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Garth Cycle Touring Dictionary

by bgarth on May 19, 2013 • No Comments

After being on the road more than a year and a half, we began to notice something: we seem to have developed our own “language” in regards to our life on the bikes. OK, so it’s not really a language… it’s all in English, but along the way, we’ve coined...

Adventure Travel / Cycle Touring

America the Beautiful

by bgarth on May 10, 2013 • 1 Comment

We’re back. No, we’re not home. We’re not done traveling. We still have some 4,500+ miles to go. But we’re in the USA. And it feels good. We’ve really been talking about it for months. Our return to the homeland has been long-anticipated. We didn’t exactly want to rush our...

Adventure Travel

So Long, Asia

by bgarth on May 5, 2013 • No Comments

The Asian section of our journey had a clear beginning and now a clear end. We started in Hong Kong to get visas for China. We spent Christmas in Chengdu, China, with friends, then cycled south. We rode through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and finally, into Singapore. We spent...

Cycle Touring

Singapore: Asia’s Finish Line

by bgarth on Apr 28, 2013 • No Comments

When you’re on a bike tour, people ask you almost every day: “Where are you going?” Sometimes we give the short answer, and say the name of the next town or next major city. But if they seem genuinely interested in our trip, we give the final destination for whatever...

Adventure Travel / Cycle Touring

Through Malaysia

by bgarth on Apr 24, 2013 • 4 Comments

We felt like we were racing the clock through much of Malaysia. In our 10 days of riding there, we covered about 1,000 kilometers from the northern tip to the Singapore border. While we are looking forward to our soon return to North America, we certainly wouldn’t have minded spending...

Adventure Travel

Tropical Getaways

by bgarth on Apr 8, 2013 • No Comments

People often make comments to us about our “extended vacation,” since our journey is on the long side of average. But we beg to differ. We don’t see our trip as a vacation. In fact, it’s a lot of work! We spend 5-6 hours every day doing tough physical activity:...

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Blessings in Bangkok

by bgarth on Mar 22, 2013 • 2 Comments

“Two weeks in Bangkok? WHY?!” That’s been the response we’ve gotten from several people when we shared our travel plans. As far as touristy activities go, Bangkok does not merit that long of a stay. But Bangkok offered a lot more to us than just popping in a few wats and shopping malls (though it...

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Eye-opening Cambodia

by bgarth on Mar 18, 2013 • No Comments

Cambodia is the first country in Asia where we did zero camping. Several factors played into this decision–I had recently recovered from a rough stomach infection in Laos, so we thought rooms would be a little more comfortable. Of course the heat was a huge element as well, and by getting a room we were...

Celebrations

Four Years In

by bgarth on Mar 14, 2013 • 4 Comments

Four years ago, on March 14, 2009, Dave and I stood before family, friends and God and entered into the holy covenant of marriage. People told us that the first year of marriage would be tough… that it would be and full of difficult lessons in communicating and living together. We fortunately found quite the...

Cycle Touring

A Day in Laos

by bgarth on Mar 4, 2013 • No Comments

The summary of a single day of cycling in this country: February 22, 2013 We woke up early… we knew we had to. Riding needed to happen as early as possible in the day. So we rose to the sound of the alarm at 4:15, hoping to pack up and hit the road as soon...

Life Lessons

Costs of the Journey

by bgarth on Feb 26, 2013 • 1 Comment

This morning, we heard the news about an American couple that was most likely kidnapped while on a cycling journey in Peru. They had recently traveled from Cusco to Lima, in areas where we were less than one year ago. This news comes just one week after we heard about Pete and Mary, an English...

Cycle Touring

Vietnam: Highlights and Lowlights

by bgarth on Feb 25, 2013 • No Comments

We’ve completed our time in Vietnam, maxing out our visas at the 30-day limit. And we loved it. Just as a general summary of our time there, we thought we should share some of the good with the bad—the highlights and lowlights of our month in this wonderful country. Highlights: Hoi An… This might have...

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Welcome to our site! We're Dave and Bethany Garth, cycle touring around the world for two years (or more). Sure, we've connected some of the dots with planes, trains, buses and boats... but for the most part, our primary transport is our trusty two-wheelers.

If you're interested in some of the details of our trip, check out the information we've given about our gear, route and more. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us any time at garthsontour@gmail.com. Or just stay connected to our travels by checking in for our "somewhat weekly" blog posts.

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