While riding in incredibly beautiful Tasmania we realised that we had crossed the 5000km mark. We are going to celebtrate this today with a rest and play day…and of course lots and lots of yummy and naugthy foods. Tassy, as the locals call it offers some of the finest cycle touring in the world because […]
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Our Warmshowers host Bronnie showed me and Amaya the great Ecocentre in Melbourne. Among other things Bronnie’s work there includes lectures on sustainable living and environmental topics. The Ecocentre has been active in a diverse range of environmemtal topics since more than 20 years. The Melbourne based NGO started with conservation issues in Melbourne’s coastal areas. Melbourne’s Port Philip […]
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The Ferry Spirit if Tasmania brought us from Melbourne to Devonport in Tasmania and we are now very excited to explore this remote end of the world. We started cycling in the far western part Tasmania and were treated a very quiet road. And this was not a side road but the A2 highway. This […]
Read More ›After arriving in cosmopolitan Melbourne a friend of ours told us about Martin “the German Pirate“. He is regularly fishing and cleaning up plastic on one of the beautiful beaches here in Melbourne (St. Kilda Beach). He is also known as the rat whisperer and you can see him feeding his friend Hugo a rare Australian water […]
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What a great first day down under. Sydney welcomed us with a soothing scent of Eucalyptus and a brilliant blue sky dotted with shiny white clouds. While we rode through the beautiful Centennial Park we started chatting with a fellow cyclist. After finding out that Larry was also an avid cycle traveller he invited usfor […]
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Bali, the island of the gods, it sounds almost pathetic and worn but it actually is like heaven for us now. The kids are in a stunningly beautiful Kindergarten while Ragna and I gaze over a cliff at the ocean, as we stretch our cycle hardened muscles in yoga classes. Too good to be true I ask myself… […]
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We have collected a limited list of things that we really enjoyed and valued in Japan as well as things to keep in mind. These are not specific sights or locations, but rather general aspects of Japan or regions that we enjoyed greatly during our cycle touring or we had to cope with. Highlights: Hokkaido […]
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Japan is known for many things: Sushi, Samurai, Ninja and being a world apart, but it is not widely regarded as a great camping destination. However any overland traveller that loves the outdoors or is on a budget will find out that Japan is probably one of the best destinations for camping especially in Hokkaido and Shikoku. […]
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When we reached Japan’s northernmost point at Cape Soya, we could not only see Sakhalin Island (Russia) across the sea in 43km distance, but almost touch a smart and cunning fox within arms length. He fox was roaming around looking for food and knew that people often left things or probably even fed the fox. […]
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