I INTRODUCE MYSELF Giovanni Lamonica was born in Pescara, on May 13th, 1962. Since he was very young he has always been interested in trips by motorbikes, but basketball makes him a semi professional player in the Italian B division league and diverts him from his motorbike passion for about two decades, up to 1994, when after several sport injuries he decides to leave the basketball world. Then he starts to develop his skills, amplyfing time by time his goals, times and commitments related to travels. The turning point is 1997 through the purchase of a reflex camera: the mythical Nikon FM2, just before backpacking Chile with a sleeping bag. It’s the end! Before his first motorbike journey to Iceland, the further purchase of a Nikon F90 confirms definitely his diagnosis: “Photography illness”. Once again something extraordinary happens. In 2000, after the first experience in South America, where he ridse for two months and a half between Argentina and Chile down to “Tierra del Fuego” (19.000 km) Giovanni takes the chance to present his picture booklet to a magazine. Soon new contracts with several specialized magazines follow and keep him busy for about 10 years, with an average production of 250 pages a year, all in the motorbike tourism environment. In the CV four covers of Motociclismo special editions too

In 2002 his pictures are requested by Aprilia for the Aprilia Caponord brochure. From 2003 to 2011, BMW Motorrad provides him means and resources for many European and transcontinental journeys. From 2001 to 2009, Honda Italia lends him two motorbikes to produce photo reports in Italy, Europe and Asia. In 2006 and for the following four years he keeps on coworking with tour agencies specialized in motorbikes tourism, preparing and supporting new itineraries with good success. He also keeps developing such activity by his own for small groups. In 2008 he starts a partnership with the Mexican magazine Motociclismo Panamericano, which lasts for about two years.

From 2006 to 2013 he sells some of his pictures to touring magazines, TCX Boots and Diadora. One of his pictures has been selected for BMW Motorrad Calendar 2008 (April). since 2009 he has been working with SL&A travels, an italian tour agency specialized in micro vacations, with which he organizes mini tours through Italy, also of a medium duration, to discover the most hidden and enchanting spots of our peninsula with a rate of two or three itineraries a year. http://www.talentiitaliani.it/profilo/landsails The most important raids up to now: 2000- South America, Argentina e Chile, 2 months and half, 17.000 km, the first long transcontinental tour with his good friend Carlo. 2000- Baltic Republics, Russia, Scandinavia, 5 weeks, 11.500 km, 2 motorbikes sponsored by Aprilia 2001- USA, New York-Los Angeles, riding up to Alaska, 3 months, 30.000 km, alone 2001- USA, the natural parks of South West, 6 weeks, 14.000 km, alone 2002-2003- South America, 4 months, 31.000 km, alone 2003-2004- Central America, from Mexico City to Panama and back, 3 months, 21.000km, alone 2004- Iceland, 4 weeks, 9.000 km, alone 2005- Scandinavia, 4 weeks, 12.000 km alone 2006- Tunisia - Libia, 4 weeks, 7.000 km, alone 2006- Italy - Samarcanda and back, 6 weeks, 17.000 km, following the group as a photographer, back home trip alone 2006- Patagonia, 4 weeks, 9.000 km, tour leader. 2007-2008- Central America and Mexico, 3 months, 22.000 km, alone 2008- Iceland, 4 weeks, 10.000 km, tour leader 2008-2009- Perù, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, 5 weeks, 8.300 km, tour leader 2009- Alaska, 4 weeks, 9.300 km, tour leader, tour leader 2009-2010- New Zealand, 5 weeks, 8.800 km, tour leader 2010- Italy – Iran - Samarcanda, tour leader, back home trip alone, 17.900 km 2010- Patagonia, Santiago - Ushuaia- Santiago, 2 months, 10.000 km 2011- Asia, Tashkent - Italy, 5 weeks, 11.000 km, with just another person, tour leader 2011- Iceland, 4 weeks, 10.500 km, alone 2012- Turkey, 3 weeks, 3.800 km, alone 2012- Pamir - Italia, 5 weeks, 12.500 km, with 2 customers 2013- Ireland, 3 weeks, 8.400 km, alone 2014- Pamir to Mongolia, 5 weeks, 7.600 km, with 2 customers

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