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A Week in a Ger

Posted onJanuary 10, 2017January 31, 2017

We spent a brief, 1-week stopover in Mongolia’s ger district, learning about cards, meat, pollution, and salty beverages. Read More …

CategoriesMongolia, TravelTagscamel, camel meat, distribution, eggbanana, ger, ger district, horse, horse meat, mongolia, nomad, pollution, travel, ulaanbaatar, ulan bator, wealth, winter, yurt

Baikal-Amur Mainline

Winter on the Baikal-Amur Mainline

Posted onDecember 28, 2016December 28, 201612 Comments

A short history of Russia’s interesting Baikal-Amur Mainline railway interspersed with our own tale of traveling through it. Read More …

CategoriesRussia, TravelTagsbaikal-amur mainline, baikalskoe, BAM, chirstmas, irkutsk, komsomolsk-ne-amure, lake baikal, overland, russia, severobaikalsk, snow, train, train travel, travel, tynda, winter

baikalskoe

Christmas Eve in Baikalskoe

Posted onDecember 26, 2016December 27, 2016

This post contains around 50 images from our trip to Baikalskoe, a 300-year-old village at the north-western end of Lake Baikal. Read More …

CategoriesRussia, TravelTagsbaikalskoe, bailkal, christmas, december, fishing village, frozen lake, goats, ice fishing, lake baikal, russia, siberia, travel, winter

Vladivostok, Russia

In Vladivostok

Posted onDecember 17, 2016December 27, 2016

This is a story about our introduction to Russia. We didn’t know what to expect. The weather was cold, but the hospitality was warm. Also, there were cats. Read More …

CategoriesRussia, TravelTagsairbnb, bridges, cats, ice, lighthouse, russia, snow, soviet, travel, vladivostok, winter

eastern dream ferry donghae to vladivostok

Sailing on the Eastern Dream to Russia

Posted onDecember 13, 2016July 15, 20182 Comments

Come, take trip with us to Russia on boat. There is old Mario. There is frosto, one-eyed snowman. There is even Nick who make noodle. Read More …

CategoriesRussia, South Korea, TravelTagsboat, border, border crossing, customs, dbs ferry, donghae, ferry, overland, russia, south korea, travel, vladivostok

ferry shimonoseki to busan

The Ferry from Japan to Korea

Posted onOctober 29, 2016November 9, 20164 Comments

A ferry border crossing from Shimonoseki to Busan Read More …

CategoriesSouth Korea, TravelTagsbicycle, boat, border, border crossing, busan, customs, ferry, japan, korea, shimonoseki, south kores, tourists, travel

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 Taiwan’s Mountainous East Coast

Posted onAugust 3, 2016September 26, 20167 Comments

This diary takes us from the north of Taiwan down the east coast to the very south. Read More …

CategoriesTaiwan, TravelTagsbicycle, bitou, camping, cat village, cats, coast, cooking, cycle, dawu, doulan, gorge, hengchun, houtong, monkeys, mountain, ocean, ruisui, taiwan, Taiwan Cycle Diaries, taroko, travel, wild camping, 紅柴水鄉

Shantou to Hukeng

Meeting Mountains: Cycling from Shantou to Hukeng

Posted onMay 24, 2016January 11, 20175 Comments

This is the fourth diary in our cycling lives. We finally leave the city behind and take the mountainous roads from Shantou to Hukeng Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagsChen Ci Hong, china, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cultural revolution, cycling, Fujian, Fujian Tulou Kejia Folk Culture Village, Gaungdong, hakka, hukeng, pinghe, raoping, Shantou, sunrou, travel, tulou

cycling from zhuhai to shantou

Cycling Inland from Zhuhai to Shantou

Posted onMay 15, 2016June 19, 20163 Comments

The third part of our Chinese cycling tour brought us from Zhuhai to Shantou; two towns on the coast. Of course, we kind of took the long way. Read More …

CategoriesChina, TravelTagschina, Chinese Cycle Diaries, cycling, eggbanana, Fengshun, heyuan, Huizhou, Humen, Jieyang, mountain, Shantou, travel, Wuhua, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Zijin

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