TRAVERSE Issue 16 - February 2020 | Page 3

Issue #16 5 EDITORIAL: Why The Iconic Status? 6 CONTRIBUTORS: Who's doing what 8 THE SPIRIT OF ... DAKAR 22 22 TRAVEL FEATURE - Brazil 34 PORTRAIT - Mike Thomsen 42 TRAVEL FEATURE - Peru 52 ADVENTURE BIKE - BMW R100R 58 TRAVEL FEATURE - Australia 72 TRAVEL FEATURE - Portugal 86 TINNITUS 90 TRAVEL FEATURE - Namibia 98 WINIFRED WELLS 100 THE RACE TO DAKAR ... Africa ECO Race 108 TRAVEL FEATURE - India 58 118 PRODUCTS 122 REVIEWS 124 WINNERS & GRINNERS! 126 NEWS FRONT COVER: Dakar 2020, Saudi Arabia - Pic: Marcelo 100 Machado TRAVERSE Traverse Publications 22/50 Hudsons Rd, Spotswood VIC 3015 Australia Ph +61 417 437 197 Web traverse-magazine.com ISSN 22091319 ABN 30153990674 Editor Leigh Wilkins [email protected] TRAVERSE 3 Advertising Megan Governi [email protected] Copyright 2020. All material may not be reproduced or copied in any form without written permission of the publisher. Traverse Publications believes that all material is correct at the time of publication, and is not liable for any information that is incorrect within these pages.