Distance: 60.16 km Ride time: 4:42:52 Average: 12.80 km/h Total: 22067 km In cycling circles the border crossing from El Chaltén in Argentina to Vila O’Higgins in Chile is famous. The plan for the crossing goes like this: Cycle 35 km up a valley, take a boat across a lake, stamp out of Argentina, push [ Read More ]
Distance: 96.60 km Ride time: 8:17:37 Average: 18.28 km/h Total: 21782 km My thermometer showed 0 degrees in my room as I woke up. Outside it would be a few degrees colder. With the strong Patagonian wind I frankly didn’t feel much like hitting the road. I knew that if I wanted to make it [ Read More ]
After the dinner last night Fabian drove me to the airport where my flight to Ushuaia would leave at 4:30 in the morning. It was also Fabian who picked me up when I arrived in Buenos Aires three weeks ago, and who has been a helping out with a whole bunch of other things. Thanks [ Read More ]
Distance: 120.78 km Ridetime: 06:53:14 Average: 17.5 km/h Total distance: 13068 km I have not been sleeping in my tent for the longest time (Asia is too crowded) and I have been missing it. Waking up to the sound of birds with the first rays of sunshine is wonderful. It took a while to pack [ Read More ]
Distance: 94.17 km Ridetime: 03:26:55 Average: 27.3 km/h Total distance: 10311 km If I had envisioned a quiet day by myself on the road, I was soon proven wrong. The amateur radio guys of Johor were about to pull off yet another surprise. For the first 10 km I was cycling together with Sham, one [ Read More ]
Distance: 38.68 km Ridetime: 02:12:55 Average: 17.5 km/h Total distance: 10027 km! From the morning it was clear that it was going to be a special day. The first person to show up in front of my hotel was Rasid, a radio friend from Kuala Lumpur I have been in contact with over the last [ Read More ]
Distance: 107.07 km Ridetime: 05:00:05 Average: 21.4 km/h Total distance: 9793 km At 8 in the morning I met with Sham and Jamil from yesterday night. They hard bought 3 more friends who were all going to join me for the first 50 km of cycling! First we had breakfast and afterwards we cycled around [ Read More ]
Distance: 111.54 km Ridetime: 05:01:28 Average: 22.2 km/h Total distance: 9501 km Several cyclists and other travellers I had met in Thailand had all recommended a visit to Georgetown on Palau Pinang. As I was in need of a few rest days it sounded like the perfect place to stop. There is a bridge to [ Read More ]
Through Twitter I had been in contact with Linda and Phil from Ireland who are cycling around the world with their 2 year old son Luca. As we were all on Ko Lanta I cycled the 5 km to their hotel to say hello. As Linda, Phil and Luca are cycling north and I’m heading [ Read More ]
It seems like there is a lot of cyclists in Bangkok these days. Today I had set up a meeting with Saurab Dahal from Nepal who has been cycling 50.000 km on and off since 2002. Quite a feat since Saurab is just 21 years old. Afterwards we took a Tuk-Tuk to another hotel where [ Read More ]
