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Western Europe

July 2, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

Returning from a ride around the world, to find beauty where I started

 Uncategorized  Belgium, Countries, England, france, Germany, Switzerland  1 Comment
Rusting factories in Moldova

Playing in Putin’s Backyard

June 13, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

Riding through the former-soviet states on Europe’s far eastern frontier

 Uncategorized  Countries, Moldova, Transnistria, Ukraine  2 Comments

Romania

May 20, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

  Romania was a rare thing on this trip: a country I’d visited before.  I was here in 2014, when I rode diagonally across the country from the capital Bucharest […]

 Uncategorized  Countries, romania

The Caucasus

May 3, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

The Caucasus – the band of mountains between the Caspian and the Black Sea, marked the start of Europe – or did it? Wasn’t it some sort of American political […]

 Uncategorized  Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Countries, Georgia  1 Comment

Central Asia

April 29, 2019January 5, 2020 gregmelia

Writing a post about Central Asia is one of those nice problems to have: you’re never sure what to leave out.  Mountains, deserts, Silk Road  cities, shepherds in yurts, slave […]

 Uncategorized  Central Asia, Countries, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

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

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

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
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

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