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My name is Noraly and I’m passionate about motorbikes, and crazy adventures. I quit my job and sold my stuff - now I’m a full-time ADV rider and and ride my motorcycle “Dhanno” to all remote corners of the world!

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Oh hello there gorgeous! 😍

The process of customizing Dhanno the way I want her, is in full swing! 💪

There is always a heated discussion about luggage - do you ride with soft or hard luggage? I have to say that the panniers I had on Basanti did their job very well. They were sturdy, didn’t get damaged and had good locks. But, they were also heavy (panniers + rack) and there is the safety risk of getting a leg stuck underneath a pannier when you drop your bike.
My approach for the Patagonia - Alaska Adventure setup is to reduce the weight that I’m carrying around.
Light is right!
So for this journey, I decided to go for soft luggage, without a rack.
A massive thanks to @moskomoto for their help in setting up Dhanno the way I want and for supporting me! — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Follow my journey around the 🌍 on www.itchyboots.com & on YOUTUBE! (Link in BIO) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
#moskomoto #reckless80 #Adv #offroading #overlanding #royalenfieldhimalayan #REhimalayan #motorcycleadventure #advbiker #moto_travellers #goexplorenow

Do you want to meet Basanti and me?
On Saturday the 14th of September, there will be a Meet & Greet at Lowlands Biker Store @Lowlandsbikerstore in Zwolle, The Netherlands during the Royal Enfield and Indian Motorcycle Demo Day!

Between 10:00 and 17:00, you can have a chat with me, ask some questions, sit on Basanti, make a test ride on an Enfield (Himalayan, Interceptor and/or Bullet) or Indian Motorcycle, and if you arrive with your own motorcycle there might be the possibility of going for a short spin together!
If you intend to drop by, leave a comment down below, so we can let the catering know 😉

Being back in the Netherlands means I get to go for a ride with my big brother 😍 #braap — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Follow my journey around the 🌍 on www.itchyboots.com & on YOUTUBE! (Link in BIO) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
#brother #brotherandsister #supertenere #letsgoforaride

And BOOM: Basanti and me made it to The Netherlands!!! My last post was in Vienna, so the lack of any pictures of Germany shows how fast I went through Germany. I didn’t even stop once for a picture 🙈 •

But, back to the important stuff! Show me some statistics! 🤓
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36,000 kilometers
1000 hours of video editing
25 countries
8,5 months on the road
1 tyre puncture •

It’s been one helluva adventure. I want to thank Basanti, the adventure bike which has been an amazingly reliable companion throughout this journey and became my ultimate bestie 😍
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A big thanks to my family and friends who have been so patient and forgiving for all the big milestones that I missed in their lives while being away ❤️
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And a huge shoutout to the people from all over the world, that joined me virtually along the way. There is now a community of you, over 200,000 strong, that is passionate about motorcycles, adventure, exploring and discovering all the good that this world and its people have to offer us. That, my friends, is truly amazing! 🤩 • 🙏🙏 Thank you to all the people that made this adventure possible by donating money to keep Basanti going and by writing incredibly encouraging words to keep me going. I can’t reply to you all, but I read it all! •

So, now that’s all said, let’s focus on what we’re going to do next 🤪 Let’s say it again: Patagonia to Alaska baby!! •

A ride of much bigger proportions than I just completed. I have to step up my game. Perhaps properly prepare myself this time? 😅
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Let’s BEGIN!

Visiting my friends Peter and Claudia (@roads_up) in Vienna was one of my highlights of my ride in Europe! We met each other while crossing through Myanmar and spend last Christmas together. How awesome was it to see each other again now here in Vienna! 🏍💪 But... Vienna for me, also really marked the end of this leg of my journey. Being so close to the Netherlands, I didn’t feel like exploring much anymore. I just wanted to reach The Netherlands, see everybody again, take a break and, very important, set everything in motion for my next adventure: Patagonia to Alaska! 😍👏 I promise you, it is going to be epic and kick off very, very soon!! — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Follow my journey around the 🌍 on www.itchyboots.com & on YOUTUBE! (Link in BIO) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
#austria #vienna #friends #almostback #europeisexpensive

I do very little route planning. Fact. And sometimes you may miss out on some cool road because of that. But what I love about traveling like this, is that you also find some real gems along the way, of which you didn’t know they were there and therefore they just pop up out of nowhere, as a huge surprise! 😍 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Follow my journey around the 🌍 on www.itchyboots.com & on YOUTUBE! (Link in BIO) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
#croatia #Adv #offroading #overlanding #royalenfieldhimalayan #REhimalayan #motorcycleadventure #advbiker #moto_travellers #goexplorenow #wanderlust

My ride through the Biokovo National Park in Croatia was both an extreme highlight of my trip and a bit of a disaster 🙈

At the time that I took this photo with my drone, I didn’t realise it yet.. but I was about to lose my drone controller unit here 😭

The next day when I wanted to fly the drone again I realised I didn’t have the controller anymore. I must have placed it on the side pannier after flying it in Biokovo and just drove off 🤣
OOOPS. So yeah, no more drone shots after this. 😢 (P.S. In theory you can fly this type drone also with your phone but for that you need to be the type of drone-pilot-pro that I am absolutely NOT!🙈) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Follow my journey around the 🌍 on www.itchyboots.com & on YOUTUBE! (Link in BIO) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
#Croatia #Adv #biokovo #drone #overlanding #royalenfieldhimalayan #REhimalayan #motorcycleadventure #advbiker #croatia_ig #croatiatravel

Playing Indiana Jones in Bosnia 🙈 I didn’t think I was going to do any off-roading but maps.me had different plans and I found myself on a road that became smaller and smaller and the vegetation thicker and thicker 🤪

But hey, Basanti and me just ploughed through it, catching twigs and spiders 🕷 in the face along the way 😂

Check out the video on YouTube which will be live in less than 3 hours! 🎥 🏍 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Follow my journey around the 🌍 on www.itchyboots.com & on YOUTUBE! (Link in BIO) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
#bosnia #Adv #offroading #indianajones #overlanding #royalenfieldhimalayan #REhimalayan #motorcycleadventure #advbiker #makelifearide #adventurelovers

Basanti and me made it to country #19 on this trip: Montenegro 😍 I can tell you, if you liked the off-roading videos and mountains of Albania, you’ll surely like tomorrows YouTube video too 😋 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Follow my journey around the 🌍 on www.itchyboots.com & on YOUTUBE! (Link in BIO) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
#montenegro #Adv #choose_mountains #overlanding #royalenfieldhimalayan #REhimalayan #advbiker #motorcycleadventure #makelifearide #adventurelovers

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