For us, Kyrgyzstan brings to mind dirt tracks, high mountains and generally that wonderful feeling of riding your bike in the middle of nowhere. So we were surprised when a journalist recently called to talk about a new bike path that the Kyrgyz government is planning to build. Would you go to Kyrgyzstan to ride […] Read More »
Too often, as a society, we are quick to dismiss things as ‘impossible’ or ‘foolhardy’. Start planning a big bike expedition, and you can run up against this attitude quite a lot. So, when we got an email recently from Henry & Jamie, telling us about their recent bicycle tour across mountainous Kyrgyzstan in February […] Read More »
You might not know Dutch, but nevertheless, take a look at the gorgeous cycling videos on Toko op Fietsvakantie, the site of our Wereldfietser friends Marijcke and Dennis. They put a lot of time and effort into their videos and it really shows. If these videos don’t make you want to get on your bike, […] Read More »
In the Cambodian beach resort of Sihanoukville, we put together our latest podcast. This time we talk more about Central Asia – the amazing Lake Song Kol in Kyrgyzstan, our favourite and not-so-favourite parts of the region and what to bring. Plus we have an interview with Greg, a Hungarian cycling the Silk Road who […] Read More »
It’s a whole new world. Just a few hours in a plane have zipped us away from remote Central Asia to lively Bangkok, where we’re feasting on spicy Thai curries, power that stays on, water that’s always running and truly high speed internet for the first time in months. At first we felt strange boarding […] Read More »
