There is a big debate in the traveling community about insurance. There are those who feel that it is an unnecessary expense, especially in countries with low cost health care systems; and there are those who would never leave home without a good policy. We definitely fall into the latter category. We are convinced that […]
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Dear Mexico, It will soon be a year since we started pedaling on your roads. A year that we have been exploring your immensity, your coasts, your mountains, your lakes, your forests. We cycled around 7000kms, crossed through 14 of your 32 States. From Tijuana to La Paz, from Mazatlan to Oaxaca and the Yucatan
If you love exotic landscapes, adventure and thrills, this is the route for you! The Sian Ka’an Biosphere is one of the three largest protected natural areas in Mexico, along with Calakmul and El Vizcaino. It extends over 650 thousand hectares and along the 120kms separating the municipalities of Tulum and Felipe Carillo Puerto, in
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Everyone knows, or at least has a vague notion of the Aztec or Mayan civilisations. But have you ever heard of the Purépechas? The Purépechas are also pre-Hispanic people, forming part of the Tarascan Empire, which extended roughly in the place of the current state of Michoacan and flourished notably around the lake of Patzcuaro.
In Purépechas’ country – The Parícutin volcano Read More »
If you were to ask me now, what day is it today? I would have a hard time answering you. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday … ? It’s no longer important, they’ve just became “days”. Don’t get me wrong though; the thing is that traveling by bicycle gives one a different dimension to the notion of
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You fancy a ride that will get you out of your comfort zone and looks and feels incredibly breathtaking? We suggest you to go and try pedaling the Death Valley. We guarantee you an experience you will remember! Situated at the East of California, along the border with Nevada and at the West of Las
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6 days riding + 1 rest day Dist. 276 kmElev. gain 1641 m Have you ever heard of Haida Gwaii island ? To us, the name didn’t mean anything. Until my cousin Thibaut, living in Vancouver, suggested that I go and have a look (or rather a few pedal strokes). Located 93 nautical miles off
Today, it has been exactly 3 months that we started our journey with our bicycles. To celebrate it, here is a little list of funny questions we have been asked almost every day (sometimes more than once a day) since we started riding: Where did you start? Did you really start from Alaska?Yes, we did!
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Little did we know how large was the no-man’s land between the two border posts. In fact, around 30km separates the US customs from the Canadian customs It was under a cold rain that we crossed our first border with our bicycles. I entered easily, but Juan’s pass seemed longer than necessary. The officer asked
A sensation of having wet feet woke me up the next morning. The dorm roof was installed in an old greenhouse, and obviously the roof has been leaking for hours, the water dropping on the mattress of my bunk bed. No time to be lazy anyway, it is 8am and we have work to do.
Fairbanks to the canadian border Read More »
