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Cycling Hokkaido (Part 2)

Posted onOctober 14, 2016October 14, 20165 Comments

This is part two of our cycling trip around Hokkaido. Birds, mountains, fishermen, and rainbows all get mentioned. Read More …

CategoriesJapan, TravelTagsbicycle, common murre, conservation, cycle, hokkaido, japan, Japan Cycle Diaries, mario, rider house, touring, wildlife

hokkaido, cycling, camping

Cycling Hokkaido (Part 1)

Posted onOctober 6, 2016October 14, 2016

Here lies the first part of our post about cycling Hokkaido. This trip was taken from late September; close to the end of the sensible cycling season. Read More …

CategoriesJapan, TravelTagsautumn, bicycle, camp, camping, cycling, fall, flowers, hokkaido, japan, Japan Cycle Diaries, kumamon, mountains, rider house, touring, travel

cycling wakayama, japan

Wakayama Photo Journal: Cycling the Coast

Posted onSeptember 21, 20162 Comments

Here is a collection of photos from Japan’s beautiful Wakayama district. We spent about a week cycling and camping around the Wakayama coast. Read More …

CategoriesJapan, TravelTagsbicycle, bicycle touring, birds, bugs, camping, cat, coast, cycling, food, hawks, insects, japan, kishi station, kumano kodo, nature, nitama, public bath, sento, shrine, spider, tama, touring, tsukumi, wakayama, wild camping

shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, japan

Part-time Pilgrims

Posted onSeptember 10, 2016October 27, 2016

There’s a wild, mountainous island in Japan called Shikoku, and there are 88 shrines encircling it. Each year, thousands of Pilgrims visit these 88 shrines. We cycled through Shikoku for a week and learned what we could. Read More …

CategoriesJapan, TravelTagsbridges, buddhism, camping, castle, cycling, islands, japan, kobo-daishi, monk, onsen, pilgrim, sento, shikoku, shingon, shrine, tavel, touring

Nanjing

The Last Leg: Hukeng to Xiamen

Posted onMay 29, 2016June 18, 20162 Comments

Here lies the final chapter in our cycling tour of China. We traveled from Hukeng to Xiamen, completing two months and over 2000 km of riding. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsbicycle, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cycling, fujian province, hukeng, nanjing, touring, xiamen, zhangzhou

Cycling from Yangshuo to Macau

Posted onApril 23, 2016June 18, 201610 Comments

The second chapter in our new cycling lives takes from from the Guangxi province to Gangdong province; from Yangshuo to Macau. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsbicycle, china, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cycling, Deqing, Gaoming, guangdong, guangxi, Jiangmen, macau, mengshan, taiping, touring, travel, wuzhou, xi river, yangshuo, Zhaoqing, Zhuhai

Bicycles and Students

Posted onApril 4, 2016June 18, 201610 Comments

We decide that the best course of action in China is to buy bicycles, and we get them during our stay at Nanning university. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsbicycle, china, couchsurfing, nanning, science museum, touring, warm showers

honda win luang prabang

Trying to Find a Motorbike in Luang Prabang

Posted onDecember 4, 2015July 8, 2016

We search high, we search low. We feel like giving up. Read More …

CategoriesLaos, TravelTagsdodgy, honda win, laos, luang prabang, motorbike, motorcycle, touring, UNESCO

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