Are you nuts?

Is it dangerous? Maybe. Will it be difficult? Probably. Is it worth the discomfort, frustration, anxiety and the full range of human emotion?

Yes, Yes, Yes

Why?

Why not?

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

TE Lawrence wrote in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom:

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusky recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

Sweet Jelica

I was so touched and almost cried (seriously) when this sweet Croatian lady sent this message to me.



Jelica Dimić-Rakar (Croatia) wrote at 2:59am

It's great to do such a zest thing.It's great when somebody has a dream and goes to realize that.I hope,Norman ,you will make it.I wish you that with all my heart.Everybody must have a dream to be alive.Wish you all happines in the world.I hope you will be happy on the end of your journey.

Robert Prisig

’…..through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You are a passive observer and it is all moving by boringly in a frame. On a bike that frame is gone….. you are in the scene and not just watching it anymore’’ ---- Robert Prisig - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Orphan (from the Greek word ορφανός)

Every day, all over the world, more and more children are being orphaned and abandoned. To help raise awareness and important precious funds to combat the above, I am going to ride from Kuala Lumpur to South Africa by the most overland route possible. It is my intention to raise a substantial sum via donations, pledges and sponsorship for the orphaned. Let's give them hope.

I will be covering over 50,000 kilometers across 50 countries using the least amount of sea and air travel possible.

The entire cost of this expedition is being funded by fellow facebook friends, my sponsors and myself.

Talking to myself and feeling old........ (Remember Karen?)

"A beautiful family, a job which is "all play", a comfortable home.......", I hear me talking to myself (which happen to be quite frequent lately).

Why leave all this for the dusty roads; don't-know-where-to-sleep-tonight; oh no! out of gas!; trigger-happy-16-year old border officials; changing a flat tire in the middle of nowhere; Sudan.......!!!; стоп!! или я снимаем!!!!? And I can list a hundred more.

The other me (almost Gollum like) says, "If I don't do it now, I'll never do it, EVER! So there.

ps. oh yeah, стоп!! или я снимаем!! means; Stop!! Or I Shoot!!!!