Monday, May 14, 2018

the most unusual types of vehicles used on cross continent trips, a Tuk Tuk/rickshaw, a Meyers Manx, a penny farthing, Citroen van, and a tractor



Antonia and Jo drove their Tuk Tuk (auto rickshaw) from Bangkok Thailand to Brighton England.. 12.7k miles, 2 continents, 12 countries, and several landslides were driven over along the way

They broke the previous world record of 11,900 miles in a rickshaw... what is more amazing, that anyone ever had went from India to England, or that their record would be broken by a trip from Thailand?!?!?!?




and a Meyers Manx on a 1968 VW bug chassis from Sweden to the Sudan



http://www.cheminsdumonde.net/site/element_61_c_c.php
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxdoQZkrnqA_WdvQmlqTcHQ


A crazy guy on a bike. That's his website, https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/  and his description. I can relate

A bicycle tourist, Adolf Hitler and Charles Manson walk into a bar. The bartender looks at the group and exclaims "Hey! You can't bring that bike in here!"

Q. What’s the difference between a cycle tourist and a cricket?
A. The cricket loves making clicking sounds with its legs.

Q. Why did the cycle tourer ride an extra 2000 miles, cross two continents and hitch home 6 months late on a leaky sea freighter?
A. To avoid the baggage handlers at Chicago airport.





http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-1st-tractor-to-south-pole-was.html
http://www.tractortractor.org/en

things rarely mentioned in cross continent trips, the shots. Some of them are polio, meningitis, and Japanese encephalitis.

http://www.africa-overland.net/
http://overland-live.blogspot.com/2010/01/unusual-overland-vehicles-from-tractor.html

2 comments:

  1. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/dash-pole-tractors

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    1. Yes, thank you! I didn't have a post on that, but, Tractor Girl had been inspired to use Ferguson tractors on her trip exactly because of that trip by Hillary... and so, when I was running short of time, I went with her photos, and linked to my post about her that does explain that she was following the Hillary example of using tractors, because I can link to the very thorough post.

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