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West Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea (Conakry)
This is another remote part of the world mainly visited by people who travel overland crisscrossing the continent. I started my journey in Dakar, a chaotic city. Leaving this place was the first challenge – dodging the traffic and potholes. It was best to stay on asphalt road as everything else was just sand. I…
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A tour of New Zealand
This was on the list ever since I watched Lord of the Rings. I had a perfect two months gap and it was the right time to visit a country in the southern hemisphere. However, I did not realise it was shoulder season in New Zealand and not really the peak summer I was hoping…
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Pamir Highway – The second half
From Khorog it was all up, climbing gradually. The first day I was meant to cycle 55km but the hotel was closed so I had to cycle 35km further to find a homestay at around 2900m altitude. The following day was a 50km ride to Jelondy hot springs. This was not as spectacular as it…
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Cycling the Pamir Highway (part of The Silk Road)
Cycling the Pamir Highway was on my list for a while. Having cycled approximately 600 kilometres over ten days, I am half-way into it. This has been an adventure like no other – thoroughly enjoying this unique landscape. The first two days were quite hectic. I left early to avoid the heat. The traffic was…
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London to The Artic Circle – Final
On leaving Tromso, it was a 90km ride to my first stop, punctuated by two short ferry crossings. There was no restaurant near the campsite only an automated 24 hour convenience store that had some frozen pizzas! I bought this without thinking. The kitchen at the campsite had only an electric stove so I had…
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London to the Artic Circle – Part 3
Leaving Trondheim, I was going to ride mostly along the coast but the definition of coastline is anything but a line. Norwegian coast is made up of hundreds of islands all stitched together with some ingenious infrastructure: bridges over the sea connecting the islands, tunnels underneath the mountains and even an tunnel underneath the sea…
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London to the Artic Circle: Part 2
Fjordlandia was just as expected, stunning, weather permitting. From Hirtshals in the northern tip of Denmark I took a ferry to Kirstiansand (south of Norway). My first day in Norway was a bit of a challenge, I was battling headwinds and it was cold. I should have seen the bad weather coming. The next morning,…
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London to Artic Circle – part I
I set off from London with my friend Ryan, cycling with me for the first two days up to Dover. The very first day was quite exhausting. We tried to avoid the London City and went South but the rolling hills and country lanes tired me out. However, after the channel crossing it was mostly…
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The Continental Divide: The final – Jasper, Canada to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
After Albuquerque, I headed south, almost as direct as possible towards the border with Mexico. There were no big mountains so I decided to ride around 120km per day. This generally went fine since it was largely flat, barring some undulations. The road followed the Rio Grande river which helped because in the desert landscape…
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The Continental Divide part 6: Vail and Aspen
Colorado, as the welcome sign said was colourful. With so many mountains and bike paths, this state was truly a paradise for mountaineers and cyclists. I wanted to visit Vail and Aspen. Conveniently there were two big passes along the way, that were almost 3700m. I planned out a loop that turned out to be…
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