Finally watched Ep. 28 and the Alaska maintenance, a couple of observations that may go unnoticed.
Some of her passes while narrating, are a bit weird to me. In a roundabout, for example, passing on the left of cars, and some appear to be quite close, unnecessary even. Of course, the GoPro will compress distance and make things appear closer than they are, much like a convex mirror. Add to that the fact she's been riding a good while in western African cities, and is very comfortable with their driving habits, and traffic being used to bike filtering so it's not a big deal.
She goes so far as to comment on this at one point, saying that even though it's congested and busy, Dakar still leaves her with the feeling that everyone is "chilled."
Another interesting moment that probably most of you missed completely when the Insta360 camera mount fell off the bike while riding by the big cemetery, was when she pulled over to the side and walked back to pick it up. She quickly found it (lucky she noticed it when it fell?), and after screwing it back on, she mounted and put the key back in the ignition.
So what, you may be thinking?
Well, it shows me that even leaving the bike for just a moment, and walking only maybe 30 feet, she removed the key and took it with her! Which tells me that she has obviously become accustomed to traveling in foreign lands, and is always thinking of her personal security and that of all that she has with her. I would be nervous about walking out of sight of the bike at any time, given the non-secured items on the seat and luggage rack, as well as the cameras (not mounted and left on the handlebars, in this particular instance).
The Mosko side bags can be locked to the frame on some bikes, but I don't recall whether she even has a luggage frame on Alaska. I think they only drape over the platform on the back, and aren't locked. There may be a heat shield on the exhaust side, I don't remember.
It's all worked out for her so far, and I'm sure she puts it all in her room most nights, but still... even the GPS tablet would be a prize in many of the undeveloped countries she travels through. There haven't been any comments by her, regarding having anything stolen.
After going back to the beginning to catch up a year or so ago, I've never yet tired of her videos.
Seven seasons now. What a wild ride!