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The Ultimate Self-Guided Yangshuo Bike Tour: Cycling Through The Yangshuo Countryside

Posted September 19, 2018 by Cara Crawford

The best way to explore the countryside around Yangshuo is on a bike. Hands down. Well, it’s actually the best way to explore any new area outside of the city, but Yangshuo just happens to be a particularly awesome spot for adventuring on two wheels. Why Should You Go Bike Riding In Yangshuo? You...

The Ultimate Self Guided Tuscany Bike and Wine Tour: Pedal and Sip Your Way Through Tuscany’s Chianti Wine Towns

Posted July 19, 2018 by Cara Crawford

You don’t have to be a hardcore cyclist to go on a day tour by bicycle when there’s free wine involved, am I right? If there was ever a time when you needed motivation to get on a bike, sipping free wine from a hilltop town in the Tuscan countryside should be just the ticket. Did I mention the wi...

How to Get & Stay Fit While Traveling

Posted January 08, 2018 by Cara Crawford

I feel like there’s a bit of a misconception when it comes to travel and fitness. For some reason, people seem to think they don’t go together. There’s a mirage of luxury painted over the lens of travel. A mirage that often brings up images of people lying on some perfect white sand beach, usuall...

2017: Our Most Adventurous Year Yet

Posted January 01, 2018 by Cara Crawford

2017 is fading fast my friends. It’s been a great year, but honestly, we’re less sad to see it go and more excited to bring on another new year. Why? Because 2018 marks our final year in China! This means we have one more year to pack in all the crazy Chinese adventures we can before hitting the ...

How to Pack a Tandem Bike for Travel

Posted April 25, 2017 by Justin

* This post contains some affiliate links. By purchasing a product or service through these links you are helping to support this blog at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products we personally use and love! We love to travel by tandem bike, both for transportation and simply for the joy o...

Bike Touring in Indonesia, Not for the Faint of Heart

Posted March 04, 2017 by Cara Crawford

Before packing up our tandem bike and flying to Indonesia we thought we were pretty adequately prepared for our 2 week jaunt across Indonesia’s most populous island, Java. We researched the weather, the culture, the sites, and of course, the route we would be following from Yogyakarta to Jakarta....

20+ Tips for Bike Touring in China

Posted February 19, 2017 by Justin

China used to be home to the largest population of cyclists in the world, but now the car has arrived. Touring is still a popular activity in China with the most popular route, Chengdu to Lhasa on G318. China is a wonderful place to go bike touring and has many things to offer, from outstanding s...

Warmshowers Guest: Regula and Johannes Malin

Posted December 17, 2016 by Justin

We had the pleasure of hosting another touring couple this past weekend from the warmshowers website. Warmshowers is a great community, very similar to couchsurfing, but for touring cyclists. Cara and I always enjoy hosting new people because it gives us a chance to meet wonderful people fr...

Lijiang to Chengdu by Tandem Bicycle Part 4: Riding in the Grasslands

Posted November 18, 2016 by Cara Crawford

To say we woke up stiff and sore would be an understatement. We quickly realized that riding, and especially climbing, on a bike at above 4000 meters of elevation takes a lot out of us. Our bodies simply don’t recover very well when there’s no oxygen. We pretty much anticipated ...

Lijiang to Chengdu on a Tandem Bicycle Part 3: Climbing Onto the Plateau

Posted November 09, 2016 by Cara Crawford

After the terrible road conditions we traversed yesterday, we were anxiously awaiting the intersection of highway G318, China’s route 66, which would guarantee us a good road for the rest of the trip. I have literally never looked forward to seeing a specific road so much in my life (seems ...

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The Ultimate Self-Guided Yangshuo Bike Tour: Cycling Through The Yangshuo Countryside

The Ultimate Self Guided Tuscany Bike and Wine Tour: Pedal and Sip Your Way Through Tuscany’s Chianti Wine Towns

How to Get & Stay Fit While Traveling

2017: Our Most Adventurous Year Yet

How to Pack a Tandem Bike for Travel

Bike Touring in Indonesia, Not for the Faint of Heart

20+ Tips for Bike Touring in China

Warmshowers Guest: Regula and Johannes Malin

Lijiang to Chengdu by Tandem Bicycle Part 4: Riding in the Grasslands

Lijiang to Chengdu on a Tandem Bicycle Part 3: Climbing Onto the Plateau

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