USA | Thursday, 30 Apr 2009 | Views [53]
Day 281-285, 18-22 April09: Trucks, dust, wind, heat: Baja California Norte, Part2
April 30, 2009 by Harry , Filed under Baja California , Mexico , North America , Trip reports
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Tags: annoyances, baja california, desert, heat, hills, mexico, traffic, wind
MEXICO | Tuesday, 28 Apr 2009 | Views [86]
Day 274-280, 11-17April09: Trucks, dust, wind, heat: Baja California Norte, Part1
April 28, 2009 by Harry , Filed under Baja California , Mexico , North America , Trip reports
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USA | Sunday, 19 Apr 2009 | Views [51]
Day 268-274, 5-10 April 09. Into Mexico, a different world
April 19, 2009 by Harry , Filed under Baja California , Mexico , North America , Trip reports
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Tags: baja california, borders, coast, couchsurfing, fall, flat, food, mexico, quota
USA | Monday, 6 Apr 2009 | Views [33]
Day 242-267 10Mar- 4 April 09: at home in San Diego & Ocean Beach
April 6, 2009 by Harry , Filed under California , North America , Trip reports , USA
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Tags: beach, california, cyclists, food, obama, san diego, usa, vegetarian
USA | Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009 | Views [31]
Day 234-241, 2-9March 09. Back on the bike, LA to San Diego. Jai Ho!
March 11, 2009 by Harry , Filed under Trip reports
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Tags: annoyances, beach, california, couchsurfing, jai ho, usa, warmshowers
USA | Monday, 2 Mar 2009 | Views [29]
Day 232/3, 28Feb/1Mar 09: US parking Part 3: Grand Canyons & Joshua Trees
March 2, 2009 by Harry , Filed under Arizona , California , Trip reports , USA
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Tags: arizona, california, canyon, grand canyon, joshua tree, parks, plants, roadtrip
USA | Sunday, 1 Mar 2009 | Views [41]
Day 230/1, 26/27 Feb09: US parking part2: Bryce Canyon, Wire Pass Canyon, Horseshoe Bend
March 1, 2009 by Harry Filed under Arizona , North America , Trip reports , USA , Utah
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Tags: arizona, bryce, canyon, colorado river, panorama, parks, usa, utah
USA | Saturday, 28 Feb 2009 | Views [28]
February 28, 2009 by Harry , We did not
want to leave without seeing the marvellous natural wonders of the
South-western US. It would take more than 6 weeks to visit all the
places on a bicycle, which would probably ruin my knees ... Read more >
Tags: animals, california, death valley, desert, gambling, las vegas, nevada, parks, usa, utah
USA | Monday, 23 Feb 2009 | Views [54]
February 23, 2009 by Harry We are busy in
the Inn at the Spanish Garden Hotel. We fill the tub, relax on the huge
bed, ask room service for a movie and some popcorn, skip the swimming
pool today and enjoy the good life.... Read more >
Tags: california, doctor, hotel, los angeles, luxury, santa barbara, santa monica, usa
USA | Sunday, 15 Feb 2009 | Views [39]
February 15, 2009 by Harry ,
8 February 2009: Pacific Grove (Monterey) – Gorda. 45 + 60km…
After saying goodbye to Diego, we headed back down the ‘17 Mile
Drive’ and ended up in Carmel by the Sea, a nice small town, with much
better ... Read more >
Tags: 1000 americans, big sur, biketravellers, bridge, california, coast, hitchhiking, pain, rain, usa
USA | Monday, 9 Feb 2009 | Views [76]
February 9, 2009 by Harry
The sign on the left brought some reality into vision.
Could we continue with the current state of my knees or was this really the end?
There was only one way to find out.
31st Jan 2008: SF ... Read more >
Tags: animals, art, california, hills, seals, usa
USA | Monday, 2 Feb 2009 | Views [25]
February 4, 2009 by Harry
We did not only spend time in the city, but managed to get out. As my knee needed more rest, we were lucky that Alison
had borrowed us her car, so we could head out of town for New Years.
She had warned ... Read more >
Tags: bear, california, party, san francisco, truckee, usa, wine, yosemite
USA | Sunday, 1 Feb 2009 | Views [17]
February 2, 2009 by Harry ,
Pain, ethics & Doctors: getting treated in SF
Once we arrived in San Francisco, my knee got some rest, but it did
not get better. After we moved to Bradley & Saskia’s place, I could
not ... Read more >
Tags: activism, california, civil rights, doctor, kiva, movies, politics, religion, san francisco, usa
USA | Sunday, 1 Feb 2009 | Views [28]
January 31, 2009 by Harry It
has been a long time between updates, but this week we will be catching
up a bit, so you can see where we have been this year, what happened
with my knee and much more!
