The Vitals Dates: May 13 – June 3, 2019 Location: Incheon to Busan, South Korea Distance: 978 km Photos by Brittany Total Route The Trip South Korea might be the easiest place to bike tour in the world. Let me enumerate the reasons: 70% of the bicycle network is on cycle-only roads On the cross-country route […]
The Vitals Dates: March 17 – April 13, 2019 Location: Picton, NZ to Bluff, NZ Distance: 1488 km, 14,700 m climbed Photos by Brittany Total Route New Zealand Riding Summary The Trip For the better part of a week, Brittany and I have been sitting on the Otago Peninsula doing a housesit with two dogs. The […]
Riding Stats Total km: 3284 Riding Days: 48 km/riding day: 68.4 Total days: 60 km/day: 54.7 Nights Camping: 39 Nights through WarmShowers: 6 Nights in Huts: 1 Nights with Friends: 2 Nights in Hostels/Airbnb: 12 Longest Day: 117 km (Rawene to Dargaville, our sixth riding day in NZ) Shortest Day: 30 km (Utea Park to Bluff Campground, our second riding […]
The Vitals Dates: February 21 – March 17, 2019 Location: Auckland to Wellington, New Zealand Distance: 1265 km cycled, ~ 11,500 m climbed Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Oh boy, we’ve done a lot of riding since I last wrote something […]
The Vitals Dates: February 13 – February 20, 2019 Location: Kaitaia to Cape Reinga to Auckland, New Zealand Distance: 525 km Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Brittany and I landed in Auckland on February 9th after an 11th hour purchase of […]
The Vitals Dates: January 11 – January 31, 2562 B.E. Location: Anlong Veng, Cambodia to Chiang Mai, Thailand Distance: 992 km Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Thailand has shown up as a strong contender for a better cycling destination than Yunnan […]
The Vitals Dates: December 18, 2018 – January 10, 2019 Location: 4000 Islands, Laos to Anlong Veng, Cambodia Distance: 736 km cycled, many kilometers by bus and ferry Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip My Dad is one of the many proponents […]
The Vitals Dates: December 5 – 17, 2018 Location: Vientiane to Thakhek (bus) then to Don Det (bicycle) Distance: 543 km cycled Photos by Brittany Total Route The Trip We’ve ridden 80 days since leaving Almaty on August 12 but without the benefit of rail, steamer, or hot air balloon, we have yet to circumnavigate the […]
The Vitals Dates: November 17, 2018 – December 4, 2018 Location: Mengla, China to Vientiane, Laos Distance: 660 km Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Northern Laos Riding every day really had me down for a while in November and it was exacerbated by […]
The Vitals Dates: Nov. 6 – 16, 2018 Location: Jinangcheng to Mengla, China Distance: ~455 km in 8 riding days Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Brittany and I are sitting in the city of Mengla, one short day from the border with Laos. […]
The Vitals Dates: October 23 – November 4, 2018 Location: Kunming, China to Jiangcheng, China Distance: ~615 km cycled (8 cycling days) Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. The Trip I’m sure you’ve heard of a “Chinatown” before, […]
The Vitals Dates: October 4 – 11, 2018 Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan to Samarkand, Uzbekistan Distance: 401 km cycled Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. The Trip If you stuck a toothpick into the Central Asian section of our […]
Riding Stats Overall Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Total km 2539 313 983 1183 60 Riding days 46 5 19 21 1 km/riding day 55.2 62.6 51.7 56.3 60 Total days 61 5 30 25 1 km/day 41.6 62.6 32.8 47.3 60 Days camping 33 5 12 16 0 Longest Day: 98 km (entering Dushanbe) […]
The Vitals Dates: September 12 – 29, 2018 Location: Osh, Kyrgyzstan to Dushanbe, Tajikistan Distance: ~1067 km cycled Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Resources: bikepacking.com amongst various blogs Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. A note on Apricots The featured photo I used […]
The Vitals Dates: August 30, 2018 – September 7, 2018 Location: Naryn, Kyrgyzstan to Osh, Kyrgyzstan Distance: ~316 km cycled Partners: Brittany Activities: Cycle touring/bikepacking Resources: Tian Shan Traverse Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS tracks and interactive maps for each day are at the bottom of the post. The Trip A good one word synopsis of our […]