Anyone who’s followed our bike travels will know that we stayed with some wonderful people along the way – mostly thanks to WarmShowers, a hospitality club for cyclists. We arranged our stays when we had internet access in libraries and cafes, but now you can do it with a new iPhone App. Read More »
241km San Francisco to Davis When I go biking, I repeat a mantra of the day’s sensations: bright sun, blue sky, warm breeze, blue jay’s call, ice melting and so on. This helps me transcend the traffic, ignore the clamorings of work, leave all the mind theaters behind and focus on nature instead. I still […] Read More »
You can spend as much or as little as you like in North America. There are plenty of hotels and restaurants that will be happy to cater for you but equally there’s plenty of open land and supermarkets for those on a low budget. Read More »
A trip around America on a tandem bicycle: that’s the journey that Alan & Morrigan started in 2009. Over 10-1/2 months, and they travelled 11,000 miles around the United States, from Maine to Florida, California, Washington and back to New York. Now, they’re answering 10 Questions for us on bicycle touring around America. Read More »
Hostels are the mainstay of backpackers. Travellers with more cash to spend will splurge on hotels. Where does a bike tourist go? Just about anywhere, in our experience. We’ve spent nights in fields, behind schools, in mosques and monasteries, on the floor of a Turkish factory, under the disco ball of a Greek bar, in […] Read More »
