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Podcast #24 Carla King, Sidecar Queen, China & More
/4 Comments/in North America, Podcasts, Travelogue, USA /by allanHappy New Year! Carla King Visits WorldRider Studios And Shares Miss Adventurer Tales, Traveling China, Sidecars & Self Publishing What a pleasure to host and try to entertain the queen of sidecars, the country’s leading expert in self-publishing and an extraordinary adventure motorcyclist–Miss Adventuring, Ms. Carla King. True to form, my own cat, Ms. Dar […]
Roadtrippin’ the USA: Doc & The FORKS Tour Van
/3 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanWhile my China travels seem a distant memory, I’m still challenged with a dose of wanderlust due to an inability to sit still for too long. As such, if you’re in the United States during the first quarter of 2016, it’s possible you’ll see me, Doc or the FORKS Tour Van, roadtrippin’ our great country. […]
Podcast #23 WorldRider – China – Around The World On A Motorcycle
/2 Comments/in Podcasts, Travelogue /by allanDoc Returns: Once Hostage in Shanghai—My BMW F650GS Comes Home Listen to the podcast and watch the video near the bottom of this page. Allan Karl and Panayioti Yannitsos discuss their experience filming a pilot episode of a new television/streaming travel series that follows Allan “WorldRider” Karl as he rides his motorcycle “border-to-border” in China […]
DOC Is Back From China
/0 Comments/in Asia, China, North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanI think the video says it all. So, after nearly some 7 months, I am reunited with my bike after it’s roundtrip journey across the great Atlantic to Shanghai and China.
Finding Stories Behind the Doors of Beijing’s Hutongs
/1 Comment/in Asia, China, Travelogue /by allanNo matter where I travel, between the nooks and crannies of local culture I always find an expat community—either thriving, starving, or simply lost. While one might argue that I’m an expat hanging in the world, a more descriptive moniker might be a traveler, explorer, or even a nomad. I’d define an expat (short for […]
Cranes, Change & Tai Chi
/5 Comments/in Asia, China, Travelogue /by allanDuring my last visit to China, in 2004 just over a year before I embarked on my life-changing motorcycle exploration of our planet, I was eager to blast out of the madness of the SARS-paranoia of Guangzhou to the countryside and home to the minority-populated Guangxi province; specifically I wanted to visit Guilin and Yangshou. That […]
No Bikes In Beijing
/0 Comments/in Asia, China, Travelogue /by allanThe Chinese refer to their infamous cities in order. First cities are Shanghai and Beijing, second cities that are candidates for first include Shenzhen, Guanzhou and others. Third cities perhaps include perhaps Ningbo, Wuhan, Suzhou and so forth. There is no formal classification, but it’s estimated there are more than 160 cities with more than 1 […]