Melbourne (AU) – Melbourne (AU) / 17621 km / 8.60 Million Turns / February 18th – February 29th, 2020 Saying goodbye to Vietnam in Hanoi, also meant saying goodbye to a few other things. After nearly a year of travelling overland on … Read More
Phong Nha (VN) – Hanoi (VN) / 17137 km / 8.35 Million Turns / February 3rd – February 17th, 2020 ă, ằ, ầ, ấ, ẵ, ẫ, ẳ, ẩ. The Vietnamese alphabet looked quite similar at first, but after some trying it turned … Read More
Huay Xai (LS) – Nongchan (LS) / 16380 km / 7.99 Million Turns / January 10th – February 2nd, 2020 Each time we enter a new country, we have certain ideas about it. Some of these ideas are based on previous experiences we … Read More
Tamu (MM) – Chiang Khong (TH) / 15214 km / 7.42 Million Turns / December 8th, 2019 – January 10th, 2020 While travelling you feel you regularly end up in a real-life ‘Monthy Python’ sketch, often involving bureaucratic forms and officials. At the … Read More
On March 1st 2020, we flew into Queenstown, New Zealand. Although the coronavirus was already making headlines, New Zealand was still relatively carefree, just having one confirmed case. We ostracized the situation a bit too; New Zealand is so far from … Read More
Mahendranagar (NP) – Moreh (IN) / 13784 km / 6.7 Million Turns / November 6th – December 8th, 2019 “Back, go back for stamp!”. A man is pointing to a small building that seems to be falling apart. It’s 7 AM and we … Read More
Amritsar (IN) – Banbasa (IN) / 12280 km / 5.9 Million Turns / October 13th – November 6th, 2019 A few times already on this trip, we returned to places already visited before, but now on the bike. So was the same … Read More
Sost (PK) – Lahore (PK) / 11243 km / 5.48 Million Turns / September 19th – October 13th, 2019 Of all the countries that we cycled through, Pakistan was the one we had the most mixed feelings about before we entered. Earmarked … Read More
Ulugqat (CN) – Tashkurgan (CN) / 10560 km / 5.15 Million Turns / September 12th – September 19th, 2019 “Excuse me, but what is this??” the border guard asked somewhat amazed and pointing to the video on Sabine’s phone. “Uhhh, ah yes.. … Read More
Sary Tash (KG) – Irkeshtam (KG) / 10157 km / 4.95 Million Turns / August 21st – September 12th, 2019 It’s funny how your mind can make preconceptions about a country, based on nothing. We heard Kyrgyzstan is a great cycling country and … Read More