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Author Archive | Friedel
Around The World For $23 A Day
It’s hard to find many ways to get around the world on $23 a day but that’s what our bike tour cost – a bargain when you think that includes not only daily expenses but extras like flights, insurance and visas. Our new article on the cost of bike touring outlines where we spent our […] Read More »
10 Questions about Cycling In Nepal
In this edition of 10 Questions, we go touring in Nepal – a country that Rob Halkett visited in late 2009 as part of his 3 year, 50,000km journey around the world. Rob tells us how Nepal is different to India and about some of the difficult, yet rewarding, roads he encountered. Read More »
The Art of Giving Back On Your Bike Tour
Great adventures and kind things happen when you’re bike touring. People spontaneously approach you with offers of place to stay for the night. Others drive 50km to buy you candies and drinks from the nearest store (yes, this really happened to us). Here we talk about ways to repay the kindness you’ll certainly encounter on […] Read More »
Permacyclists and a Cycling Circus
Now that we’re no longer on the road, we need plenty of bike blogs to keep us dreaming. I’ve rarely met a blog I didn’t like but I get particularly excited when I find a trip that’s just starting so I can follow along from the beginning and this week I found two. Why not […] Read More »