No.80 Off to Africa!
Yes, time for Africa! I would like to experience the many different cultures of Africa. Get to know the people and their way of life. To meet laughing children and to sort out preconceptions. To look at the world on the so-called “Dark Continent” for...
Nr.79 Getting home after 4.7 years is not an easy task
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Nr.78 USA – Bikepacking the terrific landscapes of the Colorado Plateau in Utah as well as the end of a 4.7 year long bicycle trip around the world
It was hot, piping hot when I started my tour around Utah. A dream. Those bizarre rock formations are simply terrific. They shine in all colors and shades and can be found here around every bend. The desert had me again and I was eager to experience it. The desert had...
Nr.77 USA – The American West is simply sensational
It felt like coming home, even if the real home was still to come. I was really looking forward to my nature and all the friendly Americans I would most certainly meet and was just happy to be back. For me, the American West continues to be one of the most marvelous...
No.76 Nicaragua – Not an easy decision
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No.75 Is Honduras a safe country for a solo female cyclist?
Guatemala, or rather Livingston, received me kindly. I spent 3 days in a great hostel overlooking the sea right from my hostel bed. Really relaxing and comfortable. The whole tourist bustle here was not really my thing – although of course I ate Nutella pancakes...
N0.74 – Belize – the land of colorful smiles
Why colorful? Because you can find all the skin colors of the world here, a country with an extremely large number of ethnic groups who, as it seemed to me, live together in a vivid and joyful way while still keeping their own cultures. Such extremely friendly people...
No.73 Guatemala – 4 years and 50.000 kilometers on the road
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Nr.72 Bicycle touring Mexico – The long way to Guatemala
Let’s make it short. I don’t like Mexico, although the cities are really worth seeing and therefore it actually is unfair to come to this negative conclusion, especially since I had a brilliant time on the Baja California. But I simply can’t get used to the...
Nr. 71 Mexico – Exploring beautiful Central Mexico and it’s pretty colonial towns and pyramids – A short break without the bike
I started my short, somehow new trip experience, which took place without cycling in Sombrerete a -Pueblo Magico – a magical village in the state of Zacatecas in the North of Mexico. A great village full of street life and superb colorful houses, pretty churches and...
No.70 Bike touring in Northern Mexico – Copper Canyon to Durango
The ferry crossing to the mainland of Mexico was sweetened by two super nice German women. It was simply fun to talk in my native tongue for a while and to hear the latest news from home. While chatting we discovered a whale fountain in the distance but sadly the big...
No.69 Mexico – The Street Life – Bikepacking Baja Divide Trail IIII
I sometimes stayed in towns for almost a week to enjoy being among others. Cute little towns and tons of barking dogs. Somehow the street life is not really what I expected from Mexico. Latest at 8 PM the streets are dead and almost pitch dark. But what I tremendously...
No.68 Mexico – The Beach life – Bikepacking Baja Divide Trail III
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No.67 Mexico – Garden of Eden – Baja Divide Trail II
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No.66 – Mexico – Taking on Baja Divide
The Baja Divide is a brand-new trail which crosses Baja California on rough and sandy trails. Always away from the tarmac and busy roads. 1700 miles to La Paz at the Southern end of the Baja. I wasn’t super excited to follow another red line someone else had created....
No.65 USA – Great cycling destination
My last kilometers in a beautiful country. But first a short resume. With the title super cycling destination I am saying goodbye to the land of unlimited possibilities. The American West is a bewitchingly beautiful area, where cycling is simply fun. The vastness, the...
No.64 – USA – Great Divide MTB Route
The new bike rolled fine. But soon I had pain in my neck and therefore I was constantly busy changing my saddle position. But it did not help much at all.
No.63 – USA – Accident, insurance drama, new bike
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No.62 – Canada – Great Divide – What a gigantic trail
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No.61 – Canada – British Columbia – Could you tell me please how to get to the wilderness?
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No.60 – Canada – Haida Gwaii – The little island paradise in the Pacific
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Nr.59 – Canada – A crisis caught up with me
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No.58 – USA – A fantastic time in the American West
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No.57 – USA – Nevada – Winter cycling in Never Never Land
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No.56 – USA – Utah – Adventure Among Gigantic Rock Formations
So now I was back in the United States again and was wondering how I should continue. The next major goal on my long journey is Alaska, but getting there is a long and cold trail. After I had already cycled all the way through Arizona, I came to the conclusion that I...
