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Travel Notes
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. This page is for the information we would have liked to have known! Bike shops, routes, visa, internet access points, maps, receiving mail, sending mail etc. Ferry from Sete to Tanger. Cost: 55 Euros per person Pullman class. Crossing Time: 36 Hours. We don't normally stay in YHA's due to the fact that we have found that they are normally more expensive than a double room in a cheap hotel. ...
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Velomad's Charities to be Supported
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. Charities to be Supported. If you've come to give a donation please go to the bottom of the page* *. We kind of need your help with this one! With only a couple of weeks to go before we head off we don't have much time for research. If you think you know a worthwhile charitable project why not let us know? You can contact us here. Rainforest Conservation, Climate Change, Marine Conservation.
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Velomads's World Cycle Tour visiting UNESCO sites and Vineyards
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. Welcome to Velomad's World. If you are interested in our travels and are a member of any organisation, club or school feel free to invite us to come and visit and do a presentation of our travels. You can contact us at the bottom of this page. IMPORTANT NOTE for those of you in China. Excuse the spaces - The Great Firewall of China prevents me uploading this page is we use that 5 letter word!
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UNESCO SITES Velomad Have or Intend to visit
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization aka (UNESCO). The history of why we are visiting UNESCO sites can be found in FAQ and Introduction. UNESCO seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Quoted from the Unesco website. Medina of Fez (1981).
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Equipment
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. No this is not a list of what we have! To see that please do to the FAQ and Introduction. Page where you can find a listing if you are really that interested. What this page is for is our comments about the equipment we are carrying. Expect both good and bad! Tent: Mountain Hardwear Trango. And snows of the Japanese Alpes. However, we are now thinking of getting another more lightweight mod...
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Newspaper Articles
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. The latest newspaper articles:. Phnom Penh Post, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 30th May 2009. Newspaper Articles in English. Mongol Messenger, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, May 2006 (kindly provided by Lee Campbell - the writer). Utrip, Skofja Loka, Slovenia, October 2005 (kindly translated from Slovenian into English by Gregor Kaminkar). Newspaper Articles en Francais. Missilia, Alger, Algeria, April 2005.
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Articles
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. MEDIA INTEREST FOR THE TOUR OF THE AMERICAS. It seems a lot of people are interested in our travels. Apart from having almost 900 people who requested to be included on our Newsletters (emails that we sent out occasionally giving updates along the road) we were frequently interviewed for the radio, television and had several newspaper articles written on us. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES in SPANISH.
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photos
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. Haven't finished this page yet so you'll have to wait a bit to see all the photos! Some are here and more will be added slowly. Select a country (or Island! Below to see a slideshow of selected photos from current trip. After the slideshow has started you can click on any photo to see a description of the photo. Tour of the Americas Photos. Back to Top Of Page.
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Register for Updates
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. Only 6 newsletters in 3 years - not very impressive so far! Or should we be calling them travelogues - seems the thing these days? Anyway here they are:. Newsletter 7: Chinese Propaganda - 20th Feb 2009. Newsletter 6: Leaving Mongolia - 31st May 2007. Newsletter 5: Slovenia photos - 26th October 2006. Newsletter 4: Paradise Regained - Slovenia - 27th September 2006. For newsletters in French.
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Thankyous
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The Adventures of the Cycling Pixies Through Wine and Space. Previous Tour of the Americas. VO Blog de Richard. This page is simply to say a BIG thank you to the people who helped us both with the last tour de Americas, who are supporting us back home now and the times in between! Who is our lifeline not only on this journey but also was amazing in the back up support she gave us on our last voyage - there's no doubt we could never be doing this journey or have done the previous one without her. A huge t...
