Donation Thank You Entries
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Amethyst Mining
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010We're falling into a nice routine with Finland. It goes something like this: swim in the morning, tear down camp, drive through beautiful pine forests, swim before lakeside lunch, enjoy said lunch, ...
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Into Estonia
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Tyler: As I checked us out of our campsite this morning, I sheepishly handed a note to the woman working in the office. Before packing our tent, I had torn a piece of paper from one of our notebooks...
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Manic
Sunday, May 30th, 2010Today was one of those days when the weather was so manic it was almost baffling. One moment it was sunny, and we were happily riding through quaint small towns... (...while eating really delici...
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No Bikes Allowed: A Train Story, Part Two
Wednesday, May 19th, 201012:29 AM Four hours since our train left us behind, we're back on platform three, waiting. A train whistle sounds in the distance, and people start filing across the rails to join us. The station a...
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Hello Serbia
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Three hundred and sixty five days of travel. Nine countries and fifteen thousand kilometers covered by bicycle, foot, ferry, train, mobylette and camel. More than four hundred journal entries. Fas...
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Wet and Dirty
Sunday, February 7th, 2010"Wet and dirty is my favorite thing, my favorite thing, my favorite thing! Oooooh wet and dirty is my favorite thiiinng... at least I am not cold!" - sung jovially by Tara as we packed up camp this ...
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Rags to Riches
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Walking into the four-star Grande Albergo hotel in Potenza's charming shop-lined cobblestone downtown was quite the experience-- a real example of how polar our trip can be at times. There we were, ...
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Hammama Mia!
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010We took the opportunity to treat ourselves to a hammam (Turkish bath, widely used in Tunisia) today thanks to a generous donation by regular reader, Jeanne Juneau. Thank you so much Jeanne! For our...
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Hotel Pansea in Ksar Ghilane
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010First, the thank yous. Our luxury tent, complete with bathroom, table and chairs, shelves, blankets, and of course, beds, is a lot nicer than we are used to. From the bottom of our hearts, thank yo...
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Into the Desert
Monday, January 4th, 2010Yesterday's triumphant team repair and our 70 kilometer ride without a flat finally gave us the confidence we needed to take the plunge. Today, we would ride our 25+ year old Motobecane Mobylette in...
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Soccer & Seafood
Sunday, December 6th, 2009After spending the entire day working at our favorite coffee-shop (Salon de Thé la Corniche), we were surprised when suddenly the place cleared out and we were the only people left. Normally the pa...
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Safely Indoors
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Thanks to a very generous donation from fellow touring cyclist we've been corresponding with, Fred Bouwman, we booked a hotel room in Palermo during our trip's worst free camp last night. We were bo...
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The Kindness of Strangers
Sunday, November 1st, 2009Last night's campsite was just what we needed. Free camping is fun, but it comes with a slightly tiring set of challenges: lack of bathrooms, showers, sinks, garbage cans, and most importantly: the ...
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Hotel Comforts
Saturday, October 24th, 2009After our highway stealth camp, Tara's grandparents sent us another donation(!) insisting that we spend a night in a nice hotel! Following an awe-inspiring storm two days ago we decided to take them...
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Full of Surprises
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009We've had our share of interesting rodent encounters on the road but this morning easily topped them all. While groping around for my shoes at 4am to go to the bathroom I felt something... furry? A...
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Roman Holiday
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009We left from our tent quickly this morning in hopes that we wouldn't miss the 8:30 shuttle to the nearest train station. When we arrived at the "bus stop" area, it was obvious we hadn't needed to ru...
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Climbing Elba
Saturday, September 26th, 2009Elba Island is one part collapsed mountain, one part volcanic remains. The resulting landscape, while stunning, is quite a workout on a fully loaded touring bicycle. Directly out our front do...