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The Kingdom of Cambodia, as it’s officially known, welcomed us with wide smiles this past November. A great relief, because we were strongly mourning our time in Nepal, where apparently two months is not even close to enough time to drink in the Himalayas while drinking every cup of Masala tea offered to you. I …
Nepal has been the hardest goodbye. What a truly special part of the world that’s filled with people who have souls as beautiful as the Himalayas they call home. We spent two challenging months exploring by foot and bike, warmly welcomed by a kind and peaceful society whose daily struggles are unimaginable to most people …
Because we’re working while exploring this great big world, we made our way via the friendly skies back to Europe for a trade show. Coming straight from the rugged and largely undeveloped areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, I can’t adequately describe the culture – and sticker – shock we experienced when we arrived. In the …
A collection of my photos appear in the recently released book, Bike Touring & Bikepacking, part of the Basic Illustrated series published by Falcon Guides. This reference book is the first published comprehensive guide to bike touring/bikepacking, and more than covers the basics – from buying a bike and choosing a water filtering system to route …
In this issue’s Globetrotting column, Finding Your Groove: Being open to change allows you to take wrong turns, broken bike parts and bad weather in stride, so you can focus on things other than your daily mileage count–like the friendly people you’re probably meeting, the incredible food …
All told, we spent a month and a half traveling in Tajikistan by bike. Part of this time was pedaling some of the highest mountains in the world–the Pamirs, known as “The Roof of the World”–and through one of the most remote regions in the world—the Wakhan Valley. It was here that the wind tore at …
My words and photos were recently published on The Clymb, a website that continuously features writers and photographers who inspire me. Check out Wild Albania: The Allure of the Accursed Mountains and see why we fell in love with this lightly-traveled region on our bike tour. From the story: Ever since my husband and I started …
In this issue’s Globetrotting column, Food: More Than Fuel: It’s our second day in Turkey and gale force headwinds have us moving at a snail’s pace exerting an elephant’s effort. Our faces are chapped, our eyes teary, our quads burn and our stomachs beg for nourishment. …
The entire plane erupts into cheers and applause the moment we make contact with the ground. I look around the cabin at the round, smiling faces, which reveal rows of perfectly straight gold teeth. Men wear traditional tall, white hats and women wrap their hair in bandanas. We are two out of maybe a handful …
We cross into Thailand from Malaysia at Thale Ban National Park and immediately find ourselves in the throes of an open-air market. People peruse stalls and stuff their overflowing bags with cheaply-made goods and clothes before walking back across the border to more expensive Malaysia. We ride until we reach a roadside “resort” that’s more like our …