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15 countries in 30 days by bicycle

PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,359
edited May 2012 in All Encompassing Trip
(4.492 km) for a good cause (for more information see here: http://kivotostoukosmou.org/kivotos/content/view/12/28/lang,en/). :thumbup:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVmIQTNxCTA


The dude who did this good deed is from Greece and called Athanasios Tsaklas. He could be a Pearl Jam fan (actually he can), but he is the frontman of the Greek band The Wigs (http://www.thewigsband.com/). Please ignore the Greek words and music and focus on the powerful and colourful pictures. And first and foremost admire what this Greek dude achieved all alone. :o :corn: :clap:


15 Countries:

1) Italy
2) Switzerland
3) France
4) Luxembourg
5) Belgium
6) Holland
7) Germany
8) Czech Republic
9) Austria
10) Slovakia
11) Hungary
12) Romania
13) Serbia
14) Bulgaria
15) Greece


Here's some videos from his band:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVf4VpYzn5E
2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM20HO_GApc
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG614ybCcBc
4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpjHFW1i7vc&feature=relmfu
Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    Man O man THAT'S something i would love to do fo sure. That's an experience you will remember for a lifetime. Grow a full beard like in the NHL playoffs, film the ride but I couldn't do it without a helmet like that guy. Drawbacks would the language barriers in the various countries and hauling your own gear.

    The closest I came to anything like that was riding from Boston to NYC and a couple rides from the hills of Raleigh NC to DC. ALL awesome trips but riding a foreign country is a whole other story. THanks for the post....I'm glad he made it back without any apparent major injuries.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,359
    g under p wrote:
    Grow a full beard like in the NHL playoffs, film the ride but I couldn't do it without a helmet like that guy. Drawbacks would the language barriers in the various countries and hauling your own gear.


    First of all, you don't need to have a beard to do this. :) Secondly, he might wear a helmet during his journey. You just saw an abstract of the whole journey. But, I agree with you: Safety first. :thumbup: And last but not least, the English language is a universal language. It's inevitable to meet someone in a foreign country - whose native language isn't English - who knows English words such as Good morning etc. :) Even if you aren't lucky enough to meet somebody like the aforementioned guy, you can always communicate using the "body language". I mean gestures. Not to mention that you can also learn some new words during this experience. ;)
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    I don't know if you think I'm knocking his trip or THE trip in anyway I'm not. This is something I would do in a heartbeat and would love to do once the kids are gone off to school. I dream of doing something like that in foreign countries in every continent.....one of the best ways to see other parts of the world while execising in one of my favorite sports pedaling a bicycle.

    The whole experience would be awesome for me. :)8-):)

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,359
    g under p wrote:
    I don't know if you think I'm knocking his trip or THE trip in anyway I'm not.


    I never saw it that way. I just wanted to encourage you more. But as I can see, you've already had some miles under your pedals. So... ;)
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    Pap wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    I don't know if you think I'm knocking his trip or THE trip in anyway I'm not.


    I never saw it that way. I just wanted to encourage you more. But as I can see, you've already had some miles under your pedals. So... ;)

    It's ALL good thanks, but before that trip in a FOREIGN land starting with a route of the Tour De France. I must conquer the big lake here in Florida Lake Okeechobee 116 miles circumference.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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