{"id":411,"date":"2019-10-08T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T12:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitkatheme.com\/travel\/?page_id=411"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:41:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:41:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advtravelbug.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Our story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Everyone,<\/em><\/h2>

Sandra & Fiona here – thanks for stopping by! <\/p>

How we met<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>

A little bit about us … we met on Tinder and have been a couple since May 2018 after a few (or just one?) right swipes on Tinder. Luckily Fiona was willing to drive 200 miles for our first date (that’s totally normal, right?) and things moved rather quickly from there. <\/p>

On our second date we booked our first holiday together: Island hopping in Greece! And on our third date we contemplated travelling the world together. Crazy? Maybe. But so far we’ve been having the best time of our lives and haven’t looked back \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>

How we ended up on an Adventure Motorcycle<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>

Our first Adventure Motorcycle was a BMW F800GS. Sandra initially bought it for a 3 months road trip across the USA. However, with Fiona in the picture, the motorcycle was soon destined to travel from Alaska all the way to Patagonia. <\/p>

But sadly things don’t always go to plan! Sandra ended up in a head-on motorcycle collision just weeks before their intended departure and landed herself in hospital with four fractures to her pelvis. After a few weeks in a wheelchair and a few more on crutches Sandra could walk again. But she was certainly not ready to ride two up, fully loaded across the Americas. So the road trip had to be put on hold and the motorbike put into storage for nearly a year \ud83d\ude41 <\/p>

When nothing goes to plan … <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>

But there was no way we were going to spend our winter in the UK after quitting our jobs! So instead, we decided to fly out to South East Asia. There was a lot of physio involved but also a ton of fun! <\/p>

Like island hopping in the Philippines, chilling in Bali, soaking up the sun in Thailand, getting lost in the temples of Angkor Wat, discovering northern Vietnam is pretty chilly in winter and escaping subsequently to spend a month in magical Myanmar. <\/p>

How this turned into a full-on RTW motorcycle adventure<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>

In March 2019, after, without a shadow of a doubt, the best winter of our lives, we were finally ready to fly out to the USA to pick up the bike and start our journey. Neither of us had ever done any Moto Travel before but we instantly fell in love with it. And before we even reached South America, it was decided: WE ARE GOING TO RIDE OUR MOTORBIKE AROUND THE WORLD! <\/p>

Travelling during a pandemic<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>

One year into our trip Covid-19 would mess up our plans significantly. But it also brought a lot of opportunities with it! Yes, our bike and pretty much all our possessions are still stuck in Colombia. But we still managed to do some travels closer to home with the support of Triumph Germany.<\/p>

Triumph generously allowed us to ride their brand-new Tiger 900 Rally Pro across Germany & Austria and enter the Adventure Ride Competition (ARC) with it. We made many new friends and were able to meet up with other round-the-world ADV riders who also temporarily returned to Europe. After a pretty awesome summer, we spent the winter working on our new website, sorting through a ton of photos and editing countless hours of travelling footage to start our YouTube channel. <\/p>

New Adventures on the Tiger 900 Rally Pro <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>

In February 2021 we flew back to the UK to ride the Tiger 900 Rally Pro across England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. We are also going to explore what the TET UK has to offer as we miss off-road riding terribly. Fiona will finally take her motorcycle license. And by the end of this year we are hoping that we will be able to continue our round-the-world trip!! <\/p>

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