从悉尼骑车到伦敦：人生多走弯路才能看到不同的风景

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[00:02.50]21 Riding Dorothy from Sydney to London	从悉尼到伦敦：骑车走天涯
[00:05.91](From thenationalstudent.co.uk)	(译 / 赵越)
[00:11.14]Life can lead you to some funny places if you let it. 如果你愿意尝试的话，生活可以带你去往很多乐趣无穷的地方。
[00:16.15]Like your last day at uni when you're contemplating your future and wondering where it all goes from here. 就像在大学里的最后一天，你还在思考你的未来，不知将来的路通向何方。
[00:22.52]So many different directions you could take. 有那么多的方向供你选择，
[00:25.00]So many opportunities and fears. 你的眼前充满机遇，心中却也充满恐惧。
[00:27.49]I was the same, never quite sure what I should be doing, and making some wrong turns along the way. 我也是这样，从来都不太确定自己将来应该做什么，一路上走了不少弯路。
[00:34.10]Until one day,somehow, I found myself in Australia with a visa that was about to expire and a strange idea to ride a motorbike all the way home to England. 直到有一天，也不知为什么，身处澳大利亚的我发现自己的签证即将过期，就突发奇想，想要一路骑着摩托车返回远在英国的家。
[00:45.00]For reasons of adventure, for reasons of escape, for reasons of wanting to undertake a terrific test.	或许是因为我想冒险，或许是因为我想逃避，抑或是因为我想经历一次了不起的考验。
[00:51.94]The bike I would be riding was a second-hand Honda called Dorothy. 我的“坐骑”是一辆二手本田摩托车，名叫多萝西，
[00:55.94]Dorothy could only do 40mph. 每小时只能跑40英里。
[00:58.58]With only two weeks to be out the country, I would have to ride the 3000 mile from Sydney to Darwin almost non-stop if I was to catch the boat to East Timor in time. 在仅仅两周的离境时间里，若要及时赶上去东帝汶的船，我不得不骑摩托车从悉尼马不停蹄地赶到达尔文市，完成长达3000英里的行程。
[01:09.86]The documentation to do something like this is a little fiddly , but worth every bead of sweat when you see your first Outback sunrise. 办这样的事情需要的文件材料准备起来有点费时费力，然而，当你第一次看到澳大利亚大陆的日出时，你会觉得你流下的每一滴汗水都是值得的。
[01:18.13]It's incredible, playing David Gray on your iPod as you ride across it at 5 a.m. 	听着iPod里戴维・格雷的歌曲，于凌晨5点骑着摩托车穿越澳大利亚，这种感觉真是不可思议！
[01:23.62]Good times!多么美好的时光呀！
[01:24.75]We made it to Darwin with a day to spare and off Dot sailed on a cargo boat, while I flew overhead, to Dili, the capital of East Timor. 我和多萝西来到了达尔文市，并在那儿待了一天。然后，小多乘着货船，我乘坐飞机去了东帝汶的首都帝力。
[01:34.57]I rode a tiny motorbike along the jungle roads, across the rest of Indonesia, in a pair of Converse high-tops and floral board shorts. 穿着匡威高帮运动鞋和印花沙滩裤，我骑着小小的摩托车，一路驶过了丛林密布的道路，越过了印度尼西亚的其他地区。
[01:43.57]Apart from Bali, Indonesia is an untouched wilderness. 除了巴厘岛以外，印度尼西亚到处都是原始的荒野。
[01:47.96]The people scream "hey mister" and hassle you wherever you go. 无论走到哪里，那里的人们都会冲着你大声叫“嗨，先生”，并不断烦你。
[01:52.43]That's why I started camping out in the wild,across Java and Sumatra, in a cheap Kmart tent and the rain that fell at night.	于是在经过爪哇岛和苏门答腊岛时，我开始露宿野外，住在廉价的凯马特帐篷里接受夜晚雨水的洗礼。
[02:01.60]Then to Malaysia. 接下来是马来西亚。
