This blog began as the experiences of three mates travelling in Europe. Me and a couple of friends had set off on our bicycles in the summer of 2007 for the trip of a lifetime.
That was 2 years ago. Mark headed home and Andy rode east for India. I hit the road alone, taking a scenic route back to my girlfriend in Armenia.
I journeyed through North East Africa, crossed from Djibouti to Yemen on a wooden cattle barge, and completed my journey to the port of Dubai on the far side of the Arabian peninsular.
I’m now settling in Armenia for the time being. For news on future expeditions, you can stay updated through my blog, map and Flickr photos.
You can also view my travels in Google Earth!
Latest Blog: Political Conundrum Affects Man On Bike (Again) July 1, 2009
Just as Tenny’s parents were readying the documents needed to issue a formal invitation for me to obtain a visa, the Iranian presidential elections took place, followed by a fortnight of diplomatic sniping which left Anglo-Iranian relations even more strained than before. I woke every morning to silence from the Iranian Foreign Ministry, and gradually my hopes of visiting Tenny’s family in Tehran began to dwindle. I cursed the idiotic squabbling of these children who are supposed to be our world’s leaders, and, like Andy a few months ago, began to look into alternative ways to get back to my girl.
One of the few rules of travel I was still left with was this: If I could travel light, in the sense of my environmental impact, I should. It was (and still is) a model not just for travel but for all aspects of life – living lightly in a time when doing so has never been more critical for the future. In concrete terms, this most obviously means low-carbon travel. You can’t do much better than cycling, and you can’t do much worse than flying. I wanted to avoid flying unless I had no other choice. And suddenly, infuriatingly, it looked like I didn’t. Read More
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The Wilderness Foundation aims to help preserve the world's last remaining wild areas through social advocacy. While travelling, we pass through wild areas of incredible beauty, but sadly these sane areas are often victims of environmental atrocity, so we want to help The Wilderness Foundation to spread the message of the importance of preserving our natural environment.
A small organization with big ambitions, we hope to make a real difference to The Wilderness Foundation's work by reaching our fundraising target of 10,000 GBP. Their work includes:
- Global Wilderness Trails programmes, which build leadership skills and create environmental responsibility;
- Highlighting the value of wilderness through Social Programmes which provide opportunities for reform, personal development and the reconciliation of fractured communities; and
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