Brings back some fun and not so fun memories. @travellingtwo Silk Road Highlights in Georgia, Azerbaijan and China http://t.co/ecOoDTi via # was just on @rideearthtom's #cycletouring site and loves the new header. #webdesign # @rideearthtom Don't suppose you know a good article on where to start with separate audio and an audio recorder suggestion as [...]

It has taken a weak ass tropical storm to get me off my bike and finally blogging again http://t.co/VwJCUBS Anyone cycle tourists out there needing a place to crash in South Korea look me up. http://t.co/yf0i6QY #warmshowers # Sorted out a new facebook page http://t.co/BW31maW # enjoyed @TheRandomSam latest vblog. Now I just need to [...]

In “Part 1 – Choosing a Place to Ride” I covered the basics of picking an area/distance to ride and types of roads out there. Now it’s time to get down to adding detail to the trip route. For this post I’m going to assume not everyone has used Google Maps so some of it [...]

It’s always great to read about Kiwi’s getting out there. Was reading an article this morning that I saw posted by The Travelling Two about a two other cyclists that had problems with a cracked wheel rim while in Russia. Out of curiosity I read their about page to see where they had come from [...]

I’ve always been a map guy, whether it be paper or computer. Staring at them for hours memorizing road numbers and town names. So ever since bought a bike in 2007 and started riding in Korea (off the Han River) I have been the guy that comes up with a route. I am the one [...]

There are plenty of ways in Korea to make a cycle tour a little cheaper and more interesting at the same time. Sure you can wild camp (my personal favorite) but not everyone is comfortable with the idea of pitching up behind a small shed in the middle of nowhere and sometimes it’s just nice [...]

The title says it all really, although the typhoon turned out to be, as one person put it “a weak ass tropical storm.” For the last year or so I have been pondering what to do with the Braking Boundaries Site which was my home away from home while on the road in 2009. Should [...]

Over six months Tom, Katie and I took over 6500 photos. While we tried to put photos on the site as we traveled this became less frequent as we chose camping in strange places over the comforts of hostels with wifi. This left me with the mammoth task of sorting through and formatting pictures at [...]

It has been 43 days since Tom, Katie and I sat down to a wonderful home cooked Irish dinner and reminisced about how we conquered two continents. Now the adventures that enriched/challenged our daily lives seem to be fading fast and with the team +1 literally spread to the four corners of the earth there [...]

On October the 15th 2009, after completing a whopping 14,000 km Katie and I rolled into London with a sense of emptiness and a loss of what to do next. Our life on the road had all of a sudden come to an end. No more setting up camp, cooking and living in the wild. [...]

For a full story explaining the video you are about to watch continue reading below: It was sad to say goodbye to friends in Istanbul. Tom had left a day earlier on a mission to conquer Europe by himself and now Katie and I were leaving the much loved German after having had a great [...]

Getting a Haircut or a shave in Turkey is definitely a must do. Not only do they provide you with tea and wait every time you go to drink it, they also do something that I had never experienced before. Watch and see.

With our trip to Vardzia complete we took what seemed to be the best road to Turkey which was no more than 200km away. Yes we knew there was a 2000 meter pass in between, but no asphalt, that was a surprise.

Getting to Vardzia can be done many ways. Car, Minibus, Taxi or bike. We decided to add a little adventure to our trip and combined a few of these Vardzia was definitely a highlight to our Georgian Experience.

No, not the cream. We seemed to find plenty of dirt road in Georgia. Here is what it’s like to ride it.