Round the World Bicycle Tour since 2006
We’d been hearing about New Zealand’s charms for years. One of the best cycling destinations in the world we were told. Rugged mountain passes, spectacular coastal roads, stunningly beautiful countryside and miles and miles of unpaved backroads where the sheep
America’s got the Pacific Coast Highway, Australia’s got the Great Ocean Road. Both are stunningly beautiful with jaw-dropping views. Both are prone to the kind of weather that sends sane cyclists to an indoor spinning class. And both are worth
Rugged coastline, pristine beaches, sleepy fishing villages, rolling farmland, world-class diving and spectacular seafood. The Eyre Peninsula has it all according to the Australia Tourism Board. Given our shoestring budget, I knew the last two were out. But those first
You must visit Southwest Australia. We’d been hearing that mantra since we touched down in tropical Darwin almost two months back. And how could we resist? Locals promised us some of the best scenery in Australia- fields of colorful wildflowers,
Six weeks and nearly 4,000 kilometers and we finally reach our first real Australia city: Perth! To say that distances in the outback are vast is to state the obvious. Never before have we biked a region so remote. After
In Liberia you will feel like you’re the only tourist in the country. It wouldn’t suprise me if you actually will be. So, why pedalling over there, you might ask? Well, here are 5 very good reasons. Not in any
My wristwatch alarm begins buzzing at 3:45 AM. Its high pitched insistence startles me from a deep sleep. My muscles ache with exhaustion. 3:45 , I’m sure you will agree, is an ungodly hour to rise. The Australian bush, where
As we touched down in Australia I’d expected a surge of emotion. This was, after all, our final continent (unless we manage to bike Antarctica one day). Back in 2006, the plan was a simple cycle tour to Cape Town.
Despite dire warnings (You’ll sink! You’ll be crushed by the crowds! You’ll catch a nasty disease!), we’d survived half a dozen Indonesian ferries. The trip to Timor was to be our last. The journey was slated for a mere 18
A few superhuman cyclists with legs of steel manage to traverse the island too, using local buses to get up the worst hills and freewheeling down, but the topography of the island rules out cycling for all but Tour-de-France trainees.