One of the alternatives if there’s no hotel available at the village is the police station. At this place we were even accompanied by a police officer to the local restaurant for a free meal, being “the guest of the government of India” as he stated. As foreigners we enjoyed even more privileges. While an […]
Although built in 1973 it still looks futuristic and at the same time ageless. Our expectations were low, but we were very impressed and fell in love with the building at first sight. We didn’t cycled into Sidney proper. Coming from the Blue Mountains we avoided cycling on Sidney’s busy roads by putting our bikes […]
The Tiger Balm Gardens are one of those unusual tourist-attractions. The Chinese Hell is depicted in numerous figures. People are cut in pieces, burned strangled etc. Getting there on your bike is possible but the traffic is heavy so cycling is no great pleasure. And the public transport system is Singapore excellent. We left our […]
Although built in 1973 it still looks futuristic and at the same time ageless. Our expectations were low, but we were very impressed and fell in love with the building at first sight. We didn’t cycled into Sidney proper. Coming from the Blue Mountains we avoided cycling on Sidney’s busy roads by putting our bikes […]
The main (and only) road from Kathmandu to Pokhara was once contructed with Chinese help. There are several places to stay and eat between those two towns, like this teahouse. Don’t expect anything special: this place has no running water, and there are only a few communal toilets without doors for the whole village, but […]
This friendly man, and his sons, looked after us while we stayed one night in a small Indian town. There was no hotel. Followed by dozens of people we walked through the streets looking for an alternative. We were offered to stay in the local school and this guy (was he the teacher ?) looked […]
The main roads off India are often full with overloaded trucks and speeding cars. And numerous cyclists, pedestrians and cattle. As a travelling cyclist you are at the bottom of the traffic-hierarchy. Keep your eyes open all the time! The good part of cycling in India is that off the main roads these trucks and […]
You like a lush green landscape? You like waterfalls? You don’t mind a bit of rain? Then get your bike and cycle up to this part of Australia. Being several hundred of meters above sealevel this area can be a cool escape from the coastal heat of Queensland. With lots of places to stay and […]
It rained when we arrived and it rained when we left; 7000 mm of rain is falling there every year, 300 days of the year are wet. We came by bus from Queenstown because we did not want to cycle the only road to Milford Sound twice. The climb to the Homer tunnel is nothing […]
Distances are large in Australia. Even in the more densily populated states like New South Wales and Victoria it may be impossible to get to the next campground in one day cycling. Free camping is possible everywhere. We stayed e.g. at Lion Parks (electric bbq and toilets available) and at places like this one. Good […]
No better way of getting to and around the Thai ruin-city of Old Sukhothai than on a bicycle. The numerous statues and temples are impressive and well worth a visit. On your own bike can even get easily to the further out of the old city. Of course you rent bikes locally. 6 of 6 […]
This is the place to do it: cycle back a forth the white line and tell your friends at home: “oh, the equator I’ve crossed it dozens of times on this trip..!” We expected some kind of a tourist trap, with postcard vendors and “crossing the equator” t-shirts and were surprised to find just a […]
As an around-the-world cyclist you have a big chance of appearing in local newspapers or even on radio or television. Here we feature in The Northern Daily Leader , a local newspaper in Northern Australia. For days after we attracted more attention than usual: “we read about you in the newspaper!” 6 of 11 pages
Another alternative accomodation in India is the PWD- or dakbungalow. Built by the British for the travelling officials of the Public Works Department, nothing changed since they left. Officially this type of accomodations is not meant for the individual traveller. We even had to write a reservation-letter on the spot to the Chief Inspector of […]
