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A Rain-Soaked Journey from Monforte de Lemos to León: Discovering the CaminoOctober 21, 2024 - 4:24 am
Are You Deep or Superficial? Thoughts From A 9th Century Benedictine Monastery In SpainOctober 19, 2024 - 4:45 pm
13 Rules To Live By—From A Life On The RoadMarch 15, 2023 - 8:19 am
Lost & Lucky—The Continuing Saga of My Greek Tragedy—No Bags Or Bike— Limbo on ParosMarch 8, 2023 - 11:09 am
A Greek Tragedy: My Motorcycle Is In Pieces & My Luggage Lost.March 2, 2023 - 7:05 pm
Journalist & Philanthropist Neale Bayly on Writing, Inspiration, & His Journey To War-Torn Ukraine #75January 31, 2023 - 10:13 pm
A Rain-Soaked Journey from Monforte de Lemos to León: Discovering the Camino
/0 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanAfter a delicious meal in the restaurant of the Parador of Monforte—an extraordinary hotel perched atop a hill, surrounded by the remnants of a 9th-century Benedictine Monastery, a palace, and other medieval buildings—Robb and I contemplated our route for the next leg of our journey. I savored a classic Galician dish of pork knuckle on […]
Are You Deep or Superficial? Thoughts From A 9th Century Benedictine Monastery In Spain
/0 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanIt’s funny. This WorldRider blog has over 500 posts in its archive. I started it in 2004, right around the time I began planning my life-changing, epic motorcycle journey around the world. You know, the journey that inspired my best-selling book, “FORKS.” For three years, I wrote religiously, nearly every day. I’d spend hours riding […]
13 Rules To Live By—From A Life On The Road
/2 Comments/in Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, Travelogue, USA /by allanDo I have a guiding list of principles or rules I live by? The Caucus Mountains, Azerbaijan. As a world travel adventurer, professional inspirational speaker, and author, people often ask me for advice. Some want travel tips, others ask about technology and photography gear, and others are looking for life lessons learned from the road. […]
Lost & Lucky—The Continuing Saga of My Greek Tragedy—No Bags Or Bike— Limbo on Paros
/0 Comments/in Europe, Greece, Travelogue, Videos /by allanMy Greek Adventure Blows Up In My Face In the second episode of season five of my WorldRider YouTube series, I find myself still without luggage and therefore no riding gear. What to do? I travel via taxi, bus, ship, and by foot and head to the islands. So I mend the wounds on the […]
A Greek Tragedy: My Motorcycle Is In Pieces & My Luggage Lost.
/0 Comments/in Europe, Greece, North America, Travelogue, USA, Videos /by allanAfter three years I return to Athens to retrieve my motorcycle and continue my Eastern European & Northern African adventure. It should be so easy, but it’s not. This is the first multi-episodic series on WordRider TV. Enjoy episode one and subscribe to my channel for notifications of new episodes. Watch The Video Here: Technology […]
Making The Best of Summer 2022 Post-Pandemic, Post-Vertigo Travel
/1 Comment/in Europe, Greece, Travelogue /by allanIf you’ve tuned into any news regarding travel in the post-pandemic summer of 2022, you know it’s been a rocky road for both travelers and those working in the travel sector. I am a victim of this rough start having been without my baggage for seventeen days. While waiting those days, I went to the […]
How’s Doc? The Original WorldRider Motorcycle.
/0 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanBefore I landed in Greece on July 5, 2022, the last time I saw my motorcycle, the BMW F650GS Dakar (Doc), was in October 2019. I had just completed a three-month journey circumnavigating the Black Sea visiting Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey before returning to Greece. I parked Doc in the […]