We spent about 6 weeks in and around ... Read more >
Tags: california, cycling, mate, museum, san francisco, usa
USA | Thursday, 1 Jan 2009 | Views [23]
January 1, 2009
Ivana prepared a nice post for new years, looking back and ahead:
2008 was incredible …
We have been travelling all around the
world the past year: from Amsterdam to Argentina, ... Read more >
Tags: happy new year
USA | Thursday, 18 Dec 2008 | Views [82]
December 18, 2008 by Harry
We had camped in the cold Redwoods & enjoyed the rest of the Avenue of the Giants leisurely. After no more than 35km we ended up in Redway, where we called Johnny, our host for the night for directions ... Read more >
Tags: animals, california, coast, couchsurfing, knee, pain, photography, san francisco, usa
USA | Saturday, 13 Dec 2008 | Views [68]
December 13 2008 by Harry (Edit) One
of the greatest places we have seen on this trip, was dark and cold…
Views were very limited, but that was exactly the main attraction as we
were cycling on the Avenue of the Giants, a 50 km (31mile) ... Read more >
Tags: big trees, california, usa
USA | Friday, 12 Dec 2008 | Views [259]
December 12, 2008 by Harry
5 December: Brookings, Oregon to Klamath, California , 73km
Entering California
is like entering another country: there is a checkpoint signs. This is
to prevent ‘strange’ fruits entering the State, ... Read more >
Tags: big trees, california, fog, trailertrash, usa
USA | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Views [71]
December 6, 2008 by Harry It took only a few days of cycling to get down the Oregon Coast
from Otis, with an average of 72km (45 Mi) we covered it in 6 days. The
area is very impressive, even though it was quite rainy and windy, we
enjoyed ... Read more >
Tags: beach, coast, oregon, photography, usa
USA | Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Views [47]
December 2, 2008 by Harry
I am about to post several wonderful images of Oregon State, USA. A truly beautiful place. But first I have to get something else off my chest:
<rant> Imagine cycling along one of the most ... Read more >
Tags: annoyances, dangers, green, oregon, rants, trash
USA | Saturday, 29 Nov 2008 | Views [81]
November 29, 2008 by Harry
Before we headed over to Portland , we had to visit an old friend we had never met! I had known MC & Dave since years by email & via the 7summits.com forum ,
but we had never met ... Read more >
Tags: beach, metal cowboy, oregon, portland, usa, washington
USA | Sunday, 23 Nov 2008 | Views [84]
November 22, 2008 by Harry We suddenly received an email.
Hello Harry,
Read your profile. Would love to meet if possible.
How much longer are you in the Seattle area?
Samir
We called him and found out that ... Read more >
Tags: bellevue, couchsurfing, olympia, seattle, tacoma, usa, vancouver, washington
USA | Thursday, 13 Nov 2008 | Views [82]
November 13, 2008 by Harry
We had planned to stay maybe a week in Seattle , but it turned out we would stay for 2.5 weeks… Seattle
is mostly known for Grunge, Microsoft, Boeing & coffee and it
generally considered a nice ... Read more >
Tags: andy, cities, couchsurfing, election, fights, halloween, hiking, mountains, obama, pain
CANADA | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Views [87]
October 25, 2008 by Harry The weather gods did not want us to leave Vancouver,
maybe they thought I should rest more. Wind and rain pounded on us when
we made our way to the ferries in the Southwestern point of the
mainland of Canada .
we had ... Read more >
Tags: animals, argentineans, canada, santos, travelmaster, usa, vancouver, vancouver island, warmshowers, washington
CANADA | Saturday, 18 Oct 2008 | Views [71]
October 18, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports
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Vancouver
is a nice city. Even though we had to get ... Read more >
Tags: animals, british columbia, canada, cities, couchsurfing, vancouver, warmshowers
CANADA | Friday, 10 Oct 2008 | Views [74]
October 10, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports
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It was time to finish our journey through Canada and get back ... Read more >
Tags: annoyances, british columbia, canada, cariboo highway, fraser river, sasquatch, sealevel, wind
CANADA | Saturday, 4 Oct 2008 | Views [71]
October 4, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports
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“emmm, I have a problem”
“Que paso?”
