour with agents tailing you the entire time

 

It's called the Darién Gap TBT and my Daughter is due to cross over it in the next few weeks.

Dark Roasted Blend: Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road

Cheers, SB

 

Yep the he's a bit of a biking legend now is Gareth, well done (again) Love reading about his adventures. Did ya catch his comments about cats a while back. Heck did he stir up a storm, bligan funny really at the over reaction to his comments. From memory I think someone even slated him as an extremist.........plonkers.

Go Gareth.