Posts in category Cycling
Bikes : Mr Hyde
Dr Jekyll is born.
Dr Jekyll the early days:
Dr Jekyll is a slighty too heavy commuter who is bored with riding to work every day, with his slightly too fat tyres and heavy steel frame. So one night he got naked, threw off his mudguards and tried on a couple of panniers…..
Mr Hyde is born:
Once he’s wearing 10-25kg of pannier [...]
Cycling USA Coast 2 Coast
In 2009 I cycled 5800km across America from Florence Oregon to New York city.
Below you’ll find a copy/paste of the origional blog
For tips and info for others planning a similar trip see click >HERE<
To see some dodgy video’s I made during the trip click >HERE<
So see some photo’s of the trip click >HERE< [...]
Cycling in Thailand info
Early 2009 I cycled for a month in the Northwest of Thailand. Read my blog for this trip >HERE< , it also includes limited info on food, water and accommodation while cycling the “Mae hong son loop”.
I was going to write an article with other Thailand info but my poor memory means it would be outdated and inaccurate. Lucki [...]
Cycling in South Africa info
Here you’ll find some handy information and tips for cycling in South Africa. The information is based on my personal experience during about 3 months in South Africa from November 2011. You’ll find information about roads, accommodation.
To read my blog for this part of the trip, it startsHERE
To see the photos click HERE
Visa : Most nationa [...]
Beer info Uganda
Here are my thoughts and experiences with a small selection of Ugandan beers.
As with most countries in Africa and the rest of the world people love beer. There’s pleanty of tourist standard beers as well as the very dodgy beers the locals drink and of course self brewed whiskey. The thing about drinking beer in a country with unreliabl [...]
Beer info South Africa
From November 2011 I cycled about 3 months through South Africa, here are my thoughts on the beers of South Africa.
There is a reasonable selection of beer available in South Africa unfortunately most of them are fairly tasteless lagers. Most South Africans will disagree and point out that they have some good beers usually showing their bottl [...]
Beer info Namibia
From Febuary 2012 I cycled about 2 months through Namibia, here are my thoughts on the beers of Namibia.
So here they are in no particular order (everything appart from Windhoek is imported from SA):
Hansa : 4.5% lager, well it has more flavour than some beers, lets call it an “acquired taste”.
Castle : Slightly better than Hansa and quite d [...]
Beer info Botswana
Botswana is a good place to give your kidneys and liver a rest for a couple of weeks.
The beer in Botswana is crap and not worth the money, the only drinkable option is imported Windhoek from Nambia, but its damn expensive! I’m not even going to waste my time writing reviews for this countries beer 🙂
Beer info USA
Here you’ll find a little information on the some of the beers I encountered during my coast to coast trip through America.
Due to a very slow evolution process, around 2009 the American people had finally started developing a taste for real beer. During my first trip to the US in 1994 they where no way near this, and everyone was drink [...]
Cycling across America info
In 2009 I cycled almost 6000km Coast 2 Coast in the USA. Here are my tips and advice for cyclists planning a similar trip. To read my trip blog click >HERE< Of course all info here is based on my own opinion and experiences during this trip.
General info:
Visa : Most people can get a 3 month visa via an electronic system for tra [...]
Cycling in Thailand 2009
Jan. 2009, My first cycling tour abroad, I chose “safe ground” by cycling in Thailand, a country where I’d travelled for 4 months on previous backpacking trips.
Here’s the blog for this trip…. With some handy tips under “facts at a glance” should you not want to read the whole story.
My chosen route [...]