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Cycling Myanmar on the wild side

By |2019-08-15T10:03:54+02:00 24th February, 2016|Categories: India, Manipur, Myanmar|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Bagan, the old kingdom, had given us a special place to discover. We trailed the tracks off the beaten track to far away temples and now and then bumping into groups of tourists. Unluckily a bug that had been popping up since Yangon decided it was time to strike and Martin got a bronchitis which meant it [...]

Following the Ayeyarwady to the Kingdom of Bagan

By |2019-08-15T10:03:54+02:00 13th February, 2016|Categories: Myanmar|Tags: , , , , , , |

After being fed, rested and educated on Yangon and its colonial heritage it was time to hit the road. We had enjoyed a wide variety of Burmese and Indian food, street snacks, custard puddings, samosa’s and tea. Yangon had made a good impression on us with its eclectic mix of ethnicities, buildings, traffic and people. We were [...]

Crossing new borders from Myawaddy to Yangon

By |2019-08-15T10:03:54+02:00 31st January, 2016|Categories: Myanmar|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Crossing new borders is exactly what we did. We had rested in Mae Sot where we enjoyed social times with other cyclists and especially Mo and Marie which was really nice. Time had come and new adventures waited for us in Myanmar, a country that has been fairly closed for the last 30 years due to the [...]

Borderlands and hill tribes, back on the bikes

By |2020-05-20T13:48:18+02:00 22nd January, 2016|Categories: Thailand|Tags: , , , |

It was never the plan to cycle in Thailand. Because of borders, visa and because travel plans change we made it here anyway. We are in Mae Sot now contemplating our time in Thailand from the expected ease to the little more unexpected possibilities to get off the beaten track in this well developed country. Lately we [...]

TwistingSpokes in Kyrgyzstan

By |2019-08-15T10:03:55+02:00 13th January, 2016|Categories: Kyrgyzstan, TwistingSpokes in ...|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Bicycle touring Kyrgyzstan is great! The scenery and nature are amazing and the people are interested and hospitable. We spent a considerable amount of time in Osh and in Bishkek eating and preparing for winter which was speedily approaching. We entered Kyrgyzstan on the 15th of October 2014 and left the country on the 25th of [...]

Cyclist’s Guide to Chiang Mai

By |2019-08-15T10:03:55+02:00 9th January, 2016|Categories: Favorites, Thailand, Travel tips|Tags: , , , , |

In this Cyclist's Guide to Chiang Mai we will describe all the places that we have found useful in Chiang Mai. On and off we spent a total of four weeks in Thailand's second largest city, we had bicycle maintenance done, we searched for a place to stay and we have been enjoying nice thai food from [...]

2015 – Year End Review – Bicycle Touring

By |2019-08-15T10:03:55+02:00 3rd January, 2016|Categories: Countries Visited, Reflections, Year review|Tags: , , , , , , , |

It is always good to look back at the year past and see what has been done and where the time went. Here is our year in retrospect in 2015 - Year End Review - Bicycle Touring. January: We had an emotional start of 2015 when we went our separate ways for a while. Winter had definitely [...]

TwistingSpokes in Iran

By |2019-08-15T10:03:56+02:00 30th December, 2015|Categories: Iran, TwistingSpokes in ...|Tags: , , , , , , |

Bicycle touring Iran gave a new dimension to our journey. Our personal perception would be triggered on a daily basis, differences in culture embraced and negotiating traffic would almost become the norm. It was very special to tour this country of which most people only have an idea that has been created by media. We entered Iran during Ramadan on the 8th of July 2014 and left the country on the 24th of August 2014. We have cycled 2016 km and ascended 10833 meters.

TwistingSpokes in Laos

By |2019-08-15T10:03:57+02:00 27th November, 2015|Categories: Laos, TwistingSpokes in ...|Tags: , , , , , |

Bicycle touring in Laos brought us back to familiar places because both of us had visited Laos before on separate occasions. This time we would see more of the places in between and some off the beaten path villages. We were reunited with the Mekong and enjoyed the tropical scenery. We entered Laos on the 9th of October and left the country on the 16th of November. We have cycled 1021 km and ascended 8776 meters.

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 [...]

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