RTW with Noah on a KTM 690

Good to see your in on the morocco trip dude, a couple of us will be coming from the uk see u in Spain

Man, that is way cool!!!! CAn't wait for cat tales and pics!! Have a stinkin' blast!

I'm stoked. It might be shorter then I wanted, but It promises to be pretty epic. I will have to remember how to travel with other people again

It is 2 stroke Trabant


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant

Noah, just a quick note to say thanks for your great travelling spirit, and for taking the time to post such great photos and script. I followed FishFund's ride report in '10 and it saved me from going crazy while attending school and being a bit house and town 'bound. Now, I am following yours while working on my Masters degree - it is also keeping me sane while stuck in the big city of Toronto. Ride safe in Morocco. Fair winds and following seas.....

jak

Reading that story about Marco going to Berlin to eat Nutella after The Wall fell...that's what doing a trip like this is all about, those human connections into someone's life, you can never get that sitting at home, priceless.

I met a lady a few days ago who grew up in West Berlin. She said she remembers the "stinky cars" from the east side after the wall fell. This all makes sense that its a 2 stroke.

My blog is now part of Open-Explorers

I am pretty excited to be on this website. There are some AMAZING travel stories there. I really like "Project Asia"

What kind of camera do you use for taking pictures? When ur planing to be in Norway?

Sony NEX-5. I quite like it. I have the 18mm and the 18-55mm lens. Unfortunately I was not able to make it into Norway and Sweden this trip. If there is a round 2 I will for sure get there.

Thats sad. You have to come here during summer time! Fjords look amazing :)

+1

That's where all the EU people want to go when they're done with their
country and the closest around.

Your pictures are really good Noah, especially those night shots. I will definitely have to take a photography class before going on a big trip. Just looked up your Sony cam, I could live with that size and weight compared to a DSLR!

And just for the record, don't try to make up any stories because I've got proof!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P2a8TA83V-Q/UHr8OyRr68I/AAAAAAAALFM/nDUbmPP407Y/s800/DSC02073.JPG


Enjoy Morocco, don't break a leg, and oil that air filter well.

This is what Lukas is talking about. Clearly he made the heart when he signed Austria.

Thanks Lukas, I heart you too.

Hahaha I didn't notice this until now.. but Italia didn't help Lukas either!

This reports is so awesome and your now on fishfunds bike!!! awesome!! So glad things worked out and thanks so much for taking us along.

You are one lucky dude

I just saw this car tonight on a Top Gear episode!!

They mentioned that is was made of cotton? Care to fill us in on that?

JG

Nevermind...

Found it on Wiki.. (and then I saw the link on the bottom of your quote, duh)

"The Trabant was a steel monocoque design with roof, bootlid/trunklid, bonnet/hood, bumpers/fenders, and doors in Duroplast. Duroplast was a hard plastic (similar to Bakelite) made of recycled materials: cotton waste from the Soviet Union and phenol resins from the East German dye industry, making the Trabant the first car with a body made of recycled material.[6] The results of some crash tests showed it performed better than some contemporary Western hatchbacks.[9][10][11] The Trabant was the second car to use Duroplast, after the "pre-Trabant" P70 (Zwickau) model (1954–1959)."