Planning
This will be the last of the Heart ‘o’ Darkness section until I get some real juicy news (around sept).
The girl to encourage and warn me bought me a copy of The Motorcycle Diaries. I spent part of the weekend watching it, and in itself it is a beautiful film. But I can see her concern.
So smartly I decided to look into other people who did it, I figured I’ll get an idea of the gear they had, scooter, travel time, routes, etc. With the exception of one group, who are currently crossing with 50cc’s the most popular choices seem to be 150cc’s and bigger.
And although I’ve been trying to soak in as much knowledge as possible, I’ve been getting half accounts, poetry, and hippies who are getting corporate sponsorship.
Surprisingly none of this really helps. Although looking at the hippies thing, someone called her courageous, does that make me courageous?
So as I’m telling Miss Brit, the best way to approach this is look at it like it’s a camping trip. I’ve been camping before, so I sort of know what to do.
On top of that, I decided to sniff out to see if there is any help out there at least locally in my area.
Finally, I decided to set up a doc that covers everything. Plans, routes, supplies, milestones.
So until this stuff is finalized I’m shutting up. Stay tuned though.
