This has taken a long time but I'm finally tackling Kino's Journey

A lone traveller on a motorcycle rides the roads across the lands on a journey with no end, staying in each place no longer than two nights to avoid the idea of settling down as well as dealing with each nation's bizarre customs, armed with enough weaponry to protect her own life having run away from a potential life of being locked down in an Orwellian society and potentially being killed for going against it. Her only friend being the motorcycle she rides who communicates with her as if it were a person. That is the life Kino has chosen to live.
Anyone who has ever had the idea of travelling needs to see this, the topics covered range from fanatical religions to the dangers of helping strangers, from cautionary tales about knowing too much about how people think to forcing a perfect society by brain washing juveniles into quite disturbing ideas of the perfect adult. It's rare to look at a series that covers all sides of humanity with some subjects becoming more relevant 16 years after release.
Kino is quite an endearing character who you whole heartedly cheer on in every scenario well rounded by her relationship with Hermes her talking motorcycle.
If I have problems it's more to do with how it's licensing went in the west; you see when Kino's Journey was released in the west it was advertised as an action show and while Kino is very capable with firearms and knives it's a poor reflection on what the show is really about although that does get put right in another trailer, and while the dub is good, I think Hermes was miscast as it sounds like a Chain Smoking Teen Titan Raven; other than that it more than deserves the term beautiful in it's subtitle. The anime did get a 2017 reboot but I prefer the original 2003 release.
Final Verdict: Other than being mishandled by it's western release, Kino's Journey is a beautiful tale about the realities and quirky nature of travelling the world.