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COSTA RICA | Wed, 11 Nov 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [130] | Comments [1]
La Cruz to Rio Sereno 12/10/09 to 3/11/09 - 952 km (total km’s 17700)
Costa Rica, Pura Vida One of the joys of bike touring is not always so much about the riding, but it’s about getting to out of the way places and experiencing nature.... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, cycling, wildlife, cycling friends, beach, turtles
HONDURAS | Fri, 2 Oct 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [230] | Comments [3]
For months we’ve been looking forward to diving on Utila. Utila is one of the Bay Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, off the northern coast of Honduras. Also for months we have had our doubts about cycling in Honduras, because of political instability ... Read more >
Tags: honduras, utila, diving, cycling
GUATEMALA | Thu, 1 Oct 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [126] | Comments [2]
Flores to Punta Gorda 26/8/09 - 6/9/09 545 km
What kind of sound does a howler monkey make?... It’s 4am and we awoke to the sound of howler monkeys singing in chorus through the canopy of the jungle at the ruins of Tikal. It was a call ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, belize, cycling, caribbean sea, tikal
GUATEMALA | Tue, 25 Aug 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [323] | Comments [4]
9/8/09 - 20/8/09 Xela to Flores 445 km Well we did it, we finally left Xela after a few previous attempts to do so. It had been one of those places where no matter what you try to do, you may never leave. What started as a few weeks of Spanish ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, cycling, highlands, caves
MEXICO | Sat, 30 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [504] | Comments [3]
13/5/09 - 22/5/09 Oaxaca to San Cristobal 468 km Oaxaca is a great city to enjoy some downtime, relaxing with our cycling friends Martin and Susy, checking out Monte Alban, wandering the markets and artesanias, the leafy ‘zocalo’ and working ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, oaxaca, cycling, food, mountains, sickness, san cristobal
MEXICO | Tue, 12 May 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [393] | Comments [3]
13/4/09 - 7/5/09 Guadalajara to Oaxaca 1204 km The days in Guadalajara with Nobu, Hiro and Ken fly past. They are captivated by the city with its climbing wall, cinema and skate boarding and decide to stay longer, while we get back in the saddle, ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, cycling, volcanoes, swine flu, desert, cactus
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 12 May 2009 | By james_arnoldi | Views [164] | Comments [2] | Video
Mince. J’ai
vraiment abandonné ce pauvre petit blog. Désolé.
Ce weekend, dans
un petit bar à Durham, j’ai eu la chance de voir le concert d’un groupe américain
que j’apprécie beaucoup : Youngblood Brass Band (un ensemble de cuivres au
funk).... Read more >
Tags: cycling, university, youngblood brass band
MEXICO | Fri, 10 Apr 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [624] | Comments [6]
30/3/09 - 7/4/09 Mazatlan to Guadalajara 534 km After nearly two months off the bike, we saddled up and rode out of warm and sticky Mazatlan where we had enjoyed a tranquil time with our amiga Chamely and her puppy ‘Blitz’. Mazatlan itself was ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, cycling, pacific coast, birds, wildlife, tequila, beaches, boat trips, volcanoes
MEXICO | Wed, 21 Jan 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [825] | Comments [5]
10/1/09 - 19/1/09 San Diego to Guerrero Negro 724km It is a fine and sunny day in San Diego, the chickens are scratching in the yard, ‘the Casita’ (our home for the past week) is cleaned and bikes are loaded into the back of Merle’s pick-up truck.... Read more >
Tags: mexico, great people, cycling, traffic, desert, cactus, dangers
LAOS | Tue, 30 Dec 2008 | By glimmerwing | Views [102]
we left luang prabang for vang vieng on the 27 th of december. Gias and karline were only planning on staying there for 3 nights before heading off to Vientiane for new years. I was planning on leaving the same time and heading for chiang mai in Thailand ... Read more >
Tags: tubing, tuk tubing, caves, cycling, buckets, smile bar
LAOS | Sat, 27 Dec 2008 | By glimmerwing | Views [73]
the next morning, we were up early to see about getting the boat down to luang prabang. Cause if we couldn't do that we would be heading down by bus instead. There ended up being enough people to get a boat there but we paid a little bit more as they ... Read more >
Tags: christmas bowling, santa hat, phu si, bamboo bridge, cycling
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By hendronf | Views [118]
Hello once again, I made it to Manchester from France on the National Expresss/Eurolines combination. It was a hellish journey, with three stops, Lille, Callis (For the ferry) and London. On our final stop (London for you who cant keep up) we decided ... Read more >
