Tag: STORIES
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RETURNING HOME, FOR NOW
2026 Coming home was a difficult journey, emotionally. I took four flights and nearly two days to arrive back in Cape Town. My sister was there to greet me and both of us struggled to fight back the tears. The emotional rollercoaster of coming home and giving up played out…
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GALLERY: MEXICO: MEXICO CITY
15 June – 16 June Mexico City While in Toluca, I decided to do a little side quest to Mexico City to see one of the biggest Metropols in the world and check out the Temple of the Sun and the Basilica of the Lady Guadeloupe.
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GALLERY: MEXICO: CENTRAL PART 4: URBAN AND HEAT
2 June – 13 June San Miguel De Allende – Toluca An interesting stretch through central Mexico. Less tourist towns and more stops to get to the next stops but still with notable places of interest.
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ARTICLE: THE KINDNESS OF BAJA
5 March – 15 April Baja California A little thank you to all the amazing people I have met along this leg of the journey. This is a separate story not directly following the timeline of my travels and I hope to do more of these as I continue. These…
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THE WHY, THE WHEN AND THE WHERE
2023 – 2024 So, when I first started telling people about what I would be doing, some of the same questions where asked. People were really inquisitive and I didn’t mind answering any questions. The most important ones were the why, the when and the where. Two of those were…
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HOW THE BICYCLE TOURING STARTED
2013 – 2023 Before I arrived in Korea, I had never undertaken any long distance cycling nor any overnight cycling. Back in South Africa I had done a few races including the Cape Argus as it was known then, but I had never trained nor did I even own a…