Malaysian adventurer Anita Yusof has crisscrossed the globe on two epic solo motorcycle journeys, braving bears in North America, anacondas in the Amazon and the freezing cold of Antarctica – feats that made her the first Muslim woman to ride solo around the world and earned her a place in the Asian Book of Records.
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The first solo adventure in 2015 took her to four continents. Now the 57-year-old is on a new mission: to conquer all seven on her trusty Yamaha motorbike.
Her bike is currently en route to Adelaide, Australia, where she is planning a two-month ride across the Outback to Darwin.
From there, she will ship it to Timor Leste, ride through West Timor, and island-hop through Indonesia to Sumatra, before finally sailing home to Malaysia – the last stretch of another monumental journey.
The ride will complete her quest to cover every continent – a remarkable feat for the teacher-turned-explorer, who was once mocked for her ambitions but is now celebrated as a trailblazer.
Born in Batu Pahat, Johor, and raised in Ipoh, Perak, Anita taught physical education at Sultan Idris Education University’s Institute of Teacher Education in Perak.