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Solo Female Adventure Travel, Are Your Ovaries Holding You Back?
Are you alone….you are a girl, are you crazy? Why yes, last I checked down there, yes I am a girl, and crazy? Well only on a good day. I

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 travel is introduced. In the

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 along and eye the street

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 of the thousands of monks

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 rubber tread left behind for

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 less gooey. I dare venture

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 7 days since my last

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 of 1975-1979, the Kumar Rouge

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 in Alaska, $6USD a day

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 Annie Londonderry. Annie’s great-grandnephew contacted me

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 in the tourists center of

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 country therefore the holiday’s scoot

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 heart of the lion. Nor

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 crowd has gathered around me

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. The short tempered, explosive, we

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 the Middle East and into

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 Africa, I have pedaled 900km

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 shores of Pantai Cenang Beach,