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10 Strange Things Bicycle Travel Has Done To Me

It’s dif­fi­cult to notice the subtle changes that come over you dur­ing a jour­ney of dur­a­tion and dif­fi­culty, but cer­tain situ­ations have aler­ted me to them very strongly. I’ve only been trav­el­ling for a couple of years, but this must be where the curve is at its steep­est. Here are a few, both good and [...]
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Moving Pictures From The Distant Past

While I was pre­par­ing to leave Eng­land, two years and eight months ago, an ener­getic pair of film­makers called Ben and James were expend­ing rather a lot of cash and effort on shoot­ing, edit­ing and pro­mot­ing the begin­nings of a video pod­cast series. The idea was simple — pub­lish short and snappy video epis­odes of [...]
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How To Wild Camp Anywhere And Not Get Busted

It’s that time again — another ‘how-to’ shar­ing the essen­tial tools of the adven­ture cycle-touring trade. This time I’m going to deal with what is often a stress­ful thought for every rider: “Where the hell I am going to sleep tonight?!?”
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How To Finance Long-Term Travelling

When I left home in 2007, it was simple. I had 700 Euros stashed in my lug­gage, a cur­rent account con­tain­ing £3700 GBP with a Visa Debit card to get at it, and a couple of emer­gency credit cards. I’d be as stingy as pos­sible, because it wasn’t much! But it was all I had, [...]
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Hitching Armenia to England — Ultralight Style

I arrived at my par­ents’ home in Eng­land nine days after I left my home in Armenia to try and hitch my way there. The trip began well, pro­gressed through a lot of self-inflicted suf­fer­ing, con­tin­ued into ill health, and ended on a happy note. I have to be hon­est — it was a lot [...]
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