Noraly Schoenmaker

In a previous life, Noraly Shoenmaker worked as a geologist in her home country of the Netherlands. Her job took her all over the world, but she longed to make travel a full-time endeavor. Her channel’s origin story is that, in 2018, after learning of her partner’s infidelity, she quit her job, sold her belongings, and hit the road solo on the Yamaha Ténéré motorcycle she affectionately calls Frankie. The 38-year-old has since ridden more than 118,000 miles and visited 80 different countries on her bike, documenting it all for 3.3 million fans on YouTube who follow her from dirt roads in South Africa to river crossings in Ecuador. She told her story in her 2025 memoir, Free Ride, and her next book, Beyond Fear, is due in 2027. Powered by Whalar Group