India – bicycle touring
A photo gallery of cycling through India. India’s diverse religions, landscapes, and cultures make it a fascinating country to pedal… through.
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India – Shekhawati
A photo gallery of Shekhawati, India. Shekhawati’s mansions are decorated with lavish designs and whimsical murals. The more ornamental the… painting, the richer and more powerful the owners were.
India – Pushkar
A photo gallery of Pushkar, India. The town has numerous temples and bathing ghats and literally hums to the sound… of prayers, gongs, drums, and chanting.
India – cyclists
A steady stream of fully loaded two wheelers race to their destination in Agra, India. It was surprising that they managed…
India – Taj Mahal
A photo gallery of India’s Taj Mahal. We arrived at dawn. As the sun rose, the Taj’s appearance continually changed… With every shift of light and perspective, another magnificent Taj Mahal came into view.
India – Jaisalmer
A photo gallery of Jaisalmer, India. The golden sandstone fortress rose like a mirage from the desert. Coming closer, it… was as if we had traveled back in time. Straight into the fairy tale of 1001 nights.
India – Fatehpur Sikri
A photo gallery of Fatehpur Sikri, India. The “Gate of Victory” was built to honor the Moghul emperor Akbar. This… monumental entrance leads to the now deserted imperial city of Fatehpur Sikri. It’s a stunning complex full of palaces, ornamental pools, and elaborate carvings.
Nepal – bicycle culture
A photo gallery of Nepal’s bicycle culture. The Nepalese use them to help earn a living. They use them to… transport passengers and goods. Some rickshaw chauffeurs even sleep in their machines.
Nepal – Kathmandu
A photo gallery of Kathmandu, Nepal. Arriving in Kathmandu, we were overwhelmed by the colorful chaos. Cows and rickshaws wandered through narrow alleyways while open-air markets filled the streets.
Nepal – children
A photo gallery of kids in the Kathmandu Valley. The kids have turned the valley’s streets into a playground. They… fly kites, climb up statues and enjoy clowning around with tourists.
Nepal – Bhaktapur
A photo gallery of Bhaktapur, Nepal. The timeless air of Bhaktapur made it a perfect place for a break. We… spent days wandering the cobblestone streets and sitting on temple steps observing life around us.
East-Africa – lessons
School’s out for the day or is it? As soon as the kids came across us, out came their workbooks… We duly admired their drawings and written lessons. It was also a good chance to practice their English and they weren’t going to miss it.
Tanzania guesthouse
Cheap guesthouses there have everything a cyclist needs: a bed, mosquito net, shared bathroom and a bar full of beer… Some owners go a step further by decorating the walls, placing a couchor even fetching a Chipsi Maya for you.
East-Africa – bicycle culture
A photo gallery of East African bicycle culture. For East Africans bikes aren’t just for personal transport. They’re also used… to haul goods, passengers and are often an undervalued workhorse. We asked an old Tanzanian villager why we kept seeing young men cruise around on motorcycles in the evenings yet during the day we only came across cyclists. “For young guys, motorcycles are for showing off,” he said. “But when they need to go to work in the fields or get somewhere, then they grab their dependable bicycles.”
East-Africa – overloaded
There is a sense of camaraderie between cyclists; we always check out each other’s bikes, want to know where the… other is going and we all struggle up hills. Since the locals rode single speeds, they couldn’t keep up with us on steeper inclines.