25: Tents, Toes, and Feces
ARR RAW Round Table Discussions With Motorcycle Adventure Travellers
On this months RAW, at the round table we discuss if you really need a tent to go overlanding, is physical fitness important for a motorcycle trip, handling money in different countries and going to the toilet.
Traveller's Cheque: Sam Manicom supplied us with this photo - "This was my 'lucky' last reserve for years of travelling. I often went down to the edge of using it but never did. Still have the thing :)" ~~ Sam Manicom, Travel Author
Tents: Do you really need to go overlanding with a tent?
Fitness: Is being physically fit an important part of setting out on a big trip?
Money: How do you handle your money or money sources when travelling? Carrying money? Transferring money? Exchange? Do you spend all your money in a country before you leave it and then get money in the correct currency in the next country? Or how do you do it?
Happy New Year: We’re in to 2018, what will the RAW panel get up to this year?
Public toilet at Jozankei Hot Springs, Hokkaido, Japan
Photo: David McKelvey from Brisbane, Australia; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
ARR RAW Listener Question Answered:
James G: There's one thing that makes me hesitant about travelling through Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It's not wild animals, dodgy food, or terrorists. It's poo. The idea of using a non-western toilet makes me pucker. How do you handle it? Do you bring your own loo-paper and pretend you are safe in your own bathroom? Or do you learn the lavatorial etiquette for each country you travel through?
How to Use a Squat Toilet: https://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Squat-Toilet
More Photos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet
Show Co-Hosts
Sam Manicom, Grant Johnson, Graham Field, Shirley Hardy Rix & Brian Rix
Music used:
A Day In The Sun by Per Kiilstofte https://machinimasound.com/music/a-day-in-the-sun Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Bensound Groovy Hip Hop - www.bensound.com