TRAVERSE Issue 07 - August 2018 | Page 50

This attitude was the first step for Asatuurs who wanted to be free of the shackles, to not have to wor- ry about commitments or being tied down to struc- ture and regulations. “'That's what people dream of isn’t it? We are always tied to something and this was the moment when it’s like ok so now we are just going.” They had no idea what they would find, what they would discover about each other, what they would discover about themselves. “We always joked that we arrived in the dark, we never see the place until the next morning,” Dennis laughed as he remembered fondly. “It wasn’t strictly true, but it quite often happened, you know we would ride a long time, we would go a bit further than we planned. It was always a great experience wherever we were, to just discover the place the next day!” Dennis was talking about not having a plan and just moving forward. Leaving it to chance had worked for them and by doing so they were learning so much more. While on the road Asatuurs and Dennis were learn- ing about where they were, not on a global scale but TRAVERSE 50