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A Year Ago Today... - Cycling East
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A Year Ago Today…. On March 4, 2014. Here’s a big thank you to everybody who’s helped me along, both when I’ve needed it and when I haven’t. Finally here’s a quick teaser from the last few weeks…. 17 Responses to “A Year Ago Today…”. March 5, 2014 at 9:40 am. Amazing journey…so far! Long live your bicycle and the distant memories if Rolfe Judd! March 6, 2014 at 4:00 am. Thanks Kristy. Drinks down the Brown Derby in June? March 5, 2014 at 10:52 am. March 6, 2014 at 4:05 am. March 5, 2014 at 11:25 pm.
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Route - Cycling East
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Not wanting to tie myself to a route which I may regret, “best laid plans” and all that, the plan is to stay flexible and let the journey evolve organically. You can follow my progress on the map below. Blue is for routes cycled and red stands for routes travelled by hitch hiking, bus, train or plane generally because of illness, injury and a large body of water. View Tour of Asia. In a larger map. If you're enjoying the blog then please consider donating via my JustGiving page. What I Like Doing Best.
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It Feels Good to be Back - Cycling East
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It Feels Good to be Back. On February 3, 2014. With China now a memory and with some dirt firmly embedded in my tyres I can comfortably say that it feels good to be back on dirt roads. South of Kunming a lovely couple deemed the slightly breezy conditions too treacherous for me to camp out in and bundled me into their store room. Where it was deemed that the floor was too dusty to sleep on so they went and fetched a door for me to sleep on instead. It even came with cycle storage adjacent. Yunnan is home...
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Cycling Laos continued... - Cycling East
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Cycling Laos continued…. On March 25, 2014. Continuing on from the last post. Here’s the next episode from Laos. As a special treat I’m including some sounds with this post courtesy of Daniel. Laos has a very funky music scene which is a refreshing change from the usual globalised pop rubbish we hear blaring by the roadside. So to soothe your ears as you peruse this next instalment click play below. In the mornings we top off our fuel tanks with a caffeine and sugar injection before hitting the road.
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What I Like Doing Best... - Cycling East
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What I Like Doing Best…. On April 12, 2014. What I like doing best is Nothing.”. 8220;How do you do Nothing,” asked Pooh after he had wondered for a long time. 8220;Well, it’s when people call out at you just as you’re going off to do it, ‘What are you going to do, Christopher Robin? 8217; and you say, ‘Oh, Nothing,’ and then you go and do it. It means just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”. 8221; said Pooh. A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh. A few steps and the odd pe...
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It's a Dirty Business - Cycling East
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It’s a Dirty Business. On March 10, 2014. Vietnam heaves with 88 million, Thailand bustles with 66 million and in the middle lies Laos with just 6.5 million people to lay claim to a country similar in size to the UK. It’s quiet, relaxed and there’s space to breathe – the perfect antidote to China. Up and down the country hammers and sickles adorn buildings,. Cock fighting is practiced casually,. And it’s so laid back even the dogs can’t be bothered to get up and give chase. River crossings to wash in,.
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Blog - Cycling East
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On June 11, 2014. A man stopped me to ask where I was going. “Bangkok! Ooo very far from here. Maybe err. eighty kilo. I don’t think you can go on bicycle.”. At 30km the tail back begins and I begin to weave the bike, chasing gaps, breaking sharply, making a nuisance of myself and feeling memories of busy London commutes return. My mind is occupied with “just getting it done” and as I inch closer to the final destination the significance of the last few kilometres fades. Bury my head in complex fiction.
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I am free but I am a prisoner - Cycling East
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I am free but I am a prisoner. On January 14, 2014. Let’s try that again shall we? Sorry for everyone who read the first version of this post, slow internet caused half of it to go missing in the wires. Hopefully this one arrives with you all in one piece. Enjoy. All those months ago when I was making preparations to leave Alastair Humphreys. Sent me his mappazine “There Are Other Rivers”. Moving south I’m told that my chosen road is snowbound and there’s no way through. But it was Christ...Locals know b...
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Journey's End - Cycling East
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On June 11, 2014. A man stopped me to ask where I was going. “Bangkok! Ooo very far from here. Maybe err. eighty kilo. I don’t think you can go on bicycle.”. At 30km the tail back begins and I begin to weave the bike, chasing gaps, breaking sharply, making a nuisance of myself and feeling memories of busy London commutes return. My mind is occupied with “just getting it done” and as I inch closer to the final destination the significance of the last few kilometres fades. Bury my head in complex fiction.