Ever since I first watched Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor go around the world together on the back of a motorcycle, I've wanted to do it, too. How could you not, honestly? It was this sense of adventure, a sense of escapism, a sense of truly learning and knowing the world around you that you just don't get from a weekend trip to the mountains.
It was an expedition ala the ones you'd read about in your history books. But it was now, it was here and, theoretically, you could pick up a motorcycle and do it yourself. Many have since done so, traveling around the world via the back of a bike, and even Ewan and Charley have done it a few more times since, though in different locales and taking different routes.
But that yearning for this grand adventure has never left me, and it's something I'm still chasing, still planning in the back of my mind.
