southland
after two days on gravel it was a nice change to ride on a sealed road again. just at the junction for the von river road we met a swedish couple who sailed in fourteen month from their home to new...
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the caitlins
we camped at another freedom camping spot in fortrose before cycling through the caitlins. we stopped at curio bay to have a look at the petrified forest and saw some yellow-eyed penguins sunbathing....
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my motivation stayed with me until dinner but was rapidly reclining within 5 minutes. washing up and brushing my teeth was all i could muster before crashing into bed. i got up once for breakfast the...
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otago rail trail
once in middlemarch, the start of the otago central rail trail, it began to rain and i opted for a stop at the kissing gate cafe. along the upper taieri gorge the trail is crossing viaducts, leads...
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dansey’s pass
it was nice cycling weather when i left ranfurly and it stayed that way until halfway up the pass. the top of the pass was engulfed in a black cloud which i soon couldn’t see anymore because of the...
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hakataramea pass
i had a light start into the day until the turnoff for the hakataramea pass at kurow. it was perfect cycling weather with enough clouds to cool down the temperature in an otherwise blue sky. the...
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goodbye, farewell new zealand
after returning to christchurch, i had three days left before my flight back to europe. three days to sort out my stuff, see a couple of friends and prepare myself for the nearing end of the trip. i...
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paris
i arrived sometime in the early morning hours. this was the longest flight i was ever on but i didn’t feel too tired. the excitement of being back in europe probably helped. the weather outside wasn’t...
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schwarzwald
i crossed the border to germany at fessenheim over the bridge at the hydroelectric power plant. my first stop was at bad krozingen, a typical town with a pedestrian zone in the city center and its...
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back to berlin
i stayed in my hometown for about a week and had a couple of drinks with friends before i started the last leg back to berlin. i didn’t do much research about the long distance cycling infrastructure...
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semuc champey
after thinking about to join the tour of the guesthouse, i decided to do it by bicycle myself and my own pace as the tour included two other sights and a rather tight schedule. if i had known the road...
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coban to totonicapan
the department of alta verapaz is famous for its coffee and as i was getting closer to its capital, more and more hills were covered with plantations. i stayed at the la paz hotel, a nice guesthouse in...
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xela
the road from toto was still pleasant for a while but one could sense its drawing near the panamerican highway. the density of chickenbuses grew, sometimes blocking whole junctions while letting off...
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¿habla español?
every friday we have lunch at the school with most of the students and teachers. everybody contributes a dish resulting in ladden tables with all sorts of delicious food. between christmas and new...
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volcan santa maria
we started our tour at five in the morning. considering the early morning hour, we didn’t feel too tired. after half an hour’s drive with the bus we got dropped off at the starting point of the trek...
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lago atitlan
i left xela after five weeks and felt like it is a place i might come back to one day. it was a wonderful day to start cycling again. the sun was shining in a clear blue sky and while i was climbing...
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maya pedal
it was quite difficult to find the place as everybody in town seemed to know the organization but not many its current location. as they moved quarters a couple of times within recent years, i received...
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antigua
it was a big change coming from the small ngo mayapedal and arriving in ciudad antigua, probably the most touristic town in guatemala. i read about a place to camp pretty much in the centre of the city...
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pan am racing team
my hands were pretty shaken because of the cobbled streets until i reached the paved road at the city limits of antigua. the road then slowly wound its way over the surrounding mountains before it went...
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xela otra vez
the bus arrived sometime in the evening and i spent the rest of the night looking for an accommodation as the school i lived in the last time didn’t have any free rooms available. it took a while...
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