Tag: travel
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MEXICO: CENTRAL PART 1: UPHILLS AND OVENS
30 April – 6 May Mazatlan – Durango Starting in tropical Mazatlan I quickly climbed over multiple days over 3000 meters through steep valleys and pine forests to get to my first big city in Mexico. To get to Mazatlan you need to take the overnight ferry from Lapaz. My…
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MEXICO: BAJA PART 4: INTO LA PAZ
10 April – 27 April Loreto – La Paz The last part of the first leg of the first country culminates in beautiful La Paz and all she has to offer. It was a wonderful place to rest up and meet new people and luckily enough celebrate my birthday. This…
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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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MEXICO: BAJA PART 3: ON THE ROAD
1 April – 7 April Vizcaino – Loreto For this stretch of the journey, I decided to stay on road for a while. The desert was hard and progress was slow. Thankfully the towns I stopped in were beautiful and interesting and had their own appeal After the eventful if…
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GALLERY: MEXICO: BAJA PART 3: ON THE ROAD
1 April – 8 April Vizcaino – Loreto I spent this part of the Baja on the road. Skipped the Baja Divide for now. Though after this I will jump back on the Baja Divide. I miss the quiet and wild camping but the break on the easier roads have…
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GALLERY: MEXICO: BAJA PART 2: VALLE CIRIOS
16 March – 28 March Vincente Guerrero – Vizciano introduction
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GALLERY: UNITED STATES: SAN DIEGO – TECATE
29 February – 5 March San Diego Preperation and departure
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MEXICO: BAJA PART 1: NORTHERN SIERRA
8 March – 13 March Tecate – Vincente Guerrero A three-night break of relaxing, organizing and repacking for the second time in Tecate in preparation for the real journey. It is now the time for many firsts. First gravel riding, first wild camping and so many other firsts I haven’t…
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UNITED STATES: PREPERATION AND DEPARTURE
28 FEBRUARY – 5 MARCH 2024 San Diego – Tecate Landing in San Diego for the first time. My first time in the United States and the first time ever seeing all that gear and equipment I had been collecting over the months. This will be my first post and…
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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…