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Erd Zuu Monastery

Things are Looking Up – Naadam and Road to Kharkhorin – in maps

Posted on Jul 25, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaTake On Asia

Having made the decision not to do a big packrafting trip, the relief was tangible. Finally I felt like I could do things I really wanted to. And I wanted…

Bikepacking to Terelj National Park

Posted on Jul 11, 2013
AsiaBlogMongoliaPhotosTake On Asia

I’m here in Ulaanbaatar for the Naadam Festival and until next week when I can get my Kazakhstan visa. The one guy at the embassy who issues them is on…

Top of the hill and the tarmac!

A Week Biking Baikal and Buryatia – in maps

Posted on Jul 03, 2013Jul 03, 2013
AsiaBlogRussiaTake On Asia

Well, it took 8 days to reach the Mongolian border from Irkutsk. As always, the shortest route is not always the quickest!. Here’s how it went. I haven’t been feeling…

Photos of Lake Baikal and Off-Road Biking in Buryatia

Posted on Jul 01, 2013
AsiaBlogRussiaTake On Asia

It’s started hard and slow out of Irkutsk to reach Lake Baikal. But since then things have been great… it has been long days of hard ups and fun downs,…

Into The Cold – Winter Biking Blog part 1

Posted on Mar 21, 2013
BlogEuropeNorthern ScandinaviaWinter Biking

I had thought that since Spring is just round the corner (although I’m not so sure having looked at the forecast for this weekend), I should finally write up about…

Photos from a Winter Bike Tour

Posted on Feb 21, 2013Feb 22, 2013
BlogEuropeNorthern ScandinaviaPhotosWinter Biking

Still no real blog post, but do not worry – Here are some more photos from the 3-weeks of biking and camping in northern Sweden, Finland and Norway… Hopefully they…

Winter Bike Tour Countdown FTO-Day Minus 15

Posted on Jan 08, 2013
BlogEuropeNorthern ScandinaviaWinter Biking

So I’m getting rather excited and with just the occasional fit of doubt, which may be more aptly described as ‘bricking it’. In only 15 more days I shall be…

Postcard from Granada, Spain. September 2000

Postcard Past – Spain’s Caminito del Rey and Mulhacen

Posted on Dec 07, 2012Dec 07, 2012
BlogEuropeSpain

On my bookshelf at home are some old photo albums, from the days when cameras came with film and you got prints of your images. Today I took a look…

Lovely day in Norfolk - river Waveney

Rubbish Rafting on the River Waveney

Posted on Sep 12, 2012
BlogUK Weekends

It is easy to do something if you want to. The problem is, it is often easier not to. We are all good at making excuses for not doing things.…

Long Valley

Video of Cycling Nevada and Utah – Road to Las Vegas

Posted on Jun 16, 2012
The Great AmericasUSAVideos

This latest short video is from our ride along the back roads (and virtually non-existent roads) of Nevada and Utah. We did eventually make it to town though. A rather…

Red Rocks of Utah

Video of Cycling Utah’s Highway 12 in November

Posted on Jun 16, 2012Jun 16, 2012
The Great AmericasUSAVideos

One of the most beautiful roads I’ve cycled has to be highway 12 in Utah. From Torrey to Zion National Park, passing via Calf Creek Falls, Bryce Canyon and Red…

Video of DR Congo Train Journey

Posted on May 21, 2012
DR CongoUpdatesVideos

For those who followed my trip through Africa, you’ll know that I loved the Congo. And sometimes hated it too! But mostly I loved it and those experiences in my…

Video of Packrafting the Rio Coco

Posted on May 20, 2012May 20, 2012
BlogNicaraguaPackraftingThe Great AmericasVideos

And here is the video for the second half of our Nicaraguan packrafting adventure. From the confluence of the Rio Bocay, we paddled down the Rio Coco passing several Miskito…

Video of Packrafting the Rio Bocay

Posted on May 18, 2012May 20, 2012
NicaraguaPackraftingThe Great AmericasVideos

There’s no doubt about it. Packrafting in Nicaragua was one of the highlights of my journey through central America. Apologies for not yet finishing the blog of the trip. I…

Waiting on the train in Congo

Video of the Congo Train Journey

Posted on May 11, 2012May 10, 2012
AfricaBlogVideos

I cycled 2,000km acros the DRC. But the DRC is a huge country, and that still didn’t get me all the way. So by the time I reached Katanga province,…

Video of Biking the Guineas’ Backroads

Posted on May 06, 2012
AfricaVideos

Still one of my favourite parts for biking, was the three weeks we spent cycling from Guinea Bissau’s capital to Kindia in the south of Guinea on my ride through…

Saving the Best til Last – Backroads of Belize

Posted on Apr 27, 2012Apr 26, 2012
BelizeBlogThe Great Americas

With only a couple of weeks left until the end of this trip, where I fly out of Cancun, Mexico, I wanted just one more mini-adventure. And it would be…

Photos Belize – Backroads at their Best

Posted on Apr 26, 2012Apr 26, 2012
BelizeBlogThe Great Americas

With only a couple of weeks left until my flight home from Cancun, I decided to spend it cycling the length of Belize, including off-road riding… Belize is a little…

Photos of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras

Posted on Apr 25, 2012Apr 25, 2012
BlogEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasThe Great Americas

From the Caribbean coast in Guatemala, we cycled inland and up hills to El Salvador. A brief stop in San Salvaldor to recuperate and we hit the cross-country route Honduras.…

Photo thanks to Lars Bengtsson

Crocodiles and Ray Mears

Posted on Apr 23, 2012Apr 23, 2012
BlogNicaraguaPackraftingThe Great Americas

…And so we survived our first day and night on the river. But who knows what the new day will bring… It brought crocodiles. The day started calmly. The early…

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