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biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Allan Karl</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Allan_Karl.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Allan_Karl.jpg/220px-Allan_Karl.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Allan_Karl.jpg/330px-Allan_Karl.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Allan_Karl.jpg/440px-Allan_Karl.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1333" data-file-height="1582" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Allan Frederick Karl</div><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Darien,_Connecticut" title="Darien, Connecticut">Darien, Connecticut</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Travelling around the world on his motorbike</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Forks: A Quest for Culture, Cuisine and Connection</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Karl" title="Jonathan Karl">Jonathan Karl</a>, brother</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://allankarl.com">allankarl<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Allan Frederick Karl</b> is an American author, adventurer and speaker. He is most known for travelling around the world on his motorcycle and subsequently writing the book, <i>Forks: A Quest for Culture, Cuisine and Connection</i>. </p><p>After a divorce and finding himself unemployed, in 2005, Karl decided to go on a trip around the world. He spent the next three years travelling on five continents and visited 35 countries. He returned to the United States in 2008 and became a public speaker talking about his travel experience.<sup id="cite_ref-NP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allan_Karl&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Karl was born in <a href="/wiki/Darien,_Connecticut" title="Darien, Connecticut">Darien, Connecticut</a> and graduated from Darien High School in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a graduate of <a href="/wiki/S._I._Newhouse_School_of_Public_Communications" title="S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications">S.I. Newhouse School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is one of four sons of Wayne Frederick Karl and Audrey Karl (later Shaff). His father ran Karl's Autobody in Stamford, Connecticut, founded by his own father, James, in 1925. He has brothers <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Karl" title="Jonathan Karl">Jonathan</a>, James, and the late Robert.<sup id="cite_ref-wayne_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wayne-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allan_Karl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Karl was a marketer by profession before he left for his trip.<sup id="cite_ref-LAR_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, he co-founded the company Wirestone, a creative and interactive services company and served there as a vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-NP_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he felt that his job was not fulfilling and he started another company, but he still felt unhappy. Following a divorce, Karl left his job and decided to travel.<sup id="cite_ref-NP_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After returning from his trip Karl became a tech entrepreneur<sup id="cite_ref-FB_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FB-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and motivational speaker. In his presentations, he shares his travel experience.<sup id="cite_ref-LAR_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NPT_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPT-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since July 2009, he has visited several <a href="/wiki/BMW" title="BMW">BMW</a> dealerships in the U.S. as a speaker.<sup id="cite_ref-BMW_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMW-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a speaker at the general session the Global Business Travel Association's Leadership Summit in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Roadrunner_(magazine)" title="Roadrunner (magazine)">Roadrunner</a></i> magazine's annual touring weekend in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-RR_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RR-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the touring weekend he shared a presentation entitled <i>The Beginning at the End of the Road</i>, which draws from his riding experience.<sup id="cite_ref-RR_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RR-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Three-year_trip">Three-year trip</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allan_Karl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Three-year trip"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, after Karl's marriage ended in divorce, he left his company. He had always wanted to travel around the world and was passionate about bikes and photography, so he started planning a trip.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent the next two years planning the routes for his trip. He wanted to visit as many <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO sites</a> as many he could.<sup id="cite_ref-MEN_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEN-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, he sold everything he owned and started his journey on a <a href="/wiki/BMW_F_series_single-cylinder" title="BMW F series single-cylinder">BMW F650GS Dakar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LAR_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karl started from his home in <a href="/wiki/Newport_Beach,_California" title="Newport Beach, California">Newport Beach, California</a>, travelled up to <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, across Canada, down to Mexico, and around <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central</a> and South America before heading to Africa, Europe, and Asia. Initially, he had just planned to travel to <a href="/wiki/Panama" title="Panama">Panama</a>, but he kept extending his trip.<sup id="cite_ref-MUS_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MUS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After crossing the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>, Karl entered <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> where several families let him stay at their homes. When he reached the southern border, he was stopped by police who advised him of the dangers of the jungle and urged him to go straight through without stopping for anything. However, he continued. Exploring the jungle, at one point, he stopped to take a picture of a waterfall where two men holding machine guns came to him and asked him to come with them. Karl was terrified at first, but he ended up befriending them and they took him deep into the jungle to see a better waterfall.