Karl Allan (w3364)
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- Description: Born in Darien, Connecticut, USA, Allan Karl is an author, adventurer and speaker. Following a divorce and the end of his career, in 2005 he sold nearly everything he owned and set off from Newport Beach, California, on a BMW F650GS Dakar motorcycle. Over the next three years he covered 99,779 km (62,000 miles) across 35 countries on five continents — riding north to Alaska, south through Central and South America to Tierra del Fuego, across Africa from Cape Town to Cairo, through the Middle East and Europe, and back across the United States — returning home in 2008. Along the way he broke his leg in three places in the Bolivian Andes, was escorted at gunpoint into the Colombian jungle, and was denied entry into Iran three times
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: WorldRider
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1960-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.allankarl.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18049678
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Karl, Allan. Forks: A Quest for Culture, Cuisine, and Connection. Self-published, 2014.
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| Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites |
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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