Recommended reading.

I've been reading "one man caravan" by R. E. Fulton Jr. and, if you're not familiar with it, I highly recommend it. He went around the world on a Douglas (hardtail frame, incidentally) with little more than a spare shirt and a gun stashed under the bike. He also had a couple of cameras and took photos and footage of a world that is hard to believe once existed. The atmospheres that transpire from his beautifully written descriptions are, strangely, vivid and whimsical at the same time.
Really impressive stuff...