Among the thousands of miles covered over the last 10 years riding motorcycles, the following trips have been very instructive for the preparation of the Geodysseo project. It especially helped reaching the perfect state of "complete autonomy" when traveling, i.e., finding what one really needs to carry on the bike to be fully autonomous, no matter how long is the trip, one weerk, one month, or one year.

Baja - Sinaloa - Sonora (2000)

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• Dates: 10-30 December 2000

• Objective: Riding down Mexico's Baja California, and back via the continent

• Rider(s): 1 (Frederic Journoud)

• Route: Los Angeles (California) - San Diego - Ensenada (Mexico) - Guerrero Negro - San Ignacio - Santa Rosalia - Mulegé - Bahía Concepción - Loreto - La Paz - Todos Santos (Tropic of Cancer) - Cabo San Lucas - La Paz - [Ferry across the Sea of Cortez] - Los Mochis - Hermosillo - Santa Ana - Nogales - Phoenix (Arizona) - Los Angeles

• Distance: 4,800 km (3,000 miles)

• Motorcycle: Yamaha TDM 850

Boca Colorada (1999)

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• Dates: 10-24 December 1999

• Objective: Riding along the Colorado river from Las Vegas to its mouth in the Sea of Cortez

• Rider(s): 1 (Frederic Journoud)

• Route: Los Angeles (California) - Las Vegas (Nevada) - Lake Havasu City (Arizona) - Yuma - San Luis Rio Colorado (Mexico) - Golfo de Santa Clara - San Felipe - Ensenada - San Diego (Calfiornia) - Los Angeles

• Distance: 3,200 km (2,000 miles)

• Motorcycle: Yamaha TDM 850

Paris to Tangier on a Moped (1991)

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• Dates: June-July 1991

• Objective: Reaching the African continent with a 50cc moped

• Rider(s): 2 (Frederic Journoud, Christophe Jagoury)

• Route: Paris (France) - Toulouse - Zaragoza (Spain) - Madrid - Jaen - Granada - Malaga - Algeciras - Ceuta - Tangier (Morocco)

• Distance: 2,700 km (1,700 miles)

• Motorcycle: Motobécane "Chaudron" 50cc moped

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