<sup id="cite_ref-NP_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Six months into his travel, when Karl was going to <a href="/wiki/Salar_de_Uyuni" title="Salar de Uyuni">Salar de Uyuni</a> in Bolivia, he had an accident while riding on a muddy dirt road 15,000 feet high in the <a href="/wiki/Andes#Bolivia" title="Andes">Bolivian Andes</a>. It had been raining from several days and his bike slipped out from under him and his <a href="/wiki/Pannier" title="Pannier">panniers</a> fell on top of his left leg and broke it in three places.<sup id="cite_ref-NP_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He sat alone in the sun for several hours. Two Bolivian boys came and sheltered Karl with umbrellas. Twelve hours after the accident, a makeshift ambulance arrived and took Karl to a hospital in <a href="/wiki/Potos%C3%AD" title="Potosí">Potosí</a>. He had to come back to California for treatment of broken leg. He underwent surgery followed by rehab of six months. However, after recovery, he went to Bolivia to continue his journey. He reached Salar de Uyuni and continued south, eventually reaching <a href="/wiki/Tierra_del_Fuego" title="Tierra del Fuego">Tierra del Fuego</a>. A family took him in for a short time until arrangements were made to fly to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a> in South Africa. From there, he began riding his motorcycle again, heading north. Using the <a href="/wiki/Nile_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Nile River">Nile River</a> as a guide, Karl reached <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, Egypt. After negotiating with border guards for days, Karl was allowed to tour <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, but could not enter most Middle Eastern countries due to the wars.<sup id="cite_ref-NP_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GMP_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GMP-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After three years, Karl was in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and tried once more to get a visa for entrance into <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. The Iran government turned him down for the third time. At that time, he decided to go home. He shipped his motorcycle to <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland and then continued his journey from Washington, D.C. across the United States, riding only on the backroads, not on interstate highways, and returned to Newport Beach, California.<sup id="cite_ref-MEN_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEN-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On his trip, Karl learned to speak Spanish, Portuguese,<sup id="cite_ref-NPT_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPT-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as a little Arabic.<sup id="cite_ref-MEN_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MEN-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of his three-year trip, he had covered 62,000 miles on five different continents and in 35 different countries.<sup id="cite_ref-FB_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FB-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he travelled, he also posted an online blog at WorldRider.com.<sup id="cite_ref-OCR_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OCR-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forks"><i>Forks</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allan_Karl&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Forks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his book, <i>Forks: A Quest for Culture, Cuisine, and Connection,</i> Karl documents his travels through the many stories, images and recipes he collected. In the book, each of his destinations is arranged into a short chapter in the order in which he visited, illustrated with photos and chronicled with a <a href="/wiki/Travel_literature" title="Travel literature">travelogue</a> anchored with a recipe that represents the national dish.<sup id="cite_ref-LAR_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karl has also discussed his packing list, his motorcycle specifications, and the statistics and maintenance of his journey in the book.<sup id="cite_ref-GES_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GES-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He published the book independently and released it in June 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-SC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book includes 40 recipes and 700 photos of places he visited.<sup id="cite_ref-WCB_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCB-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, he did not plan to add recipes in the book, however one day he made <a href="/wiki/Moqueca" title="Moqueca">moqueca</a>, a Brazilian fish stew, for friends. His friends enjoyed the dish a lot and he decided to add recipes of dishes he liked on his travel to his book.<sup id="cite_ref-LAR_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAR-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Forks</i> has been compared to <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain" title="Anthony Bourdain">Anthony Bourdain</a>'s work.<sup id="cite_ref-GES_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GES-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>City Book Review</i> wrote that, "this book is a delight for the eyes, the imagination, for the heart, and to bask in what it must have felt like to share these experiences with people all over the world"<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Midwest_Book_Review" title="Midwest Book Review">Midwest Book Review</a></i> wrote that Forks is "sure to be the crown jewel of many an armchair traveler's collection."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kickstarter_campaign">Kickstarter campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Allan_Karl&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Kickstarter campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Karl returned to United States, he pitched the idea of his book to publishers, but they refused to work on his book. The publishers asked him to simplify the premise of the book by removing the recipes and making the book a traditional travelogue. However, he did not want to do that. Karl then started a <a href="/wiki/Kickstarter" title="Kickstarter">Kickstarter</a> campaign to self-publish his book.<sup id="cite_ref-GES_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GES-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He set a goal of raising $22,000, which he raised in nine days and ended up raising $40,994.<sup id="cite_ref-MUS_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MUS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the funds he raised, he printed 2,000 copies of first-run books, hired a publicist, printed more books and planned a national book launch tour.<sup id="cite_ref-PBS_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PBS-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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