Road Trip Challenges - India to Burma - Andy Benfield

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Andy Benfield had spent much of his life living and travelling in different parts of the world, before moving to India, and developing his love for motorcycling on Royal Enfields. Years later, in an attempt to impress his girlfriend, Andy decided to make the trip from India to Burma by motorcycle, with his girlfriend. From stories about yetis and head-hunters to armed men and border crossings, it’s an adventure that’s both funny and scary as they make their way to their destination. For photos, links and to download more episodes at https://adventureriderradio.com or subscribe on iTunes or your favourite podcast app.

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0:00.0	You've likely heard this quote about life or something close to it, often credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
0:07.0	It goes like this, life is about the journey, not the destination.
0:12.0	Now if you think about it, it makes perfect sense because you know what the final destination for life is so it sort of makes sense to focus on the journey.
0:19.0	Well when it comes to travel the same mantra could and probably should be applied because it's really
0:25.0	what's between those two points between your departure point and the
0:28.9	destination where the adventure lies. So choosing your route may in fact be the most important part of planning your trip.
0:37.2	Not necessarily the exact route, but deciding a rough route, maybe the states that you're going to pass
0:42.3	through the provinces, the borders you're going to cross.
0:44.8	That will create your adventure.
0:47.2	And that's what Andy Benfield did when he decided to ride his motorcycle from Delhi to Rangoon in Miramar or Burma.
0:56.8	And he chose a route that was to see him through a remote northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, and many other places, including a border crossing that's been closed for 50 years.
1:09.0	He intended to be the first person to cross that border along with his passenger.
1:13.7	He's riding in Royal Enfield and he had no mechanical skills, no sat phone, no camping
1:18.6	gear.
1:19.6	He did have that passenger, a passenger that he had trouble getting along with, yet at the same time he was trying to impress her with his travel skills.
1:27.0	The route would see them into the rebel-held country seldom seen by visitors where a visitor stands out like a tree in the plains.
1:35.3	They would end up in a fairy tale kingdom that has a large national park for the protection
1:40.0	of the Yeti and a place that is enshrined a part of the Yeti, and a place that is enshrined a part of the body that most of us think of as having
1:48.1	nothing to do with religion.
1:50.1	My name is Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio. Stay with us. We get a good one for you. Oh, uh, well. Oh, I.
2:04.0	I. Oh, Okay, before we get going I want to thank some sponsors that help bring this episode of
2:18.6	Adventure Rider Radio to you.
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