I am fluent in Spanish (MA in Latin American Lit) and English (native), and can muddle by in Arabic, French, Portuguese and Malay. I've lived in 9 different countries: Spain, Panama, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Mexico, Singapore, Ecuador and Lebanon. Your company looks like the perfect match for me. I envision doing several very long trips and would much rather do them with support. I've also cycled and played ice hockey most of my life. I walk at least 10K steps a day, do some yoga, play tennis and ski when I can. Fortunately, I'm in good cycling shape at age 57. I definitely want to get back to doing that in "la tercera edad".
When I was in my 20s I did a lot of long distance bicycling in Spain and the U.S. I anticipate retiring by the end of 2022.
So, I am lockdown not only by Covid, but also by intense security restrictions. There’s never a dull moment with TDA, because you absolutely never know what’s going to happen next. I fell in love with Africa all over again on that trip. TDA has taken me to 80 countries and my most incredible off-the-beaten-track expedition was the West Africa scout in 2017, especially Guinea-I’d never been to a place so remote, rough or wild. I’m based in beautiful Cape Town when I’m not here, I’m scouting, exploring, problem-solving somewhere in the world and revelling in the adventure of being alive. I’ve worked on other tours-the Silk Route, the Bamboo Road, Ruta Maya, Magical Madagascar-but Africa is my full-time project and has lately included TDA’s complex tour of West Africa. In 2009, I landed the job as TDA’s assistant tour director on the Cairo to Cape Town trip-and the rest is history.Įver since, Africa has been my baby and my favourite. I stayed at Warriors for three years, then cycled solo across Africa when I was 22 years old. Having my attitude and my comfort zone constantly pushed readied me for all sorts of real-world challenges.
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There, I was free to discover and explore who I was and to test physical and mental endurance. I chose Warriors and the programme equipped me for life by giving me a solid foundation. In 2003, I saw a magazine ad of a bunch of cyclists lined up in front of the Giza pyramids and I became hooked on the idea of doing that but I had to choose between taking a four-month cycling trip across Africa or going to Warriors Boot Camp to get educated. When I left school I had no direction, no idea of where I wanted to be or what I wanted to do, once my dream of flying died. However, it wasn’t long before I realized that flying in a straight line from point A to point B wasn’t for me!
As well, I knew from a young age I wanted to explore, travel, and see the world-my dream at one time was to fly airplanes. “The thing I love most about my job is watching the social dynamics unfold.”įor as long as I can remember I’ve been stripping, fixing, and riding bicycles. In the summer of 2020 we completed a long distance all self-supported bicycle tour with the kids (then younger than 1 and 6) with tents, tandem and trailers. Since then I did the Amber Route, a couple of Orient Express tours, Trans Europas, Odysseys and the PubRides. In 2010 we circumnavigated the island of Cuba – self-supported, with the help of an old paper map. This is where this profile photograph was taken. On this trip we had a great off-road ride up to the "North Base Camp" of Mount Everest in Tibet, China at 5,150 metres (16,900 ft) above sea level. Next year, in 2007 I also crossed the Himalaya by bike, riding with a friend from Lhasa to Kathmandu.
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It made me wonder: how such distance is even doable? Fast forward to the following January: I found myself in Cairo, at the start line of the 4th edition of TDA! I successfully completed the full tour. Graduated in Visual Communications, since then dealing with photography, film and all sorts of graphic design projects.Īfter more than a decade of annual and occasional bike touring with my family and friends in the late 80's and 90's, a few seasons of mountain bike racing, and quite a few years of "just" sitting in an office, in 2005 I read a magazine article about the Tour of Freaks. My name is Gergo, I'm from Budapest, Hungary.
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