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Myanmar is a country that’s been unseen by most of the world due to 50 years of military rule. Because of this, it proved to be one of the most culturally intact places we’ve visited in nearly two years on the road. Men and women dressed in longyis, traditional wraparound ankle-length skirts, and nearly every woman’s …
Our time in Laos is a blur of beautiful handwoven homes lining the red-dirt roads of rural villages; shouts of Sabaidi (Hello!) from ecstatic faces; Khao Piak Sen, a soup seemingly eaten for every meal, consisting of homemade rice noodles cooked in broth and topped with crispy fried onions; stifling heat that sucked the energy from …
There are some places you come back to so often they feel like home. For so many people, including us, Thailand is one of them. Over a year ago, we crossed into the country at it’s southern-most point from Malaysia and stopped pedaling when we reached Bangkok. We ticked off kilometers on flat roads close …
In Kyrgyzstan, men wear an ak kalpak – a tall white felt hat with traditional embellishments. In Nepal, the colorful dhaka topi cap is worn to symbolize pride in Nepali identity. Within a few seconds of crossing the Vietnam border, someone pedaled up alongside us wearing a nón lá, perhaps the most recognizable item of traditional …
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 …
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 …
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 …