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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.
Distance: 109.74 km
Ride time: 5.09.54
Average: 21.24 km/h
Max speed: 43.46 km/h
Total: 31583 km
The border between Peru and Ecuador has a reputation of being one of the most chaotic and dangerous in ...
Distance: 112.12 km
Ride time: 5.22.54
Average: 20.83 km/h
Max speed: 48.42 km/h
Total: 31473 km
I left Mancora feeling that I hadn't seen everything there was to see or done everything there was to ...
So far South America hasn't been a beach holiday. In fact, what I remember the most from the last 11 months is fighting crazy head winds in Patagonia, climbing 4000 ...
Distance: 151.22 km
Ride time: 6.43.49
Average: 22.46 km/h
Max speed: 59.06 km/h
Total: 31361 km
Today is food day! Well, every day is food day at Cycling The Globe, but today I decided to ...
Distance: 41.20 km
Ride time: 2.00.41
Average: 20.48 km/h
Max speed: 33.67 km/h
Total: 31209 km
Compared to the dodgy towns I had been cycling through yesterday, Piura was completely different. Sometimes you just have ...
Distance: 186.14 km
Ride time: 8.10.02
Average: 22.79 km/h
Max speed: 37.64 km/h
Total: 31168 km
Up by 6 and on the bike by 7 - today I would try to make it the 180 ...
Distance: 36.08 km
Ride time: 1.50.46
Average: 19.54 km/h
Max speed: 39.37 km/h
Total: 30982 km
There is 220 km from Chicayo to Piura. Normally that would translate into two comfortable 110 km days, but ...
Distance: 105.84 km
Ride time: 5.25.43
Average: 19.49 km/h
Max speed: 39.37 km/h
Total: 30946 km
This part of the Panamerican highway is supposed to be safer than where I rode yesterday. I could then ...
Distance: 110.92 km
Ride time: 5:10:24
Average: 21.44 km/h
Max speed: 52.18 km/h
Total: 30840 km
I was somewhat nervous as I left Trujillo and continued cycling up the Panamerican highway. I would be passing ...
It was on a cold October morning in 2010 that I left my home in Copenhagen, Denmark and started to cycle south. This is a selection of 25 special places ...
