Twisting Spokes

About Twisting Spokes

Martin and Susanne are the crazy cyclists behind TwistingSpokes. We enjoy taking you along on our adventure while we are traveling by bicycle from the Netherlands to Nepal. What occupies us while cycling are the interactions with people on the road, culture, scenery and meaningful encounters. You can read more about us on our About page or on G+

Stunning steep roads and jungle adventures

By |2019-08-15T10:03:57+02:00 26th November, 2015|Categories: Central Laos, Jungle & bugs, Laos, Off the beaten path, Thailand|Tags: , , , , |

‘Left, we need to stay on the left!’ we were shouting at each other every time we re-entered the road. We had crossed over from Laos to Thailand and had not realised we also had to change the side of the road we drive on until we had passed the border and saw the signs. We had [...]

India, Thai and Myanmar visa information Vientiane

By |2019-08-15T10:03:58+02:00 12th November, 2015|Categories: Visa|Tags: , , , , |

As we have done before we are reaching a section on our trip where we have to plan ahead with regards to our visa. In Vientiane we have extended our current Lao visa and applied for the Indian, Myanmar and Thai visa. Lao Extension We entered the Immigration office on Friday morning. We asked for an additional [...]

Three times a charm, our Chinese visa

By |2019-08-15T10:03:58+02:00 12th November, 2015|Categories: Visa|Tags: , |

By now we have requested and received three Chinese visa. Because it has become increasingly complex over the last few years to obtain Chinese visa while on the road we thought it would be good to write a blogpost about this. Our first visa was a 30day visa which we obtained in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Our second visa [...]

Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia visa information

By |2019-08-15T10:03:58+02:00 12th November, 2015|Categories: Visa|Tags: , , , |

In this section we will provide more details about applying for our Kazakh visa in Bishkek, our three month Mongolian visa in Almaty and Martin's Russian visa. Remember that this is about us and our passport from Denmark and The Netherlands. For our Chinese visa in Bishkek, Ulaanbaatar ánd Seoul we made a separate post. Visa for [...]

This is how and why we will write gear reviews!

By |2019-08-15T10:03:58+02:00 9th November, 2015|Categories: This is how by TwistingSpokes.com|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This is how and why we will write gear reviews! "This is how… by TwistingSpokes.com". Reviewing our gear has never really been on our mind. Lately though after 21 months and more than 26000km on the road our gear is starting to prove its worth. So it has become clear what gear has worked really well and [...]

Lao villages and banana pancakes

By |2019-08-15T10:03:59+02:00 1st November, 2015|Categories: Central Laos, Laos|Tags: , , , , , |

Contemplating on routes and distances is a favourite task of ours: 130km main road or 230km mountains unpaved? We were still in Nong Khiaw, where we had been resting and eating for six days. Now it was time to leave our bungalow by the Nam Ou river and hit the road. We knew that the route to [...]

This is how we stay warm in winter as low as – 30°C

By |2019-08-15T10:03:59+02:00 24th October, 2015|Categories: This is how by TwistingSpokes.com, Travel tips|Tags: , |

‘This is how we stay warm in winter as low as - 30°C’ is a part of the series “This is how… by twistingspokes.com”. While cycling in winter sounds scary and cold, it can be a wonderful experience! We cycled off from home in the Netherlands during winter and crossed over the Alps before we got spring [...]

Returning to Laos by bicycle

By |2019-08-15T10:03:59+02:00 14th October, 2015|Categories: Laos, North Laos|Tags: , , |

After more than 11 years (Martin) and 8 years (Susanne) since we separately visited Laos as backpackers, we are now back again only this time together and by bicycle. Returning to Laos by bicycle has already given us new insights to this little country where communism is the base of the country. Crossing the Mohan - Boten [...]

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