[02:02.89]Across the Strait of Malacca there are no vehicle ferries, meaning Dot quite literally had to sail on a banana boat , being held hostage on the other side until I paid the captain more money. 整个马六甲海峡都没有运输车辆的轮渡，这就意味着我的小多将不得不乘香蕉船出海。到了海峡的另一端，我还得向船长缴纳更多的钱，否则小多将被当成抵押品扣留。
[02:14.66]I immediately loved Thailand when I got there.踏上泰国土地的那一刻，我便爱上了那里。 
[02:17.50]I spent more time in Bangkok,a great city, especially on a motorbike which you can race around flat out , 曼谷是一个很棒的城市，尤其是你可以在那里骑着摩托车全速行进，尽情驰骋。
[02:24.28]then north to Chiang Mai, a jungle region where the mountains grow, staying in wooden shacks, eating phad thai , meeting the great, generous, smiling people of Thailand.	我在曼谷多逗留了一段时日，接着便北上来到了清迈。这里山脉众多，丛林密布。我们住在木制棚屋里，品尝了泰式炒面，见到了慷慨大方、笑容可掬的泰国人民。
[02:35.63]By now me and Dorothy had been on the road for three months and ridden 8000 miles. 到现在为止，我和多萝西一路相伴，历时三个月，驶过了8000英里的路程。
[02:40.97]I was loving the challenge, and the simplicity of it. 我一直深爱着这项挑战，并为它的简单纯朴而着迷。
[02:44.55]Never having to question what I was doing with my life, I just got up, and rode, all day, and sometimes all night. 一路上，我不用再去质问自己为忙何事而耗费生命，只是每日起床，骑着摩托车度过整个白天，有时甚至整个夜晚。
[02:52.20]The only problem was Myanmar. 唯一的问题就是缅甸。
[02:54.64]You can't ride through it, meaning you either have to go up and over through China, or over it in an aeroplane. 骑着摩托车穿越缅甸是不可能的，这就意味着你要么得骑车北上，从中国穿过去，要么得乘坐飞机从缅甸上空飞过。
[03:01.62]Surprisingly the second option is cheaper. 出人意料的是，第二种选择反倒更便宜些。
[03:04.50]We flew from Bangkok to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. 于是，我们从曼谷飞到了尼泊尔的首都加德满都。
[03:08.93]It wasn't my favourite country, but it was fascinating to see Everest on the horizon, snow and rock all around.	尼泊尔并不是我钟爱的国家，但是在那里，我能看到地平线上拔地而起的珠穆朗玛峰。它被冰雪和岩石覆盖，令人心醉神迷。
[03:16.32]Then down to India. 接着我们南下来到了印度。
[03:18.46]Riding in India is like being on the dodgems , everyone aiming for you, lorries, trucks, cows, bikes, and everything is a threat. 在印度骑摩托车就像在坐碰碰车，每个人都横冲直撞，不论他们是开着卡车、货车还是赶着牛车、骑着自行车，总之任何东西都有可能是个威胁。
[03:28.60]Roasting hot too, almost fifty degrees. 而且那里酷热难耐，气温几乎可达50℃。
[03:31.10]Pakistan surprised me because it was so very different to India, the people more respectful of personal space, and friendlier. 与印度相比，巴基斯坦却大不相同，这让我感到很意外。这里的人们更尊重私人空间，也更为友善。
[03:39.93]Truth is you have to be prepared for the worst or else you'd never cross the border. 不过有一点倒是真的，那就是你得做好最坏的打算，否则你将永远无法通过边境线。
[03:45.17]On a campsite in Islamabad I was guarded by soldiers with machine guns, armed police give me escorts on the road.	在首都伊斯兰堡的一处宿营地，就曾有士兵手持机关枪“守卫”着我，还有武警为我“保驾护航”。
[03:53.59]The road from Pakistan takes you over the Himalayas, along the Karakorum Highway, peaking at almost 5000 meters. 从巴基斯坦，我们沿着最高海拔近5000米的喀喇昆仑公路翻越喜马拉雅山。
