Diaries and route notes
From the road
Two kinds of writing. Accounts by riders who came on a tour, published as they sent them, and notes from us on the roads themselves.
Vietnam or Northern Thailand? Choosing Your First Cycling Tour
Two very different weeks in Southeast Asia
Two very different weeks on a bike in Southeast Asia. Smooth tarmac and comfortable hotels, or dirt roads, ferries and a night on a mattress in a stilt house.
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Cycling the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Central Vietnam
Route notes from the Truong Son mountains
What it is actually like to ride the Truong Son mountains near the Laos border, and why the road most people photograph is not the trail they think it is.
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Cycling Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
Six days across the top of Thailand
Most people cover the distance between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai in three hours and see none of it. On a bike it takes six days, and the road is the point.
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Meghalaya Diaries
Chasing Clouds, Oct 2022
Chasing anything has its consequences, a huge build-up to the exotic Meghalaya finally materialized on Oct 10th. Beautiful clean scenery and rain joined us. We are staying in Sohra (as Cherrapunjee is called…
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Cycling Ceylon: A Beginner’s Journey
Backroads and Bygones, July 2023
When the tour of Sri Lanka was announced, the brochure talked about riding alongside paddy fields, lakes, and fishing villages. It was very enticing, but I was skeptical. I was on a long break from work and…
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