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Hi, my name is Thomas Andersen. In October 2010 I left Denmark by bicycle, not knowing what to expect. What followed was an epic journey.
I have cycled through Eastern Europe learning all about the local beer, I have been chased by dogs in Turkey. I have pedalled through Syria before the war. I have been a celebrity in Malaysia, and worked on a huge cattle station in Australia.
I spent the year of 2014 cycling through South America which looked like this!
In 2016 I flew to Cape Town and cycled back to Denmark where it all started 6 years earlier.
I hope you will enjoy your stay on this site. Come along by checking out the diary below, and also the feeds on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
What an adventure it has been out there in the Andes Mountains - all the way from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cartagena in Colombia. 1 year, 7 countries, 14000 km, ...
Walking around the colorful old colonial city center of Cartagena felt exotic to me. There was plenty of tourists around, but at least some parts of the city still had ...
Distance: 65.51 km
Ride time: 3:16:55
Average: 19.96 km/h
Max speed: 38.71 km/h
Total: 34246 km
The last week's cycling has been somewhat monotonous but today was a special day - the final cycling day ...
Distance: 96.60 km
Ride time: 5:12:56
Average: 18.52 km/h
Max speed: 53.75 km/h
Total: 34181 km
Another day characterized by very short but very steep climbs and a a temperature close to 40°C. I had ...
Distance: 110.28 km
Ride time: 5:41:28
Average: 19.37 km/h
Max speed: 51.68 km/h
Total: 34084 km
The days are getting more and more monotonous out here on the flat pampas towards Cartagena. It was one ...
Distance: 124.35 km
Ride time: 6:23:12
Average: 19.46 km/h
Max speed: 48.42 km/h
Total: 33974 km
I was expecting this part of Colombia to be flat. Well, I'm certainly not in the middle of the ...
I'm planning to meet friends in Cartagena in a week from now. Since I'm only 350 km away from the Caribbean coast I'm a couple of days ahead of schedule. ...
Distance: 108.48 km
Ride time: 5:14:56
Average: 20.66 km/h
Max speed: 50.23 km/h
Total: 33849 km
For the first time since leaving Cali, today's stage was a flat one. The next couple of days I ...
Distance: 107.92 km
Ride time: 5:04:12
Average: 21.28 km/h
Max speed: 61.43 km/h
Total: 33741 km
When I left Medellin yesterday I thought my route would be a busy highway towards Cartagena. The road might ...
Distance: 84.36 km
Ride time: 5:27:22
Average: 15.46 km/h
Max speed: 52.18 km/h
Total: 33633 km
Leaving Medellin I thought I had already completed most of the remaining climbing in the Andes mountains before descending ...