“My back hurts so ... Read more >
Tags: annoyances, british columbia, canada, cariboo highway, harry, pain, travellers
CANADA | Tuesday, 23 Sep 2008 | Views [96]
September 23, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports
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15th September 2008: Stewart to Bonus Lake, 81km
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Tags: bear, bears, canada, cassiar highway, couchsurfing, first nation, yellowhead highway
CANADA | Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 | Views [80]
September 15, 2008 by Harry Filed under Alaska , Canada , North America , Trip reports
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After I had asked the noisy neighbour to ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, animals, canada, glacier, hyder, kowalski, stewart
CANADA | Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [97]
September 12, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports
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Of course we took the road less ... Read more >
Tags: angels, annoyances, biketravellers, british columbia, canada, cassiar highway, first nation, fox, green, indians
CANADA | Tuesday, 2 Sep 2008 | Views [96]
September 2, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , Go green , North America , Trip reports
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It was hard to leave Tracy & Sylvester as ... Read more >
Tags: alaska highway, argentineans, bear, blue skies, canada, gasguzzlers, greenhouse, kowalski, rv, wind
CANADA | Thursday, 28 Aug 2008 | Views [62]
Day 44- 47: 24-27 August, a warm shower in WhiteHorse
August 28, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports
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CANADA | Saturday, 23 Aug 2008 | Views [137]
August 24, 2008 by Harry Filed under Canada , Trip reports
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Hi
all, apologies for not posting before, we were too busy cycling,
getting fed by friendly ... Read more >
Tags: canada, champagne, goodies, indians, inspirational, native, politics, potlatch, religion, wolf
CANADA | Friday, 22 Aug 2008 | Views [196]
by Harry Filed under Canada , North America , Trip reports
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We were in the Yukon now. Most people we had met on the way told us that if we had not seen any ... Read more >
Tags: 1000 americans, alaska highway, bearspray, canada, kluane, mountains, wind, wolf
CANADA | Tuesday, 19 Aug 2008 | Views [145]
by Harry Filed under Alaska , Canada , North America , Trip reports It was time to leave our friend named Alaska and meet another partner for the next few months, named Canada . We had so many good times and many bad times. It ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, alaska highway, angels, annoyances, borders, canada, kowalski
USA | Friday, 15 Aug 2008 | Views [126]
by Harry Filed under Alaska , Friendly people , Go green , North America , Trip reports 6 Comments after we woke up in our church, we noticed that it was actually dry! Not only that, but the weather improved during the ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, angels, bus, inspirational, into the wild, ivana, kowalski, mountains, santos, solar power
USA | Monday, 11 Aug 2008 | Views [212]
by Harry Filed under Alaska , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports
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We both had a very strong love-hate relationship with the Denali Highway ... Read more >
Tags: 1000 americans, alaska, angels, denali highway, inspirational, kowalski, pablito, pedrito, santos, steripen
USA | Wednesday, 6 Aug 2008 | Views [157]
by Harry Filed under 1000 Americans , Alaska , North America , Trip reports Leave a Comment August 2: Resting, Denali info & Huskies We woke up late, still exhausted from the previous 2 days. It was nice to relax again, ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, angels, bear, couchsurfing, denali, denali park, eugene, husky, wolf
USA | Saturday, 2 Aug 2008 | Views [206]
by Harry Filed under Alaska , North America , Trip reports 1 Comment July 24 - July 29: resting & recovering in Fairbanks We spent almost a week in Fairbanks, relaxing and catching up on resting, washing, shopping &... Read more >
Tags: alaska, bear, ericka, fairbanks, ivana, kowalski, nenana, north pole, ortlieb, party
USA | Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Views [166]
August 15, 2008 by Harry Filed under Alaska , Kowalski , North America , Trip reports
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21st July, a long ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, b-day, dalton highway, deadhorse, ericka, fairbanks, harry, ivana, joe carlson, ortlieb
USA | Sunday, 20 Jul 2008 | Views [139]
Filed under 1000 Americans , Alaska , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports Leave a Comment It was time to say goodbye to Wiseman and 8-Ball, even though we could have stayed much longer. He asked us not to tell everybody ... Read more >
Tags: 1000 americans, 8-ball, alaska, angels, dalton highway, harry, inspirational, ivana, religion, water
USA | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [130]
Filed under Alaska , Friendly people , North America , Trip reports
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As the other cyclists were sound asleep and they would be faster, Ivana
& I ... Read more >
Tags: 8-ball, alaska, arctic, argentina, dalton highway, kowalski, lenny, vertical, wind, wiseman
USA | Tuesday, 15 Jul 2008 | Views [115]
14th July
Happy B-day Shaunie Shiny Shoes and PJW!
The first hour was flat but muddy, which made it hard going and
slow. At least, there were not too many mosquitos while cycling, so we
could leave the headnets off. Suddenly ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, annoyances, dalton highway, dangers, gear, lenny, mozzies, santos, water
USA | Sunday, 13 Jul 2008 | Views [152]
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People who know me, know that I am generally quite laid back. I hate
a few things though: intolerance, dishonesty, general stupidity. And
mosquitos. Especially ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, annoyances, dalton highway, dangers, gear, lenny, mozzies, santos, water
USA | Saturday, 12 Jul 2008 | Views [69]
You lose all sense of time when it doesn’t get darker at night. The
sun doesn’t set at 70 degrees North, but just circles around you like a
vulture above a fresh kill. As we do not have watches, only our cycle
computers and Lenny could tell ... Read more >
Tags: alaska, arctic, dalton highway, dangers, deadhorse, green, ivana, kowalski, ortlieb, prudhoe bay
NETHERLANDS | Thursday, 17 Apr 2008 | Views [214]
Amsterdam/Drenthe We have rented out our house for the next few years and are effectively homeless. A great feeling :) Now we are talking with our gear sponsors to see what they can arrange. It is great to see the faith they have in us and our trip ... Read more >
Tags: preparations, netherlands, sponsors, santos, istanbul, kowalski
