What others say about us: Cycling around the World on the WWW and in print
Cycling Around the World has been around since 1997. Many sites link to us and have given some some friendly comment on layout and content of our site. Our travelogues and website appeared in several magazines. We’ve collected an overview of what others said about us; in English, Dutch, Spanish, Swedish and other languages.
On the WWW
in English
Lonely Planet “Cycling Around The World – Lovingly crafted site where two travelers share their experience biking all over the globe. Includes biking tips and advice”.
Biking Asia with Mr. Pumpy
“Anja and Paul cycled 30.000 kms through Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. This is a superb site, beautifully designed, documenting the routes, the people and the experience. In Dutch and English.” Mr Pumpy is on our list of favorite links
Corax, around the world by bicycle
“Absolute favourites! These are the sites I usually keep going back to.”
Jan Boonstra’s cycling pages
“What Paul van Roekel and Anja de Graaf did on the bicycle (north, south America, India, Namibia, Australia) is certainly as impressive as their web pages about these travels. With pictures, so beautiful, you have to see them! .”
Spinning Southward
“..we thought we were hardcore, this site keeps us humble and informed…”
The Guardian (the UK newspaper)
“A lovely site, with such excellent touches as the bike vocabulary translator which delivers every possible cycling term in any of six different languages, a guide to the best cycle travel writing, and a tips section which includes an interactive packing checklist so you can tailor your list of needs according to your itinerary. The only slight problem is the site’s tendency to direct English speakers to the Dutch version, but when the content is this good, that kind of inconvenience can be forgiven.” Listed among other sites as Best Site on Cycling
PassPlanet; a travel guide to Asia and Central America
“Another great site for bikers with an extensive choice of countries, incl. Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, India & Nepal. Lot’s of tips, interesting travelogues, nice photos, good selection of links,… A superb realization!” See the links section
The Big Trip
“A brilliant site (design is really well thought out and content good) following Paul Van Roekel and Anja De Graaf as they update their travelogues whilst cycling round the world.”
Toorista.com
“Cycling Around the World is another great site for bikers with an extensive choice of countries, incl. Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, India & Nepal. Lot’s of tips, interesting travelogues, nice photos, good selection of links..” Listed among Selected Sites in the category Transportation by bicycle.
The Hungry Cyclist
“The daddy of all cycle tour websites. Great content, great navigation and great pictures. Woo!” (on links page)
In other languages
We even appear on a Thai website. Who knows what they write about us?
Cycling Around The World on the website of the Russian Velo Club.
http://cykelsemester.eurotourism.net/
“En mycket välgjord och inspirerande sida om cykling runt hela jorden. Foton, reserapporter och mängder med tips om olika fascinerande länder.”
Torpedus, la variedad interactive para todos los ;-]@@
“Preciosa presentación en inglés y francés (???) de viajes en bicicleta, con imágenes espectaculares, muy buenas presentaciones y merece la pena descargarse el salvapantallas que está de alucine.”
In print
The picture “lonely desert road” taken during our Namibia trip was used to create the cover of the novel “Bliss” by O.Z. Livaneli
The novel “Bliss” with the original photograph next to it
Photography featuring in the book “On your bike; the complete guide to cycling” by Matt Seaton, published by Black Dog Publications in June 2006.