[04:02.00]That's great altitude for man and machine but somehow Dot made it, climbing up the steep hills in first gear for hours on end , in the snow, in the freezing cold, with a banging headache. 这个高度对人和机器而言都是极大的挑战，然而小多却做到了。在漫天飞雪的严寒之中，虽然砰砰作响，她却还能坚持到底，连续数小时用第一档挣扎着爬上陡峭的山崖，
[04:14.85]Until we hit the top and freewheeled down into China, the soldiers checking my laptop, insisting I ride with a guide. 直至顶峰，接着靠惯性滑行，驶入中国。边境士兵检查了我的笔记本电脑，并坚持让一名向导与我随行。
[04:22.22]Sadly I was only there 7 days but I'd like to go back and see more of China. 遗憾的是，我只在中国停留了七天。不过，我很愿意再次回到中国，以便对它有更多的了解。
[04:27.70]The people are lovely, the food great, and it still feels largely untouched.	中国的人们很可爱，食物也很美味，而且我感到那里的大部分地方仍然是未经破坏的土地。
[04:33.23]Kirghizia, the country sits below Kazakhstan and is an incredibly pretty place. 吉尔吉斯斯坦位于哈萨克斯坦的南部，是一个非常美丽的国度。
[04:39.66]Nomads live in tents in the wilderness; there are beautiful lakes and a growing tourist industry. 游牧民族居住在荒原里搭的帐篷中，那里有秀美的湖泊和日益繁荣的旅游业。
[04:45.55]If you want somewhere off the beaten track , to hike, to explore, go there. 如果你想要去人迹罕至的某个地方远足或者探险，就去吉尔吉斯斯坦吧。
[04:50.66]In Bishkek, the capital, stay at Sabrybeck's Guesthouse. 如果来到首都比什凯克，就在萨布里贝克的家庭旅馆下榻吧。
[04:55.00]It's got a kitchen table around which backpackers from all over the world sit and drink tea while sharing their stories.	那里有一张餐桌，来自世界各地的背包客都会围桌而坐，饮着茶水，分享各自的故事。
[05:02.73]It had taken me eight months and 19,000 miles to get this far. 到达吉尔吉斯斯坦时，八个月已经匆匆飞逝，而我们也已经走了1.9万英里，
[05:07.19]Man and machine were both knackered : she was leaking oil, and I was worn out. 车困人乏：她开始漏油，而我也已疲惫不堪。
[05:12.65]But we were on the final push. 但我们仍然在做最后的冲刺。
[05:14.89]We had ridden across the world at 40mph, seen some amazing countries, and met some amazing people;我们曾以每小时40英里的速度穿越世界，曾到过一些神奇的国家，也曾遇见过一些神奇的人。
[05:22.45]now the horrible realisation that it was all about to come to an end. 现在旅程就要结束了，意识到这一点让我感到有些惶恐不安。
[05:26.82]Through Russia and Ukraine and Poland, I was riding at a terrific pace, not showering or changing clothes for weeks on end. 接下来我们又以极快的速度穿越了俄罗斯、乌克兰和波兰，整个过程中我连续几周都没有洗澡、换衣。
[05:35.26]Just riding for the love of it. 只因喜爱，所以骑车不断前行。
[05:37.53]Then the EU, and the German autobahn .然后便是欧盟和德国高速公路。 
[05:41.21]Just surviving, hanging on in there, sleeping by the roadside in bushes and a tent with a missing pole.	尽管只能停在路边的灌木丛中，睡在少了一根支架的帐篷里，但我们却依然健在，从未放弃。
[05:47.85]But I and Dot had made it; 即便如此，我和小多最终还是成功了。
[05:50.17]we'd ridden across the world in nine months and 23,000 miles. 我们用九个月的时间贯穿了世界各地，完成了长达2.3万英里的行程。
[05:55.40]And we were pooped . 我们真的筋疲力尽了。
[05:57.53]Now to get a job!	现在，该找份工作了！

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