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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: 105.02 km
Ride time: 5:12:57
Average: 20.13 km/h
Max speed: 51.68 km/h
Total: 30092 km
I woke up to another morning with a thick coastal fog covering the desert landscapes north of Lima. The ...
Distance: 59.17 km
Ride time: 3:31:36
Average: 16.77 km/h
Max speed: 47.15 km/h
Total: 29987 km
I wasn't really expecting any nice cycling today as I would be leaving Lima cycling through the never ending ...
In Lima I based myself at a hostel in the fancy Miraflores neighborhood and prepared to wait. I had ordered a new tent from the States since MSR up there ...
Distance: 87.98 km
Ride time: 5:24:43
Average: 16.25 km/h
Max speed: 44.73 km/h
Total: 29927 km
After half an hour of cycling it was time for a 7:30 am breakfast on the Panamerican Highway. The ...
Distance: 114.29 km
Ride time: 7:08:22
Average: 16.00 km/h
Max speed: 47.56 km/h
Total: 29839 km
I was expecting a tail wind on this part of the Panamerican Highway, but these days its just not ...
Distance: 110.45 km
Ride time: 6:35:19
Average: 16.76 km/h
Max speed: 38.01 km/h
Total: 29725 km
So far I would describe cycling in Peru as a lot of nothingness with a few villages in between. ...
Distance: 152.18 km
Ride time: 8:06:46
Average: 18.75 km/h
Max speed: 47.15 km/h
Total: 29615 km
The rest day in Nazca had done it's wonders and I felt full of energy as I left town ...
Distance: 89.25 km
Ride time: 5:03:24
Average: 17.65 km/h
Max speed: 59.64 km/h
Total: 29462 km
My guide books describes Nazca as a sun-bleached spot on the Panamerican highway. I didn't quite agree with that ...
Distance: 88.45 km
Ride time: 5:19:08
Average: 16.62 km/h
Max speed: 53.25 km/h
Total: 29373 km
I left Chala early in the morning and headed into another "gray area" on my map. Nothing was mentioned ...
Distance: 91.96 km
Ride time: 5:17:57
Average: 17.35 km/h
Max speed: 47.56 km/h
Total: 29281 km
From the morning the garúa or coastal fog put a blanket over the landscapes making up for some melancholic ...
