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Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 724: Eight Years Traveling the World by Motorcycle - Revisited - Sam Manicom

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Sports, Nature, Fitness, Wilderness, Science, Health & Fitness

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Sam Manicom is well known for his travels throughout the world by motorcycle. He's logged over 200,000 miles through 55 countries! Sam has written 4 great books on the subject that you're sure to enjoy. Listen in to today's show as Sam recounts a few good stories from his travels and shares some advice for those thinking of venturing out on their own!

www.sam-manicom.com

Into Africa

Under Asian Skies

Distant Suns

Tortillas to Totems

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0:00.0

He gets really, really excited when he comes across my little film canister,

0:04.1

full of mixed herbs.

0:06.3

I think I must have had the only port guard who hadn't got a sense of smell.

0:11.6

Of course, he thought this was dope, wasn't he?

0:13.4

So he just went, absolutely ape, and he was just so excited.

0:32.5

Music He was just so excited. Happy Thursday, folks.

0:33.9

My name is Mason Gravely.

0:35.2

I am the host of the Adventure Sports podcast.

0:39.4

Well, actually not today, because today's episode's a throwback to quite a few years ago one of our earliest episodes and it's with

0:46.0

Travis who used to host the show Travis and Kurt um Travis hosted this one because Travis is into

0:51.2

motorcycles he uh that when I met him he had a motorcycle and he would tour across

0:55.7

the country in it. It was awesome. And I always thought, as soon as my knees give out, which is,

1:01.2

you know, pretty close, I'm transitioning from a bicycle to a touring motorcycle. So that I can still

1:08.1

go down these paths, still go on these gravel roads and all across the

1:12.1

country. But, you know, the engine can carry my weight instead of me in my, in my legs. So I'm super

1:21.3

excited to get into this sport. And this interview with Sam is just, as you can hear from the

1:26.0

intro, he's a great storyteller. It's going to be

1:28.4

so much fun. Tons of wisdom, tons of practical advice, and some really great stories. And that's

1:34.2

what we love here at Adventure Sports Podcast. And before we get started, I wanted to thank the Restoration

1:39.5

Depot for sponsoring today's episode. If you're somebody who loves, you know, classes, going to yoga classes or Tai Chi classes

1:47.3

or learning about essential oil 101 and wellness classes.

1:52.1

But, you know, if you can't do that right now, whether it be work or just being at home

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