Tag: Cycling Around the World
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We’re in America… what should we eat?
We are about to cycle across the southern states of the USA. This is the final leg of our bicycle journey around the world, and over the last few months people have been telling us how good the food is going to be in this part of the world. Food is a huge motivator to…
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Why New Zealand might just be the most awesome country in the world
There are rocks in New Zealand which are just a few years old. By the time you read this, there might even be some which are just a few hours’ old, should one of the country’s many volcanoes have decided to wake up and shake up a bit. Geologically speaking, things are pretty new in…
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Our Kit List for Cycling Around the World
This is a comprehensive list of pretty much every single item that Laura and I have with us, in our panniers, on our bikes and about our persons. We have written separately about particular areas of kit already e.g. wet weather gear, electronics and what we wore down to -20C. In the meantime, here is…
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Our Secret Photos from Japan
Having a “best” country is daft but Japan is definitely better than all the others. We’d both visited briefly before this trip and were excited about the prospect of going back. It did not disappoint. But for some reason we ‘ve kept them secret until now Here are some highlights: We arrived on the ferry…
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What We Wore When Cycling Around the World (and at -20°C)
Cycling 10,000 miles from England to Australia took us through a European summer, winter in the Caucasus, a hot India, spring in Korea and Japan, summer in South East Asia and a cold, wet Australia. We still have New Zealand and America to get across but, by now, we have a fairly good idea of…
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And Now Comes the Bit Where We Cycle Across New Zealand
It has been five weeks since we last did a day of cycling – our longest break by a factor of about five – but tomorrow we set off once more. We’ve enjoyed a lovely rest with my brother and sister-in-law in Melbourne. Staying in the same place and sleeping in the same bed has…
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Kangaroos, Koalas and The Giant Lobster: Photos from Australia
Without further ado, our photographs from cycling across Australia. Or, at least, a little bit of it. Vineyards were a big feature. As were an excellent array of animal-based warning signs. The Wall of Shoes. Spotting this koala genuinely made my day, if not month. We sat and watched it for about 20 minutes. And…
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Our Best Photos from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia
South East Asia provided bountiful opportunities for good photographs: rich colours, interesting people and fantastic wild life. Here are a collection of our favourites from the months that we spent cycling through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia. You can browse all of them on Flickr. Boarding one of the many ferries in the Mekong Delta.…
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See our footage of cycling through South East Asia
Our latest video: Cycling South East Asia. In this episode: Thai police posing for a photo with us. A grinning Bhuddist monk host. Me sleeping in a bike shop. Sketchy wooden bridges. Laura covered in flies. Lots of wet weather. You can see all of our videos on YouTube (there’s seven of them now but…
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The Highs & Lows of Cycling from England to Australia
One year ago today, Laura and I wheeled our bikes nervously to Hampton Court Palace in matching JDRF charity t-shirts to be waved off by friends and family at the start line of what we hoped would be a journey to Australia. Last Friday, after 363 days and 9,698 miles, we rounded the corner onto…
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Digging for gold in Australia
This morning, a man with an eye patch unrolled a map on our breakfast table and showed us where to dig for gold. I kid you not. We’d first spotted this chap – let’s call him One Eyed Bruce – rummaging through a bin a few yards away. We had spent the night at a…
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The Adventure is Over: What Lies Ahead
STATUS REPORT: We will very soon be leaving South East Asia. After that comes English speaking countries (or at least countries in which they do their best at it). And with them come Caucasian faces, Western food and the familiarity of countries in which we’ve either lived or spent time. The adventurous part is over.…