No.55 – USA – Arizona – Biking in cactus country
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No.54 – USA – Arizona Trail with a loaded bike
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No.53 – USA – Cycling Route 66, Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon
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No.52 – USA – Biking in the California desert
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No.51 – Japan – Honshu – The Japanese are different
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No.50 – Japan – Honshu – Rain, forest and mountains
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No.49 – Japan – I love Hokkaido
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No.48 – Japan – Wonderful Hokkaido
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No.47 – Russia – Wilderness, bears, Island Sakhalin
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No.46 – Russia – The Russian adventure continues
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No.45 – Russia – Adventure country
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No.44 – Korea Somehow a strange country
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No.43 – Korea – A different kind of country
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No.42 – Taiwan – The mountain world
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No.41 – Taiwan – Vipassana Meditation course – or how a tiger feels in a zoo !
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No.40 – Taiwan – Biker’s Paradise
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No.39 – Taiwan – Warm-Hearted People
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Nr.38 – China – it remains difficult !
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No.37 – China — Smog, construction sites, and people everywhere
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Nr.36 – Vietnam – colourfully dressed minorities
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Nr.35 – Vietnam – Beautiful mountain scenery
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Nr.34 – Laos – Peaceful, quiet and a long break
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Nr.33 – Sabaidee – Welcome to the 3rd World
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Nr.32 – 25.000 Kilometers and No End in Sight
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Nr.31 – China – Yunnan – The Gate to Southeast Asia
Although the road was exhaustingly strenuous due to the endless steep hills, the landscape was breathtakingly beautiful. The mountains were blanketed lavishly with green vegetation and the fields spread across the landscape in a myriad of lovely colors. Perfectly...
Nr.30 – China – Yunnan – A new world
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Nr.29 – China – Fantastic stretch of road on the way to Yunnan
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Nr.28 – China – The Tibetan World in Sichuan
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Nr.27 – China – Comedy of getting a new visa
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Nr.26 – China – Endless Torture on a horrible trail
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Nr.25 – China – The Endless Gobi Desert
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Nr.24 – China – Xinjiang Province
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Nr.23 – Kazakhstan – short visit in a huge country
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No. 22 – Kyrgyzstan – pure nature !!!
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No. 21 – Kyrgyzstan – stunning scenery
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No.20 – Uzbekistan – travel-rage, travellers and police
On the border I had to fill out a zillion forms and my panniers were x-rayed again. I had to tell the officials how much money I had with me, the value of my bicycle, electronic equipment and so on. But everything went rather well, so I was quickly back on the road...
No. 19 – Turkmenistan – visa stress and a lot of sand
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No.18 – 1 year on the road – the highlights of the trip
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No.17 – Iran – police, wind and heaps of traffic
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No.16 – Iran – beautiful, but also very exhausting
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No.15 – Oman – pretty wadis, steep tracks and a lot of wind
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No.13 – Iran – beautiful and very friendly people
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No.12 – From Armenia into Iran
I really enjoyed my time in Tbilisi a lot. I liked the city and I had big luck with my hosts. First Niko, a Georgian guy, and a few days later Taylor from the States. Both really nice blokes. Tbilisi is in a desperate shape in some areas, but this is exactly what...
No.11 – Cycling from Turkey to Tbilisi – Georgia
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No.10 – Dogubayazit / Turkey
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No.9 – Goereme – Cappadocia
Acropolis & Co were ticked off soon and didn’ t impress me much. Dimitris, my warmshower host in Athens, spoiled me with local food and heaps of information. Super. If I have a look at the world map seeing the short distance I covered so far it looks really tiny...
No.8 – Athens / Greece
I chose the road along the southern side of the Shadarsko Jezero Lake to get to Albania. But it wasn”t as easy as you might think. It was above 40 C and quite hilly, so I sweated a lot that day. But the scenery was pretty so it was worth every single drop of...
No.7 – Podgorica / Montenegro
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No.6 – Bulgaria/ Velingrad
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No.5 – Romania/ Sighisoara
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No.4 – Romania/ Sighetu Marmaţiei
Before I cycled off to the Ukraine I needed to say good bye to my new friends Michal and Freida where I was staying for a week while I waited for my new camera. We had a lot of fun together and especially Freida, the dog, didn’t want to let me go again. The...
No.3 – Poland/ Bieszczadzki National Park
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No.2 – Poland/ Auschwitz
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No.1 – Czech Republic/ Prague
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