Tag: fahren
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How to Finance a Long-Distance Cycling Trip
It’s normal to think that it’s impossible for most people to undertake a long-distance bike trip because of the huge economical stress which this entails … or does it ?
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Torres del Paine
We often say that there’s beauty to be found in every corner of our planet, and we stand firmly by that statement, however, it’s also true that some places are, for many different reasons, a lot more special than others; Torres del Paine is a great example of that!
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Why Do We Cycle?
We often get asked “why” … Shouldn’t the question be “why not?! A short article about what turns us on and how we see bike touring.
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La Ruta 40
Finally on the Ruta 40! The way had been long and not exactly easy but it doesn’t matter; we had made it and now we couldn’t wait to be part of something so epic that it’s difficult to explain in words, but we have to try…
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About that Time we Went to the Pakistani Border Knowing we Didn’t Have a Visa
Bad Internet on The Pamir, nowhere to go to in China and terrible IT systems in Pakistan; a story about cycling to Nepal
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Tajikistan; cycling at the top of the world!
Tajikistan is, for many cyclists, synonym of mountains, and that’s what we went there for! What we didn’t know, nor expected, was that there’s much more to fall in love with than just that…
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Surprisingstan; unexpected Uzbekistan
Spring had finally come and we were really looking forward to camping and spending some time in the wild. “Unfortunately”, Uzbek people had other plans for us…
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Quickmenistan; 96 hours in Turkmenistan
We were expecting 5 days of hardship, flat and boring desert landscape and the police force on our back but what we found was, luckily, far from this reality.
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Iran: land of contrasts
Iran is quite simply a land of contrasts. We spent three enriching and eventful months there and we still often talk about it and compare our current situation with our life in Iran, especially, but not only, whenever we have a beer! This, beer, is the best example of what life is like there because…