Tags: injections, cycling, home, christmas, thailand, shorts
LAOS | Fri, 19 Dec 2008 | By glimmerwing | Views [114]
when we got jostled back to the village on the the main road in the truck, we all got out to have lunch and say good bye to each other as we were pretty much splitting the group in half. Me and all the couples were heading on the bus to luang nam tha ... Read more >
Tags: muang sing, cycling, villages, laos bbq chill chill bill bang
CAMBODIA | Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By gregorboyd | Views [157]
After finishing my TEFL class the only obligation I had in Cambodia was running the Siem Reap Half Marathon on December 7 th , which I had registered for several months ago. The race was about a week after my class finished and since I really had nothing ... Read more >
Tags: cycling
LAOS | Thu, 11 Dec 2008 | By glimmerwing | Views [210] | Comments [1]
I got the bus to 4 thousand islands the next day. And then the boat to don det island. I wasn't sure where to stay and there was no one to hassle us as we got off the boat, which was great. Such a change from Vietnam already. I wandered down the track ... Read more >
Tags: 4 thousands islands, don det, cycling, moonlight, waterfall, kayak, facepainting
FRANCE | Fri, 5 Dec 2008 | By hendronf | Views [166]
Hey all, So im in France, staying with my girlfriends parents. House and surrounding area is lovely and we've been taking the time to relax, make some decisions & finish my TEFL. If any of you have been keeping an eye on the news you would have ... Read more >
Tags: protest, thailand, government, cambodia, laos, cycling, france, rachel, decisions
BOLIVIA | Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [352] | Comments [2]
After leaving Lake Titicaca. We went to La Paz intending only to stay long enough to arrange our bike ride down the Worlds Most Dangerous Road. Why is it so dangerous? At points the road is no more than 3m wide. It is also a rough dirt track. On ... Read more >
Tags: cycling, world´s most dangerous road, gravity
USA | Sat, 11 Oct 2008 | By thefuegoproject | Views [923] | Comments [6]
With fresh inspiration for the journey ahead we followed the Trans-America trail south along the Bitteroot valley before crossing over a range to the east at Lost Trail Pass and into the Big Hole Valley. This was the same route the Adventure Cycling ... Read more >
Tags: usa, cycling, national parks, wildlife, bison, pronghorn, cycling friends, thermal features, big sky country, yellowstone
USA | Thu, 25 Sep 2008 | By thefuegoproject | Views [734]
After a chilly week tent bound with the flu in Banff, and spending time with friends, it was time for us to hit the road again with winter nipping at our heels and a lot of mountains between us and the desert country. As soon as we left Banff along ... Read more >
Tags: canada, usa, cycling, national parks, cycling friends, wildlife, hiking, montana, adventure cycling association
USA | Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By thefuegoproject | Views [567] | Comments [1]
It was a bit hard to leave Fairbanks. We had been welcomed so warmly and had a wonderful time under the wings of Dan and Lisa in their logcabin. During the summer solstice weekend we enjoyed a 2-day hike on the Pinnell Mountain trail together with ... Read more >
Tags: usa, alaska, cycling, cycling friends, bears, wildlife, mountains, lakes
USA | Fri, 20 Jun 2008 | By thefuegoproject | Views [981] | Comments [6]
‘The Dalton Highway, you can’t ride your bike on the Dalton…you’re crazy, you’ll be eaten by Grizzlies, smashed to pieces by flying rocks the size of golf balls, driven off the road, you’ll freeze to death…and you’ll need at least five spare tyres ... Read more >
Tags: usa, cycling, dalton highway, wildlife, dirt roads, cycling friends, wilderness
USA | Thu, 8 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [574]
I was out mountain biking in the element... when a tree got in my way. On impact, the handle bars of my bike twisted, bluntly jutting into my ribs before I went flying. I was in a lot of pain but there was no external bruising. I figured that even if ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, medical, usa, hospitals & health, true claim stories, bike, cycling, accident
ECUADOR | Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By steeve | Views [123]
I have now done two days cycling and reached Latacunga. The
first day was an experience, (35 miles) getting out of Quito was quite hard as
most of it was uphill with a cloud of diesel fumes from all the trucks and buses
that past by. I made it ... Read more >
Tags: cycling
ECUADOR | Thu, 31 May 2007 | By steeve | Views [142]
Hello!! I have made it safely and the bike is up and running, I took it to a
bike shop today and got it serviced. The chap spoke no English and as you know I
speak no Spanish but we muddled through. I then got lost on the streets of Quito
which ... Read more >
Tags: cycling
