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Let’s Get Ready To Rumble…How To Turn A Backpacking Trip Into A Bicycle Tour
Let’s get ready to rumbleeeeeee…..As the echo of the announcer’s voice permeates throughout the walls of the world arena, the heavy weight champion of world

Bite Me…Essental Foods For A Bicycle Tour Of South East Asia
Here in Central Laos, after a daily consumption of pedaling and eating rice and lacking the endurance to continue the latter, I begin to pedal

Super Seniors, Taking Adventure Travel To A Whole New Level
With Pandemic The Magic Bicycle securely loaded onto a wooden boat to cross the Mekong river to the western banks, I follow in the steps

A Lunatic On A Bicycle Meets A Laotian With A Fire Extinguisher
As I approach the Cambodia/ Laos’s border crossing, I emerge triumphantly though a blazing forest, my wheels spitting out fire bolts, Pandemic The Magic Bicycle’s

Birthing A Bicycle Tour
Some women birth babies others women birth bicycle tours, utilizing their thighs towards creating a slightly different endeavor, an equally challenging affair but a tad

God Bless The Sinners
Oh, Father Pedal, please forgive me for I have sinned, I am not worthy of the pulpit or spandex for that matter. It has been

The Killing Fields, Slide Show of Cambodia’s Genocide
As I stand at the killing field’s memorial site I am reminded of the brutal capacity of the human spirit. During the 4 year period

No Money, No Honey…Budgeting For Your Outdoor Adventure
Prior to embarking on this outdoor cycling around the world adventure, I would not have even imagined living comfortably on $6USD dollars a day. Back

Annie Londonderry…A Flash From The Way Past
This year over the holidays, I received a gift from the past, the way past. In 1895, the first woman cycled around the world, her name was

Buddhas and Bar Stools
As I pedal into Siam Reap in search of a bar stool for the New Years Eve party that takes place yearly on Pub street

Bangkok, Top 3 Things To Not Do For The Holidays
As the sugar plum fairies dance on the streets of Bangkok the city is lit up with pseudo celebratory Christmas cheer. Thailand is a Buddhist

Follow The Yellow Brick Road
This is not a story of rainbows or wanderlust of the original solo female traveler Dorothy and her little dog Toto finding courage in the

Solo Female Bicycle Touring, Is It Safe To Be Pack’in Estrogen?
Well, hello sir, thank you so much, but no thanks, I am OK, I belt out with a tummy jiggling chuckle, a helpful testosterone filled

How to Find Bomb Proof Gear For Your Outdoor Adventure?
Bomb proof gear because at times the road literally looks like it has been hit by a bomb! It is December 1 2010, at 12:13pm.

Mr. Potato Head Comes To Town…How To Find a Cycling Partner
When a big, fat bald man who looks like a Potato says “hey do you want to join up for a while and pedal through

How To Crew On A Sailboat and Avoid A Sunshine Enema?
Hello Mr Lord Hemorrhoid, where IS your neighbor’s sailboat? I have been invited to crew on a sailboat heading around the middle east and into

Cycling Sandals…And the Happily Ever After
I would like to announce the upcoming matrimonial vows of Ms. Keene Cycling Sandal to Mr. Shimano Cycling Sandal. They will be married on the

Dear Spandexers,
Dear Spandexers, Hello my name is Pandemic The Magic Bicycle. In response to a few people wanting to get to know me, I wanted