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found themselves near Portland.
It was good fortune that their trip took them north
through California and Oregon, so Aran invited them to
speak, and they took Aran up on his offer for both a place
to stay and a chance to share their project experience.
This is a journey that started in April of 2013, will take
over 100,000 kilometers and
counting, and span 40 countries.
Their journey actually started 10
years before that, when they met
while working together locating
and selling semi-precious stones
on the island of Mykonos. This
job allowed them to work only for
the summer and to get the rest
of the year for traveling. During
this period of their fledgling
adventures, they also collected
the stones which were needed for
work the next season.
Their “ah-ha” moment came
during one of the travels in India
(probably their favorite country if
you ask them). The couple got
one very old Royal Enfield from
the 70´s, and it was the first time
they mixed motorcycle riding
with travel and the experience
was more amazing than they
expected. After 3 months around India they had had to
sell the bike to move into another country, and in that
moment they knew that the end of the India´s journey was
the beginning of something bigger. It’s not hard to see
how they fell in love of the idea of traveling around the
Thunder Roads Ma