Everybody knows about the Disney World in Orlando. At first I didn’t think I would go there for a visit – the ticket price alone (a week’s worth of cycling) would be enough to scare me away. But, when Dan invited me along, saying that I couldn’t visit Florida without paying tribute to Mr. Disney, [ Read More ]
Distance: 82.9 km Ride time: 3:50:44 Average: 21.6 km/h Max speed: 37.4 km/h Total: 38453 km I’m always a little excited to do wild camping for the first time in a new country. Luckily no problems at all sleeping at this beautiful beach in Florida; I love waking up to the sound of waves and [ Read More ]
Distance: 122.6 km Ride time: 5:08:07 Average: 23.9 km/h Max speed: 41.1 km/h Total: 38367 km I keep thinking how much the United States reminds me of Australia; the wide roads, pickup trucks, the shopping centers etc. Well, with all due respect to Australia it is probably Australia that looks more like the US than [ Read More ]
Distance: 106.2 km Ride time: 5:23:12 Average: 19.7 km/h Max speed: 37.8 km/h Total: 38242 km After a quick breakfast at Pete’s place we once again put my Bianchi in his car and drove down to Hollywood beach where he had picked me up yesterday. It was a beautiful morning for a bit of cycling. [ Read More ]
Distance: 123.1 km Ride time: 6:34:30 Average: 18.7 km/h Max speed: 36.7 km/h Total: 38131 km I left Key Largo early after saying goodbye to Ron, thanking him for making the first cycling days in the US so fun. If this is an indication of how cycling through the US will be, I’m in for [ Read More ]
Distance: 113.2 km Ride time: 6:04:03 Average: 18.7 km/h Max speed: 27.0 km/h Total: 38006 km Ron and Meredith who both work for the State Parks were up by 6, so despite the number of beers beers we had been drinking yesterday I was on the bike early. I was expecting a nice ride through [ Read More ]
Distance: 58.1 km Ride time: 3:09:09 Average: 18.4 km/h Max speed: 26.6 km/h Total: 37888 km I had originally skipped the idea of starting the US ride in Key West. First of all someone had told me that it was not allowed to cycle over the bridges down there, secondly I was not sure how [ Read More ]
I couple of weeks ago while planning my route through Mexico I noticed I would be in Cancun a few days before the 4th of July. I thought it would be very nice to arrive in the United States on Independence day, so I go myself a Jetblue ticket on this date. My flight was [ Read More ]
I was spending a day in Cancun updating the blog and preparing the next part of the adventure in the US – including going to a bike store to pick up a box for the flight. The next morning I woke up to what would be my last day in latin America – and I [ Read More ]
Distance: 66.6 km Ride time: 3:18:39 Average: 20.1 km/h Max speed: 31.3 km/h Total: 37830 km I woke up feeling very tired – it might have something to do with the Tecate beers from last night. I was happy to know that there was only 60 something kilometers between Playa and Cancun, and it would [ Read More ]
