This is a guest post by Paul Morris with photos by Peder af Geijerstam. 1. The People are amongst the friendliest in Africa. “The Angolans show immense hospitality towards visitors”, Peder af Geijerstam on his blog recording his ride from
Top 5 Reasons To Go Bicycle Touring In Armenia
This is a guest post by Tom Allen of Ride Earth and Tom’s Bike Trip. Reason #1: Mountains If you love slogging for hours up 40km ascents and burning down the other side, then repeating the process over and
Top 5 Reasons to go Bicycle Touring in Australia
This is a guest post by Nicolai Bangsgaard of www.worldtravellers.dk. It’s been one year since I got back to Denmark after having completed (in February 2010) a 4-year solo bike ride around the world. Giving talks around Denmark, I’m often
Top 5 reasons to go bicycle touring Afghanistan
This is a guest post by Rob Lilwall. Reason #1 Adventure, fear, adrenaline. I don’t want to be flippant with this reason. It is of course incredibly risky going through Afghanistan. I cycled through in 2007, and it has got
Top 5 Reasons to go Bicycle Touring in Albania
This is a guest post by Darren Alf of Bicycle Touring Pro. Reason #1 Few tourists means a unique and authentic travel experience. Albania gets a bad wrap sometimes, but it’s a beautiful country that few tourists include on their
Top 5 reasons to go bicycle touring in Austria
This is a guest post from David Piper of tra-velo-gue.co.uk If you’re looking to start touring but think Azerbaijan a bit daunting or the Alps a bit hilly, then Austria is for you. 1. The bike paths. Possibly the world’s
Top five reasons to go bicycle touring in Azerbaijan
This is a guest post from Liz and Catherine at One Little Wheel. Reason #1 Borsht! A superb hearty veggie meaty stew thing. And it is cheap. After a hard days cycle a borsht will more than set you up
About the A-Z of Bicycle Touring Project
Our Mission: inspire cyclists and promote bicycle touring around the world. The A-Z of Bicycle Touring is a collaborative project of the international bicycle touring community. Cyclists from all over the world share their unique perspectives on bicycle touring in some of
A-Z of Bicycle Touring: 5 reasons to go bicycle touring in Argentina
Reason #1 Some of the best wild camping in the world. Pitch your tent on the banks of a fast-flowing river, on the shores of an Andean lake or high up on a mountain top and drift off to sleep