Vladimir Yarets- Intrepid Traveller
I had the good fortune of meeting this amazing gentleman in September, while walking around San Francisco- Vladimir Yarets. Hailing from Minsk, Belarus, this gent is on an around the world trip on his 1200cc BMW bike (it used to be a Jawa, until he took a fall in Baja California (I think, that's how I understood it) and had to write off his bike). No big deal you say, but what makes this special is that Yarets is deaf and mute. We struck it off pretty well, which is no reflection on my extrovertedness, but speaks rather well for Yarets' ability to overcome his physical 'shortcomings'. Apparently he lost his hearing during in WWII when the Germans bombed his city. In the humdrum of our narrowsighted 'corporate' lives, it is truly a memorable event to come across someone as intrepid as Yarets! To read more about Yarets, check out this link http://www.deaftoday.com/news/archives/000386.html
posted by Aeromaniac @ 7:27 PM
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I met Vladimir at Joes Garage, a biker bar that hosts Bike Night each Tuesday, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia earlier this year 2007. He was a very interesting gent who seems to fit well into free thinking life that most of us search for through our motorcycling life. His web site needs to be updated so we can track his travels. We last heard of him being in Japan last month (October 07)
Hello , my name is Tony and i would like to tell you that vladimir was in Dubai(United Arab emirates) during the gulf bike expo which was held on the 19-20-21 of March 2009.
I met him and I took some video shots of him
I'll keep you posted.. here is my email: tonyalkhoury@gmail.com
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