Cycle Touring Archives – Next Stop: Where?

Where did we sleep for one year?

Miguel — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 13:31:16 +0000

We left home cycling on the 20 june 2016 and arrived back on the 21 june 2017, that is 366 days. We counted 200 days of them as cycling days and the remaining we spent with our families (most of it), friends and resting.

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White gas, white spirit, disán, bencina, what a hell!

Miguel — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:22:18 +0000

Already before our trip, when looking around for which is the best fuel to use with our camping stove, we got quite confused. The reason being that the name used for the same fuel is even more varied than the different electrical plugs and necessary adapters for each country. Fortunately, our Optimus Polaris Optifuel stove works … Continue reading White gas, white spirit, disán, bencina, what a hell!

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Breakfast for hungry cyclists

Miguel — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:42:54 +0000

On the road it is not easy to find our super strong mix of cereals, nuts and grapes that we call muesli in Switzerland. Often there are only alternatives with too much sugar and few cereals. So we went down to make our own muesli mix. The simple ingredients were omnipresent both in Europe and … Continue reading Breakfast for hungry cyclists

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Long Live the Duct Tape

eva — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 05:00:43 +0000

Or How Duct Tape got us back to Lisbon (without buying a new tyre) “How many punctures?” This is one of the most frequent questions we get on our trip. Until very recently, the answer was: “None”. Almost 10’000 kilometres without a flat tyre. People would stare at us in disbelief. Thanks, Schwalbe Marathon!* We … Continue reading Long Live the Duct Tape

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The secret of our selfies

Miguel — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 23:56:29 +0000

99.9% of our pictures are taken by ourselves, including those where both of us appear on. Many people we don’t know took pictures of us from their cars or after stopping them 200m in front of us. Several times we gave our e-mail address and explicitly asked to have the pictures sent to us. Only … Continue reading The secret of our selfies

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Are we electricity dependent?

Miguel — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:00:38 +0000

In South America the camp sites have electricity included in the price and plugs are available everywhere. So we use it. While in Europe we would use our solar panel to charge the phone or leave the phone for a while in the toilets’ only plug, here we are all the time connected to the … Continue reading Are we electricity dependent?

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Camping on the beach

Miguel — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 21:34:16 +0000

Whenever we think about putting the tent on the beach and wild camping there, we think how romantic it should be. Well… it is not. Basically, it’s full of sand, everywhere – shoes, tent, sleeping bag, food. First you push the heavy bicycles with the tires sinking into the sand and you get completely sweaty. … Continue reading Camping on the beach

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Statistics – km, duration, speed…

Miguel — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:48:08 +0000

I like to keep statistics: kilometers per day, time we pedal, average speed, money spent (divided into travel, eat, sleep and other categories). So far, with the kilometer four thousand almost arriving and 55 days of cycling, these are the numbers: Each journey averages on 64 km (maximum 97 km, minimum 28 km) We cycle between 2h … Continue reading Statistics – km, duration, speed…

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Camping cake

eva — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:00:07 +0000

We spent a rest day on a nice campsite in Portugal, where the owners were raising chicken. The hens picked and ticked around our tent and bicycles all day looking happy (if a chicken knows what happiness is, that is). Their fresh eggs could be bought for 10 cents in the morning, so I took … Continue reading Camping cake

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“Combien de kilos?”

eva — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:21:44 +0000

Voici un post que certains ont dû attendre impatiemment! Combien de fois on nous a demandé, avant notre départ: “Combien de kilos de bagages?” Et combien la personne était décue d’entendre que nous n’avions pas encore pesé nos bagages, que nous n’avions même pas encore fait nos bagages, et que nous n’avions aucune idée ce … Continue reading “Combien de kilos?”

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