Garth Cycle Touring Dictionary
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 terms for different objects or...
America the Beautiful
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 arrival to the US, because...
Singapore: Asia’s Finish Line
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 leg of the journey we’re...
Through Malaysia
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 more time in this country....
A Day in Laos
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...
Vietnam: Highlights and Lowlights
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...
