Category Archives: cycling
Florence
Oct 10, Impruneta – near Florence I have now been in Italy for five nights, enroute for six, the first spent on the plane somewhere over the Atlantic. Landing in Rome about 11:30 am, Oct 5 kicked this trip off. … Continue reading
Off to Italy
Most of my travel adventures to date, particularly my bike travels, have involved long continuous journeys: Circling Iceland, Taiwan, New Zealand, Ireland, the Baltic,…, or End to End Japan, Vietnam, Norway or across Canada, US, China … These adventures have … Continue reading
Taipei
I am back in Calgary now so one more post will finish off my Japan/Taiwan trip. Picking up from Ruifang, I had one last biking day. Ostensibly I would have a nice gentle ride down the Keelung River for about … Continue reading
On up the East Side of Taiwan
A few shots from my first week I left you in Tainan on March 3rd. I was pretty beat up, but I had had an easy and enjoyable day birding and cycling in Tainan. A big part of the rejuvenation … Continue reading
Taiwan
Sorry, no photos this time My transition from Japan to Taiwan went well. Haneda Airport in Tokyo got me onto my plane without any people help, all electronic, in minutes. A four hour flight landed me in Taipei around 2:00 … Continue reading
Bangkok to Singapore – The Birds
My bike trip from Bangkok to Singapore was the last of a number of East Asia bike adventures that have been on my agenda for the twenty years that I have been travelling extensively. My other trips have taken me … Continue reading
Onto Singapore
I am posting now from Calgary. First a few photos from the first part of Malaysia (Georgetown and Fraser’s Hill) that I was unable to add in my last post. From Georgetown From Fraser’s Hill Feb28-Mar 11 Fraser’s Hill to … Continue reading
Malaysia
Sorry no pictures this post Feb 19-27 Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia Getting to the bottom of Thailand. Two 80 km bike days got me from Trang to Satun. Each day was about the same. I was good on the bike and … Continue reading
Biking South Thailand
Feb 11 – 18, Trang My White Village Resort hostess in Ranong saw me off as I rode into the morning. She was probably a bit concerned as I had checked into her place at 9:30 the previous morning, obviously … Continue reading
Biking and Birding – Bangkok to Singapore
Jan 29/30 Flight to Bangkok Farah took Owen and me to the airport. He heading to Grand Prairie, I’m off to Thailand/Malaysia/Singapore. We had breakfast together once through security. Nice. My stop in Vancouver took longer than scheduled and so … Continue reading
