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India

April 15, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

“I hated India … some of the time” “You will love it and you will hate it” Before arriving in India, I spoke to a few friends who’d ridden there […]

 Uncategorized  Countries, India  1 Comment

10 things I hate about bike touring

March 28, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

Do you know the things that make me rage in the saddle? That make me curse the injustice of it all, and wish I was at home driving a desk […]

 Uncategorized  Lists, rants, ten things I hate

Singapore and Malaysia

March 21, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

Singapore: the furthest tip of Eurasia, where the world’s largest landmass gives way to Indonesian islands and you have to get your feet wet for the first time since Norway.  […]

 Uncategorized  Countries, Malaysia, Singapore

When your route becomes a war zone

March 2, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

One hazard of a world tour is that your route turns into a war zone.  Guess what: that’s happened to me. Kashmir was always the one part of India that […]

 Uncategorized  India, Kashmir, Planning, War

Thailand

February 28, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

Thailand has the world’s second most dangerous roads. I was in blissful ignorance when I cruised the border, a but someone soon told me of the country’s dark truth. Compared […]

 Uncategorized  Countries, Risk, Thailand

Sturm und Drang

February 23, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

“It’s gonna be cold.”   The duvet jackets were out on the quay, and Mike was shivering already.  It had been Laurence’s idea, a trip to Berlin in time for […]

 Previous Tours  Germany, Netherlands, previous tours
Cambodian rural transport

Cambodia

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 gregmelia

It’s a holiday in Cambodia, it’s tough kid but it’s life.  It’s a holiday in Cambodia, don’t forget to pack a wife. So sang the Dead Kennedys in 1978, when […]

 Uncategorized  Cambodia, Countries

China

February 10, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

I should probably be careful what I write: in the future when the Chinese rule the world, anything I say may be used in evidence against me. So with a […]

 Uncategorized  china, Countries  1 Comment

Chinese Magic Letter

February 1, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

One of my big challenges with going to China was the language, so a Chinese-speaking friend wrote me this letter to help me. Chinese is much further removed from English […]

 Uncategorized  china, How-to, Magic Letter
Dusty Laos Road

Laos

January 27, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

It was a dusty border crossing – the newest gate on this frontier, and as far as anyone could tell, the least used. The visa clerk, who had been called […]

 Uncategorized  Countries, Laos

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